Honda | cb125f | The things I like about this bike | Owners opinion
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2023
- Just a quick one to balance up the hate video I did on this motorcycle , can't have one without the other
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I bought this bike as my first bike and personnally I quite like that it lacks power : my father lost both is legs in a bike accident so I like it when I get over-confident and the bike tells me "no you don't", I find it reassuring.
Also love the fuel and insurance costs : I live near Paris and it's legit cheaper than public transportation.
I’m glad you feel that way , I’ve got one too same colour fantastic for getting to work.
Good for you, run what suits you. It’s your bike and it’s for you. Thank you for sharing and making this content 😊
class video, love the conversational and informative nature. Cheers mate
That little spanner sigh don’t forget after you give it a service you can switch that off too , it’s in the hand book .
I bought the 2022 version a couple of months ago as my very first bike after doing my CBT… I’m hoping once I get to grips with it to do my full licence (am old… so I can!) as a short lady rider it’s perfect for what I want right now… I still have so much to learn!! It’s a small bike but for me it’s still feels heavy!!!
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every time i watch a lamb chops vid and then a mr fish vid, I always think you guys have the exact same voice... 🤩
absolutely love these small capacity bikes, I have a 2014 CBF 125cc and it cost 1p yes one whole penny for fully comprehensive insurance when I added to to my big bike policy. how about a comparison video with the CB125F and your super cub.
I am a fan of small bikes, too. I have been thinking about getting a Suzuki VanVan 200 as they are still available in Thailand, although the local small Suzuki shop has lost its franchise and is now selling small Chinese bikes. You can go as fast as you need to on small displacement bikes if you're running round the lanes.
Serious Review, Respect Made My mind up,,,,
Small bikes are fun. Only the linked brakes put me off. I only use rear brake coming up to roundabouts in the wet now after some fun on diesel spills.
I did my cbt on one of these, great bike. Ive got a suzuki sfv650 sat in the garage for when i pass my tests. Untill then i ride a suzuki gs125 1991. Its pretty similar to the honda great fun to blast around on.
50mph going down country lanes on a 125 feels like your doing a ton . Honda have always built 125 ‘s that are good on the juice . My mate had a CG 125 Honda pushrod single back in the 1980 ‘s ,it had what Honda called a miser carb on it . He could get to the moon & back on a gallon of cheap 2 star juice & 65 mph on the clock . You can’t go wrong with small Honda ideal for commuting & general bimbling about . 👍
yes, they have always known their market and how to build a reliable and economical bike for a market and at a good price. GL
I've filled my Honda cb 125 up 3 times since January this year they certainly are so cheap to run and very reliable
What a 151 miles per gallon. got to be a mistake. 400 miles to a tank. this bike is saving the planet. got to be cheaper than a electric bike.😱
I have one in white and an electric car and the bike is cheaper to run even with cheap rate electricity overnight. Still enjoy riding it even when i have a bigger bike,
I couldn't believe it either I thought 125s top out at around 120mpg, I'm tempted to get one now 😂
I averaged 235mpg on mine. You can fit 13l in the tank if you slowly top it up again and again. 650 miles to a tank! My commute was slower roads 8 miles at 30mph and 3 miles 40mph. On flat no wind at 30mph its hitting 299.9mpg on the display. 12 stone rider
@@bikersquest you aint far wrong m8, read my post above about what you can truly expect based on my real world experience. If you are on roads where you pin it for a long time that mpg is what you will actually get. I still love mine though :) GL
I have a cb125f and averaged 175mpg in my first 800 miles of riding
Nice 1 Mr Fish
I think the gearing is super forgiving on these as I can cruise around town 30mph in 5th with little issues
Yeah they're an excellent little thing top bike
You sold me on this bike im looking to move on my scooter to a bike and this seems perfect
Fantastic 😊, good looking bike 🏍 👌 safe riding and thanks for sharing
This bike is sold in India with the name of SP 125
I also own one of these and it's wonderful.
It's time for these classic CB bikes to take their place back on the motorcycle scene! It would be nice to see a Honda cb250 air parallel twin engine, 15hp with 130 kg... With a four-stroke engine, one cylinder gets quite tired ...
