How many miles can you do before fill-up?
Discussion
Hooli said:
Sporty & more powerful? Isn't it exactly the same power as limited by CBT rules? so the only real difference is slightly better aero if the rider is tucked in?
Not all 125s actually are at the 14.7 bhp cap. In fact most aren't, most are 10-12. (where the cap used to be until it was raised a few years back)Hooli said:
So are the CBF & CBR the same engine or not? you know more about 125s than I.
Slightly different engines, CBF is air cooled and does 11 bhp, CBR is liquid cooled and does 12 or 13 depending on model year.ETA - mine is one of the very first ones, registered January 2004.
Edited by CBR JGWRR on Wednesday 1st October 22:13
CBR JGWRR said:
I already wrote how to do it above.
More powerful? By about 1 bhp. Nothing in it at low revs.
I CBA to dignify the other two's comments with a response, but yours isn't a complete waste of time.
Your comment is still bks though.SAS Tom said:
By talking bks, there's no way anyone has got that. The best I've got was 150 something mpg from a CBF 125 and someone I know got up to 160 something I think and he rides proper slow.
There's no way the sportier more powerful CBR gets 180mpg.
Sportier? It's a commuter in a frock, the only thing remotely "sporty" is the name, and quite frankly if a name means something is sporty, Honda (and many other vehicle manufacturers as well come to think of it) should be prosecuted for mis-advertisement. It is about as sporty as a 1.0 Nissan Micra. Except the Micra has better brakes, better suspension, a far higher top speed, far more power. It is a commuter in a frock. There's no way the sportier more powerful CBR gets 180mpg.
More powerful? By about 1 bhp. Nothing in it at low revs.
I CBA to dignify the other two's comments with a response, but yours isn't a complete waste of time.
Hooli afaik they are completely different engines sharing no parts.
Hooli said:
I'm surprised, I'd always figured they were CG125s in a fancy dress.
The CG is completely different, pushrod Carb-fed whereas CBF/CBR are SoHc fuel injected (04-07 CBRs are carbed), but it died as far as the UK is concerned due to emissions legislation - it lives on elsewhere. The CBF filled the gap the CG left.Edited by CBR JGWRR on Thursday 2nd October 11:08
creampuff said:
Aren't bikes which you need to fill up after 100 miles a bit limiting?
I can probably get a fair bit more than 100, it's just that I like to keep a window open for filling up, so if I can, I'll fill up at 100.I could have 30 mles range left but be 40 miles from a petrol station, depending on the time / day / location. (Wales, weekend, night... as it so happened when I ran out haha)
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