2021 Honda Trail 125 First Ride Review
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- 2021 Honda Trail 125 First Ride Review
See photos and specs in Zack's first-ride article here: rvz.la/36dSZVL
Honda brings back the legendary Trail badge with the 2021 Trail 125. This retro ride takes the Super Cub formula to the dirt with spoked wheels, stripped-down style, ruggedized components, and even a snorkel. Zack puts the Trail to the test in this first ride review. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Read Zack's in-depth review of the Honda Trail 125 on Common Tread: rvz.la/2Jimeht
If possible try to arrange CB 350 Highness at your place & make an in depth review video. It my personal request.
Have you ever heard of TVS XL from Indian manufacturer that is 80% fun to ride and efficient enough to carry half of your full kitchen groceries or whatever you want to carry it will do it....
Buy one and a tune it up!!! 😆 let us see what we can squeeze out of it!!
Fun stuff. I had a then-old Passport in my garage for a couple months maybe 10 years ago. Not mine but fun to ride and easy to work on. Since then I've often thought about scooping up one of the little Hondas for beer/ice cream/Taco-Tuesday runs. The Trail 125 might be the one.
Curious to know what your VIN # is?
I’m trying to see how these were dispersed through the country. Mine is #97 and I’m in Utah
On this bike, you don't ride fast, but you ride cool~ picked mine up from the dealer yesterday, smiled all the way home~
Im happy for you
Give us an update! How do you like it? Thinking of getting my wife one
@@zelo533 the bike is light weight and nimble, so very responsive to your control. It doesn't have a clutch lever, and it won't stall, so perfect for riders who are tired of constant shifting in city traffic or total newbies. The only thing I won't do to this bike is ride it on the highway, it's too underpowered and lightweight for that kind of riding.
@@Akibatai00 i really hope this model comes to europe
You meet the nicest people on a Honda.
Make Pizza Delivery Great Again
Years ago a foreign studentI delivered pizza for a year on a peugeot 103 just like this one in Toulouse France
MPDGA? You're damn right, buddy!
I work at a pizza place and if i get one im convincing them to let me deliver on it lol
My thinking too!
In Japan these things deliver everything!
You forgot the most important points, the smiles per dollar and per gallon are way ahead of any new offerings.
Do you know what the figures are?
Would be interesting to know.
@@kell7195 I have a Honda Innova 125 which probably uses the same engine, most journeys I am getting around 120 miles per gallon (UK)
@@ArcturanMegadonkey Cheers mate thats imperial gallons isnt it ie 4.5 liters not Amerian Gallons 3.7 something liters wish everyone would just use liters
@@kell7195 yes mate, 4.5ltrs although the Honda Innova only holds 3.8lrs so we just work it out by filling the tank working out from the miles travelled.
The smiles per gallon are approximately 300 smiles per gallon, if you go into the backroads your smiles per gallon can reach an astonishing 500 smiles per gallon
This is a posty bike in Australia never die beast
I got a 50cc Suzuki like that. Never die. Slower than a snake in a snow storm but gets mad mileage and will always get ya there.
It’s also A$8k
Honda either lost their minds or know their core audience too well lol.
Personally I’d rather buy 4 ex postie bikes! The beauty of this thing is simple affordable utilitarian fun. Paying CRF250L money is just insane. Love the bike, hate the hipster tax.
@@jonpram1737 honda is ripping off their customers, this is literally just a honda wave with a super cub styling, the waves goes for $1000-1500 brand new depending on where you live...
I just rescued an 81 trail 110 that had been sitting behind a house for the last 5-6 years for $200 I think I can get it running and legal for another $200. It’s tore down now to clean it up while I’m waiting for a new battery, carb and fuel lines.
Nope @black helven, this is a ct125, the current model used by postie's is a nbc110. Previous model used by postie's was the ct110.
Cute to see this bike still going.
My dad had a 77 Trail 90. When I was little I would sit in front of him and controlled the throttle as we rode around the neighborhood.
Later I started riding it on my own up and down the street. It was basically my first bike and started me into mx, street riding etc..
It was a fun bike, semi-bulletproof but I ended up killing it eventually. Trying to jump it damaged the frame. Had to put the guy down eventually.