For us the same basic bike in the US is the XR150 and I am looking at buying one to make into a micro adventure bike. No Hate just Love.
Very very nearly almost sold….but not quite😅 in the early 80’s my FS1E returned 80mpg. Pegged everywhere 😂
After watching this video I am going to buy one for myself😊
Beim letzten Tanken hatte ich noch vier Balken in der Anzeige, wenn man das Benzin langsam laufen läßt bekommt man mehr in den Tank hinein. Am ende hatte ich 11,03 Liter getankt. Um die 15 Liter gehen rein und ein anderer RUclipsr hat es schon geschafft mit einer Tankfüllung 1.000 Kilometer zu fahren. Wenn man lange Strecken und konsequent ökonomisch fahren würde müsste man bestimmt über tausend Kilometer weit kommen. Ich bin begeistert von meiner CB 125 F
Amazing mpg on this
95 or greater octane fuel ?
@@JoeC88 I take only 98 Octane Fuel
@@Waldmichel1967 👍👍 Great, that is the best fuel to use.
@@Waldmichel1967 👍👍 That is the best fuel to use
I started on one of these, just about the only thing that annoyed me was how buzzy everything got past about 50mph
Would like to know how to get the foot peg rubbers off so I can cut an inch off them they stick out to far for me cheers
Love these small-bore bikes! How do you compare this to your Super Cub C125? Which bike do you prefer, and why? 😉👍 --QM
Well of course you are here lol. I had the same question.
Well silence is an answer too
Its super cub obviously 😅
Who do you insure your bike with, as I want to get a multi bike policy.
I am a UK expat living in Thailand and my run around is the Honda Wave 125.
It is indestructible if you just keep changing the oil every 3000 kms (2000 miles).
That and the Honda Monkey 125 are my favourite despite having bigger bikes.
Hello, John.
Immigrant*
@@user-sw2lv3zp6o Hello
Expat is just a word for white people to not call themselves immigrant
I agree on all points although I would prefer wider mirrors and on rides through places like the Lake District, Northumberland and down the west coast of Cumberland (Cumbria until recently) into a strong headwind I am getting nearer 120-130mpg at roughly 48mph in 5th or 40mph in 4th. I am also 6 ft 2 and overweight!
i'm similar size/weight as you m8 and often ride similar roads getting the same (actual) mpg when i ride at that speed. no doubt the bike displayed mpg will show 140-150 though. I've just switched from E10 to E5 to see if it makes a difference, and early indications are that the MPG goes up a bit but is offset by the increased cost, however i 'feel' the bike runs a bit sweeter, but need more time to tell. GL
@@Bob-ts2tu Not sure whether it is still the case but Esso E5 is supposed to be ethanol free according to their website. It seems to run more smoothly and better power response with E5 generally. Also personally I have found that fully synthetic oil (Lucas in this case) is much better than semi synthetic very noticeable mpg, smooth running, cooler (using a laser meter) and much better performance especially when it warms up, more power output.
@@user-zu8wc3sc4g thanks for that. I use fully synthetic too (but not lucas), as i've heard the same, and am using super unleaded from morrisons and sainsburys as they are close by. i'm thinking that if i get better mpg to offset the additional cost but with better performance then it makes sense to stick with E5, as i'm at least getting something 'extra' for the same money lol
@@Bob-ts2tu I think a few people have shown that the E10 can be a false economy, ethanol has a lower calorific value than petrol so you would inevitably use more for the same output of power. Then there is the added benefit of E5 or E0 in that the petrol absorbs less water from the air.
I agreed on all points in video, except re the saddle. I'm 70kg and get bum sore after a little over an hour! Don't tell me I need to change my bum ... 😮
What tyres did you fit and how much are they great review as always
I think put the Pirellis on it, it's in the other video IIRC, I have the same bike and put the Metzelers on, totally transformed the ride in dry or rain over the CST rubbish it come with.
@@Paul-io6dy i also found turning the preload up to no.4 helped to give a more grounded feel as well.
