2023 Honda C125 Super Cub First look and Review you need to see!

Welcome to Éire Rider Motorcycle Adventures my name is Ben,

In this video we will be looking at the 2023 Honda C125 Super Cub First look and Review

Firstly we will be looking at a quick look at the bike and finding out: what art and this bike have in common. I have also included some questions in the video which i hope you will participate in.

Check the chapters in the time line if you want to skip ahead. The Honda C125 Super Cub is priced at €4799 in Ireland. Check with your country dealer if you are outside of Ireland.

Here are some of the features of the Honda Super Cub –

Universal style
A subtle evolution of the classic clean and timeless Super Cub style. The Super Cub 125 is designed with one word in mind; universality. In other words, it has to be easy for a wide range of people to use. A key part of this ethos is the laid-forward ‘S-shaped silhouette’, which runs from the step-through space to rear mudguard, making access on and off easy.

LED
All lighting is contemporary and crisp LED while the instruments highlight the depth of the overall design with two lenses separated by dual chrome rings; the outer ring houses the sweep of the analogue speedometer’s needle plus warning lights, the inner an understated, digital display.

Pressed Steel
Parts of the Super Cub are made in pressed steel, in particular the rear guard is ultra-thin – and made of pressed steel rather than plastic – to help emphasize the classic ‘S-shape’ silhouette.

Comfortable
Easy to use, with comfortable riding position and smooth, stable handling. A key element of Super Cub from the first model is the ‘unit’ steering, which unifies the separate elements – forks, handlebars and leg shields – into one cohesive whole. The new model – with its forged, tapered handlebar wrapped in curvaceous moulded resin incorporating the switchgear and instruments – mirrors this motif.

Easy Grip
The grips are placed in a natural, easy to hold position and complement the straight-backed riding position, which gives excellent forward and all-round visibility.

High density comfort
Aiding comfort, the seat uses thicker, high-density urethane foam than previous models for enhanced comfort and is also cut back on both sides up front, helping ground reach.

Smart Key
A modern finishing touch is the Honda Smart Key; put it in a pocket and forget about it, the Super Cub C125 is live and good to go. And, with a nod to its forebears (and underlining its Honda history) a historical 3D ‘Old Wing’ logo crowns the Smart Key fob.

Immobiliser
The Smart Key also controls the immobiliser as an extra theft deterrent, and is equipped with an ‘answer back’ function whereby the indicators will ‘blink’ at the push of a button to make finding the vehicle easy in busy parking areas.

Balance and ease of use
To maintain its reassuring nature, but upgrade it for the 125cc specification, the Super Cub C125 started with the C110 tubular steel ‘backbone’ frame as a base. The rigidity balance has been tuned around the headstock and engine hangers, to optimise performance for the larger capacity engine while handlebars and seat are now rubber mounted. The footpegs also feature rubber inserts.

Here is the link to the techinical information to the Honda –

Super Cub C125

Be sure to check out Morans bike shop here –

https://moransbikeshop.ie/

Guggenheim museum – https://www.guggenheim.org/

Vespa Ireland – https://vespa.ie/

All images used in this video were sourced from the manufacturers website and the Honda ad and vespa & friend was sourced from Wikipedia which allows the sharing of images.

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00:00 Introduction
00:33 first impression
01:54 question to my views
02:18 some design features
02:43 rear design feature
03:08 modern features on the super cub
04:10 honda start and exhaust sound
04:39 what makes the super so cub so unique?
05:18 answer to first question
05:50 what does art and the super cub have in common
06:48 you meet the nicest people on a honda slogan and advert
08:35 Competitor if any
09:39 Pricing on both – why the Super cub so worth it!
11:46 Morans Bike shop
12:07 End and closing
12:48 endscreen with link

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Welcome to air Rider my name is Ben today  in this video we’re going to be taking a   look at the c125 Honda Super Cub we’re  also going to answer that question what   a piece of art and the Super Cub have in  common and I look forward to answering  

That later in the video so be sure to stick  around enjoy the video don’t forget to like   comment and of course if you like this  sort of video please subscribe to the channel looking at our first impression of  the bike um they’ve definitely tied it up I  

Like what they’ve done they’ve covered the front  forks very nice you got the single disc it’s ABS   as well which I think is great for a particular  scooter of this size um they always had simple it  

Was a very simple easy to ride motorcycle was  the uh the Honda Cub they often said that you   know even your mom could actually ride this  bike uh back in the’ 60s and that’s exactly   what what they could do because the the it was  an automatic clutch it was simple twist and go  

