It could be sold under Trail 125 or Hunter Cub name.
It’s an homage to the original Honda Cub trail of the 60s.
It looks like the Honda CT125 is headed into production.
The prototype bike was first shown at the Tokyo Motor Show but could be sold under a different name. Bennets UK reported that the manufacturer had trademarked the “Trail 125” and “Hunter Cub” names in the US.
The bike is based on the Super Cub 125 which our sister site Motomalaya.net reviewed a few months back. The four-stroke, single-cylinder engine produces 9.5 bhp, sent through a 4-speed gearbox. As the name suggests, and to highlight the bike’s vocation, it’ll be fitted with chunky knobby tyres on wire spoke rims. The CT125 will also receive a substantial pressed-steel frame instead of the Super Cub’s steel-tube chassis. The exhaust is also placed high a la scramblers.
In fact, the CT125 is an homage to the Honda Cub off-road line-up in the 60s. You’ve probably seen a few running around in Malaysia or hiding in a shed.
We hope it’ll make its way to Malaysia. It’s definitely one cut off-roader!
Peminat Honda di Malaysia mendapat perkhabaran menarik daripada jenama itu apabila mereka melancarkan Honda City 1.0 Turbo di Thailand, semalam.
Generasi baharu Honda City itu kini tampil dengan reka bentuk lebih sporty yang seakan menyamai abangnya Civic dengan ruang dalam yang tampak premium.
Bagaimanapun, ciri yang paling mencuri tumpuan tersembunyi di bawah bonet depan yang kini diisi dengan enjin 1.0L dengan kuasa turbo yang menjana 120hp dan 172Nm.
Segala kuasa itu kemudiannya dibantu dengan sistem transmisi CVT.
Menariknya, Honda mendedahkan bahawa enjin ini menawarkan lebih tork setanding dengan enjin 1.8L Honda Civic.
Penggunaan bahan api juga lebih jimat dengan 4.3 liter per 100 kilometer.
Rekaan lampu depan dan belakang LED turut menghadirkan aura Accord.
Honda City 2020 ini juga dilengkapi pelbagai ciri keselamatan terkini antaranya:
Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
Electronic Brake Distribution (EBD)
Brake Assist (BA)
Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA)
Model ini ditawarkan ddengan empat varian:
Varian S: THB579,500 (RM80,035)
Varian V: THB665,000 (RM84,107)
Varian VS: THB665,000 (RM91,848)
Varian RS: THB739,000 (RM102,061)
Pelancaran Honda City 2020 di Thailand memberi bayangan bahawa model popular dikalangan peminat ‘H’ ini akan dibawa ke pasaran Malaysia.
Tahun 2018 merupakan tarikh penting buat Honda apabila mereka meraikan ulang tahun ke-60 bagi Super Cub dengan model pertama lahir 10 tahun selepas syarikat tersebut ditubuhkan.
Membuat penampilan sulung pada 1958 sebelum dilancarkan di Amerika Syarikat, model popular itu kemudiannya mencetuskan budaya pop tersendiri.
Tahun lalu, Honda turut berkolaborasi dengan artis manga terkenal, Hisashi Eguchi sempena dengan ulang tahun motosikal tersebut dengan karya berjudul Super Cub.
Kini dengan kalendar 2019 semakin menghampiri penghujung, difahamkan karya tersebut akan diangkat ke anime.
Super Cub berkisar tentang motosikal ikonik tersebut dengan pemiliknya.
Diarahkan oleh Toshiro Fujil – Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Pokemon The Movie – anime tersebut akan dihasilkan oleh Studio KAI.
Motosikal kapcai mampu milik dari Boon Siewa Honda, Dash 125 kini dikemas kini dengan warna baharu bagi tahun 2020.
Kombinasi warna metalik yang diserlahkan oleh panel berwarna perak menjadikan rupa keseluruhan lebih ekspresif bagi penunggang yang gemar dgn jentera tampak berbeza. Pilihan warna baharu ini menepati cita rasa kebanyakan penunggang motosikal.
Honda Dash 125 ditawarkan dengan dua warna Clipper Yellow (Kuning) dan Candy Scintillate Red (Merah). Warna Pearl Nightfall Blue (Biru) akan tetap ditawarkan bagi model baharu ini termasuk edisi Repsol sedia ada bagi varian dengan brek cakera berkembar.
Honda Dash 125 dikuasakan oleh enjin 125cc yang telah diperhalusi bagi menjaminkan prestasi optimum sambil mengekalkan penjimatan minyak yang efisien. Ciri keselamatan ditawarkan termasuk lampu LED dengan visor bagi meningkatkan lagi tahap keboleh-nampakan dan ketahanan.