Still holds a warm place in my heart.
Yeah there definitely are not jumping bikes lol. My dad got two used ones in the late 90s so they were already pretty old by then but i learned how to ride on those. We had so much fun cruising trails and campgrounds and other slow areas because they don't go fast. Great memories riding the old ct90 with my dad as a kid!
@@LisaAnn777 THEY ARE.
I’d love to see a comparison video between the CT125 and CT110. Once again, Great job Zach!!
We love this little guy! The bars make you feel like you want to moto!
I'm 67, up in the hills, been on a 225 Yamaha for 14 years now. I go to the store and back anymore, so yeah, I like this idea. I had a trail 90 decades ago and it was a goat.
Awesome review. Straight to the point with none of that nonsense 👌
We had a '67 and a '68 CT90. They did 55mph and were amazingly tough and fun. My dad paid $550 for both around 1974 with less 3k miles on them.
I rode the real thing back 80's loved them then and I like them now. from an 80cc to an 125 wow!
Time machine! This brought me right back to the early ‘70’s, and my trail 90… now retired, gotta have one!
i waited every day for this omgg finallyy
Thank you for reviewing this bike! I plan on getting one in Italy.
Yes, please have an adventure/camping trip with Ari on a couple of these machines in the future. Or possibly a long distance trip. Either or I know y’all would have a great time & super fun video from either suggestion & I know your viewers would too. Keep up the great work.
You wish finally granted sir,i 'll assume you already watch it
@@TorQue_WrenCh yes!
Honda is really hammering at my nostalgia these days. They release an updated version of the bike I learned to ride on which I sort of inherited from my sister, who got it from my brother, who got it from my mom. Now they show up with an updated version of the bike I wanted as a kid.
Thank you! Brings back memories of the 80s in cottage-land, riding my CT70 and seeing plenty of CT110s. Perfect bikes for the purpose. And yes, I still have that CT70. My other bike Yamaha TW200.
Mini "Cub" Trail, Cub Trails, Trail Sport and the Yamaha Trail Way. There is something about "Trail" in there that seems to work for me. :D
looks a lot like the trail 70 I rode 43 years ago. the wheels were smaller on the 70 but rode it all over the national forest in my backyard.
I had a Trail 90 in the 70's as a kid, built the same as the 125, but it had 4 gears in high and 4 gears in low.
In Brazil we have the "honda pop 110i" I said THE because the bike is a beast, 109cc that has 7hp at the wheel and with minus changes can reach 11 hp at the wheel (no big bore kit required). Yesterday I reached 143 kilometers on gps speed.
It is being a hit here because of aside of being very powerful, its UNDESTRUCTABLE.
That's cool honda has all these classics again. Come back 3 wheelers
Liability lawyers in the U.S. killed 3 wheeled ATC's.
That's going a bit far
Come back pilot and big red(the real big red).
Lol the best death traps we ever knew!
They would have to sell, and they can't sell sport ATVs to save their lives. Everybody wants a big heavy non street legal but cost as much as a Jeep machines now lol.
Take two CT125 grab Henning along, and have yourselves an adventure, Alaska ore to Baja. It would be the best content released in 2020.
Contact the Grand Tour.....a trip arround the world.......on these. This would be epic.
This guy has an amazing channel ..... czcams.com/video/vPIkvp8_CNQ/video.html
@@gooberclese yes
Check out c90 adventures
if i remember correctly, they took two groms across the baja on their Motortrend show, "throttle out". it was entertaining to watch.
I understand what they're going for, however, for the price I'd like 250cc
It’s almost 7k and at my local dealer but I can get a cb300r for the same price. I have no idea what Honda was thinking
@@Soshi12005 find a dealer that doesn't charge markup fees.
@@Soshi12005 I'm pretty sure they make this for other markets and it's relatively cheap to import and sell
Honda is definitely the most expensive Japanese bike maker, though their quality is good. If it was yamaha it would cost 1k less and if it was bmw it would cost 1k more :P
@@Soshi12005 We got one in and sold at MSRP, was sold before we took it out of the crate.
