1981 Honda C90! My First Ever Ride!

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11 ай бұрын

Riding a Honda C90 seems like something that would be on the biker's bucket list. Thanks to Andy Sills in Southsea I got to ride his 1981 Honda C90 and tick that off my list today! It seems so silly that after 15yrs riding on the road and riding over 100 different bikes, it has taken this long to ride one! The C90 is a semi-auto bike and I have not ridden one of these before, it is defiantly a skill you need to learn. The clutch did need adjusting so maybe that would have helped but I was getting there in the end, what a laugh though!
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@johna6968 6 ай бұрын

When the penny drops that the shifter is actually the clutch too, things tend to get a lot smoother

@Mean-bj8wp 11 ай бұрын

Best bike ever built is the crunchie 90 practically unkillable and believe me I've tried. Its the beetle of the bike world simple and basic easily maintained can take the abuse and still keep going they can cross continents with ease, love them.

@iandaniels8386 10 ай бұрын

yes best bikes c90 c70 c50 ever made as regards last fore ever and if you look after them price goes up ever year and no tax mot if over 40 years old and classed as classic for insurance

@hectorshouse7348 3 күн бұрын

Why kill it?…weird

@robinwells8879 11 ай бұрын

When you get the Rev matching right it’s quite smooth. That’s a truly beautiful unmolested example and Andy’s a lucky boy and very generous to let us get a taste. Cheers Andy. ❤

@WolfyFam 11 ай бұрын

Looks like so much fun! I genuinely really want one now 😅

@gb2983 11 ай бұрын

C90adventures... Alaska to Argentina on a c90. Best motorcycle travel series out there. Watch the darien gap episode in particular. Its brilliant.

@sefton1972 11 ай бұрын

Great fun bikes. There is an art to clean changes. Throttle off, toe down to higher gear, toe up & then throttle on. When you down shift you need to heal/toe the down shifter, keep it down whilst blipping the throttle to Rev match then release down shifter. It’s an are but it becomes natural in time. The new ones the CT125 Cubs you can pull up in 4th and go straight to neutral. Great bikes.

@hondac7028 9 ай бұрын

Ive got a c701980 vreg identical to that one ive been offered 4grand for mine mine ive had it five years its mint they are shooting up in value but im keeping hold of mine getting rare now a good one .

@SupermotoZach 11 ай бұрын

What a co-incidence you upload this, another old classic bike, I was recently watching your triumph daytona review again from the same bike place :)

@lewissharley6474 11 ай бұрын

Spicy I saw you fiddling with the gears on Pier Rd, pointed you out whilst my partner was driving to the arcades, it was awesome to see you out’n’about again 😊

@LonesomeLetsPlays 11 ай бұрын

Edd march at c90 adventures would be very proud

@analogsamurai2505 11 ай бұрын

my first bike was a c90. awesome bikes. wish i never sold it. just as much fun as a road legal pitbike.

@markduggan3451 11 ай бұрын

I had one of those when I was younger. If I remember correctly, I used to change down with my toes. The 50cc version was fully automatic.

@ronalddaub9740 Ай бұрын

No it wasn't fully automatic I never made a fully automatic transmission all of the clutches for semi-automatic please get off of that

@phillwagstaff4425 7 ай бұрын

My dad had one of these in the late 80s when I was about 7 yes old my mum made him get rid when he came off it at a busy roundabout after slipping on black ice he wasn't injured it's a shame cos he loved that little thing

@michaeltrimmer8899 13 күн бұрын

The super cub range is the biggest selling motor vehicle of all time not just motorbikes, you change gear by zeroing the throttle

@bren106 11 ай бұрын

I think I was about 12 or 13 when I first rode a Honda 50, off road on local waste ground. Ground contaminated with asbestos cement waste from a local factory as was later discovered. You now need to try and get the new Supercub off a Honda dealer if possible to do a comparison.

@curtisss 11 ай бұрын

Love these wanted one for ages

@garrypepperman 11 ай бұрын

That was so funny. I had a Cub90 back in 1988/89 it was a charming little bike, I had it for around three years.

@ronalddaub9740 Ай бұрын

That bike actually has a centrifugal clutch built in to a regular clutch that is operated by the foot lever. It's the same as all of the rest

@lundog8548 11 ай бұрын

Looks awesome especially the top box with the built in indicators lol. I want one.

@markburgess4528 4 ай бұрын

They were all over the place when I rode in the late 70s. The were great commuter bikes with the leg shields.

@wesleycardinal8869 11 ай бұрын

They're great little bikes, good to see a few being conserved.👍🇦🇺

@HippoDrones 11 ай бұрын

Cor, that brought back memories of sticky floors and sticky women... Emmas nightclub... long gone now I think, but a haunt for us matelots back in the day 😀 My mate Pez (AKA Big_Pezza on KZfaq) loves his C90's and other cubs.... I have to say, they are super fun to ride. This one sounds super healthy... Back in around 1992-1993 IIRC, I worked at Dominos Pizza in Horsham.... I was the "vehicle manager" (a BS job title), but it meant I got to ride the C90, while the other delivery riders had C50's to ride on... So much fun... you'd go round roundabouts and the exhaust would ground out lifting the rear wheel off the ground.... mega sideways fun! 😀

@Bluedrawf73 11 ай бұрын

I had a c90 when I was 17 loved the bike as it got me from a 2 bwithout using the buses great bike fond Memories

@OmegaKnightRed 11 ай бұрын

Sky is nearly as blue as that bike, lovely day to tick another bike off the list. And it looked fun too.