Rujuk spesifikasi dibawah:
Kedua-dua varian dengan brek cakera tunggal dan brek cakera berkembar akan ditawarkan bagi model baharu ini. Honda Dash 125 kekal menjadi pilihan utama pembeli yang mencari ciri praktikal namun dgn harga mampu milik.
Berikut senarai harga bagi tiga varian Honda Dash 125 2020:
More contemporary features are added included LED lighting and slipper clutch.
The engine is tuned for punchy torque but linear power delivery.
The 2020 Honda Rebel was made its European debut, with more refinements aimed to give the rider better comfort, among other things.
In making the 2020 Rebel Euro5 compliant, Honda looked at a great deal of features, also. A higher S-spec version features headlight cowl, all-black fork covers and gaiters, and a diamond-stitch style seat.
Honda aims the Rebel at younger riders who want a more laid-back motorcycle that’s easy to ride, has low maintenance yet with plenty of modern features. But it should also appeal to those who want cruisers that are not of the mainstream with its lean and low stripped, bobber styling, including a 11.2-litre fuel tank.
The 471cc, liquid-cooled, 8-valve, parallel-Twin engine was adapted from the CBR500R and produces strong bottom-end torque and smooth power delivery that’s less intimidating to new and casual riders. It produces 45.6 bhp (34 kW) at 8,500 RPM and 43.3 Nm of torque at 6,000 RPM.
Other features include revised suspension, full-LED lighting including the turnsignals, gear position indicator, more comfortable seat and a slipper clutch.
The passenger seat and footrests can be easily detached for a more custom look (or to convince your other half that you’ll be riding alone).
Meskipun terdapat ura-ura yang mengatakan Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade akan muncul dengan enjin V4 sepertimana yang terdapat pada jentera RC213V namun model baharu itu masih mengekalkan enjin empat in-line bagi 2020.
Bagaimanapun, jentera baharu ini difahamkan lahir menerusi kerjasama rapat dengan Honda Racing Corporation (HRC).
Jentera baharu ini menghasilkan 217hp pada 14,500rpm dan 113Nm pada 12,500rpm lebih tinggi berbanding model SP sedia ada.
Bagi memastikan prestasi enjin kekal efisien, Honda mendakwa telah menggunakan aspek teknikal yang terdapat pada jentera MotoGP mereka.
Pada masa sama, model baharu ini lebih besar berbanding model terdahulu namun dengan bantuan HRC, setiap bahagian piston adalah 5 peratus lebih ringan.
Menariknya, bagi memastikan suhu enjin terkawal, penggunaan sistem multi-point dan multi-directional semburan minyak hanya beroperasi ketika berada dalam rpm tinggi. Apabila berada rpm rendah, saluran minyak ditutup bagi memastikan tekanan minyak berada di tahap optimum.
Sementara itu, penggunaan kerangka aluminium dan swingarm yang lebih panjang diinspirasikan daripada rekaan RC213V-S.
Model standard menggunakan fork Big Piston (BPF) Showa 43mm dan penyerap hentakan belakang Showa Balance Free Rear Cushion Light (BFRC-L) boleh laras) serta kaliper brek empat piston oleh Nissin manakala versi SP menggunakan fork depan Ohlins NPX 43mm dan Ohlins Object Based Tuning generasi kedua bagi mengawal tetapan depan dan belakang.
Versi SP turut mengguna pakai kaliper brek Brembo Stylema empat piston sementara model standard didatangkan dengan kaliper brek Nissin.
Sistem aerodinamik yang terdapat pada jentera MotoGP Honda turut dipinjamkan ke Fireblade baharu dengan penggunaan winglet.
Nak tahu lebih lanjut mengenai jentera baharu ini? Mungkin Marc Marquez boleh jelaskan.
More renders of the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade are going viral.
One is aggressive, the other an evolution of the current model.
The new bike may be unveiled at EICMA 2019.
It’s probably blasé to say that many are anticipating the arrival of the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade.
While the world held a collective breath and anticipated its unveiling at the recent Tokyo Motor Show, it was a no-show. The only other big show event would be EICMA next Tuesday.
Then, pictures of a prototype howling around the Suzuka circuit began circulating the very next day. We could see a number of revisions although the prototype was wearing a camouflage. Even then we wondered if all those changes will end up on the production bike.
