Got one of these as my Courtesy bike, Here's my little review... Pro's : Looks fantastic Handles like a dream Pretty skinny so it's great for filtering Acceleration is pretty damn quick! Sits at 65mph easily Very quiet (if you see that as a pro) Very forgiving bike! (Perfect for new riders!) Con's : Seat isn't very comfortable Tires are very skinny! Overall rating 9/10 - Only downside is the seat in my opinion, Could be better! Fantastic bike for any learner out there and considering it's only a 125cc bike it's still a bit of a hooligan bike that begs you to throw it around corners and ride it like you stole it! Very good at handling and you can pretty much turn around in the same spot! With this bike you'll take off allot quicker at lights than cars!
I've owned this bike for 8 months same color as the video and agree with everything you say. Got a full black widow exhaust system being installed on Friday to fix how quiet it is :D
Got mine a week ago,white one looks so beautiful,it is my first bike ever,first time I ride a bike on my CBT test,this was the second time when I got mine white cb125f.Done 109 miles now,spend some hours on the big car part late evening,practicing U-turns,small 8,very slow riding,straight and circle.Very happy with this bike,very easy to maneuver,great on fuel,fast enough for new rider's.Don't know top speed yet,,I been told to do about 400 miles on low rpm,I am not going over 5k rpm,changing gears at 3.5-4k, red line at 9 and 10 k. By the way I am 191cm tall,longest ride was 2 hours non stop,felt very comfortable and not tired.I recommend this bike,worth the money. P.S sorry for bad English....UPDATE: 1300 miles on the clock,bike is great!Last week went to London,270 miles from my home to the destination.Took me 6.5 hours without stoping,very comfortable bike, last two hours start hurt my butt.Used full tank of fuel. First service (600 miles) cost me 100£ in Honda dealership.9k red line 65mph.
I bloody love mine!! Yeah it may not have much power but it's so easy to ride and huge fun!! Even with the throttle pinned I still managed 112mpg! Will sit at 60mph all day long which is more than adequate.
I got one of these recently. Easy as pie to ride and cheap to run. £2499 to buy which works out around 73 quid a month with Honda's finance deal. It'll only do 60-61 mph, I've had 65 out of it downhill but don't expect anything startling speedwise.
If you wanna spend the rest of your life as a veggie, go ahead without a helmet. You may be a great rider but you can never rely on other drivers. Why risk?
Not poser bikes? Some people can't afford a bigger bike or have no need, or like me aren't allowed. I'm 16 right now and riding a small moped but looking to get a 125 when i turn 17. Doesn't mean im a poser, legally i'm not allowed anything bigger for now.
@@jamesbondie4645 That because the CB125F is no better than a Chinese bike. Very poor quality materials, very poor build quality, suffer terribly from rust.
Mohi Ahmed Hi Mohi, thanks for the feedback; we always appreciate it. We'd love to give more information on how much it (and all the other bikes and cars we review) costs, but unfortunately, this changes so quickly and often that the review would be out of date within months!
I am 5".5 inches tall , so was wondering if I can touch the floor with my foot rather than tip-toe when at lights or when sat stationary . Just got my CBT ......
You'll do 65 with a tailwind but come back the other way and you're struggling to do fifty! Oh, and in THEORY you might see 100mpg+ plus in reality it' s "only" in the low 80s. I much prefer real clocks rather than the silly LCD screens.
I know a 125 can get away with a rear drum but, for the price point I would expect discs front & rear. I only expect drum brakes on the real budget Chinese bikes these days, even the better Chinese bikes have a rear disc. I see Honda is using the same Chinese type rear sprockets as well. In fact, I think the bike is built in China.
you are right !!!!!!!!! ................. history continue, the new Japan is already China, but not all the people realise. In some years they will make tanks and war tools in the same factory, which we have paid............
It's made in China by Wuyang Honda. The feedback for the quality is good except for the price 10k RMB（1300 Euros). Normally 10k RMB can buy a 150cc bike nowadays.
I have one as a courtesy bike at the moment and to be honest its bloody horrible. Probably because my bike is a cruiser but its very uncomfortable and being sat quite high up compared to what I'm used to is very odd and the feet positioning is crap as well as the kick stand as the foot peg is in the way.
@@daveqin9515 1: Western Civilization is doomed, its spiraling down the drain, its done. 2: I'd buy a American bike priced similar, but for the Price of a K-Pipe you can't buy a new Bicycle made in the USA. 3: My ancestors were here before Columbus, what's trading one set of oppressive land thieves for another?
