A Honda CT125 Hunter Cub … with a ?Gatling gun? exhaust
The Honda CT125 Hunter Cub is one of the most exciting motorcycles to come out of Big Red’s stable in recent times. Effectively a ‘scrambler’ version of the C125 Super Cub (‘T’ is for ‘Trail’), it’s a pint-sized adventure scoot that harks back to Honda’s beloved ‘Postie’ bikes.
You get a 125 cc air-cooled four stroke with both electric and kick-start systems, a four-speed ‘box, 17? wheels and disc brakes. But more importantly you also get a sump guard, a massive rear rack and just enough suspension travel for light exploration.
It’s what we’d pick for carrying on the back of a motorhome on camping trips?or hopping from cafe to cafe on an easy Sunday morning. The CT125 has only just hit the market in Asia, but Thailand’s K-Speed have wasted little time in customizing it. We’re not surprised either?they’re a sizable operation, with a high output and a thriving aftermarket parts catalog. Plus they’ve already swung spanners on the Super Cub, and the Honda Monkey, with spectacular results.
They clearly run a tight ship too: this CT125 was turned around in just 10 days. K-Speed built it as a prototype to develop new parts, with a mandate to make it stand apart from any other CT on the market.
They gave it a ‘combat’ theme that would look kitsch on any other bike?but ramps up this mini-trailie’s fun factor exponentially.
K-Speed’s first job wa...
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