Honda CB125R revealed

Learner-legal offering in Honda’s new retro-inspired naked-bike range

Honda CB125R revealed

HONDA has unveiled not one but three new retro-inspired naked bikes in Milan tonight, and this is the smallest, the CB125R.

It’s got a single-cylinder liquid cooled engine derived from the CBR125R’s, making 13hp and 7.3lbft, and housed in a new tubular and pressed steel chassis.

Claimed wet weight is 125.8kg, and it’s got a 41mm upside-down fork, pre-load-adjustable monoshock and a four-piston brake caliper on a floating 296mm front disc. At the rear is a single-piston caliper on a 220mm disc.

Like the bigger CB300R, it also boasts an inertial measurement unit to ‘give precise front to rear distribution of ABS operation depending on the vehicle behaviour’.

Other features include LED lighting and an LCD dash with a rev-counter, fuel gauge and gear position indicator.

It was unveiled ahead of this week’s Eicma motorcycle show, along with the CB300R and CB1000R, making a whole new familiarly similarly minimalist-styled Honda naked bikes.

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Here are the specs, straight from Honda:

2018 Honda CB125R Technical Specifications

ENGINE

Type

Liquid-cooled 4-stroke 2-valve SOHC single cylinder

Engine Displacement (cm³)

125cc

No. of Valves per Cylinder

2

Bore and Stroke (mm)

58mm x 47.2mm

Compression Ratio

11.0:1

Max. Power Output

9.8kw/10000rpm

Max. Torque

10Nm/8000rpm

Oil Capacity

1.3L

FUEL SYSTEM

Carburation

PGM-FI electronic fuel injection

Fuel Tank Capacity

10.1L

Fuel Consumption

136.7 mpg (WMTC Mode)

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Starter

Electric

Battery Capacity

YTZ6V 12V 5Ah MF

ACG Output

250W/5000rpm

DRIVETRAIN

Clutch Type

Wet, multiplate with coil springs

Transmission Type

6-speed

Final Drive

O-ring sealed chain

FRAME

Type

Inner Pivot Diamond Frame

CHASSIS

Dimensions (LxWxH)

2015mm x 820mm x 1055mm

Wheelbase

1345mm

Caster Angle

24.2º

Trail

90.2mm

Seat Height

816mm

Ground Clearance

140mm

Kerb Weight

126kg

Turning radius

2.3m

SUSPENSION

Type Front

41mm telescopic inverted fork

Type Rear

Single-damper

WHEELS

Rim Size Front

17M/C x MT3.00

Rim Size Rear

17M/C x MT4.00

Tyres Front

110/70R17M/C 54H

Tyres Rear

150/60R17M/C 66H

BRAKES

ABS System Type

Front & rear independent ABS with IMU

INSTRUMENTS & ELECTRICS

Instruments

LCD Display

Headlight

Lo:13W Hi: 8.8W (LED)

Taillight

Stop: 2.5W Tail: 0.4W (LED)