Yavuz Aydoğan bilader al bence titreşim yok cbf gibi yakıt çok az cbf150 nin yarısı kadar yakıyo benimki rodajda basamadım ama ybr gibi 100 110 görür gibi
Yes you can. Cheap to insure also, very wise move to get you through the first year or two of riding until them premiums come down and your confidence goes up.
such a stupidity. yeah why not learn how a normal bike is. and why do you need one on an ordinary bike? always good to have just in case. for example you drive in winter or when it's freezing the is condese water in the throttle cable. it starts to freeze now your throttle is stuck. so why do you need it on a 125. I think it's even more important for learner's
well still. I think when normal bikes do have it it's essential for learners they learn how to operate an ordinary bike. and everywhere else this bike has an engine cut off switch so it makes replacement mor expensive
This comment is relatively unrelated to the video: I'm 16 and intend to get a super-sports in 3-4 months when i turn 17. At the moment my eye is on the YZF-R125. But I'd especially like an R6 or R3... Anyone know the legal repercussions of riding an R3 with L Plates (I have a CBT) and registering it/insurance/taxing it as an R125? PS. I know you can't ride an R3 with just a CBT at any age and that i'd need to be 19 with an A2 Licence, the L plates are just to add to the illusion that its a R125. PPS. Do the r125 fairings fit an R3? Like... to make it look like an R125?
At the risk of sounding like a nagging mother, that is really irresponsible, illegal and fraudulent. Your insurance would be invalid, bike registered illegally and a host of other problems. Just wait until you are old enough, the YZF-R125 is a great bike and you'll have fun on it and learn a lot before you are old enough to move up.
I thought the idea of the kill switch was that the engine must be able to be started and stopped without taking hands off the grips Must be a jurisdictional thing
The quality of these bikes is no better than the quality of most Chinese bikes. It is nothing like the build quality of the 90's machines. I would really urge you not to bother with one of these bikes. The rear swingarm is made of the thinnest, cheapest steel they could find, I have just had to replace one on a 2015 bike as the shock mount had snapped off due to rust. The bike doesn't have many miles on it and is stored in a garage.
I’ve owned both the cbf125 and cb125f. From what I know, older model is made in India, the newer in China. Both suffer hugely from rust. I’m replacing as the miles tick by just to make sure that the bike does not simply disintegrate from under me!
Bought this bike on the 20/09/2018, and have done only 800 miles on it, , BUT and its a HUGE but, its rusty, both sets of rear shocks thick with rust, front suspension rusting, 4 large spots of rust on the handle bars, rear break peddle so rust looks like its made of wood, chrome plate that covers the exhaust has spots of rust aswell, first time ive ever bought a brand new bike, and am shocked at the state of it....would never buy another honda, if they rust so quickly
keith taylor this model is built in Thailand or China I think. Unfortunately Honda have gone down the path of using their reputation to dupe people into thinking that the same build quality is applied to all their products. The cb125f is cheap for a reason. I would go as far as saying that you should avoid buying a new one and go for a second hand cbf125. Still not built in Japan but have a much longer history and plenty of cheap parts available for when the rust just gets too bad.
no............. cbf 125 is from INDIA this is a cb125f !!!! not the same. Comes from CHINA Engine is not exactly the same. Inside it has a balancer to avoid vibrations. greetings from Belgium
I have a question i want to know which one is better cb 125 f or cb125 r ? Please answer me ..because i'm about to buy one of these two models and i want some recomendations..
No it's not, just be carefull when breaking man, alot of small bikes havnt got abs, all the old bikes never did and they still were used, safety is already too strict around the world now your taking it too far
Entry level? What a joke. I'm 64 and got my Suzuki GT550 in 1978. Now planning to sell my Moto Guzzi 850 California and getting the CB125F for my trips to Normandy, Southern France, Italy and Croatia. More like an exit bike. For you probably more like a Brexit bike?
simple, reliable, inexpensive - this is what you need with a 125, and nothing more.
Got one of these as my Courtesy bike, Here's my little review...
Pro's :
Looks fantastic
Handles like a dream
Pretty skinny so it's great for filtering
Acceleration is pretty damn quick!
Sits at 65mph easily
Very quiet (if you see that as a pro)
Very forgiving bike! (Perfect for new riders!)
Con's :
Seat isn't very comfortable
Tires are very skinny!
Overall rating 9/10 - Only downside is the seat in my opinion, Could be better!
