Honda CT 110 Trail Ride - Rubicon and Blackwood Trails

Three Honda Trail 110 riders set out to ride the Rubicon Trail. But a fire changes their plans.

[@ShaneZettelmier]

I love it. I used to live in Pollock Pines right by the dam entrance on the California side. I was 14 and 15 when I lived there and later I went back and ran the Rubicon in my 4 x 4 but that’s one of my favorite places in the country.

[@GratefulEd907]

Just rescued an 81 ct110 that’s been sitting the last 5 or 6 years behind a shed. Best $200 I’ve spent this year. Cant wait to get it going again. It has a title so it’ll be on the road soon enough.

[@redwoodcoastcalif]

I put 17,000 trouble free miles on a CT 110. Sierras, Siskiyous, Klamath mtns and Cascades. Other than tires, batteries, plugs, one chain, it never let me down. Fine little motorized mule.

[@trevorzzealley2670]

CT 110 are an incredibly versatile & tough tool , I used one to get to work on a fire tower in 2010 .

[@chaugen1]

Alright late to the party here... Thank you for sharing this awesome adventure! I don't know if it was intentional but your heartbeat in the background around 6:22 really adds to the effort! It made my own heartrate go up.

[@26309]

I'm glad you enjoyed watching it. We hope to make some more.

[@454k30]

What a wonderful adventure. I’m currently shopping for a ct90 or 110. Such neat little machines.

[@bobbryant3698]

Great video! I'm picking up an 81 CT110 tomorrow for rides just like this.

[@carlredmond3642]

Great adventure...thanks for sharing !!

[@26309]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. We hope to make some more.

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

I know I'm incredibly late but had to say thanks for such great video ...

[@fromtheflightdeck252]

Great fun. Love my CT110 and all my Hondas

[@diversifieddame9682]

OMG... I've realized watching this that I want the Trail 110 and not the 90. If these experienced guys are having trouble I can only guess how difficult this would be for me. I still want one though :)

[@broadwayFan28]

I chose the ct90 instead of the 110. HP about the same. Some 110 are missing hi-low and I think none have a rear brake lever on the left handlebar. YMMV!

[@powpow5608]

6:19 I can hear your heart beat 💓😲

[@NomadicBristolview]

As much as I love CT bikes, you should try and add a Suzuki RV90 to your group, lousy on the road but a joy over the Rocky muddy spots on the trail. Conditions like that are rough on the CT, but easy on the RV. If you get the chance, try one, you'll like it on the trail (not so much on the pavement, but it is road legal). It was Suzuki's answer to the CT90.

[@caribooskidoo3997]

RVs are awesome. I have a 1974 RV 125 and love it.

[@esmeben]

Wicked video, really enjoyable

[@freedomformen2548]

Waaaw what a wonderfull place you live there 👍

[@26309]

Thanks. Lots of places to ride.

[@pulquedelmejor]

I can hear your heartbeat on my earphones 6:15

[@jcb0249]

+pulquedelmejor I thought I was imagining it.

[@SouthWestIron]

+pulquedelmejor I heard it as well, wasn't really rapid or anything.

[@sirvosterzo]

Wow that must be around 170-180 bpm.

[@shanonfontaine1594]

Adrenaline

[@drewshofner785]

A great adventure!

[@I_Am_Michael]

great video. thanks

[@PD-GWSS-Board]

Glad you liked it. I'm working on more.

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

i wish honda would make something like the ct's in a 200cc 20-25 hp you know something super light but not like a dirt bike and how they ride

[@TheMonthlyJack]

You can buy Chinese 140cc's i hear they go pretty good. Honda did announce a 125cc version.

[@clarson2916]

The CRF250L is 24 hp. You could probably get 20hp out of a 125, but if you want it durable, and with longer maintenance intervals, it can’t be that highly tuned.

[@clarson2916]

Sorry, I just noticed you said, NOT like a dirt bike. You mean something more like a Suzuki TU250X?

