A proper Honda CT125 review!
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- It's no secret we've been excited about Honda's launch of the CT125.
Previous editions of the bike are a staple in the New Zealand Small Bike scene and having owned a Honda with the same power plant, I know just how much potential this model has.
But does it live up to the hype? Does it need a low range gear box? Does it actually handle off road? Can it maintain highway speeds?
All these questions and more, answered in our latest video.
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I love that you’re having so much fun on the trails. Many of these big bike guys forget that riding is about enjoying the RIDE
Thanks so much. Agreed. Small bikes are buckets of fun! Check out this long distance trip we did on Small Bikes: czcams.com/video/jgUa3fOwXZA/video.html
Agreed - I belong to a motorcycle club of 43 members, who all have "baggers", mostly Harleys. I am the only one with a very aggressive looking "sport bike" (Kawasaki Ninja 400 KRT ABS), which is much lighter and nimbler than theirs, and I get to play with ALL the gears during a trip.
I guarantee you that I have more smiles/mile than they do, and I do it at the age of 76.5 years (Imperial, not metric). ; )
Nah bro your opinion is wrong. If you’re not riding at least a 1400cc Indian sport bobber or a 500cc 2 stroke when you go trail cruising then you just shouldn’t even go. It straight up won’t be fun without any less power 🙁
@@usernamemykel 76 metric years 🤣
Great video I enjoyed it. One question did you know how deep those puddles were before you flew thur then? And I lol when you were spinning in the grass , rev rev I’m not doing this on purpose the grass is wet rev rev. Subscribed
My bike as a kid was a ct90 1967. Best bike ever, jumped it, off roaded it, street trips. Still at my parents house tucked away and yes, it still runs. #becausehonda
Hondas are the best! So many of us started on a small Honda.
This made me think so I went for a quick dig in the shed found my old one did some quick maintenance got it started and i am back to trying not to kill myself 😂
Typical
Well except for the Earls link front suspension, a horrible leftover from the pressed steel Honda Dreams that should have been retired in the early 1960's. I had a 1970's K1 trail 90 with a PowRoll 125 stroker kit, it hardly needed the 4X4 transmission and it had telescopic forks.
Love it!
My buddies and I all rode 80cc and 100cc Yamaha street bikes in the mid-1960's, except for one of us who rode a 'Honda Trail 80'. We laughed at it and called it 'the tractor'. It couldn't keep up with us on the highway, but could go anywhere on the off-road far better than we could. And it NEVER failed to start after the first kick. Great bike. Tough, reliable, economical. Wish I had one now.
I am picking mine up today and I really appreciate your original review. I don’t expect to ride it that hard at 73 but it is nice to know it can take it!
I'm following you solely because the way you treated this loaned bike lol
Best test of this bike on CZcams, this is exactly what I want this bike for. Unfortunately they are backordered in the US, Honda didn't anticipate the demand for it.
I'm glad there is a tonne of demand! So there should be. Hopefully stock levels get better soon. Check out this long distance trip we did on Small Bikes: czcams.com/video/jgUa3fOwXZA/video.html
I don't think the backlog it's an Honda issue! I believe it's more a Covid-19 consequence! There's huge supply chain delays in every industry. Cars, motorbikes, etc. :-(
Even if I try to buy this bike in Japan, I will have to wait a year. I hear that the supply chain was cut off due to covid19. Also, most motorcycles cannot be bought in Japan.
Just looked for 1 last night, $2000USD over list was the only one I could find...in AZ
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this is the review this bike deserved. thank you and merry christmas from germany. This bike - like New Zealand - is now on my short list
Thanks so much for watching! My most recent upload has even more footage of the CT125.
Greetings from Mississippi, USA! I have to say I really enjoyed that video and you did a great job! I already had my mind made up to get this machine, and your video sealed the deal. It won't be here where I live for another few weeks and I can't wait! This bike came along at the perfect time!
