2020 Honda CT125 Hunter Cub Trail - Sprockets-13T/41T

[@TeamDNFracing]

Graham, this is just my personal preference, but it may save you some time. On the shift lever, I took mine and moved the lever one tooth up on the front to give me a better hit on the toe shift and keeps the heel part away from my boot. The nice thing about doing this, is when I make a countershaft sprocket change, I don't have to take the black cover that goes on the swing arm off to get the sprocket cover off. Try it and see if it feels good under your boot. If not don't do it, but it does give you room to wiggle the sprocket cover out of there without taking off the swing arms black cover. And thank you very much for the hit on my channel.......

[@ridewithwarro]

i will keep that in mind because like you i am always playing about in that sprocket area and that appears to me like a pretty good tip

[@SpyderTom1]

Great vid, for the riding you are doing it is awesome, I will be doing more around the country road riding with an occasional off the beaten path ride. Great job.

[@ridewithwarro]

i think you'll enjoy the experience plus you have the option to look back at my clips should you wish to try something and check it out again first

[@BulletproofIndustries]

Hello my friend. I finally got mine over here in the states! I love it!! Thanks for the videos. I’m trying to make one this weekend

[@ridewithwarro]

go for it and enjoy the riding experience.

[@bruceglock5725]

Thanks for sharing all the info, sharing these tips will save anyone purchasing one of these bikes a lot of trial and error. Bless you sir.

[@ridewithwarro]

what i do may not please every-one as i am chasing my riding conditions because i live in an area where stock bike is prettyuseless to me. in allhonesty 8 hp is pretty patheyic in a hilly situation but fine around town. i have now turned that around and can run both road and dird and hills asnd cover all areas and consider i have a pretty perfect all-rounder and the fun factor still lives on

[@johncopetti1253]

Lovely informative vid Warro, and love the bike. It ll be interesting to see how the better tyres and suspension improve the little girl. Cheers mate. Ride safe and enjoy. John

[@ridewithwarro]

time will tell how that pans out. thinking now i might grab a kawasaki versys x300. i was looking at one today so it may be interesting

[@jerbunch]

I would like to have a ct125. My expectations aren’t as high as yours were when you got it. My Himalayan does what you’re asking the ct to do, and I think you used to have a Himalayan also. Anyway I enjoy the videos. Hope you make it what you’re looking for.

[@ridewithwarro]

nothing wrong with the himalayan. i had a health issue prior to selling mine. i now like the lighter weight bikes. in fact i found the himalayan a nice soft riding bike apart from the weight side. but the ct125 at 120 kgs is a pretty good overpriced package. whick i am prepared to spend a few $$ on to make it more enjoyable for a bit more fun.

[@daveinwla6360]

If fitment of the rear shocks is just a bolt-on affair, how they alone affect handling would be interesting. Reports on other bikes would have been that the upgraded rear shocks give some improvement, while the spring/damper upgrade on the forks gives dramatic improvement.

[@ridewithwarro]

sounds good to me- rear might also help with ride comfort wherethe front end takes cares of the initial hit

[@koukousnest]

thanks for sharing ! i contacted honda greece and they told me that honda aint going to bring ct to europe unfortunately and im looking ways to make a trip and bring it myself here ! :)

[@playtime.5526]

I’m amazed Europe will not get the Hunter Cub.

[@ridewithwarro]

y really as its a great little easy to ride bike and very populr where-ever it goes

[@koukousnest]

@@playtime.5526 i am as well...

[@mitchappleby9166]

Looks Honda needs to bring back to 2 speed differential. I bet some third party will find a way.

[@bruceglock5725]

Hope so, make a much more versatile ride, maybe the ultimate one.

[@robertyoung8289]

Remember real early ones had duel sprockets!!

[@ridewithwarro]

my bet would be-if your on a 2 speed ct- and see this bike behind you on dirt/hills/or sealed stuff - i will pass you...lol

[@Tony-um2el]

With the CT with the high low you can change it with the flick of a switch. Ready to ride street or trail. How long does it take you to change it back? Still wish it had a High/ Low switch.

[@ridewithwarro]

no need to change back at all. this is the best of both worlds. i think it would give the duel range a run in the rough scrub or at least stay with it and once you got onto dirt track or sealed road -the old duel range would be that far behind you -sorry you'd be waiting ..... i have tested it a couple of times now. it has power from 0-50 mph in any gear and will pull well in all gears. pulls strong uphill in 4th gear too next question-how would it run against a stock geared bike. no conest. it would bowl one over that quick the stock wouldn't know what hit it! in all areas. in town on pickup. on sealed at the first sign of a slight hill and once on dirt party over. the bike is really now a true pitbull. or slightly dangerous...lol

[@SuperBafco]

where did you get the 41 tooth sprocket please! sounds like a great add on

[@ridewithwarro]

already replied

[@davidschervish5697]

Can you provide a link for those sprockets? Thank you.

