Worst Features of Original Honda 50 Super Cub

Attempting to make a top 5 list of things I DON’T like about the Honda C100, but like with my TOP 5 LIKES... • Best Features of Origi...
the structure falls apart…. Actually this one is worse… maybe cause I like the Honda 50.
** TIME CODES **
00:00 Intro
00:40 No Electrical Regulator
02:56 Automatic Clutch
05:00 Only 3 Speeds
06:00 Me Want More POWER!
06:21 Heel Shifter
06:47 Nitpicking
supercub, honda50, worst

[@NitwitMN]

Terrific video!
I’ve got a couple ‘21 Trail 125s - lopped off the heel shifter b/c my 6’4” height, 36” inseam & 11.5 size boots make the actual geometry impossible. Deleting heel shifter with angle grinder was for me an enhancement.
The semiautomatic 4 speed set up in these allows rider to hit neutral not only at bottom, but also as shifter is HELD in either up or down position in gear transitions. When I realized this, routine chores such as coasting to a stop, or as you mentioned simply coasting became hassle free.
Perhaps that behavior goes back to your three speed.
Best wishes

[@intovn4014]

bought a old 50cc on my first trip to Vietnam, loved it put a few thousand km on it. I cruised from Bien Hoa into the hills of Dalat, slow up the hills but who cares. Later I bought a new 110cc wave and put 46,000 km on it, can't beat the little Hondas!

[@torokun]

I am building one at the moment as a designer bike. Kickstart crank strips really easy and I have to replace it but that means I have to crack open the engine.... which means I have to clean out everything and replace gaskets and stuff....
At this point, it' really hard to find replacement parts.

[@Max-mi1tz]

Great video. Deserves much more love

[@Aehzur]

Love the time and effort put Into this video, I love the modding scene for cubs

[@aaronfowler7375]

rebuilding a CA100 and riding my honda C125.
C125 thing i don't like is the fork geometry; makes a little unstable above 55mph. There's a work-around to prevent the keyless ignition from killing the battery. Every ignition/electrical problem i have encountered has been solved by turning it off and back on again, be it the physical kill switch or the wireless ignition key.

[@weebercorey]

I love my C125, I rode it to work just now -132mpg! However, here's what I don't like: Gas tank too small, just barely one gallon, no storage space at all, no kick start, no pillion seat (I added one), no kick stand (I added one) The key fob is a double edged sword - it's actually great, but I know one day I'll get stranded because of it.

[@edweise6879]

Hi Dot Dot. I like how you do your videos. They are very helpful. In your videos you find fault with the shifter lever. As a very long time driver of a C102 I see that the problem you are having is not the fault of the shift lever but rather the positioning of the foot pegs. Your foot pegs are bent backwards (and slightly upwards) from how they came from the factory. (I went to the Suzuka factory in 1961 and saw C100s coming fresh off the line.) Take your rubber mallet and whack them a few times forward and down such that the pegs on both sides are perpendicular to the line of the bike and parallel to the ground at then ends. The ‘step bar’ is absolutely straight in one plane and that plane leans forward to place the center of the step bar right behind the center of the shifter shaft. See if that improves how your left foot interacts with the shift lever. Cheers Ed

[@DotDotMatrix]

Thanks...! I can tell this bike had been in an accident at some point, but I never thought to check the angle of the foot pegs.

[@idocrasedaru]

I actually run without a battery in mine, and I just use bicycle lights in the front and rear to boost my visibility; the stock lights work, but as you say...they aren't bright, especially at idle.
I guess my least favorite part of my '61 ca100 is the fact that the key switch is buried under your leg; I'd prefer some more accessibility, I suppose.

[@jamesmiller1596]

I guess I don't like having to remove the clutch side engine cover to get to the oil strainer to clean it. I commute with a 2006 AA01 Press Cub (Newpaper delivery model) with HD oil pump, HD clutch and big bore kit (88cc), though I still ride my 1966 C65 which had many of the issues mentioned in your video, though I upgraded to CDI as condensers were getting hard to find and 12V electronics.

[@aaronrhoades509]

It's that I don't have one😢

[@Khizar-fp3wu]

Hi my father has a CD 70 1982 model in black

[@DotDotMatrix]

My friend’s dad had a gold C70 when I was growing up and it’s the reason I got my 50.

[@ensidfkgnur]

Wife has new one with fob, do not like.