Hey I just got my Trail 125 from Brookhaven Honda in Mississippi today! They are the highest volume Honda powersports dealership in the US so they get a new Trail 125 every few weeks. I drove 10 hours round trip to get it & it was well worth it! Give them a call & they should be able to hook you up!
Another Mississippi guy here and I got my CT 125 at ole Brook also. Just wondering how yours is holding up.
Excellent test riding. Doing what other reviewers seem to be afraid of doing.
Phenomenal job! This is exactly what people want to see from this bike.
Been waiting for a hands on review like this - good stuff SBS!
Cheers Andrew.
First bike was a street Honda 90. The small cc Hondas are always a lot of fun.
The CT or trail bikes can go almost anywhere. You won't be fast, but you will get there and back.
Now this is a proper review mate!
Exactly would what this bike for, a nice little commuter during the week, take it camping and fishing on the weekend in the mountains
Best trail review of anything CUTE! Good job!
Proper Thrashin'! Good stuff. Juan.
It's the only way to ride a bike like this! - Thanks for watching.
That is the right way to do a bike review! Great job. I'm tired of reviewers that baby the bike. Thanks a lot.
Picked up mine last night here in Leesburg, VA. More than anything I would love to come to New Zeeland and visit. Great review sir, awesome!!!
Awesome! I'm jealous for sure. They're a really really fun machine and I wish I had one in my collection. New Zealand welcomes you, whenever the world allows travel again.
Great video, thanks for the trail review. Every other off road review is on dirt roads and flat fields, you show real trails.
The best review on yt about the CT125, thank you! Greetings from Hungary!
That’s high praise! Thanks so much. Feel free to check out my other videos. Merry Christmas to Hungary from New Zealand.
Hello fellow european, do you know when this thing comes to europe? I`ve read in the yt comments that the ct 125 doesnt pass euro emission regulations
Seriously considering this for a round the world trip. Great video!
I couldn’t think of a better bike. Early in 2020 I helped out a Swedish tourist doing his around the world journey on a Honda Grom, you can find the videos on my channel. The CT125 could handle it for sure.
@@SmallBikeStuff whats that channel’s name?
@@Minsang1st here’s my first video with Kevin:
czcams.com/video/NH_40Fqwa9s/video.html
@@Minsang1st and the second video is here:
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You can find the link to his video in the description.
That sounds cool
BEST CT125 review on CZcams!
I really enjoyed your review.
Makes me want to go pick one up this week!
Great video, I felt like I was riding along.
Man, I enjoyed the video as if it was me riding. You sure had fun! Excellent review!
Love the video, reminded me of my youth and all the abuse we would give those little Honda's, and they just kept on running along. Back in the day, they cost around $300US here in the states. It's amazing how similar your terrain is to ours here in northern California. Streams, gravel beds, the puddles on trails, very similar to conditions here in northern California. These were the original Adventure Bikes!
It's always interesting how similar different parts of the world can seem. Only 5-10 years ago here an old Honda Trail would cost a few hundred $$$. No such thing these days!
Hello from cottonwood ca. 1972 and still counting.
Now THAT was a proper test! I had a 1979 CT 90 and loved it!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent job! A pleasant surprise. I have an 89 tw200 and this just may be my next dog walker! Very nostalgic having started my motorcycling like so many of us on a Honda 50 in 1972. I really appreciate the real trail work on it, thank you.
TW's are good fun. So is the CT125!
They stopped bring the TW 200 into Australia a few years ago, unfortunately. Loved the fat back tyre! 😢
Thank you for uploading this - From USA, West Virginia!
Thanks so much for taking the time to watch!
Great review! love the way you ride, just enjoying the bike and the trail :)
Awesome stuff mate, stoked you gave it a good ride, great review - Kent @ Motomart.
Thanks for having me down your way; monkey video coming sooooooon.
This was an awesome review!
Thanks for watching!
CT125 will be my first bike! Awesome video.Thanks a lot!
best review I've seen yet - thanks!
