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| Build quality | 6.6/10  |
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| Reliability | 7.8/10  |
| Value for Money | 9.9/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 8.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 7.6/10 |
Full review by
Guest.
on 15th May 2008
User Rating : 7
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Good Points: Reliable so far and cheap to run. New Era have been really helpful and seem to like giving a good deal. They can do the parts too apparently.
Bad Points: Had to check electrical connections under the seat and the front-fork gators split immediately.
General comments: The New Era/Chituma CG should last well. At £300 it only has to last til its first MoT (3 years). I've covered mine in WD40 to stop it being eaten alive. I've also given it an oil-change at 250 miles and won't be taking it above 6000rpm until it reaches 1000km on the speedo. I'm surprised how well it handles considering the puny frame and liquorice tyres. Overall can recommend.
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Review by
sumpy
on 20th Feb 2008
User Rating : 8
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The Hongdou Chituma is a great bike if you want a dependable travel to work, great seat, very comfortable, not the quickest but for the money excellent stuff, stick to 55 on the dual carriage ways and your get great mileage, extremely cheap to run, pulls really well with a pillion passenger and reminds me very much of my old cd175.
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Review by
crazy rider
on 20th Feb 2007
User Rating : 8
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I'm glad I bought the Hongadou Chituma CTM-125 125. I have always had this bike since I started riding about 7 months ago very good on the fuel. A good buy.
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Review by
richard dunk
on 14th Jul 2006
User Rating : 9
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Overall the Hongadou Chituma CTM-125 is a good low cost commuter bike. And one which I do not regret buying, spares are easy to get, mainly Honda CG 125 seem to fit, but there is no dealer support of any kind, does not matter if you are prepared to have a go, just like the good old days.
richard dunk's full review | 336 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
glenanderson
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on 15th Jun 2006
User Rating : 10
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My experience of the Hongadou Chituma CTM 125 is broadly the same as the other reviews. I bought it because I needed cheap "ride-to-work" wheels in a hurry.
It came from an importer who sells through ebay, and it cost £603 delivered to my door.
Registering it was simple, although it took a week or so for the paperwork and number to come through. Cost was £38 including a years road-tax (£15).
Insurance was suprisingly dear at £140 (I'm 36 and have been riding bi ...
glenanderson's full review | 1585 words | 2 comments added.
Review by
charliebp
on 12th Mar 2006
User Rating : 8
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The Hongadou Chituma bike is very good value for the money. It was dilivered next working day and took me just over an hour to put together as it comes oiled up already. Just add fuel and charge the battery. It ran in well and hits 80 if pushed. The engine is by far much better than a Honda CG or a Suzuki GN125. This bike has much more punch. The bike has poor tolerances hence the drum brakes are very bad. The bike has a feel of a school project. It's all there and good value but you hav ...
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Review by
areddie
on 26th Feb 2006
User Rating : 8
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The Hongadou Chitumax is an excellent bike a very near copy of a Honda CG125 but with electric start and CDI ignition.
Came in a crate ,bought off ebay and build is easy .There are no instructions with it so its just as well. The manual supplied with the bike is basic and I purchased a Haynes manual for a Honda CG125 which is useful. Japanese manufactures are seriously worried about all these bikes coming in from China, the quality is improving and the Chinese will make an impact on the Japanes ...
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Review by
mad bike
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on 1st Feb 2006
User Rating : 9
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When I needed a cheap mode of transport (to avoid high car parking charges) the Hongadou Chituma CTM125c seemed the perfect answer.
I paid £750 for it off Ebay, which was roughly 1/3rd of the price of a Honda CG125 at the time. I had it fixed together in about a couple of hours and the registration was no problem. Although the registration took about a week.
It looked quite smart and I couldn't wait to get it on the road.
At first the electic start didn't work, but it kicked start ...
mad bike's full review | 532 words
Review by
TAKEAWAY
on 24th Jan 2006
User Rating : 10
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I have run a Hongadou Chituma CG125 for just under 200 miles from Kent to London on a daily commute. It runs on air and hits the rev limiter at just under 80mph. You can nail this engine forever it is bullet proof! The handling is scary at anything over 50mph! At 50mph it's a dream to ride and very quiet. I guess this is the speed it should be ridden at.
Assembly really requires 2 people and should only take a few hours, registration is straight forward as the bike is type approved, servicing ...
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Review by
BSADAN
on 17th Jan 2006
User Rating : 10
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The Hongadou Chituma is a really pretty bike and the prices are now so low it is hard not to look at them seriously.
Styled on the 1980s Honda CG125 with lots of chrome, much better looking in my opinion than the latest silly looking Honda 125's. (tanks that flow into the side panels look stupid , specially on a small bike like this! )
The bikes are made in China and the engines should be as good as Honda because there is collaboration between Honda and Hongadou. In fact I have seen a ...
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