Thread: Brand new Honda CT125's

Sounds great, until you see the price
https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/honda-trail-125-ct125

Originally Posted by uk_exile

Sounds great, until you see the price
https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/honda-trail-125-ct125

Pricey but would be great. These don’t have the low range option though do they?

no low box

Jeeze, stupid money.

I purchased a brand new, Japanese made, same as came out of the factory in the 1970's Suzuki Mudbug 185 a few months ago for 3.5K NZ plus gst

Pretty much pissed all over the wee Honda for deer recovery back in the day. The yammie AGs were good too, but the AG100 chassis wasn't anywhere near as tough as the suzuki mudbug's. Easily carried two carcasses out for resale. Just didn't break any speed records, and was pretty hard on the body, what with suspension travel measured in mm instead of feet like a proper trail bike!!!
Still got my Original Mudbug. 1978, two owners (mate and me) and never had the engine touched.
But the new one is a lot more refined. Well its new for a start!
Oh, it has actually been upgraded a tad. Wheels are now standard trail bike size (21 and 18 inch instead of the original 19 and 17 inch) and headlight is 12 instead of 6 volt, as if that turns things from night to day ha!!!!

They are a great, cheap way of getting into some distant places if you intend to cart a bit of gear about, and handle steep country a whole lot better than quads. Just need a few more skills to operate successfully, than a quad.

missed the point with out high low, unless your a postie.
iv seen a mint low km, ct110 go for 5k.

Taihape honda had a CT110 in there yesterday.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/m...4?bof=egOWm2jd
for value you are better buying a xr190, bit cheaper

Despite being top selling bike last year,
none of this farm bike turned up as 2nd hand on trade me,
maybe a good sign that owner are happy with them.

I can speak from experience as I have one. They are a great little bike but do come with some flaws. Suspension is not wonderful ex factory (non adjustable for the weight of rider or load.) And factory seats are extremely hard. Other than that a very capable bike like the CT110. Would have been nice to have low range but they do have low first gear and deliver much more power through their 125cc fuel injected motor than the CT110.
They are not that cheap but alot of new Hondas aren’t . Monkeys ( same engine ) which I also own are also in the 6-7k range.