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Cycleworld Review

TrailBoss

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The interesting conclusion:

This particular road-to-mountain adventure clocked up 60.5 miles, during which the Trail 125 burned all of 0.541 gallon of gas. Yes, a few molecules over a half-gallon. With its 1.4-gallon tank and 112 mpg, range to empty is 159 miles, or about three hours and 25 minutes at a constant 45 mph. What’s worth remarking on here is the six-segment fuel gauge on the round LCD speedo/info screen. The BMW R 18, just $18,366 more (as tested) than the $3,899 Trail 125, doesn’t have a fuel gauge, and it only gets 35 mpg. In any case, with the Trail 125′s range and easygoing personality, I’ve been having visions of strapping a tent and hiking stove to its large cargo rack, along with a couple of extra bottles of fuel, and getting lost in Death Valley and Panamint for days on end. The weather is just cooling off…

Like the original Trail models dating back to 1961, the 125 is one of those bikes that everyone seems to have room for. It costs about as much as a midgrade mountain bike and hardly takes up more room in the garage. Speeds are moderate and handling docile, and yet it has the ability to ride over just about anything resembling a road. No wonder, then, that during the 30-year run of the original Trail series, from the 50cc CA100T to the final Trail 110 of the 1980s, Honda sold more than 725,000 units.
The essential charm of the old CT90 and 110 remain, but re-envisioned for the EFI era.

The Trail 125 will never replace your adventure bike or enduro-ready dual-sport. It simply asks you to come as you are, gives you the simplest tool for riding where you want to go, and makes you smile the entire way.
 

Captain

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Love all the reviews. Makes waiting that much harder.
I just got mine in Tonawanda, NY. I am 75, have done the HD stuff and now I am man enough to ride my Honda Trail next to any Harley.
It is a lot more fun, not trying to impress anyone, love getting 100 MPG, on a quiet, clean reliable machine. I plan on doing a lot of trips on it,
long ones too.
 

Captain

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I just got mine in Tonawanda, NY. I am 75, have done the HD stuff and now I am man enough to ride my Honda Trail next to any Harley.
It is a lot more fun, not trying to impress anyone, love getting 100 MPG, on a quiet, clean reliable machine. I plan on doing a lot of trips on it,
long ones too.
Oh what a thrill it is. It is all about doing more on less!
 

Cpd419

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I just got mine in Tonawanda, NY. I am 75, have done the HD stuff and now I am man enough to ride my Honda Trail next to any Harley.
It is a lot more fun, not trying to impress anyone, love getting 100 MPG, on a quiet, clean reliable machine. I plan on doing a lot of trips on it,
long ones too.
Something wrong mine gets 120ish. 😜
 

Gene56

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Nice article, I think it confirms why I like the Trail 125, thanks for posting!
 

Cardinal Direction

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For me, simple is best and this review really gets to the heart of it. Guy on Facebook has something like 17000 miles on his so far, don’t think I could break this thing if I wanted to
 
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