Don't show me Honda C50's

[pistonpopper]

The Honda Super Cub in continuous manufacture since 1958 with production surpassing 60 million in 2008, and 87 million in 2014, the Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle in history.



But as good as it is i don't want to see the Honda Cub, because they're just too damn expensive to get hold of these days. I want to see the alternatives, i'm sure that Honda were not the only ones to build a bike that looked like this? Who else built them, what did they look like, and can you get a chinese knockoff copy of one cheaply today?



Yeah yeah, but i want to meet nice people on other manufacturers bikes... Show me your Honda Cub alternatives!

[HoTWire]

This is going to end up in Readers Other Mods when I get to a proper computer rather than this mobile. However I know VIP and @bryn both have an interest in these

[legin13]

Yamaha and Suzuki made them

[gettingold]

I got a Suzuki fr 80 of ebay looks the same but 2 stroke, had a small thread on here Suzuki fr 80 ( same as Honda cub)

[VIP]

Honda Cubs aren't expensive if you know where to look. A few hundred pounds will get you a decent running example if you avoid the idiots putting 'scene' tax onto them.

There is a company selling brand new Cub clones for £795 but so have no idea of that is a registered OTR price or its left up to you to MOT and register it. Obviously without the relevant certification of EU compliance youd have to go down the bike IVA route.

www.minibikecraze.co.uk/shop/bikes/cub-copy-50cc-black/

[pedalcarjoe]

Nov 6, 2016 13:55:01 GMT VIP said:

Honda Cubs aren't expensive if you know where to look. A few hundred pounds will get you a decent running example if you avoid the idiots putting 'scene' tax onto them.

There is a company selling brand new Cub clones for £795 but so have no idea of that is a registered OTR price or its left up to you to MOT and register it. Obviously without the relevant certification of EU compliance youd have to go down the bike IVA route.

www.minibikecraze.co.uk/shop/bikes/cub-copy-50cc-black/

Sadly the majority of them have already been hit with a double helping of scene tax, mind you I could have been looking in all the wrong places

[chandlergti]

Bridgestone also marketed some of these, my dad had a black and white Bridgestone 70 that he loved. When something broke there were no parts available for them though so he swapped a Suzuki 125 on it.

[fuldatramp]

My grandad let me have his Yamaha townmate (t80) when he gave up riding,

It's from the vein as the Honda cub but is shaft drive instead (but still uses a 4 speed semi auto gearbox) it was damn good if a little slow (max speed around 40mph) when I worked out my fuel consumption it was around 150mpg! Unfortunatly I passed it on after a Nasty bike accident when I gave up riding.







Before I was born my other grandad had a Yamaha v80 which he used to commute on, 2 stroke 80cc they still occasionally come up



For a while I fancied a ct110 postie bike clone made by jailing, but I haven't seen them for a while now,

[fuldatramp]

Also... monkeybikes.co.uk used to import the cub 50 from Japan, even after they stopped selling the c50 range in the U.K., unfortunatly monkeybike.co.uk no longer seem to be a valid website. As for Chinese clones, a quick look on eBay revealed

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152141442449

Sym Symba, looks ok and cheaper new than a second hand c90

[mylittletony]

I have one! It cost me very little in the grand scheme of things, there's a link in my sig below.

'Riders super cub' seem to be reasonable quality...

tbh if you were to buy a non-honda, unless it's a clone, parts are so much harder to come by that it's worth buying a Honda (or Honda based) one.

The days of £20 cubs are long gone, but there are still a few around for 2-300.

Keep looking!

[VIP]

3 year old Cub 50 copy for £250

m.facebook.com/groups/660260417361045?view=permalink&id=1118081391578943

Better be quick though!

[pistonpopper]

Thanks for the comments, stupidly i used to have one that i pulled out of a skip years ago. Got it running, then blezzed it through the woods all summer long one year until it finally packed up, then binned it! I was watching the Top Gear Vietnam special when James May was riding one and it re-kindled my interest. Looking at yours mylittletony has onlyre-inspired me to continue with the hunt. But like you guys say, it won't be cheap, mainly due to scene tax. I'd be happy with a Yamaha, or Suzuki version, or even a Chinese knock off... On with the search! Lets have a few pictures for inspiration!

[rattlecan]

This is my Sons







This is mine

[pedalcarjoe]

Nov 18, 2016 8:24:45 GMT rattlecan said:

This is my Sons







This is mine

I must confess I like both in different ways, what year is the blue one 64 / 67 ish ?
what legshields did you use on your sons bike ?

nice machines

[pedalcarjoe]

a few more for ideas

[pedalcarjoe]

I know this is not a C50 but a more modern Honda
but I think they look very cool



feel free to remove this pic if deemed "not suitable" for this thread

[jpr1977]

Nov 18, 2016 11:44:54 GMT pedalcarjoe said:

a few more for ideas

There is something about that, it just looks 'right'..

Which led me to find this...



Surf's up

[kelvfoozinda]

There's always the Puch, though a little different and attracting a scene tax of their own....

Here's my old one,

[rattlecan]

Nov 18, 2016 11:40:35 GMT pedalcarjoe said:

Nov 18, 2016 8:24:45 GMT rattlecan said:

This is my Sons







This is mine

I must confess I like both in different ways, what year is the blue one 64 / 67 ish ?
what legshields did you use on your sons bike ?

nice machines

Mine is a 62, C100, 50cc.
The leg shields on my lads are just cheapo after-market copies of the original things
Cheers

[v8ian]