Photo credit n_mode_log
Now there two renders by artists have shown up and going viral in social media ahead of EICMA.
One was posted by BikeThrottle. It’s apparent that the tail section and exhaust pipe arrangement mimic Marquez’s RC213V.
As breathtaking as it is, I feel that it may be stretching the truth a little too far. For one, Honda confirmed that the 2020 CBR1000RR will continue to have an inline-Four engine, thus the “stacked” exhaust system makes no sense. Why do you need to route another exhaust under the tail when there’s no Vee engine configuration? Certainly, Honda could do so like in the CBR600RR, but I think the need for simplicity and compactness would overrule this concept.
2020 Honda CBR1000RR render – BikeThrottle
Apart from that, Honda prefers to design bikes that are pretty by having curvy and clean lines. But we would like to point out that the new bike will feature “aerobodies” on both sides of the fairings, instead of winglets. Those aerobodies were clearly seen on the prototype.
Next, Japanese motorcycle magazine, Young Machine rendered this image below, ahead of its anticipated launch at EICMA. Young Machine had always provided renders that closely match the production bikes. The best example was the 2020 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-25R which was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show.
Their rendering shows a bike that is a evolution rather revolution of the current bike. The profile of the nose, air intakes and windscreen matches the Suzuka prototype closely. The aerobody is also present in this rendering. However, the gills at the bottom of the fairing are missing.
Anyway, there are also rumours that the new bike’s engine will produce between 212 to 220 bhp. Honda took the direction of having lower horsepower on their road bikes somewhere along the way. There were those days when they built the fastest street bikes. But it’s time that the manufacturer consider more ponies especially in this, their flagship sportbike. I hope it dawns on them that it’s time to stop getting owned in superbike racing, and that great handling alone isn’t enough to bring home the silverware.
Rumours and renderings of a new CBR1000RR have been running rampant almost more than any other motorcycle. It shows just how popular the bike is. Besides that, you can just sense the hope for Honda to produce a revolutionary new bike to regain its superbike crown.
The 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade was spied being tested at Suzuka.
It didn’t debut at the Tokyo Motor Show as expected.
This is an all-new bike.
Okay let’s move away from Ducati for a while (yes, there are more) and head over to another great sportbike — the 2020 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade.
We were expecting its launch at the recent 2019 Tokyo Motor Show but it didn’t turn out that way. Instead, the new model was caught testing at Suzuka by a Japanese photographer, who then uploaded the pictures and video to his Twitter account @n_mode_log.
Honda has said before that this will be a new CBR1000RR, rather than a mere update.
At first glance, you can see a new fairing which is more enclosing compared to the outgoing model’s. Besides that, there are gills at the bottom.
However, look closer at the front and you’d spot something which resembles a large inlet with winglets in them. This is the “aerobody” which the manufacturer patented a few months ago. They’re enclosed, rather than hanging out in the breeze unlike the Ducati Panigale V4 and V4 R’s. Honda also patented “active aerodynamics” for the rear in the form of foldout winglets, but they don’t appear in these photos.
Photo credit n_mode_log
But these pictures showed the race version of the bike, signified by the front fork set up. The purple-coloured slider tube shows that its coated with titanium nitrate and the true giveaway is the thin plunger-like travel sensor.
However, bear in mind that superbike racing dictates no modification to the frame and bodywork over the streetbike.
Peeking through the fairing’s opening also reveals what seems to be a new frame. The cutouts in the swingarm also look different.
Honda brought along a 2019 CBR1000RR for comparisons and the uploader also shot its pictures.
Photo credit n_mode_log
There was also a video and the bike has an inline-Four engine, quashing rumours of a V-Four.
Valentino Rossi revealed that Johann Zarco rejected a test rider role for Yamaha.
Yamaha had been trying to bring him in.
Rumours now say the Frenchman might be eyeing a role for Honda, instead.
Although Johann Zarco was highly expected to land a test role with the Yamaha factory, Valentino Rossi said revealed that the Frenchman has decided otherwise. There are rumours that Zarco may be eyeing a position in Honda instead.
The situation seemed to have changed since Zarco’s been called to replace LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami for the last three races of the season.
“It’s a shame,” Rossi told the media in Motegi, Japan. “It’s no secret that Yamaha was looking at Zarco for ten rider and he would have been important for us.”
“Now he’s close to Honda and we need to see what he decides to do for 2020, but it looks to me like we will have to find another fast test rider. It will be difficult to find someone like Johann.”
