Worst Features of Original Honda 50 Super Cub

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@intovn4014 5 ай бұрын

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!

@NitwitMN 3 ай бұрын

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

@industriallamb6724 Ай бұрын

Your Videos are fantastic...The ending has a bit of a Da-Da quality to it , Very cool . I don't own a Honda , so I just watch for the art vibe .

@weebercorey 5 ай бұрын

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.

@MarkDaviesThailand 2 ай бұрын

Hi. Have a kickstart Cub c50 in rural Thailand. Its a Japanese grey import and is great for market runs in this flat countryside. I learned to ride in the early 70’s on a cub so its pure nostalgia!

@Watnuweer 3 күн бұрын

Cub C125 what I don't like: seat, suspension, shift pattern , wheel base, absence kick start. What I like: fun and relaxed driver.

@aaronfowler7375 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Max-mi1tz 5 ай бұрын

Great video. Deserves much more love

@torokun 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Flunkyjunkyfloyd123 2 ай бұрын

My uncle taught me that back in the Early '80s with these old school Hondas it does not take the Hop that dirt bikes require it is a smooth movement... I will let anybody ride my cub but I won't let anybody start it for that reason😮

@tauncfester3022 Ай бұрын

These C-100 kickstarts strip easily because Americans can't control how hard they kickstart these bikes. The number of old Honda 50's I've seen with stripped kickstarters or even broken kickstarter shafts is purely on the owners who thought they needed to spin the engine over at 3000 RPM to start it. Here's an easy way to start your bike, with a stripped kickstarter shaft: Turn the key on, Set the choke and don't touch the throttle. While on the center stand, select second gear and hold the shifter down while you rock off the center stand so the bike is rolling forward as it drops forward, lift your foot off the shifter just as it starts to roll and it should catch and start running. Lift the choke a bit so it doesn't get too rich. Repeat if you over choke. I owned a C105 Honda Trail 55 that had a broken off shifter and this was the way I started that bike for 5 years. My wife and I used that bike exclusively as our only transportation for 2 years, she got very good at bump starting off the centerstand.

@edweise6879 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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.

@Aehzur 5 ай бұрын

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

@misterLukeG 2 ай бұрын

The shifter is awkward because your actual foot peg is bent upwards. should be parallel to the ground not bent upwards. Compare it to the footpeg on your brake side and you will see the difference

@DotDotMatrix 2 ай бұрын

I got a comment about that before and what's funny is both my foot pegs are bent up in the exact same way... I didn't investigate it further, but it may have been replaced because of an accident... I've seen some pictures of 1970s Dax and C70s with upwards pointing foot pegs, but I don't know if they were made that way on purpose.

@iandaniels8386 2 ай бұрын

only thing not right is the keyless start its a retro bike so make it a retro bike with a key ?

@charleshunt3806 Ай бұрын

This absolutely isn’t this motorcycles fall but it’s just not fast enough so I got the newer version with the 125 cc engine and that is just fast enough to do what I need to do and take me into where I need to go without getting too ridiculous about itno highways that are above 55 though but that’s OK. There is alternatives.

@tauncfester3022 Ай бұрын

Well dislike #1 and #2 are completely wrong. The headlight is powered by the alternator and has no connection to the battery what so ever on the C-100. You're confusing the C100's electrical system with the electric start C-102. You can buy a 6 volt regulator for these bikes that regulates both the battery and the AC out to the headlight. Checking the battery is easy if you have the patience to remove the little knob opened right side cover and a 10 mil wrench to loosen the battery retaining strap, This is just laziness on the author's part. BTW I've never had an OEM stock headlight bulb on my bikes blow out because of too much voltage. And I've ridden these bikes on long trips with the engine at about 7 to 9K rpm. The OEM bulbs made in Japan are made to handle the voltage. And you're complaining about the one feature on this bike that makes it so awesome: The semi-auto clutch was designed by Honda and is part of a long line of their step through bikes. The declutching mechanism that operates with your foot is what makes these bikes great, it saves wear and tear on the gears and chain drivetrain and also makes gearshifting smoother. If your clutch isn't working correctly; and it's clunking and jerking when you depress the shift pedal, there's an adjustment on the right side of the engine case. Don't be blaming Honda's clutch on some poorly adjusted setting that you could have done something about. The 3 speed transmission is fine considering there were a bunch of equivalent displacement bikes from Europe with 2 or less gears from the same era, and the little 50cc Italian bikes of the early 60's had manual clutch with a twist clutch lever shifter, similar to the old Vespa 2 stroke scooters. You can come back to this when you've owned a Harley Davidson Leggaro 60, otherwise you don't have the depth of old, small bike experience to be claiming the Honda transmission is bad. If you want 4 speeds and a manual clutch, start saving up to find an old C110 or C-115, Or the old Honda Trail Hunter 90 (87 cc OHV Honda Trail 90..) Yes it's got some big jumps between the gears and there is a sizeable ratio spread between 1st and 2nd, Americans always crack me up about how they expect more power. Which brings up my other critique: When the Honda C-100 came out it had the most power per displacement of any pushrod/OHV 4 stroke bike being made at that time. They made over 4 horsepower @ 8.5~9K RPM! The engine has a broad torque curve and can handle this. Which brings me to your complaint about your bike's power. I'm going to take a WAG that you've removed the intake runner between the carb and air-cleaner box and are running a pod filter or some little foam sock aircleaner adapter. Yeah, your bike doesn't make power because you took off the one bit that actually improves the overall RPM and torque curve. The exhaust and the intake runner are both integral to the amazing running and speed of these bikes. My 1969 C102 will do 44 MPH on the flat, in dead air conditions, measured with a bicycle speed and mileage computer. I've owned 4 of these cast iron head OHV engined 50s, FYI. I know these bikes.