Review of a Honda XR125L

We brought this bike for the kids to ride around, because it got too hard in 2021 to go to an offroad track and simply hire a bike for the day, like we used to.

This bike works well as a bike for kids to learn to ride on, and has the advantage of been road legal as well.

One of the mods I’ve done, was to lower the seat height by cutting some of the foam out the seat with a bread knife.

This is basically designed to be a farm bike. It doesn’t work very well as an off road bike though. It has very basic suspension, and rather spindly looking forks. It’s far heavier than it should be at 129Kg, which makes it feel heavy, sluggish and a lot less capable than it could be. On steep hills, you really have to rev it a lot, to keep the momentum going.

As a road bike it is a pleasure to ride, and the motor is an absolute jewel. With the right gearing, it’s possible to get 100km/hr. It is easy enough to start and kids love that electric start. It works OK as a commuter and it does about 36Km/ltr or 100 MPG on fuel.

It doesn’t have an oil filter, and it only has 0.9 ltr of oil in the sump. This means you need to change the oil regularly, for a long life out of the motor

2 thoughts on “Review of a Honda XR125L

  1. Hondas are great bikes – always had them growing up to muster on. Virtually indestructible and Dad and my brothers did all their own mechanical fixes.

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