Good review. I could see getting one of these for a 10 to 15 year old rider to play with and eventually ride to school. Oddly this makes my Yamaha XT250 seem state of the art in design/features/power.
What a cute little bike! If I lived in the city I'd love something like this as a daily thrasher
Awesome video as per usual, guys! It somehow didn't show up in my subscriptions page (whap whap whaaap), but saw the review on IG last night and when I read it this morning I got the video's link. Now I just hope that Honda South Africa gets their s@!t in gear and start importing the minimoto range - if it were me I wouldn't be able to choose between the Monkey, Grom, Trail and Super Cub and would just buy every single version! Come on Honda SA, give us what we want!
OK, now it says that it was uploaded 34 minutes ago, but my original comment was posted 4 hours ago; "it's a little bit weird to say the least" - Maurice Moss
Great review on such a cool little bike 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Love the TW200 as well but sadly we don’t get them here in Australia and as the little Honda well you can double your quoted price here.
Still got my 80s trail 110... Cant wait to get the new one
These were the standard Australia Post mail delivery bikes.
As far as adventure bikes they have been everywhere! Extra fuel capacity has been attained by adding an after market fuel tank. Motor is ultra reliable and cheap to fix.
Australia has pretty much had this since 1980. glad to see honda gave it a new engine, discs and sold it to the USA market.
I want one! Reminds me of the trail 90 I grew up with.
This bike seems great, its a shortage of fun, small, ride whenever wherever bikes on the market.
Cool review! This is the most detailed information I have ever heard for a postie bike 🤣
I love my 2020 Honda super cub, you guys helped me win it with Paul Jr.
Love your reviews. Honda makes great bikes with lots of cheap parts. Any mechanic can work on it
Great to see you back testing bikes Zack! Will you take this one to Mexico too?
@2:32 Air!! That was huge for that weak engine and cushion soft suspension. Hilarious! That’s especially true since this bike has less rear suspension travel which is extremely odd since it’s the off-road model. It is, after all, called the Trail! Head scratcher right there. I guess that’s the price you have to pay for 5” larger wheels compared to the Grom and Monkey. Another good review, Mr. Courts! I have as much fun on my Grom as I do on bigger bikes. I highly, highly recommend a Honda MiniMoto.
The high/low range on the original was sweet. I used low on the farm for dragging logs and hay around like a little tractor. Then I’d switch to high and go to town.
I bought an 86 ct110 last yeah with 1200 miles in near perfect condition. Awesome bike!
I don't remember if it was the 90 or the 110, but there was a "hunter's special" that came with an extra-low first gear, and a larger rack.
I can see a lot of sales! ( Uber eats, DoorDash and delivery fleets will order a lot of these ) good move honda( easy , back to basics , easy to maintain) . Honda nailed it!
Nah, too expensive for that
It illegal to use motorcycles as commercial vehicles in the usa cause no commercial endorsements for a motorcycle exists.
All the above mentioned services are not registered “commercial”. They're personal vehicles used to complete the service ( no company has requested commercial plates for electric bikes and mopeds)
@@girish85kumar all vehicles used to make a living are commercial vehicles captain foolbar.
Not sure how
The CT 110 was used as a Postie Bike (Mail delivery) in suburban Australia for decades.
Still highly regarded for post box deliveries of marketing flyers for supermarkets once decommissioned from Australia Post service.
Japan had something similar in the MD50, 90, and 110. Slightly modified version of the Super Cub. MD, to no one's surprise, standing for "mail delivery." I'd love to get my hands on one of those giant red cargo boxes they had on those for this new thing.
Now the NBC110. :)
Nice review. Packed to the gills with info and stats.
Ordered mine in September 2020, expecting it in March 2021 (West Virginia). Can't wait!
How did you order?
@@marte1a256 provided down payment and showed them I had (way) more than enough on bank statement.
@@AndrewDasilvaPLT but how online or at a dealer?
@@marte1a256 both - by email with the dealer's online sales rep.