Jump on off you go U uh very straightforward  uh no frills no fuss it was something that   got a millions of people on the road it was  a cheap form of Transport as well back then  

And we can see it here they’ve kept that sort of  simple design however you can see it’s got that   retro modern look about it um as we look here you  can see the the way they’ve covered the Plastics  

The way they contoured everything you’ve got  the mud guard on the front uh the telescopic   Forks again that’s your your brake lever the LED  indicators as we can see there your two seating   positions obviously one for driver and pass you  can get that changed if you like um they’ve got  

This cover here on the exhaust very nice um  and again just kind of straightforward like   you can’t really get they can’t really over  complicate these bikes I mean they’re just   really easy simple to use that’s and that’s  all you need I have a question for my viewers  

Out there would you consider this design to  be revolution or Evolution that is a question   I’m not not going to answer which I’ll answer  later on so put your comment down uh below if   you if you’re at this point in the video you  can check the time stamps let me know your

Answer is this bike an evolution or revolution  in relation to its original something to always   no from a design perspective is the the side  fenders here something that has been on the   original ever since and something that hasn’t  changed on the motorcycle so it’s great to  

See these side fenders sticking out and with  proud Super Cub badge on it um and of course   you’ve got the Honda in the middle there  with the c125 but that’s something that   design change on the Super Cub that will never  change and it’s one of those designs that is  

Carried through from the original the rear  guard here on the bike is made out of steel   normally you’d probably expect that to be  made out of plastic but essentially that uh   that particular silhouette has been designed to  really bring out from the original so again it’s  

One of those designs that hasn’t changed on the  bike and again you can see it here in the new c125 let’s talk about some of the modern features  that they’ve added to the actual bike so first of  

All we’ve got our ABS uh ability um for the  braking system we’ve got LED indicators as we   can see here with the LED bulb and a daytime  running lights likewise at the back they’ve   have done the LED indicators and of course the  LED rear lights as well another feature is this  

Center display here and additionally there is  a comfort key something you don’t generally   see on this level of motorcycle so in order  to activate I have the key in my pocket and   you just simply push it there you turn it on  and there we go we can see there uh as I was  

Talking about the fuel gauge on the older  bikes you can actually see it there tells   you what gear you’re in and of course um your  speed is there as well and the distance you’ve   done and of course the time and then of course  you’ve got your warning lights here so you’ve  

Got immobilizer obviously if there’s an engine  engine light uh your gear is currently neutral   and of course your abs right let’s get the  uh Honda started in order to do that you’ve   got to press this in first so it recognizes the  smart key turn the ignition on and then you’re starter

What makes the Super Cub so unique and so special  in relation to other cheaper motorcycles that   you’ll find out there first of all I suppose Honda  quality Honda’s been making motorcycles for a very   long time and all the newer bikes now that we have  reviewed and obviously you’re welcome to check  

Those out um the Honda quality just really comes  through and with these particular new bikes now   um You can definitely see it in relation to the  materials that they use for their bikes they also   are conscious about historical uh significance and  I suppose with the Super Cub you know they’ve kept  

The original going through the actual bike and  I suppose there it comes to that question I hope   you put your answer there um answer down below is  it is this bike Revolution or is it Evolution and   in relation to it it’s an evolution motorcycle  because because they’ve kept the original look  

Of the bike going through a series of um of  designs and they haven’t deviated from it   it’s like they’ve got the bare bones of the bike  and they build everything else around it and that   continues on through yeah sure they’ve refreshed  the panels and the look but it’s what makes this  

Bike so unique is there is nothing else like it  out there right so we come to the question what   does art and the Super Cub have in common well um  in 1998 the Guggenheim Museum put a display on of  

Motorcycles called The Art of the motorcycle and  uh they displayed about 140 motorcycles now to   to to get that amount of motorcycles they all  had to form within a certain criteria so each   bike represented there was either a um either  displayed a technical um improvements social  

Impact Aesthetics uh or obviously in relation to  the design of the motorcycle so uh if it fell in   within those um elements it was obviously on  display some bikes uh performed obviously more   than one of those elements so obviously the  Honda I’d say probably more fell in relation  

To uh its social impact because um during the  60s it just conquered the American Market with   its small 50cc engine it was a c100 it came up  with the slogan you meet the nest people nicest   people on a Honda and literally that slogan  was just Ram through the uh through through  

America and the bike just became a sensation and  extremely successful uh in the American market   so much so much so it even worried the British  manufacturers who were just too late to respond   to the way the Japanese man um the manufactured  how they manufactured uh the processes were put  