@mrcertifiedkettle3827 11 ай бұрын

Small cc bikes/hp are the most fun bikes you will ever have in your life

@mrmoon1482 9 ай бұрын

I used to own 4 of these had my one in the late 80s when I was 13, used it over the fields then had a couple more in the 90s, many of the ones now have damaged gear shift spline’s because people tend to stamp on the gear shift to hard,

@125sm3 11 ай бұрын

Spicy on a Step through 😅. Had one of these when I was 15 😂. Great fun , Good for a wheelie lol .

@101steel4 11 ай бұрын

Being a kid in the 70s these were everywhere. Really old blokes were usually the riders lol.

@haroldc90 10 ай бұрын

Great vid as always……My 1979 c90 looks identical and is an extortionate £50/yr to insure…..It’s the best fun at 40mph. I wish I bought them all when you could pick em up for about £50 😂

@markspash178 5 ай бұрын

My brand new 110 looks the same as this, even the same colour. It just has telescopic forks, still has drum brakes!

@BigPezza 11 ай бұрын

about time ! so are you going to get one ? Cub are like desserts there is allways room for one

@HippoDrones 11 ай бұрын

Def need a SpicyCub

@georgedalas8303 8 ай бұрын

Me personally the best way to shift smoothly is basically to just shift as fast as possible, for example put it into 1st feather it and when im about to shift i close the throttle and instantly put it in gear and real quick feather the throttle again. Now for downshifting you can rev match, so you put you toe on the back of the gear lever and while you are pressing it down at the same time quickly blip the throttle

@robcall5182 11 ай бұрын

Ah the old step thru C90, I think that was my first solo ride on a m'bike, borrowed a mate's for a couple of hours, 1984,.. get the revs right and clunk step thru, almost Heath Robinson-esk, steam punk technology of the 1960's. You sound like you had alot of fun on it, laughing alot.

@richardthingsilike9562 Ай бұрын

I had a C90 for a few years in the late 80s it was an early 70s model. Great little bike but it failed its MOT in the end due to the frame being rotten!

@aarontaylor2815 11 ай бұрын

I would love to ride a c90 but I wouldn’t trust myself. I’d feel like I would end up breaking the thing 😂

@andrecredland1732 11 ай бұрын

You wont they are bullet proof, James May chucked one off a 3 storey building then started it up and rode it away, both wheels were oval though.

@hexsymbol2229 11 ай бұрын

My boys have a bitsa bike that has a c50 engine in it. And vespa wheels. The thing still left my mates ped at 40 and kept going. That was with my 6'3" lead kite on it aswell

@jon-paulgrainger1303 11 ай бұрын

Do miss mine, had a 70 registered as a 50 at 16 👍.

@neilheyes6651 11 ай бұрын

Did exactly the same, although I was 14 at the time, no one ever checked 😂

@stuartosborn4785 11 ай бұрын

These little bikes started a life-long biking passion for many people my age (60) either in a field somewhere or as i did by taking their dads one out during the petrol rationing when i was 10 years old !😲

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

One of the very first bikes I rode as a kid on fields was a Honda PA50, I am only 37 so it probs still happened until more recent times.

@seanbarraclough2484 11 ай бұрын

My first ride was a Mini Melody 50cc with the baffles removed with a blowtorch ❤❤❤

@dave-rn7zd 11 ай бұрын

My first bike was a c90. £1 to fill up back then. Rase up all the peg's you can throw it about a bit. Did try it on a Tomos moped after Forgetting the low fixed peg's. Did not end well LOL

@jekjekj 11 ай бұрын

Amazing

@seanbarraclough2484 11 ай бұрын

What you mean by Chicken Chasers, I think you mean what I call a PPO (Pedal and Pi55 Off) ?

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

As it said on screen at one point it was a Honda PA50 😁

@richardwareing8252 Ай бұрын

Great stuff. What is the camera and bracket you are using here please?

@spicy110 Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7F3d9uLxrvbdH0.html

@leabrattle-parker4666 11 ай бұрын

You look like you had fun, yeah the gearbox is odd, you can use the gear lever like a clutch, you stamp down I to first then bring your foot up slowly like you are letting a clutch out and you have a smooth gear change then, they are the best fun, the handling is comical but they do like a million miles to a tank if fuel. I had a c70 badged up as a c50 when I was 16

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

Got you, that makes sense.