Wanted to see you gun it down a more major road! 11litre tank? I read elsewhere it is 13 litre? Anyhow I got my own 2018 model of this bike last week and been having a tootle around my local nearby roads. I know a close bypass I can test top speed down when weathers good! :D
The older models have 13 litres. The new models have 11 litres and are better on fuel. Plus the older models were made in India and china. The new models are made in Italy
I bought the exactly same bike three weeks before brand new and i bought it for free . I pay 190 € per month plus 40€ for gasoline and with my car until now I needed 250€ every month for gasoline.
Honestly I and my partner have this same bike and the seat is very not comfortable for long distance rides. We both bought a seat cushion for them as we were doing 100-300 miles per day.
Good to know
Does It have sellomatic tyres ?
Just got my cb125f, first bike. What crash bars do you have? Are they easy to fit?
I have givi, it is super easy to mount it
I notice you still havent bothered to turn off the eco light that you hate
Is there a way to adjust the headlight on them, mine which i got on the 15th (12 plate) it seems quite high and i feel like it blinds people. I just want it to drop down a foot or so but im talking about a fair distance ahead not a foot down and it lights up my tire only 😂)
I have a 2020 cb125f and the headlight adjust is very easy. There's a bolt under the headlight housing just look under you'll see it. Slacken that off a bit. The serrated washer will have dug into the plastic so prize that off, then just slide the headlight up or down as required then tighten the bolt again. Hope this helps
@@mar01006765 thank you very much, shall have a look when I get home. So hard to find information about that, i might even try and make a video on it if i find it haha
@@mar01006765 Honestly, it's so obvious once its pointed out but I thought that was a fairing bolt and turns out it's the easiest headlight to adjust ever 😂. Thabk you so much
@@CrazyBikerGuy no problems bro
how many oil changes? 5 times adjusting the chain slack???? are you sure? those are not normal numbers
The stock chain on any 125 are garbage and require alot of adjusting. Upgrade them to a d.i.d chain and you don't need to adjust as much
My 2023 bike will do 299.9 mpg at 35-40 mpg round town flat out itll do 85mpg. No joke i do 200 miles a week for 10 - 12 quid.
The clock is optimistic. Calculate it properly on a calculator then you get your real mpg. They do 120mpg
If you had the choice of this or a scooter which would you go for be honest without the cost of purchase?
I have both a pcx125 and cb125f different rides both great cheers
Scooter no chain total plus point for diy
Hmmm... Hahaha 🙂 so will you be selling the Africa Twin Mr Fish??
I'm from India and when I'm going through the comments i see lot of people are interested in low capacity machines which is good. But here in India we want Honda to give us higher capacity bikes😂 also because Honda is only focussed on more smaller capacity commuters here. FYI the cb125f featured here is sp125 in India and I'm also a owner of the Hornet
it's time for honda to make a lightweight(max 130kg) cb250 inline twin motor air cooled ...
Cb250r?
it's funny when you want to make a big and strong engine from a small volume engine that is often overloaded and oversized! First, you increase the weight unnecessarily, there is a problem with restless operation, cooling the engine, is still one cylinder engine and so on...
@@milivojcekada1952 maybe you can try the Suzuki GSX250R if you're not only looking for a Honda
It's a parallel twin with 24 HP
I don't know too much about the mpg doe...
It is too heavy(181kg) almost like honda cb500(189kg)! I'm not buying looks, but a light city motorcycle that can be maneuvered easily!
Let's say the new honda cb250sc, redesigned!
This bike cost around 2000 euro, use 1.5l per 100km/h. Which is great. I hear it is not very comfy for people of 1.80cm in height and more. How tall are you sir?
I’m 1.87 and it’s fine but I don’t do long distance on it ..but I haven’t found it uncomfortable
@@Mrfish2015 That's great to hear, as i read that people that are tall might find it uncomfy. I live in RS. I think i might buy this machine or similar, in near future. It is very economic. I do not travel long distances. Not more then 300km on average and thats trips, on daily basis no more then 60km. Not really fun of cars, you can say i am claustrophobic. 😂
Totally ignore the on-board mpg display, it varies wildly and the value shown is RUBBISH. Over 6000 miles since i've had mine i have documented every fillup, and it has over-estimated by 24mpg on average, (sometimes up to 50+mpg on some tankfulls). The only way is to properly calculate it by miles ridden / fuel used. Mine has actually averaged 138mpg over that time over all terrain and conditions (was more at one time), and recently when i've ridden a lot harder and pinned it for longer about 122mpg. I'm 19st and 6' tall so it's still pretty damn good economy, and 150mpg + IS well possible if you tootle around and ride steady keeping the ecometer light green as much as possible, which i did more in the earlier days of ownership, so dont take the manufacturer or display claims too seriously unless you weigh less than 10stone and ride at 30mph everywhere, and even then it will be wrong. GL
Are you using u.k or u.s mpg ? Common mistake.