[@ridewithwarro]

will be in my next clip out on the 21 mods to the bike

[@jmesusi3]

Can you give me link of where you got those sprockets? I can’t find them online.

[@ridewithwarro]

eBay item number:263565943131

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

How much has peak top speed dropped?

[@daveinwla6360]

This is important for highway riding, unfortunately. The ideal, of course, would be to have a motorhome to transport the bike to weekend venues. Does any company make an off-road motorhome? :-)

[@AndrewDasilvaPLT]

@@daveinwla6360 still curious, nonetheless.

[@ridewithwarro]

i recorded gps 80 kph yesterday on this gearing and wasn't flat out. i did 102 kph on stock but found the speedo was out by at least 7 to 10 kph i'd say there may be 10 kph or 6 mph difference between the two gearing. once you guys get the bikes and hit 4th gear and the first hill- and experience how gutless it is and a quick drop in power and say 5 to 10 mph-you will see whati mean. around town use its fine. also when you get to 50 mph in stock gearing and twist the throttle nothing happens-its like its in slo-mo on my gearing not the case when i hit the throttle i actually feel the bike move foreward in any gear and that includes top.

[@daveinwla6360]

@@ridewithwarro - The tall OEM gearing might be for fuel efficiency and/or emissions testing - both of concern in many markets.

[@ridewithwarro]

@@daveinwla6360 could be spot on with your thoughts there too. its not about how well they go its more about how well they comply

[@barrynix6346]

When are you going to put the new shocks on?

[@ridewithwarro]

shortly i think. may look at a dealer to instal the frontend ones this week

[@markwalters1584]

You know I have never seen you record your gas mileage. I would have liked to have seen gas mileage stats from brand new on the highway and off to how it is doing now.

[@ridewithwarro]

back in the start of my clips. i recorded 60 kpl on the very first tank kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4vWpIB_ma6kmbc

[@TeamDNFracing]

@@ridewithwarro Have to agree with Graham, I got 65 KPL with the stock gearing but it fell off quit a bit with the 13, but only down to 55 KPL. Still out performed the guys I was riding with on 250cc bikes and bigger. I've yet to have to fill up with gas on any of our trips, they have all had to stop and top off somewhere along the way......

[@jamesdspaderf2883]

Team Honda: CT125 make too much torque, people may die! Honda Engineer: we put low torque sprocket, people live and buy more Honda! Warro: nah, I want that 41 tooth sprocket and die a happy bush man, cheers Honda-san.

[@ridewithwarro]

you may be right on your thoughts there. i once put this bike against the kawasaki klx230and beat it. i think with this mod i might go further. i might challenge my 650 interceptor on a run from 0 to80 kph best out of 3 on dirt and i pick the hill....lol

[@jamesdspaderf2883]

@@ridewithwarro joking aside, I don't get how the Honda guys fail to appreciate what people want, maybe they just want to give people something to do, after market ....

[@ridewithwarro]

@@jamesdspaderf2883 well i dont think my mod is for every-one. if you ride just town-don't do it nothing really wrong with the bike but if you want more fun off road and the feeling the bike is bigger power wise than it is- its the mod plus every-one says it needs duel range. i now say it will run with a duel range where before knew it had no chance it may even be...... one day i might find a duel range and find out

[@richardharmon5682]

A secret no more. lol Lower gearing means more torque to the rear wheel. And who doesn't love more torque?

[@ridewithwarro]

well i guess i did let the cat out of the bag with that bold statement-the secret is out!

[@fiamun]

C'mon mate...sell that Enfield 650....to me😉

[@ridewithwarro]

just getting new tyres fitted next week...lol so i have to scrub them in.

[@16B9]

What effect does your sprocket changing have on the accuracy of your speedometer? Is it still registering the correct speed under way? Does this affect your Honda warranty? It might over rev your high speed rpms into the red line of your engine??

[@ridewithwarro]

well its about the same as it is when you buy the bike with the factory speedo and gearing- its roughly 10 kph out. this one is roughly that plus say maybe another 4 kph...lol but i don't use it due to other saying its faulty what about gps. so i now use the gps phone mounted and rarely look at the speedo. you can add anything to a bike to effect warranty-add a sports exaust and burn out a valve and that couls score you a no claim. i suppose this could too. i dont know and in all honesty don't care. i watched a guy in aust flogg the crap out of a money bike for 5000 miles with piggyback ecu upgrade and sports exhaust and other stuff- surely this little beast can handle a sprocket change...lol i do plan to run a rev counter shortly

[@jimdoolan2277]

It's funny with the fuel can on the back 🤣 you would do 500 kms +if it was full 🤣 lol Cheers pick my red one up next week It's at the dealership at moment in oamaru honda Cheers

[@ridewithwarro]

'd say a good 450 klm with fuel on board would be about it...lol bet you can't wait to pick up the new bike and head off on your first adventure. all the best