Thinking of buying a Honda CBF125, Make up your own mind.

Mark65 · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 May 2008 Karma :

As the title says, here is my brothers 12 plate cbf125, 724 miles as of sunday and hes only had it a few months. He garages the bike at night and keeps it under cover at work, he used acf 50 on it when he got it and this is now its condition.
His local Honda dealer tried to palm him of with the lack of mantainance routine, they refuse him a refund and he had to get trading standards in on it, the dealership told him they would replace it with another after first saying they would replace the parts, which he refused as the bike should not need new parts at this age really.
Now he tells me they are giving him the runaround on the replacement bike, so make up your own mind on honda build quality and customer service, and the worst part is his daughters new cbf is also heading this way, 5 grand spent on two bikes.

Mark
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Scootaloo · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 09 Dec 2011 Karma :

There cheap as shit so build quality will suffer...

However, on my new CBF I managed to clock up 5000 miles riding through last years winter. never garaged. never covered. And it still looked in better nick than that, the rust was mostly around the various bolts/places as on yours but only about 1/4 as rusty I'de say.

Get it sorted now, disgraceful for only 700 miles! what service intervals?! Not even due it's first one at that age!!!
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P. · Red Rocket Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Karma :

What really begs the question... why did they buy new? Did they really need to buy 2 bikes that rot for 5k? Could get 2 tried, tested and suitably sized Varadero's for that price Shocked

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Mark65 · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 May 2008 Karma :

His abused 3-4 year old YBR he traded in was was in better nick .
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Irn-Bru · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Aug 2009 Karma :

Disgusting Thumbs Down

I've seen chinese bikes in better nick.

My mate's '09 CBF was no where near that even after 12K miles in all weathers, barely washed and maintained. The only thing that rusted on his was the exhaust, and it also had summit wrong with the gearbox but was all fixed under warranty at the time.
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scarborough_lad · Trackday Trickster Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Karma :

That's disgraceful, I had one of those for a year and it looked in far better condition than that, and that's after 11,000 miles of noobish bodgery.
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DonDino · Scooby Slapper Joined: 24 Mar 2012 Karma :

That definitely doesn't look right.

My old CBF125 was reg'ed on February this year, and done about 2100 miles before I gave it away as part-ex today.
The only visibile signs of rust were at the supports of the pillion footpegs. And that was a small amount that you had to bend down to notice.

I kept it outdoors, covered but by a cheap thin cover that didn't even go all the way to the floor, so water went under it and even through the cover - many times I uncovered it to find the whole thing wet under the cover Confused

I'm guessing it came from a bad batch, could be a bad batch of the metal parts, who knows. They are made in India, and anything can happen.

Mine developed a fault with the fuel pump at 300 miles, and apparently Indian-made CBF125s had a bad batch of fuel pumps, so it could be a similar case.
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Mark65 · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 May 2008 Karma :

My mistake its a 12 plate bike Embarassed

.We wait to see if Blackpool Honda replace the bike as they said they would.
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Vracktal · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Karma :

That looks like it's bordering on defective manufacturing imho, wonder if the bike got a bad batch of rustproofing or something.... I mean, i've seen 10yr old bikes that are in better condition than that!

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=86294
That one concerns me the most, since it looks like the frame itself is corroding from within...

I'd say he's definitely right to demand a replacement bike since if that's how bad the visibly corroded components are, how can you trust that the bits you can't see are in good nick? o.O

skylineonfire · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Karma :

Jeez...

I have a 2012 CBF125 with 4100 miles on the clock, keep it outside most nights, and I've got literally no rust compared to that. I've got a little on the bottom of the side stand, and that's it. That's shocking and definitely not normal.

lukamon · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 May 2007 Karma :

MY cbf after 4100 miles and 6 months. used in all weathers. lives in a garage but if it rains while im am work, it gets wet.

https://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1/lukamon/IMAG0074_BURST002-1.jpg

https://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1/lukamon/IMAG0075_BURST002.jpg

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i cant say i agree with a "bad batch" of bikes. its not just the frame, ALL the different parts on that bike are rusting. springs, pedals, frame, footrest, the lot. i would wager he's jetwashed the bastard out of it and then let it - drip dry repeatedly.
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Alpha-9 · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Jan 2012 Karma :

Is he using about 10 cans of ACF50 a night on it or something? Thinking

How the hell it's got to that condition so quickly I have no idea, CBFs are on par with YBRs and i've seen a lot of them about and none that rusty

Could it be possible the dealers used chinese metal cheapo parts putting it together?!
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Mark65 · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 May 2008 Karma :

No jetwash has been near it, turtle wax and cold water i believe.
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illuminateTHE... · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Jul 2012 Karma :

buying a new 125cc... NO NO NO NO NO NO...

You must feel like my mate who paid 4 grand for a yamaha yzf r125 which i bought the next week for 2 -_-.

Knot600RR · Scooby Slapper Joined: 25 Aug 2011 Karma :

You are not alone......

I recall this thread.......

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=209493&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

illuminateTHE... · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Jul 2012 Karma :

honda cbf r125cc kangaroo hop... happened to me numerous times whilst riding the cbf 125