Fantastic bike for any learner out there and considering it's only a 125cc bike it's still a bit of a hooligan bike that begs you to throw it around corners and ride it like you stole it! Very good at handling and you can pretty much turn around in the same spot! With this bike you'll take off allot quicker at lights than cars!
Thanks for that
Nice review. I'm very close to heading to my local honda shop to have a spy of one
I've owned this bike for 8 months same color as the video and agree with everything you say. Got a full black widow exhaust system being installed on Friday to fix how quiet it is :D
Got mine a week ago,white one looks so beautiful,it is my first bike ever,first time I ride a bike on my CBT test,this was the second time when I got mine white cb125f.Done 109 miles now,spend some hours on the big car part late evening,practicing U-turns,small 8,very slow riding,straight and circle.Very happy with this bike,very easy to maneuver,great on fuel,fast enough for new rider's.Don't know top speed yet,,I been told to do about 400 miles on low rpm,I am not going over 5k rpm,changing gears at 3.5-4k, red line at 9 and 10 k. By the way I am 191cm tall,longest ride was 2 hours non stop,felt very comfortable and not tired.I recommend this bike,worth the money. P.S sorry for bad English....UPDATE: 1300 miles on the clock,bike is great!Last week went to London,270 miles from my home to the destination.Took me 6.5 hours without stoping,very comfortable bike, last two hours start hurt my butt.Used full tank of fuel. First service (600 miles) cost me 100£ in Honda dealership.9k red line 65mph.
Vitalij Lavinskij can you explain more about first service and the 100£ part ?
I bloody love mine!! Yeah it may not have much power but it's so easy to ride and huge fun!! Even with the throttle pinned I still managed 112mpg! Will sit at 60mph all day long which is more than adequate.
TheBoycie86
You can't really go wrong with Honda can you?
Yep
Never
I got one of these recently. Easy as pie to ride and cheap to run. £2499 to buy which works out around 73 quid a month with Honda's finance deal. It'll only do 60-61 mph, I've had 65 out of it downhill but don't expect anything startling speedwise.
Could you tell me how much the insurance costs you per month?
Now, that's what I called "easy rider ",believe me, the pleasure of riding was very different from a heavy bike.
I know it's the law to wear a helmet when riding a bike but will it be ok for me to ride bollock naked? I like to feel the wind in my pubic hair.
Uncle Meat 🤣
Lol
wear a towel
If you wanna spend the rest of your life as a veggie, go ahead without a helmet. You may be a great rider but you can never rely on other drivers. Why risk?
I've got those exact gloves. They're winter gloves. They keep your hands warm if it's 0 degrees but any temp above ten degrees and they're too hot.
Great bike it will just run and run with minimal maintenance. If my old faithfull varadero ever packed in i would buy another cbf tomorrow
Here is Australia Dec 2020 they have 125E Ride away price is $3099.00.
great review
Love your reviews, you should check out the Ducati Scrambler Icon bike and give your review on that as well! If you did, that'd be great!
really nice review.. 👍
I don't see why they are 10HP today, but the old CG was 12 HP back in the 80's???
Can u please make more 125´s? ! Aprilia RS4, KTM, Yamaha and more :)
liam Carroll hahah didn't even remember that i posted that got myself a yamaha tho
liam Carroll Cool dude!
Not poser bikes? Some people can't afford a bigger bike or have no need, or like me aren't allowed. I'm 16 right now and riding a small moped but looking to get a 125 when i turn 17. Doesn't mean im a poser, legally i'm not allowed anything bigger for now.
Liam they're good entry level and keep to a tight budget
We want the KTM 1050 review!
When your motorcycle gear is more expensive than your bike!
Isso faz a mulecada sonha agora em da grau nessa 125
i prefer the honda xl125v varadero and it is more powerful and has twin headlights and a V twin engine
OK me too, but price !!!!! you can buy two CB125F !!!!
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WITH GREETINGS to al bikelovers, greetings from Belgium
@@jamesbondie4645 That because the CB125F is no better than a Chinese bike. Very poor quality materials, very poor build quality, suffer terribly from rust.
Best place to get a full list of spares? I'm having no luck
which cam do you use? it looks pretty nice
please provide your review on yamaha R15S
nice bike :-)
I'm torn between going for the Honda CB125F and the Mutt Mastiff 125 for my first bike.
Cant go wrong with Honda
Great review as always, but would appreciate being informed about how much it costs...