[@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980]

@@clarson2916 yes that's exactly what i want i didn't know what that was till you said it and i looked it up but it looks exactly how i imagined it to

[@deborahchesser7375]

@@Friedrich-Wilhelm-1980 kind of like a Sur Ron electric bike, just barely built heavier than a mountain bike, I know exactly what your saying, 160 lbs and 200 cc would be perfect

[@luvmtlife73]

That's why they were originally made with left rear hand brake. Thank Ralph Nader for that removal. I'm installing them on both of my 110 s

[@26309]

On the engine swap with the ATC125 engine builds that I've done, I added the left rear brake back on. I do have to say, the cabling is such that it doesn't work all the great. It is hard to get real hard braking action with it.

[@normedwards5305]

Nice! Ever taken them to Bowman Lake? I started to once but... Nobody knew where I was and I wasn't very prepared.

[@slimjimsanji232]

Great adventure

[@friendlytargets1522]

Man great video!

[@26309]

Thanks.

[@tomi210210210]

Lost your mirror in the fall too

[@normedwards5305]

This almost sounds like a Bruce Brown video. :)

[@normedwards5305]

I kept thinking about surfing and Steve McQueen for some reason. :)

[@carmineredd1198]

I had a taotao powermax 150cc both breaks are on the handlebars and no foot controls to get in the way and with 120-70/12 tires not much clearance

[@Yelwas]

very nice to watch...

[@katekirk4752]

The same thing happened to me last year.

[@ZgNavigator]

Nice adventure

[@joeharter7498]

Definitely don't want to shift into low, when you can't. : )

[@kellimitch2011]

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing

[@geoffreyjones2000]

The only time I like the rain is trail riding. Ridiculous huh. Great video. :)

[@26309]

geoffreyjones2000 It rained (or snowed) on us the entire trip. The week before the temps had been in the ‘80s.

[@alive4082]

Epic!

[@billalbion]

Was 1st gear low enough to avoid slipping the clutch on steep and or muddy bits.

[@kenfreeze356]

I don't recall the clutch ever slipping. We were at high altitude and we had not switched out the jets in the carbs, so the bikes were a bit under powered. So using the LOW gears was necessary. In LOW the bikes ran great. There was only one point, at near the very top of the ride (it was about 8500 feet) that was VERY steep and rocky where we had a problem, power wise, If we had hit it faster I'm sure the bikes would of made it, but we all stalled and had to get off and push the bikes (in gear engine running) up about 20 feet of very steep hill.

[@vincentbrugetti7254]

Centrifugal clutch, (automatic clutch)

[@billalbion]

@@vincentbrugetti7254 centrifugal clutch can still slip starting with to much load as on a steep hill with heavy load. Some folk with little feel or ear for machinery would not know .

[@broadwayFan28]

What is the altitude covered in this ride?

[@kenfreeze356]

From about 6,500 to 8,000 feet where it is snowing. We did not change out the needle valves in the carbs. So the bikes were a bit under-powered.

[@nathanduckeorth806]

How far can ya go on a tankfull? Do they hold much fuel?????

[@kenfreeze356]

Around 125 to 150 miles. They hold enough. A gallon and about 1/4 I think.

[@nathanduckeorth806]

@@kenfreeze356 holy smokes that's good!

[@skydiver6711]

Where is this Rubicon trail?

[@26309]

There is a map in the video that shows where it is. It runs from Loon Lake to Lake Tahoe.

[@richardscott5529]

Rather do it ona CT not a GS

[@nathanduckeorth806]

Cool vid man! Did ya have your kidneys still intact lol???

[@jimbeck553]

Did not look one bit like the Rubicon.

[@WeLiveWeDie]

Great video! What was the camer you used to film?

[@kenfreeze356]

We actually had three GoPros. One on a helmet and one mounted on the back, looking backward. Those two failed to work properly. Some of the video taken at the beginning and end was taken with an IPhone 6. So 98-percent of what you see if from a chest mounted GoPro3+

[@WeLiveWeDie]

Ken Freeze ah ok thank you! And great video!

[@juliocorsi9790]

Funy funy funy yeahhh Holy Funy video kk

[@luvmtlife73]

The new 125s are a joke, no low range, that's what set the ct's aside from all the other trail bikes. People hace bought the new 125's being very disappointed in the ar we selling them and buying three and four for the s as me money and having one for every family member.

[@26309]

I have to agree. It is a pretty bike. But I think it will become the modern-day 1980 CT110.

[@AngelCruz-zu6ob]

Heart attack 🤣💗