In how their marketing was also put in place  as well and uh a lot of people say that sort of   spelled Doom for the British motorcycle Market was  the um the Japanese um motorcycles reverberating   through around the world in relation to the way  they s these motorcycles so yeah the the um the  

Bike’s on display there there was 114 of them  we’re talking Indians Harley’s triumphs BMWs the   R32 were all displayed there and this bike or the  super CB the c100 was on display there with all  

Those other iconic bikes so um you know when you  when you’re buying a new bike you get that feeling   that you get you’ve got some of that iconic value  in the new bike and um it’s something that um I  

Don’t think a lot of people people would forget  the social impact of this bikee that it created   you’ve got charity runs you’ve got people that  that are grouped together in c90s c100s C uh C1  

125s that go out in groups to go and uh take the  bikes out like the significance of what how this   bike impacted people it made uh traveling uh cheap  they could afford the little bike it were easy to  

Work on um there was so much about this bike that  that made it extremely successful and uh again its   design hasn’t changed much from its original and  it’s no wonder that the bike is as successful as  

It is today as it was back then fer Prim a Vera  125 would be the direct competitor to this to   this bike in relation to its engine size it’s  a it’s a 125 um it does however have a slightly  

Bigger fuel tank at about 8 L per 100 sorry beg  your pardon it does have a larger fuel tank uh   which is 8 L however the fuel consumption is not  as good as the as the Honda also both um struggle  

With some storage however there is a luggage rack  on the back of the Honda um underneath the rear   seat there uh so another thing and a big thing to  consider is when you’re buying one of the Honda  

Super Cubs uh is dealer Network the dealer Network  in Ireland is just fantastic you will not struggle   if you’re having an issue with your Honda there’s  a a motorcycle dealer like literally around the  

Corner um versus Vesper um as far as I’m I’m only  aware there’s only one in Dublin um so and again   if I look at how many vespas I’ve seen on the road  how many Hondas I’ve seen on the road it’s got to  

Be the Honda right so now we’re on to the white  elephant of pricing the Honda Super CB comes in   at € 4,800 the uh vespa Prime Vera 125 comes  in at 55,000 which is about €700 more um for  

Obviously the Italian scooter um one thing though  uh I think they’re having a bit of a special on   at the moment they’ve got it reduced about 5295  still significantly more expensive uh than the  

Honda Super Cub um is it as iconic you know does  it have the the the social history of the Super   Cub I don’t think so uh and again the display in  the gugenheim museum certainly certainly says that  

And like I said to you as well how much would you  pay for a piece of art these days and considering   that the original Super cup was in the museum  um on display with 113 other motorcycles uh  

For its social impact uh it made uh back then  and um you know what is $4,800 to own a piece   of History yes it may not be the original bike  but it certainly has a lot of history and DNA  

Built into it from its original bike so for me  it’s the evolution from the old to the new and   yet the design is still there so for your € 4,800  I don’t think that’s a that’s a lot of money for  

Something like that it’s been displayed in an arm  Museum it’s got social history it’s got iconic uh   history it’s conquered World Markets um with its  styling they’ve sold 26 a half million probably   more now uh back in 1998 those were the Where  were the sales back then um they had the slogan  

You always meet um you always meet nice people  on a Honda you know the the bikes have always   been really super easy to to to get on and use  functionality wise even your mom could ride them  

You know that was it that is the bike um again I  don’t know too much about about Vespa history but   this bike I think as far as I’m concerned has very  little competitors and for the money for € 44,800  

I say that’s a bargain special thanks to Tadhg  and his team here at moran’s Bike Shop behind   me they’re a Honda dealer here in drumshanbo in  County Leitrim in Ireland so if you’re looking   for a new Honda well hopefully a Super Cub you  never know definitely contact the guys here I’m  

Sure they’ll be delighted to help you out I’ll  leave the details in the description that brings   the video to an end um I hope you really enjoyed  it um something a bit different I thought I’d go  

Through uh the bike itself then explain a bit  of history about it and then we talk about the   Guggenheim display um I really hope I um nailed  it in relation to the production of the video   please hit the like button let me know what you  think down below hopefully you’ve answered some  

Of the questions in relation to the video um  apparently the the owner of this shop does have   the c100 the original so could just could just  be a new video uh at some point what do you think  

Should should we have the c100 and the c125 next  to each other and then we can compare directly   from the original I think that might make a good  video let me know down below if you’d like to see that