Mohi Ahmed Hi Mohi, thanks for the feedback; we always appreciate it. We'd love to give more information on how much it (and all the other bikes and cars we review) costs, but unfortunately, this changes so quickly and often that the review would be out of date within months!
Mohi Ahmed Hey, i got one of these and i live in Norway where it costed 38k norwegian kr ;)
In Spain it costs 2.500 euros.
+Eirik Hjellset var det med forsikring da?
Nei, 38k registrert. 32k uregistrert. Med allt kjøreutstyr ble det 48k ;)
I am 5".5 inches tall , so was wondering if I can touch the floor with my foot rather than tip-toe when at lights or when sat stationary . Just got my CBT ......
Hi. I am 5f6'' and it's comfortable. I love the bike.
You'll do 65 with a tailwind but come back the other way and you're struggling to do fifty!
Oh, and in THEORY you might see 100mpg+ plus in reality it' s "only" in the low 80s.
I much prefer real clocks rather than the silly LCD screens.
40 Up a steep mountain hill with a head wind. 3rd gear all the way... I'm Welsh trust me I know....
the old's seat is not comfortable at all...wondering if the 2021 model has a comfortable seat.
I know a 125 can get away with a rear drum but, for the price point I would expect discs front & rear. I only expect drum brakes on the real budget Chinese bikes these days, even the better Chinese bikes have a rear disc. I see Honda is using the same Chinese type rear sprockets as well. In fact, I think the bike is built in China.
liam Carroll Oh and this CB125 is one of the Chinese bikes, made in China.
Yes but it should last better if it is treated properly and it should have more after sales service.
you are right !!!!!!!!! ................. history continue, the new Japan is already China, but not all the people realise. In some years they will make tanks and war tools in the same factory, which we have paid............
It's made in China by Wuyang Honda. The feedback for the quality is good except for the price 10k RMB（1300 Euros). Normally 10k RMB can buy a 150cc bike nowadays.
I have one as a courtesy bike at the moment and to be honest its bloody horrible. Probably because my bike is a cruiser but its very uncomfortable and being sat quite high up compared to what I'm used to is very odd and the feet positioning is crap as well as the kick stand as the foot peg is in the way.
I own this, it does 65mph easy good times you will hit 70
DogsofWar999 what cc is it?
125
how much does a new robe cost for this bike?
***** don't watch bike vids then.
Need to know as I'm getting a 125 soon and need to know lights and stuff
i want to purchase immediately so please provide in India
Any other Americans wished they lived in Europe so they can buy one of these?
Or buy the Chinese Knockoff, the Kymco K-Pipe, available in the US, a bit slower, a bit cheaper, but about the same size with a Warranty & such.
@@twotone3471 your helping china rule the world and inslave your grand kids though thats the only problem
@@daveqin9515 1: Western Civilization is doomed, its spiraling down the drain, its done. 2: I'd buy a American bike priced similar, but for the Price of a K-Pipe you can't buy a new Bicycle made in the USA. 3: My ancestors were here before Columbus, what's trading one set of oppressive land thieves for another?
@@twotone3471 its colonize or be colonized and thats the way the world is i wish it wasnt but it is
The seat height..... Is it in millimetres
sera vei para o Brasil. essa moto
Cheap to insure as well
Not on bike provisional learners license
How is the vibration on this bike? Can you ride smooth with 100 km/h?
Yavuz Aydoğan bilader al bence titreşim yok cbf gibi yakıt çok az cbf150 nin yarısı kadar yakıyo benimki rodajda basamadım ama ybr gibi 100 110 görür gibi
hermosa ésa moto
is it going to be available in the Philippines?
launch date in india
Launch date in India
Is the tyre Tubeless type?
yes it is
Can you ride this with just cbt w/ L plates?
Yes you can. Cheap to insure also, very wise move to get you through the first year or two of riding until them premiums come down and your confidence goes up.
2:10 why do learner riders don't have an engine cut off switch?
+14725800369 They say it confuses learners. Besides, why would you need one on a 125?
such a stupidity. yeah why not learn how a normal bike is. and why do you need one on an ordinary bike? always good to have just in case. for example you drive in winter or when it's freezing the is condese water in the throttle cable. it starts to freeze now your throttle is stuck. so why do you need it on a 125. I think it's even more important for learner's
14725800369 As someone who owns this bike I can tell you it has no power. A kill switch is not needed for safety.
well still. I think when normal bikes do have it it's essential for learners they learn how to operate an ordinary bike. and everywhere else this bike has an engine cut off switch so it makes replacement mor expensive
14725800369 I agree with that. But if that were their concern they wouldn't have also swapped the horn/indicator switches.