@@o00scorpion00o we use UK MPGT in yorkshire :). My accurate calculation over the past year using (total miles / total fuel) over 8,000 miles gives a true figure of 134.16 mpg. the 'bike display' mpg gives an average of 159.03 mpg over the same period. I'm riding a bit faster and harder now than i did at the start, and the figures factors in that, as well as all terrain & weather conditions, although im not a big winter rider and don't commute, with each journey between 50-250 miles. These are still quite stunning figures when you think it carries a total weight of around quarter of a ton around (bike + rider) using a piston the size of a lemon lol, so i reckon if you take 25mpg off what the display says you will be somewhere near, but the true figure varies wildly from tankfull to tankfull. lastly to be as accurate with the actual miles ridden, i average what the bike odometer says and the miles in my beeline satnav, as i find the odometer is usually 5% higher than the satnav miles, which would give an increased mpg if used on it's own, but i wanted to check out the honda claims of 188mpg as properly as i could, not coz im a stat's geek, but thought it would be an interesting excercise. GL
@@Bob-ts2tu Yes I know you use U.K MPG but all I was saying is that a lot of people look up google and get a U.S mpg figure without realising it 🙂 but I trust you've done it correctly 🙂
Still pretty good MPG numbers.
I wish they hadn't converted us here in Ireland from miles and U.K MPG to all this km and L/100 km nonsense.
@@o00scorpion00o do you know you can change the bike display to give MPH/MPG at any time? instructions are in the manual or online & pretty easy to do. As fuel is dispensed in litres here too, i convert it in my spreadsheet to gallons, but the bottom line is that even at it's worse performing figures when you rev like a fool or pin it all day, it is as you say still great numbers. GL
@@Bob-ts2tu I do wonder why so many people don't have bikes like these instead of electric bicycles ? I think they are a lot safer, in traffic, keeping with traffic rather than in the way of traffic, if you can't beat em join them lol.
+ if they had their license a bike like this offers so much freedom.
Mine 2 lt each 100 km,, top speed, ı have seen 116 kmh,, 100 kmh all day easy.
Better than the Super Cub?
Of course
I wish it had abs
Sit ups .. 😂
You can't throw a rock in Brazil without hitting a 125 Honda street single.
No tacho, thank f. When I'm caning a 125 I certainly don't wanna see how badly I'm thrashing the poor thing.
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I have gray metallic colour.. bt in India name is SP 125 same features nd same design bt colour is not available white nd this red ... Available grey , black , blue , navy blue , red is not attractive as ur bike colour ...
And the top speed is .. 90 km/h 😅
At how many kilometres you do the oil change in this bike, please tell
I change every 2000 miles
I got 73mph out of my 2016 cbf 😮I’m just shy of 10Kg
wow, only10kg? you weigh 12x more than me, and my 18month old grandaughter weighs the same weight as you - im surprised you dont go even faster
Jesus man, you only weigh the same as 24-pack of coke??? 😂
@@Elmoz98 9 3/4 stone hehe
its weird you like them mirror ,I hate the mirrors of mine, in just able to see my shoulders...i
Buy mirror extenders then.
sorry corr watch you.hands off handle bars
Oh well
I had this bike for 2 years now, and I can confirm that it can get 180mpg.
have you done a proper calculation of miles/fuel used over a long period time to claim this figure?, or are you taking the bike display as being correct? (which it is nowhere near), as my own experience is that if you weigh under 10stone and ride everywhere under 30mph on the flat with no wind, then something near that figure *may* be possible, but in the real world, sorry i dont believe it.
@Bob-ts2tu I had a little bit of a miscalculation. I weigh roughly 8.5 stone and get an mpg of 160ish.