Fab little bike, a chance for the rest of us to get our hands on some Aussie postie-bike action. I hope these make it to the UK, though we seem to miss out on a lot of the more interesting, small models here
I have had my CT125 for about 2 months and 1900 miles. I do all shifting by pushing down on both ends of the shifter. Sounds funny but try it! The tethered helmet holder is used by putting one loop over the rod and threading the other loop through one of the D rings on your helmet and then over the rod. I put a cooler on my rack that is approx. the same size as the rack. I can haul quite a groceries and keep the heat out and the cool in! I have a white strobe on the front and red rear. I have been riding for over 65 years and never had so many people want to ask about my bike!
Honda would do well to bring back the duel range transmission, the earlier models with it could climb and descend from almost anything.
Good review and test ride
Very informative and good video
Nicely done Zack.
A great bit of nostalgia for anyone who remembers the trail 90. I would pick one up if i had the extra money.
Awesome , had a yellow,68 Honda 90 way back when !
I'm dying to see a real off road test of these, or maybe a moto camping adventure?! Ya'll took the Monkeys 1000 miles across Baja after all.
Same that what I want it for is backcountry moto touring, not extreme 4x4 trails but dirt road camping/touring
You can check videos of Ed March on his C90. almost the same bike, will probably go anywhere and you can just pull it out of a bad spot if you get stuck in snow or mud.
Hello!! Nice review!! I’m trying to get one in the US since here in Costa Rica they don’t have it, meanwhile I bought a Wave 110 and put off road tires!! Best Regards
Good luck locating one to buy! I've been looking for over a year now. There is not one located in the State of Arkansas!
Riders are loving this bike and I'm happy bout that!!
Learned to ride on the Trial 90. Awesome bikes
Here in Japan they are sold under the name "Hunter Cub"
That pushing down on both ends of the shifter is done with my toes!
Love small hondas. I have a 94" C70 and that thing is a load of fun to ride. 80kg 6hp 🤣
Great video awesome little bike
No idea they even made these still in it USA! Never realized they were 260 pounds! Wish they would do the low-high transmission again. Those were cool and useful.
After Super cub anime, I want this bike lol I can't believe that anime sold me a scooter.
Man... I miss my old Trail 90 from the old days. Maybe I will have to invest in this new one
Looks like a sweet bike. I nearly killed myself on a 1982 Honda Trail 110 25 years ago, being a dumb 16-year-old. Herniated disc in my back, injured shoulders and constant neck issues that I’m still feeling it to this day…good times lol
I’ve had many CTs. 90s, 110s, and I think I’d love a 125 just as much. They’re fantastic bikes and great grocery getters, round town or on some light trails. I think this is a great choice by Honda. Plus a good condition CT110 is nearly as much as a new one of these.
I had so many honda 70s CT125 back in the late 90s and early 00s. I could pick them up at swap meets or car shows for a few hundred bucks and ride them around the rest of the show or meet
Cool, I remember years ago when Honda made the Trail 70s.
I’d actually like to see Honda put the CB300R engine in a mini-adventure bike like the Versys 300. Actually, very much like.
Look up the honda crf300l rally. Basically what your talking about
Cool! Hopefully Australia Post update their fleet of Motorcycles, the Honda NBC110 is ok. but miss the old Honda CT110. This bike looks like a great improvement on previous models. Ideal Postie Bike.
id love a yellow one! I used to have an old 71 that was yellow
smooth review
In Australia the postie bike is surrounded by a special halo, it falls into that extra impressive category of “the bike that should not capable of doing that, but it does anyway”. It’s like the honey badger of motorbikes. Posties take them off urban jumps and beat on them daily with a load of mail strapped on the back, then after running up anywhere between 30-50,000 kms, they go to auction and some yobbo nutcase gets it, puts on some skinny knobby tyres and rides it to the arse end of Australia and back. Slowly. Can’t wait to put one in the carport with a milk crate on that rack.
This looks so awesome, hope they make it to europe. Percect little bike for camping and exploring! :)
Desire to get an RV and throw this mama jamma on the back intensifies.
yellow jeep yellow bike haha
I expect that was the fate of most trail 90's and 110's. Makes perfect sense!
Hell yeah! This is the pandemic era. RV up and ride baby. What it’s all about. “Stop the spread.”