Probably getting paid by Honda, please be more neutral, you sound like this is the best bike ever made
This comment is relatively unrelated to the video: I'm 16 and intend to get a super-sports in 3-4 months when i turn 17. At the moment my eye is on the YZF-R125. But I'd especially like an R6 or R3... Anyone know the legal repercussions of riding an R3 with L Plates (I have a CBT) and registering it/insurance/taxing it as an R125?
PS. I know you can't ride an R3 with just a CBT at any age and that i'd need to be 19 with an A2 Licence, the L plates are just to add to the illusion that its a R125.
PPS. Do the r125 fairings fit an R3? Like... to make it look like an R125?
At the risk of sounding like a nagging mother, that is really irresponsible, illegal and fraudulent. Your insurance would be invalid, bike registered illegally and a host of other problems. Just wait until you are old enough, the YZF-R125 is a great bike and you'll have fun on it and learn a lot before you are old enough to move up.
I thought the idea of the kill switch was that the engine must be able to be started and stopped without taking hands off the grips
Must be a jurisdictional thing
Does this come in automatic trans?
Launch this bike in India
The quality of these bikes is no better than the quality of most Chinese bikes. It is nothing like the build quality of the 90's machines.
I would really urge you not to bother with one of these bikes. The rear swingarm is made of the thinnest, cheapest steel they could find, I have just had to replace one on a 2015 bike as the shock mount had snapped off due to rust. The bike doesn't have many miles on it and is stored in a garage.
robertgisthebest Well it’s made in China...
@@ventisette. They are made in India.
The older CBF was made in India, this is made in China and it shows.
I’ve owned both the cbf125 and cb125f. From what I know, older model is made in India, the newer in China. Both suffer hugely from rust. I’m replacing as the miles tick by just to make sure that the bike does not simply disintegrate from under me!
Bought this bike on the 20/09/2018, and have done only 800 miles on it, , BUT and its a HUGE but, its rusty, both sets of rear shocks thick with rust, front suspension rusting, 4 large spots of rust on the handle bars, rear break peddle so rust looks like its made of wood, chrome plate that covers the exhaust has spots of rust aswell, first time ive ever bought a brand new bike, and am shocked at the state of it....would never buy another honda, if they rust so quickly
keith taylor this model is built in Thailand or China I think. Unfortunately Honda have gone down the path of using their reputation to dupe people into thinking that the same build quality is applied to all their products. The cb125f is cheap for a reason. I would go as far as saying that you should avoid buying a new one and go for a second hand cbf125. Still not built in Japan but have a much longer history and plenty of cheap parts available for when the rust just gets too bad.
Did you use any protection products like muc off protectant or acf50 through the winter months
Lunch date in india . plz answar plz plZ
launch date in india ??
no............. cbf 125 is from INDIA this is a cb125f !!!! not the same. Comes from CHINA
Engine is not exactly the same. Inside it has a balancer to avoid vibrations.
greetings from Belgium
I have a question i want to know which one is better cb 125 f or cb125 r ?
Please answer me ..because i'm about to buy one of these two models and i want some recomendations..
Cb 125f
Chavvy guy from other video can tell more useful info than so called expert
Please launch india
What cc is this??
125 pretty sure
124 cc exactly
greetings from Belgium
Jo Pakistani meri tarhan is review ko dekhny aya hai usy bs itna kehna tha ke koi baat nhi bhai mai apka dard smj skta hu 😂
WITHOUT ABS, ITS A DANGEROUS MACHINE !
No it's not, just be carefull when breaking man, alot of small bikes havnt got abs, all the old bikes never did and they still were used, safety is already too strict around the world now your taking it too far
Are people that are 16 aloud to ride this bike?
No
You have to be 17 to ride a 125cc in the UK.
Deus 16 in Ireland 🇮🇪
Any of guys watching this vid do have a look at pakistani version of this bike you will laugh hard
Entry level? What a joke. I'm 64 and got my Suzuki GT550 in 1978. Now planning to sell my Moto Guzzi 850 California and getting the CB125F for my trips to Normandy, Southern France, Italy and Croatia. More like an exit bike. For you probably more like a Brexit bike?
launch bate in india
Don't ride on a pavement it gives us a bad name. Highway code rules could fine you, coffee is not worth the fine.
:-D