As the owner of a CT110 with dual range they do go anywhere but you have to have grip. On a steep slope on grippy rock you have to lean right forward to stop the torque lifting the front wheel. When I come to grief on long steep climbs it is always loss of grip due to the dual sport tyres. I am looking at getting at getting another rear wheel to set up with a knobbly for off road use only. I think the 125 would have made it up that slope without a run up if it had a knobbly.
Great fast paced rugged review. Makes me more confident my deposit on one was worth it. Thanks
100% worth it! I really want my own one now.
Probably the best bike review I've ever seen. I love it!
What a fun video to watch, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
That trail looks fun to ride! Now that's a proper review. Honda, please bring this bike to the Philippines.
Honda- Bring this bike to Canada.....PLEASE!
Beat Me to it.
and europe!
Please!
@@user-de4cq6uk6l oh yes, in Europe!
Don't you get harassed by police when you use this kind of vehicles in the street? In the US, you do.
It was a pleasure to watch your video review.
The first reviewer that do the real stuffs on a bike 💯 shoutout from the philippines 😊
Hey brother, awesome riding! That's what I wanted to see what this bike could handle. I'll be traveling throughout the lower 48 states, Canada and to Alaska in the near future. I thought about taking a mountain bike with me but at 74 I'd probably do myself some heavy bodily damage. This Honda CT 125 would be a perfect companion to my GMC van. Doing trail rides like I did in my youth would be exhilarating. Thanks for sharing your ride with us.
Hope it all went smoothly and you documented the experience, would make for some good CZcams content!
good choice. It will be so good on gas and mechanically reliable.
Great job on the video, and you definitely gave the CT125 a proper thrashing! I just took delivery of mine a couple of weeks ago, and I'm about to start adventure camping with it. Cheers! 😉👍 --QM
Awesome! I look forward to your further CT125 updates. They’re great so far
Great review you have there!
I have use my old Honda Dream 100 to do similar off road stuff. These are just really great bikes. It's actually my 4th underbone Honda.
Now I'm seriously considering this Honda Trail 125. Thanks for this excellent review!
Check out another video with the CT125 here. Thanks for watching!
czcams.com/video/ZPmnuQ6n4NQ/video.html
Great review! Thanks from England
Thanks for watching!
@@SmallBikeStuff
Thanks for producing great content on cool, small bikes! 🇳🇿 🇬🇧
First video where I actually saw someone beat the shit out of a bike, to give it a good testing. “congratulations on your part” I would definitely buy one of these bikes…!!!
THAT WAS A FUN RIDE-ALONG
He takes his new Honda from the bike concession and immediately takes it to the dirt to show us how it works... respect for this guy!!!
It's the only way to do it!
That looks like a great place for trail riding. Thanks for the review!
It was my first time there. So good!
@@SmallBikeStuff Where is it? Looking to move to Hutt Valley soon.
after watching this, i can only imagine how much more fun the riding would be with good offroad tires!
By far the best review of a bike I've ever seen...well done bro👍
Now that's a proper review!!! Great job, I want one
Thanks Bruce. My lastest video has even more CT125 content.
I'm always stunned by how much New Zealand looks like western oregon.
Or the South of Chile. I love these kinds of terrains.
Brown's Camp has way, WAY more assholes on the trails
This is just north of Wellington alot shot around Upper hutt city where I live
@@Scott-dn1bk I'm sure the commenter wasn't talking about political stances but nature landscapes and terrain.
Be safe.
@@MarceloXQ6BQ We have a lot of Trump cultists in the boonies in our state. They never left their home towns, so they get all their info from the internet and their Messiah's twitter feed. They don't actually know anything about the "cities". Of which there's only really one. The rest qualify as "towns" at best.
Best review so far!
Greetings from Germany from someone who is eagerly hoping for a release in europe.
Thank you so much for watching! Every country deserves this great bike.
I’m thinking these might not be Euro 5 so you might be waiting a while.
Awesome review, thanks from Vancouver Island.....cheerz....
Thanks for the review, looked like fun.
