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What do you think of the bike now?

What do you think of the bike now?

  • Better than expected!

    Votes: 66 46.5%
  • What I expected.

    Votes: 70 49.3%
  • Disappointed.

    Votes: 6 4.2%

  • Total voters
    142

SLO

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Put non the 13! Open the exhaust, change the air filter ,unhook the snorkel tube at the rack. Change the spark plug, keep fresh high octane pure gasoline in it
let me know , oh bend that heel shifter out of the way,and move shift lever up one position on spline after bending to fit your Anglo humanoid foot.
You are welcome.
 

Chatham125

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$20.00 and 20 minutes. That what it took to transform my 125. Competed the install of the 13t in 20 minutes, took her out for test run. OMG! what a difference. On the road it was able to continue to accelerate up a large hill in in 4th gear. Yesterday I had to down shift into 3rd and it was still struggling to hold speed. I clocked it at 50 mph on my GPS while my bike speedo read 54. It now feels just like the CT110 in high range but with more engine power. I am one happy man. Don't need the 41 tooth rear sprocket. This 13T 39 T is the sweet spot for me!
 

Chatham125

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That's all the mods for now. Just going to ride it and enjoy. (gel pads for the seat ordered). Geeze I have only had the bike 3 days!
 

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SLO

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stuff a 143 cyl on it. I did, does fine now.
I will, as my skill level almost ready for it. Remember the Tortoise in the Tootsie Pop commercials? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Trying to blow the fucker up first! Got about 2300 miles on it so far. Not to far from you,you really ought to check out a map of area I live. You will be ruined after you come to visit.
 

SLO

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$20.00 and 20 minutes. That what it took to transform my 125. Competed the install of the 13t in 20 minutes, took her out for test run. OMG! what a difference. On the road it was able to continue to accelerate up a large hill in in 4th gear. Yesterday I had to down shift into 3rd and it was still struggling to hold speed. I clocked it at 50 mph on my GPS while my bike speedo read 54. It now feels just like the CT110 in high range but with more engine power. I am one happy man. Don't need the 41 tooth rear sprocket. This 13T 39 T is the sweet spot for me!
Yeah, I think your GPS is defective. DAMN Star Wars SHIT and all ! You know any faster, and you will have to think ahead of your actions. Are you really prepared for that kinda shit? and are you ready to accept the consequences? YEAAHH, ME TOO!
 

SneakyDingo

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That seems about right to me with the GPS. The engine should have more pull so you'll still be limited by the engine power curve dropping off on the high end of RPMs.

If you think of it as how an engine calculator would work, engine calculators do not factor in wind resistance and to a certain aspect engine power profile. Because air resistance is cubic relative to speed, we can't accurately calculate top speed for taller gearing, but we can for shorter gearing.

Max speed of the bike is around 55 mph according to most people. Let's say 54 mph and give it 2% error tolerance like a good engineer would. The 13T cog swap should have a linear change on the overall speeds of the gears, ergo:

[aftermarket front sprocket teeth] / [stock front sprocket teeth] * [max speed] = new max speed
where aftermarket front sprocket teeth < stock front sprocket teeth

13T / 14T * 54 mph = 50 mph, so for the same RPM 50 mph is within tolerance for most measuring systems when maxing out the engine on the RPM side of things. If it said 51 mph, I'd say that was reasonable as well.
 

SneakyDingo

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That's all the mods for now. Just going to ride it and enjoy. (gel pads for the seat ordered). Geeze I have only had the bike 3 days!
The fuel canister mount is interesting in this photo. How'd you mount it? It looks a little like it's bolted to the edge of the rack.
 

Chatham125

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The fuel canister mount is interesting in this photo. How'd you mount it? It looks a little like it's bolted to the edge of the rack.
It came with u bolts and a plastic hub for mounting to the rack.. The u bolts were too long and very weak and unusable. I went to the hardware store and bought 4 hardened cap heads and drilled out the hub to accommodate them. I had 2 u bolt straps laying around so I used them to secure the hub to the rack.
 

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SLO

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stuff a 143 cyl on it. I did, does fine now.
I know you already posted about this question I want to ask, but if I do the 143 cc big bore mod, do I have to get a fuel controller? That would be a deal breaker.
I am not sure , but would a carb conversion take care of that if necessary. Adjusted properly of course.
 

m in sc

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depends what you are going for. Lack of FI modification support for this model is an issue if you want to go with big engine mods.
 

FleaMike

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Love my little grocery getter! Other than some farkles the only mod I’ve done is move up the shifter one notch on the spline and cut off the heel shifter. Much better in my mind. Great bike in general and she’s quite happy traveling on the back of my ‘64 Airstream
 

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jBIRDt

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I have wanted a Honda Trail since the mid 60s. When they were available in the US again I had to have one. I wanted to use the Trail for chasing around doing errands and enjoying the bike. I have now owned my Trail for one year (about 7 months of riding time) with 1600 miles today and just put the 12th gallon of gas in it. Averaging 120 mpg it is amazing how much local driving around I am not doing with the pickup. This bike is everything I need.
 

Takeo77

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It's my first bike, I am a little worried I am building bad habits that may make it harder for me to convert to a more conventional motorcycle, but overall I love it. Yeah it's a city/trail bike and the lack of power and light weight I feel has kept me out of trouble when I make newbie mistakes. It's a significant step up from a bicycle but my bicycle instincts have come in handy. I like it. I see why it's popular and with the way gas prices are going I think you will see many many more small motorcycles in America's future.
 

ReadingRambo

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I have wanted a Honda Trail since the mid 60s. When they were available in the US again I had to have one. I wanted to use the Trail for chasing around doing errands and enjoying the bike. I have now owned my Trail for one year (about 7 months of riding time) with 1600 miles today and just put the 12th gallon of gas in it. Averaging 120 mpg it is amazing how much local driving around I am not doing with the pickup. This bike is everything I need.
I use mine for the same, but only had it a month and have 1100 miles on it already. I have had to commute to work more than expected until I finish my transmission on my chevy (shocker) lol. The gas mileage is amazing and I am saving soooo much money that I may just make it a daily commuter. I love it though, no issues other than my center stand breaking on the 4th day of owning it..... still waiting on the shop to warranty the new part.
 

SLO

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It's my first bike, I am a little worried I am building bad habits that may make it harder for me to convert to a more conventional motorcycle, but overall I love it. Yeah it's a city/trail bike and the lack of power and light weight I feel has kept me out of trouble when I make newbie mistakes. It's a significant step up from a bicycle but my bicycle instincts have come in handy. I like it. I see why it's popular and with the way gas prices are going I think you will see many many more small motorcycles in America's future.
I had major back surgery in Sept 2020. Titanium rods a foot or so long,with many screws and other parts. I am sure I could not of handled anything any bigger when I got it last Fall. I have 3030 miles on it since yesterday,and I am starting to learn to ride and be in my comfort zone. Best place ever to own one , I as anyone ,else would never travel the back roads that I have been on since they are ( out of the way) Discovery on every ride.
 
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