@justanotherbiker9531 11 ай бұрын

I've wanted to ride one of these for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately its hard to find one that's not been messed with or had a Chinese 125 engine swapped into it :(

@o00scorpion00o 9 ай бұрын

There's a lot of interest in these bikes lately, in Ireland now one will set you back 2500 Euro's for a C90 in half decent condition considering you can buy a C125 for 4500 would anyone bother ? Why the renewed interest ? fuel prices, the simplicity of no electrics or both ? The new C125 is nice but a bit plastic ? There's an updated C125 with a different speedo, looks a bit better but would have preferred a darker background than white. I recently got my learner permit here in Ireland and passed the IBT or CBT as it's called in the UK back in August. but still haven't found a bike. Not sure whether to get an old rebel 250, a newer Cb125F. I'm going for the full license so can only pass the test on a 50 kw+ bike which would be pretty big but people have told me they have rode around on 125s and used the instructor bike for lessons, pre test and passed on the instructor bike. I'm not into power and speed but want something that can take a heavy guy up steep hills so I'd say I'd want no less than 250-300 cc because I'm in the country and have some hills.

@Harlowfishcam 11 ай бұрын

Think I'll have to dig my c90 out of the garage it's been there since 1988.

@ISLEOVUE 11 ай бұрын

I will never ride a bike with cantilever front suspension after going over the bars on an old Vespa when the rear brake failed....the end

@Giblet16 11 ай бұрын

Put a 190 engine in that 😂

@davidsjenkins281 11 ай бұрын

ive owned the club 50 70 and 90 much the same bikes with the only defence being the cc

@johnsshed995 11 ай бұрын

Your spoilt now spicy . You have just ridden the best motorcycle in the history of motorcycling .Notoing else will ever surpass it .;-)

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

You got that right! Haha

@arnoldjrimmer6527 11 ай бұрын

If you have a garage, a 125 (or below) Honda is a must. The only question is which one ....

@rolandcraggs348 11 ай бұрын

With so many of them sold, you'd think the second-hand market would be better stocked and cheaper. People want crazy money for these things!

@Bavenbushcraft 11 ай бұрын

I hate that semi auto box, I've only ridden the new C125 and if you're rolling at 0.00001mph and drop it into 1st gear, the back locks 😂 You can ease the lever back up once it's selected the gear and that's like slipping the clutch.... I guess you get used to it, but crikey 😂

@adiohead 11 ай бұрын

This looks like the bike my nan had.

@techtinkerin 11 ай бұрын

Must have come across at least 4 of these burned out in woodland over the years. Such a shame really. 😂👍😎

@altypeRR 11 ай бұрын

I think the Indians have a lot to do with it being the most produced bike in the world. They were sold by their million every year over there as a cheap affordable transport. They packed the whole family on them. I think the c90 also at one point held the Guinness world record for the best fuel economy. It was something crazy like an unmodified one managed to get over 200 mpg!

@kramsniggah4333 25 күн бұрын

It was my 2nd bike after a Puch Maxi, It was a little slow off the line and I got laughed at relentlessly but destroyed all my mates on their screaming 50cc!

@aarondingley3437 2 ай бұрын

7:42 Saab 900 spotted

@marksteven6116 11 ай бұрын

super bike

@mcladrifter 11 ай бұрын

Now take it on a cross country road trip.

@JP-hv5kt 11 ай бұрын

the first bike ever rode and i'm 63 lol

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

Good start!

@JP-hv5kt 11 ай бұрын

Would like to be a Patron how do i this? And please keep on what you are doing@@spicy110

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

There is a link in the description click that and it is fairly simple. 🙂

@dataterminal 11 ай бұрын

First bike I ever fell off :)

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

Haha nice, I guess the first one I came off was a kx80 I think. That is how I learnt front brakes on wet grass not a good idea haha

@SteamTrainsNStuff 6 ай бұрын

Back in I think 2013/14 I got myself a vintage C90 complete with bacon slicer numberplate after watching a few of your videos, inspired me to get my cbt and later take it green laning as well which it was pretty good at. The thin tyres would dig in quite well and if it was to much for it I could bodily drag it out. Such good fun killed the original engine so something bigger went in and I changed the sprockets and would be able to get it to 70 if I throttled it’s neck hard. Lethal on those bottle top brakes and bicycle tyres but good fun overtaking people with my front shopping basket fitted death trap, wish I still had it the prices have gone silly. And it had one of your silver Spicy110 stickers.

@ronalddaub9740 Ай бұрын

I wouldn't let him ride it

@privatebribert 11 ай бұрын

Won't be tax exempt mate

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

Yes it is, it's over 40 years old. www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles

@privatebribert 11 ай бұрын

No mate you still have to tax it,it just doesn't cost anything,Iv'e 8 classics all Nortons and I have to tax them or sorn them every year

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

Ok fair, my point was it was free. Isn't there a way to make it permanent though? So you never need to do it again?

@privatebribert 11 ай бұрын

I think it's to make sure there insured,no insurance and you can't tax it???

@spicy110 11 ай бұрын

That would make some sense.

@o00scorpion00o 9 ай бұрын

Electric push bikes are limited to 15.5 mph and even a C90 is vastly more practical in my opinion. For the price of a good Bosch powered Ebike you're talking north of 3000 Pounds these days and as much as 7,000 +. Ridiculous especially considering the depreciate like a stone. Those escooters are dangerous, at least a C90 can keep up with the flow of traffic.