Cheers for watching. Check out this long distance trip we did on Small Bikes: czcams.com/video/jgUa3fOwXZA/video.html
Well, I wanted one before but sheeeeeeit this is pretty much the dream
Great review! Seriously considering one of these instead of a larger trail bike.
If I had the choice I'd have both. If I could only choose one I'd choose the CT125.
Great review! Really detailed and informational! We here at Viking Bags really appreciate your content!
I like it for its specific kind of bike. Absolutely perfect for single track trails.
I just bought yamaha XTZ125 for the same reasons. Thanks for uploading CT125! Greetings from Cebu, Philippines!
Ever since I saw the XTZ125 in Mexico I have wanted one! I have a Honda CRF250L here in the states but plan on flying to Mexico and riding a XTZ125 back home and hopefully sneaking it across the border!
@@car2069 i saw forum post. A rider crossed the XTZ125 to the border to the USA. Read it, you might learn from that dude. Hehehehe
Kamusta ka.
The new CT125 looks so fun!
It really is!
Great review! I have been looking for one like this before I buy one!
Thanks for a nice review!
Thanks for watching!
Watch this interview with Herb Uhl, the American creator of the original Honda Trail: czcams.com/video/JZ0Ig8kxXBQ/video.html
The only thing better than a Kiwi CT125 review is a Kiwi CT125 review filmed around my own back yard here in the Hutt... awesome stuff SBS - and the team at Motomart!
I’ve visited Wellington several times but never explored either of the Hutts. What a cool place for riding Small Bikes! I need to head back and do that whole track.
@@SmallBikeStuff it looked pretty good - used to ride there when I was a kid (a looooong time ago)... but now I've gotten my grown up licence (well, learners)... having fun like that looks just the ticket!
And you can barely even get the bad kind of ticket lol
@@SmithyInWelly It's a wicked bike. I would recommend it to anyone. Of course baring in mind the speed limitations with open road. Otherwise it's pretty much perfect.
Good day to you.
I am a senior rider on HONDA Cross Cub from Japan.
Enjoying touring ,camping and video uploading.
This is so nice video!
Awesome!!
Thank you so much for sharing!!
Have a nice day my friend!!
Excellent review, now i want one, it would be perfect bike for me to go back and forth to work on, thanks 👍🏆.
You sir are a legend! Thanks for doing a proper review on this little trail bike! Very entertaining and informative.
Thank you so much for watching. It was a wicked little adventure on a very capable little bike. Glad you enjoyed it.
Good video, Bud. I quite fancy one of these but nearly 8k in Australia. I'm not sure its worth it, but you make a really good case! Cheers
Definitely not the cheapest but they've been selling quite well.
There's decent enough alternatives. The GY230 Hawk retails for about 1/4 the price and has five gears twice the HP, a time proven pushrod 230cc engine cloned from the CG125 pizza bike engine that was originally designed in Honda of Brazil. It's Chinese but these bikes run for ages in most of the undeveloped world's countries, parts are cheap and they're easy to repair and upgrade.
Best review I’ve seen yet!!
Thanks so much for watching. Be sure to check out my other videos. You might like this one: czcams.com/video/ZPmnuQ6n4NQ/video.html
If I wasn't sold on the Trail before, this video did the trick. Thank you.
When I first got my grom it would barely pull 4th gear, but as the engine broke in the power improved noticeably. I'd expect that bike to gain around 10 km/h in top speed after a few hundred km.
Thought as much! Makes sense based off my experiences.
Murphys law says one of those mud holes is gonna be hiding a submerged log or big stick just out of sight below the surface!!!😳😄
great job, best review on this machine!
Glad you liked it!
Love that bike. Good review.
here is USA it was taken out in the desert and up a local track, by a rider who has the older Honda trail bikes, and he found that it bogged down uphill, and needs a low range
ISTR reading that the original postie bikes had a dual-range gearbox. One normal, one low for boggy/dirty/super hilly terrain.