Got the rv, selling the 701, and getting this , in green😎
nice, my first bike was a 125 Sanyang with wire wheels, and a flat seat,,, old school 4 speed Taiwan (with clutch/ international transmission) 10,000 km later I sold it before heading back to the USA
Those bike are used in Japan by the Post Office to delivery mail, even in the snow! I'm talking about the older models.
Adventure riding is not blasting through the scene but low speed and enjoying every minute of it
Dont talk nonsense. Theres nothing better than a GS 1250 for adventures
@@the.communist Hahahaha. You can't even go off road with that elephant bike.
@@the.communist i know which I'd prefer to haul upright after it fell on my leg.
@@SamiNami he has a gs, talking shit but never took it off the asphalt lol typical
Damn right
All of these little Honda bikes look like so much fun to ride. Not practical, but FUN.
Looks pretty practical if you're a peasant living in rural Asia and need to haul shit on your motorcycle daily. But it's probably too expensive. Those people are used to hauling shit on normal Honda Cubs on dirt roads anyway so they probably don't need an expensive toy like this.
It would be practical in India but the 3900 USD price gets u interceptor ,Duke 390 , gs310
I would say super practical for booting around the beach in the Keys or something. In the city it's probably nice to have something small and economical. I can see lots of uses for these types of bikes - think pizza delivery too!
@@AndrewBoundy yeah! You reminded me of this video where they pushed a Honda Cub off a building and it could still function. czcams.com/video/aaeKrqJJqm0/video.html
All the first Honda’s were fun and impractical other than as a mode of transport.
It's an Australian Postal bike with new paint 🤦😂
It’s also a super cub turned into a super cool machine that could take you anywhere.
Essentially. But a different version
@@garetc7706 Yeah. Not here
Bigger engine. Electric start.
Oh dear.. we are pumping up a 125cc 🤦
Looked like you had a reasonable amount of legroom Zach? I’m 6’1 and a 34 inch inseam. Good to go?
I’ve been waiting for this bike for two years
Well I suggest you start walking!😇
Really sad these won’t be sold in the Uk , perfect for me to get me my bike fix while recovering from an op
Looks like the old 90 back when I was a kid you could drive them anywhere but they had duel transmission.
I wanna see this bike on Daily Rider!
when you commute on a 100cc moped, this bike seems like a real luxury.
TVS XL100
@@surojitpal3948 try yamaha sports 100 smoker
Great review! Thanks Zack!
You see where that airbox snorkel is? How high the exhaust is? It fords water like a beast!
I wish they had this in 150-200cc so I can drive it on highways cross country. Debating this or the TW200.
We call them Postie bikes here in Australia as Australia Post uses them to deliver the mail to everyone, cheap and handy little bike.
i would like to see the Honda trail get up get up to like a 250 something thats still light and compact but with still good for big riders
having grew up riding a trail 90 as a teenager, the defining thing on that bike was the low range. living in a heavily wooded and mountainous area, i used the low range and auto-clutch to beat my way up mountainsides and through trees where no dirt bike could follow... but... i dont see low range on this :(. kinda misses the mark for what i used to ride.
50yrs ago it seemed most RV owners had a Honda Trail 90 hanging on a bumper rack. Of course back then they were $300+/-. That big rack will accommodate a milk crate for hauling groceries back to the RV camp ground.
Very cool, closest ive seen to the Hond dream moto sai out here in burma and thailand, you can beat the hell out of them on dirt commutes, and lay them down like bailing on a bmx ;) been hoping for something in US like this to come back.
Good review. Trinidad & Tobago.
It's easy to dismiss this at first blush and even laugh (I almost did both) until you dig deeper and realize what everyone else is starting to...this isn't useless/worthless at all and in fact, has a fairly diverse value proposition! I'm talking about the bike by the way, not the video review, lol. Anywho, color me impressed.
I kinda wanna get one as my first bike.
if it had a low range transmision box that you could switch too for creeping up very steed hills slowly I would buy one.
Such a cool little motorcycle
thats about right as soon as my buddy heard this was comming to the us he put down the dosh for it
Haha he is driving through the Julian area. I've been down every road he drives on. That's awesome.
So the High-Low range gearbox was dropped?