MY VERY FIRST BIKE ❤❤❤ The only brand new bike I ever bought . Interstate speed limit was 55 mph in those days . It did 60 mph if I laid down on it . I would take it on 200 mile round trips constantly in all directions . I abused it for 2 year before selling and upgrading . Excellent machine 👏 ❤

Awesome...I had an 81 , black ...I hit 65mph with er several times Love Honda

People actually love these things since they are very light, street-legal and fun. Hard to find also. This one is exceptionally clean. $3-5k+ US easy. Very collectible.

Wow thanks for the memories! I bought mine in 1983 and rode it my senior year in high school through my sophomore year in college. I had a black one and a bought a fairing for it, which made it look extra sweet.

What a great true classic! Beautiful condition! Best of luck selling her. I am fortunate enough to own one of these jems. What a blast to ride

Getcha some Kreidler Florett's Ken! They are where the very best, imho, 50cc GP world championship engines, come from, thanks mostly to Dutch tuners Van Veen.. (Derbi is JUST UNDER Kreidler, on the list tho!) You do lots of big Maico's.... You should do 50cc+ Kreidler, Puch, and Zündapp engine bikes. 😁Getting an adult man to 100mph on a 50cc two-stroke isn't easy, but it sure is rewarding!

That is just so beautiful! I still have my 1983 MT5 (the trail version) in good shape. Love it and will never sell it.

I bought one for $399.00. I was amazed at the time and still am now that I could drop $450.00 on a table and go out with a new motorcycle. I've owned many motorcycles and this is the one I regret getting rid of the most. I'm pushing 70 now and am riding a Piaggio Liberty 150 scooter. Great mpg, good storage, lots of fun!

Viele Grüße aus Germany 👍👍👍

my first moped, mine was yellow - I would like to have it back now 🙂

I had a red one in 1982……it was a blast to ride….brings back memories.

what a cool ole bike ya never see

Got one of these for sale locally had to come on KZfaq to check them out. Nice little bike!

I had one of them when i was seventeen

I remember these for sure. Time piece!

What a sweet little ride.

Very nice I still have my mint dt50 very fun bikes.

You should have one permanently in your museum!

Absolutely love it never saw one or even knew about them. I knew Honda made MTX 50cc the MT5 but never an MB5 looks like an absolute blast wouldn’t pull your house off the foundation but would certainly put a big ear to ear smile on any teenager who wanted to start riding on the road’s face and the fact someone donated it is just wow where do you find these people I’d love to meet just one it must be amazing when someone says oh i have an old bike if you want it it’s yours just come and pick it up. Then you go to get it and it’s an a gorgeous little bike like that 🤤👍 as always take care and god bless your whole family and crew all the best. Edit - a KZfaqr Dallas Brandt just posted the original 1982 MB5 advert 10,500 rpm redline $598 ah the good old days I guarantee that bike today will sell for easily five times that if not ten. If the guy that gave not one but two of them to you guy’s see’s this my hat’s off to you sir you are a true gent they couldn’t have went to a better home and I’d like to personally thank you for doing your part in keeping places like Kaplan motorcycles open. IMHO it’s a national treasure 🙏👍 god bless & much respect.

I have an mb5! 🥳

MB 5 IS CLASSIC LEGEND 1980

Had like 10 of these and MT-5s in the late 80s... The wheels on this one are not stock. They are from an MBX. In 1982 you had the 3 spoke star type wheels. In my early teens I would modify these things with enough power to do burn-outs and lay peels, 60 mph, larger ports, 18-20 mm carbs. They are now illegal to ride in my town due to new emission standards.

mein erstes Mofa, meine war gelb - hätt ich jetzt gerne wieder 🙂

as a YOOF 11 or 12 years of age ,,I always wanted that bike !

Nice bike. I have a 1983 and a 1990 , im rebuild them. One is gonna be black, and one is gonna be yellow. I have made mold for tank and fenders and windscreen. So I can make my parts in fiberglass with gelcoat .

collectors item as a hedge against inflation.

ESPECIALLY THE RED ONE☝️❗️ GOTTA LOVE ❤️ ANYTHING THAT HAS HONDA ON IT PERIOD⚫️❗️

This is the first one I've seen with Comstar wheels as shown on this model. My Mb5 has 3 spoke type comstar wheels

Haven’t seen one these since I was 16 yrs old a long very time ago lol 😂, but I decided to go for the Yamaha RD 80Lc with micron pipe it was wheeler hooligan

how much nice bike!

I got one of those 🤘

Had one of these

cool lil bike.

and my 1981 250ccm two stroke (MZ TS 250/1) has drums on both wheels.. when I do 75 mph I like to look up int he sky and pray to St. Christopher that if I die it's quick and painless.. but heeey - that's how we rolled in ostblock countries!

I'm confused. Wikipedia says 49cc and you also mentioned 49cc and then 50cc. What size is the engine?

This is the bike i learnt how to ride on

I hit 59 mph on mine

Nice!

In my youth i've had a Honda MBX build for in Germany we say "Koppelrennen" i dont know if you have Races like this in the US... Anyway Honda made the best Mopeds in the 80s and 90s

U could get a malossi kit to make do 70mph or a honda h100 motor bolt straight in

MBX wheels on a MB looks great...

They are a pretty little bike.

I've never seen one...dont think we had them in uk...we had the fs1e the ss50 and ap50...

Gruß aus Germany. Honda MB 5 bj 79. Habe ich auch 🍺☕☕🍺🍺

Has it been sold

Man there’s one for sale (project) everything there with extra parts like gas tank and spare engine etc! All for 1k MANNN so tempting

I still want one. In high school I had two school mates that had them, my family couldn’t afford one back then , but I’m looking for one. Anyone knows where I can find one

Use to own one.

👍🏾

Those rims are from a liquid cooled HONDA MBX50,normally there's also a small streamline-fairing around the headlicht...the headlight, turnsignals and the handlebars are not the original HONDA ones to the MB50...love those MB's.😉

A CR 125 transplant would be sweet.

Is this going to be auctioned ?

👍👍🍺☕

Had one in South AFRICA. New..cost R650.00.Never let me down.Almost 100kmh. Regret selling it now.Called the Meteor Bobcat.. offloaded Mt5 called meteor tornado.

All it needs is a good pipe.

HONDA .❤️🇯🇵❤️

would be great if it had a CR85 in it

I have an mt not an mb mime had a polini 70 an proma exhaust top speen 120 this one has mbx wheels i think ther a lot beter than the mb wheels and the 16mm carb not stoke the have an 12mm

I don’t remember the wheels looking like that, I don’t believe they are oem

What an oddity

The rims are not original, these are Honda MBX wheels. Google for original Honda MB5 wheels they are 3 spokes Black with chrome rim.

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MADE IN JAPAN BY HONDA.