Indeed, Zarco has great experience in the Yamaha YZR-M1. He achieved six podium finishes and three pole positions in 2017 and 2018, while his ex-team Tech 3 Racing were tied to Yamaha. When Tech 3 moved to KTM, Zarco was promoted to the factory KTM team while his ex-teammate Hafizh Syahrin stayed behind in the Tech 3 KTM team.
But now rumours are starting that the French rider could be eyeing a position in Honda.
It is all due to Jorge Lorenzo’s lacklustre form in the Repsol Honda factory team. Honda had great hopes on the five-time world champion but the best he could achieve was 11th this year. There are also rumours that the manufacturer is not happy with the rider.
Lorenzo has said that he is not concerned about Zarco riding for LCR Honda beginning the Australian round, stressing that it is the satellite and not the factory team. Lorenzo’s contract runs through 2020.
It is without doubt that Zarco’s ride for LCR Honda will be considered an audition. Honda could extend a test role for Zarco next year, replacing Stefan Bradl. Bradl is reportedly working on the new CBR1000RR Fireblade which will contending for the WorldSBK title in 2020.
Honda Malaysia memanggil semula 23,476 unit kenderaan bagi menggantikan beg udara Takata di bahagian depan sebagai langkah berjaga-jaga.
Menurut maklumat yang dikongsikan Honda, kenderaan yang terkesan adalah:
Jadual 1: Model terlibat bagi pertukaran beg udara Takata bahagian pemandu
Jadual 2: Model terlibat bagi pertukaran beg udara Takata bahagian penumpang depan
Pada masa sama, Honda Malaysia turut memohon maaf terhadap sebarang kesulitan yang terpaksa dihadapi pemilik kenderaan yang terkesan dengan panggilan semula ini.
Bagaimanapun, sebagai pihak yang mengambil berat terhadap keselamatan pelanggan, Honda menyifatkan langkah ini perlu diambil dan menggesa orang ramai yang terlibat untuk segera menukar beg udara Takata di bahagian depan secepat mungkin.
Ini kerana, beg udara sedia ada adalah tidak selamat dan boleh menyebabkan kecederaan kepada pemandu sekiranya diaktifkan ketika perlanggaran.
Segala kos pertukaran beg udara tersebut akan ditanggung sepenuhnya pihak Honda.
Pelumba Repsol Honda, Marc Marquez, mengesahkan kejuaraan dunia kali kelapan – enam di kelas premier – selepas berjaya mengetepikan saingan Fabio Quartararo di GP Thailand, hari ini.
Musim 2019 menampilkan aksi paling mantap oleh Marquez apabila berjaya merekodkan 14 podium dan sembilan kemenangan sekaligus muncul juara meskipun kalendar MotoGP masih berbaki empat perlumbaan – Jepun, Australia, Malaysia dan Valencia.
Pencapaian ini turut menyaksikan Marquez menyamai rekod enam kejuaraan di kelas premier dipegang Mick Doohan dan hanya satu dibelakang Valentino Rossi dan dua di belakang Giacomo Agostini.
Dia turut muncul pelumba keempat selepas Rossi, Doohan dan Agostini untuk merekodkan empat kejuaraan berturut-turut.
Pelumba Petronas SRT, Fabio Quartararo, terpaksa berpuas hati di kedudukan kedua tatkala tidak mampu mengekang asakan Marquez.
Bagaimanapun, pelumba berusia 20 tahun itu perlu berbangga dengan pencapaiannya musim ini apabila hanya dibezakan dua mata daripada Rossi untuk menduduki tempat ketujuh di carta kejuaraan musim ini.
Pengurus Petronas SRT, Dato Razlan Razali,t mengakui pernah dihujani kritikan susulan memilih Quartararo bagaimanapun pencapaian pelumba muda itu ternyata menutup mulut pengkritik.
Sementara itu, tempat ketiga jadi milik Maverick Vinales dari pasukan Yamaha.
Jenama streetwear terkenal, Supreme, bakal melancarkan koleksi terbaru dengan kerjasama Honda dan Fox Racing bagi edisi Fall/Winter 2019.
Koleksi terbaru ini melibatkan jaket, kemeja, baju tee, jersi, seluar, helmet, gogal dan sarung tangan.
Apa yang menarik, kerjasama ini turut menawarkan Honda CRF250R edisi Supreme!
Koleksi baharu ini boleh didapati di kedai Supreme yang terletak di New York, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, London dan Paris serta atas talian bermula esok, 3 Oktober, sementara kedai di Jepun hanya akan menawarkan koleksi baharu ini pada 5 Oktober.
