Honda CBF Stunner

Hhonda CBF Stunner

The Honda CBF Stunner is a new slant at the executive 125cc category- melding commuter-friendliness with sporty style with a exclusive power. The bike is aimed basically for the college going students and young-professionals alike who would like to ride economically but still make a style statement. The Stunner is also a testament to the Honda’s refined engineering that’s manifest in the bike’s smooth and sporty performance. The bike takes a outclasses to it’s two other rivals that is the sporty Yamaha Gladiator and the streets friendly TVS Flame to come out as champion in the sporty executive class.

Performance

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Like all Honda bikes the Stunner is smooth yet strong and confidently pulls away with a twist of the wrist; its engine is made for refined to a very high degree indeed. The Stunner’s power plant is derived from one on the older Honda Shine. It has been tweaked a bit but what is really makes a difference to the performance is the new 5-speed gear box which offers taller gear ratios and hence less jumpy performance. The bike also offers a commuter-friendly spread of torque in the lower rev and mid rev range which is where the engine will mostly be running at. This is translates into a good pickup from start to go. In numbers the 125cc mill pumps out a cool 11bhp @ 8000rpm, making this bike most powerful in the executive category. Finally, the most important there is a fuel injected variant of the bike, PGM FI that offers a better throttle response than the carbureted version of bikes. Other performance bike figures are pretty much the same in both variants though.

Design

Indeed the Stunner’s design is truly ‘stunning’. Like the Yamaha gladiator, Honda has brought to the 125cc executive category the oomph of higher capacity machines. Surely, most people who would have first seen the Stunner would have mistaken it for a 150cc or even a 200cc bike partly because of the big off-roader style Bikini fairing which makes the bike bigger than it actually seems. But get behind the tank and you’ll see a skinny machine that’s clearly over-dressed. Nonetheless, the integrated front body cowl and step seat look great from a third person point of view. Other sporty inclusions are alloy wheels and yellow painted rear suspension.

Features & Colours

The bike features an aerodynamic and sporty bikini fairing smooth performance and all-round reliability. It is available in two catagories the Stunner and the Stunner PGM FI. The bike is available in red, yellow, black and silver colour schemes. The latter is based on the CBR1000RR Fire Blade colour scheme and fuel-injection with a lot of other minor updates. It seems like a watered down response to the Yamaha R15 which, like the PGM FI, is based on a bigger race monster, the 1000cc Yamaha R1. The Stunner is available for a street price of around the Rs. 60,000 while the PGM FI will be available for over the Rs. 70,000 in most cities which may seem like a too high price.

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 Technical Specifications

Overview
Make	Honda
Body Type	Advanced Design Diamond Frame
Fuel Tank Capacity	12 litres
Dimensions
Length	2012 mm
Width	734 mm
Height	1113 mm
Wheelbase	1271 mm
Ground Clearance	173 mm
Weight
Kerb Weight	129 kg
Engine
Type	4 stroke, air cooled, SOHC single cylinder
Number Of Cylinders	1
Displacement	124.7 cc
Transmission	5 speed (constant mesh)
Engine Starting System	Electric and Kick/Electric only (PGM Fi)
Maximum Power	11Bhp@8000rpm / 11.6Bhp @8000rpm (PGM FI)
Maximum Torque	11Nm@6500rpm / 11.2Nm @6250 rpm (PGM FI)
Suspension
Front Suspension	Telescopic front fork suspension
Rear Suspension	3 step spring loaded hydraulic shock absorber
Brakes
Front	Drum 130mmm/240mm Disc
Rear	130mm Drum
Tyre Size
Type	Tubeless
Front	80/100-17 46P
Rear	100/90-17 55P

Honda CBF Stunner 125cc first ride & review

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