CBR125 Dual sport.

[Ride_Safe]

Hey all. I've been riding for 4 years since my 16th birthday on my CBR125 and last autumn I decided to take off some of the lower plastics and throw some dual-sport tires on it, just to see how it worked out. I'm from Newmarket, Ontario, but I go riding up to Bradford and take some of the trails sometimes. I thought I'd show you some pics of what I've done.

- Tires:
Front - Shinko 244
2.50-17 (90/80-17)
Rear - Shinko 244
3.00-17 (100/80-17)
(all tubes the same size)

The small problem I do find while going off-road is with the way that the handle bars are oriented, it starts to hurt your thumbs and wrists after a while, if you don't wear good gloves.

By the way, the bike now has 48,000 kilometres on it, and still runs like the day she was made! :] Except maybe a little smoother.

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Find the rest of the pictures at:
http://twistedtravster.tumblr.com/

[killerkeith]

Awesome! How do you find the tires on the street? Any snowy runs too?

[Ride_Safe]

I went out once in December on the first day it snowed, so I didn't have to worry about salt. It was also 1 in the morning when I went out with about a foot of snow on the ground, so I didn't have to worry about very many cars on the road.

They work excellent on the road, because they're already so rounded. They are rated up to 120km/h and I've taken them to 130 without a problem. No wobbles or uneasiness.

I bought the tires from a dirt bike shop in BC called Gnarly Parts and Accessories, and got them shipped to me in Ontario. I'm incredibly surprised at how long they have lasted, but I'm assuming because the 125 is so light and has such little actual power that the tires don't experience very much stress and wear. I've put almost 8k on them and there's virtually no sign of wear at all.

[canuckwr250]

Interesting

[alon]

Hey all. I've been riding for 4 years since my 16th birthday on my CBR125 and last autumn I decided to take off some of the lower plastics and throw some dual-sport tires on it, just to see how it worked out. I'm from Newmarket, Ontario, but I go riding up to Bradford and take some of the trails sometimes. I thought I'd show you some pics of what I've done.

- Tires:
Front - Shinko 244
2.50-17 (90/80-17)
Rear - Shinko 244
3.00-17 (100/80-17)
(all tubes the same size)

The small problem I do find while going off-road is with the way that the handle bars are oriented, it starts to hurt your thumbs and wrists after a while, if you don't wear good gloves.

By the way, the bike now has 48,000 kilometres on it, and still runs like the day she was made! :] Except maybe a little smoother.

Why don't you find a way to mount a moto-x style handlebar using a different top triple clamp or modifying yours? Neat project...not sure I would run out and do the same thing but you already owned and loved the bike and I can't blame you one bit for wanting to make it more "dual purpose". Do you find that you have enough suspension travel and ground clearance?

[Ride_Safe]

Actually, that's exactly what I want to do with the bars! I just don't have the know-how to go about doing it myself.

The susspension is satisfactory for rough trails, but I don't think the tires are ever going to leave the ground.

I found a video of a guy stunting on his CBR125. He replaced the front cluster, the front fairings/headllight, and changed to mx bars. (You would need to, because the stock fairings would get in the way anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNfCQKdn2q8

That's what I would want to do. I'd probably put some white hand guards on it too.

[alon]

Honda is notorious for (and so successful somewhat due to) their ability to produce so many bikes with shared parts. Search hard and long enough and you may find that a triple clamp up top from another model could provide the necessaryvmounts for moto-x style bars, perhaps like something from one of the XR/XL series bikes or another more "upright" version of the CBR. I'm just not that familiar with how similar the forks setup is on your bike compared to other Hondas but I'll bet that it's possible. Wide moto-x / dual sport bars will transform the bike. Worst case scenario, have your top triple clamp modified/ drilled to accept any of the multitude of bar risers/mounts available on the market and get yourself a moto-x bar. You may then find that your cables and lines fall short of reaching the distance caused by the raised bars but that is generally an easy fix too.

Or...just get a small and cheap dual sport bike

Actually, that's exactly what I want to do with the bars! I just don't have the know-how to go about doing it myself.

The susspension is satisfactory for rough trails, but I don't think the tires are ever going to leave the ground.

I found a video of a guy stunting on his CBR125. He replaced the front cluster, the front fairings/headllight, and changed to mx bars. (You would need to, because the stock fairings would get in the way anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNfCQKdn2q8

That's what I would want to do. I'd probably put some white hand guards on it too.

[Ride_Safe]

Or...just get a small and cheap dual sport bike

But that's the easy way out.

Plus, I don't have any other plans for my CBR, and considering it has nearly 50k on it, I doubt it will sell for much anyway. So it's worth more to me in the fun I can have with it while it's still running, than the amount of money I could get for it if I sell it.


Here's another video. You can see his bars/headlight modifications a little better. I believe he has the 2006 and earlier model of the CBR125 before it was offered in Canada. Those older fairings look like they would work better with the headlight/cluster, but you could easily order one and get it shipped overseas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g6P2A1aBwQ

[Xhumeka]

If you make it out to the Bethany I'll be sure to get lots of helmetcam footage of you and your "dual sport" cbr 125... this is going to be classic