Awesome so beautiful out there on those trails. I wanted this bike but instead spent 2500 and bought a dr200. Happy riding y’all
Incredible review, incredible bike and incredible country. I hope next year ride through NZ and visit all those great landscapes. Regards from Uruguay!
Thank you! It would be great to have you here.
That was the sickest review
Nice review. How does the weight feel? I seem to remember the CT90 was like 180lbs or something and this bike is 260?? How do they make it so much heavier? Does it at least feel comparable?
Great bike review! The CT125 would be so much better if they increased the size of the fuel tank by one and a half to two gallons AND made the luggage rack chrome (the painted version is going to be a mess of scratches in no time). Additionally, maybe better tires. Great bike though, love it!
I took my 50cc Honda Metro on a gravel trail a couple times. That was fun. I can only imagine how much fun it would be to do serious trail riding on this CT125.
There’s nothing more fun off road than a Small Bike!
Just bought a 2020 CT125 (bored to 135cc) and love it! The automatic clutch and gear level took a little time to adjust, but I love it. Thanks for the rugged review!
Glad you like it!
Little bikes are always goofy little things but they are just so much fun to ride. They don’t even require tails much of the time; you just find an opening in the forest and dive right in :)
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
NZ is a beautiful country. Go visit it. Rent a CT125 and see all of NZ with it.
@@MrMoneyHelper, if the flu had originated NZ, would you call it the Maori flu?
Almost convinced me to get one. Great review
This is a proper demonstration for a proper little motorbike! Well done.....!
I'm glad you think so! Thats what I was aiming for.
Excellent footage and review! Looked super fun. If u have a minute, I'm looking at this or the Suzuki VanVan 200 for a first bike. Do u think the VanVan could do the stuff you did in this video & have similar amount of fun? VanVan looks cool, has plush seat, and 200cc but this Honda looks dead easy to maintain & has stuff like ABS & disc brakes on both wheels.
I've ridden a Van Van 125 - but not the 200. It's a good bike to ride, no doubt. It will hold open road speed better. But it would be a bit more cumbersome to operate off road - though it could definitely handle it. The big thing with the Van Van for me is the huge rear tyre is difficult to source in New Zealand - not impossible, but options are very limited. Arguably the Honda has more options available off the shelf. I would probably choose the CT125, but it's no secret I'm a Honda fan. If someone offered me a Van Van 200 I would definitely take it for a ride and have a tonne of fun, I just prefer the Honda. I think with this choice it comes down to personal preference.
@@SmallBikeStuff Awesome, thanks man. The tyre availability is a real thing to think about. I loved your videos through Malaysia & Thailand!
This is a true adventure bike. Light, tough and if you crash it you don't destroy a small fortune
Exactly! Small bikes, big fun! Check out this long distance trip we did on Small Bikes: czcams.com/video/jgUa3fOwXZA/video.html
Wish I lived around nature and trails that beautiful!
That was brilliantly entertaining!!
Send it till ya bend it!
For Sale: lightly used dealership demo.
hahaha. i would have done the same. good review, thanks.
The shop is keeping this one - but it handled it well. I would still have ridden my own bike the same way.
Honda should turn your video into a sales commercial---they'd sell a ton of these things!!
I agree! In fact I just took a screen shot of your comment and sent it to Honda New Zealand!
This is the exact video i was looking for thx bro
So glad to read this comment! Thanks for watching.
It probably handles even better with the proper offroad tires. That is such a nice trail. We can't have as much fun as you did. We need to wear helmet in California and no freeway for 125cc. Great review. I am having fun just watching you. Thanks.
Now, that's how you test ride a bike!
Offroading in ozzieland. (Just noticed he said Wellington, so I guess Kiwiland lol) I wouldn't do it unless my backpack was filled with antidote for every living insect possible.
Nothing to worry about in NZ.
Not even any snakes.
Only thing to worry about in NZ is tourists driving on the wrong side of the road - no nasties in the underbrush unlike Aus.
I fired my CT110 up today after watching your great ride! I forgot how much fun they are to ride.
Any CT is a good CT!