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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 9, 2018 9:05:10 GMT -5
That's nice.
ultimatemotorcycling.com/2018/06/07/2019-honda-super-cub-c125-abs-first-look-9-fast-facts/
I'm now trying to decide just how much I want one. There's certainly some temptation.
But I'm a bit tall for the bike as equipped. And even though there's an available passenger seat for me to scoot back onto, I'd also be reluctant to give up that cargo rack.
And target MSRP is just about $3600. That's a lot.
But we can guess that it'll be something living up to Honda's quality reputation.
I probably won't. But I'd like to.
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Post by pinkscoot on Jun 9, 2018 9:30:09 GMT -5
It is a nice looking cross between a scoot and a shifty.
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Post by ryan_ott on Jun 9, 2018 13:02:31 GMT -5
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Post by ThomasTPFL on Jun 9, 2018 14:44:20 GMT -5
I've already had a fo real '67 C100.
I'd be more excited about some of the modern underbone bikes that are out there.
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Post by Tanuki on Jun 9, 2018 19:47:37 GMT -5
Im glad they kept the way it shifts, easy peasy
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 10, 2018 9:19:06 GMT -5
I think they're both really cool, but the price tags ruin them for me. For $3,600 and $4,000, it's a good chunk of bikes like the FZ-07 and SV650. Find one of those a few years old and you'll get it as cheap as the little Hondas. Don't get me wrong, I love small engines... I just don't like big price tags for small engines. Maybe one day when they're old I'll get to try one, but prob not. Likely won't see them around me. I've only ever seen Groms at a car show and they all have Pennsylvania tags and all seem to have the same aftermarket lights and such. Didn't even have one in the Honda dealer to get a good look at when I went to look for fork oil a little while back. Generally, no one around me cares about anything less than 600cc. Scoots are around, but only as commuters in towns anymore and I see them only rarely even then. Sucks.
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Post by ThomasTPFL on Jun 10, 2018 9:43:52 GMT -5
Yeah, the new Cub won't do anything to promote more small displacement bikes as it's a nostalgia toy.
RS150 would be a nice addition to the is market.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on Jun 12, 2018 1:02:33 GMT -5
I think they're both really cool, but the price tags ruin them for me. For $3,600 and $4,000, it's a good chunk of bikes like the.....
If they could get it down to, say, $2400 then I wouldn't be able to resist. But at $3600, it's about 3/5 of the way to a Royal-Enfield Classic 500.
Granted the Honda would likely be a better bike in terms of quality control. But the Enfield would be close enough for me. I don't particularly want a motorcycle anymore since I don't want to balance the thing at one red light after another. But that 500 looks like it's a pretty light bike.
One other thing about the Super Cub; it'd be too small for me. I wouldn't be able to ride it comfortably. |
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Post by maker1to2 on Jun 15, 2018 0:32:03 GMT -5
Clean bikes...if I had it and plus everything that I wanted..I'd get 1..clean little commuters! The aftermarket is smiling..I know!!!
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Post by 190mech on Jun 15, 2018 4:08:59 GMT -5
OR,pick up an old beater Cub and drop in a Piranha 160 like Brent got for a fraction of the "new Cub" price...
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Location: Bowling Green, KY
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Post by PirateLabs on Jun 15, 2018 10:23:29 GMT -5
I love the new Cub and, being a Honda I am sure it is very dependable but...man, for $3,6oo you can get a decent car. (Not a great car, or a good car...but decent) I remember seeing them all over at the NJ shore when I was a kid in the mid 1960's. I hope they sell a lot of them so there will be a bunch on the used market eventually. Maybe they will be more affordable then.
Bill
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Post by 90GTVert on Jun 15, 2018 10:46:41 GMT -5
OR,pick up an old beater Cub and drop in a Piranha 160 like Brent got for a fraction of the "new Cub" price... I'm with you, but in all fairness to the new Hondas... you can just ride them home all shiny and new and they'll probably start and run every time you ask them to for years and if not you take it back to a dealer under warranty for a while. Honda made EFI engine vs Chinese carbureted engine. |
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Post by knobby on Jun 15, 2018 10:53:29 GMT -5
Looks nice, but yup for that price rather have a restomod original.. hope we are not their demographic.
Still not sure why there is no modern styled underbone imported to our market. |
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Post by tortoise2 on Jun 15, 2018 11:25:18 GMT -5
Still not sure why there is no modern styled underbone imported to our market. Present USA underbone options are pretty much limited to a cloned 50. The Roketa underbones are now shown on the discontinued page. |
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Post by ryan_ott on Jun 15, 2018 11:25:49 GMT -5
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