It’s more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow! Greetings from California, I’m planning on buying a blue Honda monkey soon, I can’t wait to ride up the coast!
I've ridden my 2019 Monkey bike from Burbank to Lancaster, in California and back which is a good 150 miles round trip (240km) and by the time I get home my back and butt hurts but I have to agree with you, it's a lot of fun, I put up with the discomfort every other weekend because I love taking it for long rides. Wish I had a partner to ride along .
In my opinion, the lack of overtaking power is the biggest gripe of riding a low powered bike on busy roads. Me and my son had some pretty long days going north a couple of years ago when he was on the 125. I used the slipstream of my bike to "pull" him past slower moving traffic. That worked pretty well. We did 500-800km days. Hard, but fun🙂 The updates with butt,ear,back and fun status was good! I prefer riding with ear plugs to avoid tinnitus. My brother got it quite early. That thought me a lesson.
I plan to do the TAT and back on mine, outfitting it out now. It will be a grueling 10,000mi journey but it should be one of the most epic things I’ve ever done.
Very fun video my friend. Relaxing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the little Swedish history bits you worked in. I love stuff like that. I want to get one of these bikes to ride around Utah!
Great vid, thanks for taking the time to make it. I do big rides on my Honda Cross Cub like 555km in a day followed by about 350 then 450 back to home, no problems at all, the Cross Cub has space to carry your gear, that is the downside of the Monkey....But I still want one. Park it next to my BMW R1150 Rockster.
Spot on. Very fair assessment in my opinion. I did 125 miles of forest roads and trails with my Monkey in one day and that was enough for my ears and butt as well! The smaller the roads, the more fun the Monkey is. It's very capable on light offroad adventures when paired with knobby tires.
Regarding comfort, I had a GS 1150 Adventure and rode many long days - 30,000 miles in 2 years of ownership. Comfort was fine for one hour riding. End of second hour butt was getting numb. After two hours all the usual discomforts intensify: arms, shoulders, back, and butt. More than two hours were not super comfortable, in my opinion. It's wrong to imagine you can ride GS for eight hours and feel fresh as a daisy. Legs were fine on GS (and fun fact, cylinder heads give considerable protection against wet feet). By comparison with this review and others seen, Monkey comfort seems pretty good. Motorcycling is a question of how much discomfort you can take, and this will depend on your age and fitness. I am in reasonably good shape and owned GS in mid- forties. If you want high speed to cover miles, get GS or something equivalent. However, after riding 110 Honda cub copy in Thailand, I am switching preference to small, light weight machines, which are easy to ride, cheap, fuel efficient, and practical. I was amazed at how good cub copy was with two people on it. Am currently considering new Honda Hunter 125, and Honda Monkey. Thanks for you nice review!
Loved the video! We just bought a pair of Monkeys knowing the limitations to them very well. Very impressed with how well it performed considering what you were asking of it. May I ask why you went to a 14 tooth sprocket on the front? Years ago I worked for Volvo Penta, for ten years. During that time I got to visit Sweden three times. What a gorgeous place to live and thanks for the history lesson on the house paint!
Good to see sharing experience. I like to say, that touring comfort depends not on seat softness, but on butt hardness. Did nynashamn-stavanger (1000km) in one day on crf250l,fully packed with tents, matresses and so on, so max speed similar to monkey (arround 90kmh). It was doable! Did 10 fuel fillups during that day. Also planning to to to Sweden-Norway on monkey125 (4000km in 7 days), will see how it goes :)
@@311ranger4 Around here only a single one would be legal. I fear conventional ones, trying to overpower a cheap helmet's wind noise, would harm ears even more? I never tried electronic noise cancellation. I'm not keen to acquire another expensive toy wearing out cables or requiring recharges.
Purchased a yellow monkey and should arrive in about 10 days. Bought it 900 back road miles away from home...Santa Rosa CA to Graham WA Let the adventure began!
Cool stuff, i had the more rare 75cc Kawazaki monkeybike. Ninja green. Otherwise it was the same config as the classic 50cc Honda version. Ver fun for a 12 year old kid. 😁💪🏻 Wish i still had it in the garage.
Carrie Robinson All bikes that is 125 bike Monkey, Grom, I don’t know about others, have a speed limiter on up to 65 mph and signs entrance said “No 125 bikes allowed.”
I did 258 miles yesterday and I didn't have any pain in the back or butt. I wear foam earplugs when I ride so I had no ringing ears even with yoshimura exhaust and K&N intake. I could keep on riding if I needed to. The only limitations were on the uphill sections of the highway with 55 mph speed limit. My Monkey could do only 54 mph and other cars were doing 60 mph. I may have to get a big bore kit.
I am super glad that I found you! Great videos and glad that a Lindingö-farsan is having fun on a tiny bike. Hopefully I will be able to do the same in coming year. Currently, my wife and I are on our honeymoon. Nine weeks on a Vespa GTS 300. In Istanbul now and this is the farthest we will be from Stockholm - but till 5 weeks to go. Keep up the good work! //Söderkisen
Ringande öron? Har du tinnitus? Annars förstår jag inte hur du kan få det under resans gång. Har du inte öronproppar hade aldrig vågat riskera tt eller att de ska bli värre.
600 km in 24 hours? For real? I have a honda zoomer 49cc scooter and I can easily drive 250-350 a day. My record so far was 470km in 12 hours. And I will definitely break this record. Thanks for nice trip!;)
Sympa comme road trip ! La monkey est elle fiable ? Depuis combien de temps l'as tu ? Je compte l'acquérir très prochainement, alors je suis preneur d'un retour sur cette petite "moto", d'avance merci.
@@coignardbernard4667 ✌️ Merci pour ton retour, la qualité de fabrication des moto Honda 🏍️ n'est plus à prouver. Ça me conforte dans mon choix 🤫. Bonne route à toi et a ta fidèle monture. Bises à Toulouse venant du Finistère 😁. On the road again 😎.
Can't help you with the numb butt - but wanted to mention that you can buy special ear plugs for riding a bike. One of those top notch gimmicks that every bike rider should have at hand, especially for longer tours.
"Quite"? - I have 55000km on my 10 year old Innova. 1 exhaust corroded away, both brakes got sticky once, electric starter died at about 22k and it ate 2 lightbulbs, 2 chains, 4 tyres, 1 pair of brake pads. Neutral light bitched once, left foot peg rubber, thats all. Most reliable bike, I had so far.
Thanks for the video. I put some different rear shocks on my Monkey and it seams to have helped the ride a lot. They were just some used KYB shocks from a used motorcycle parts shop. Maybe something like that could help your backside . LOL!!! Have a great day.
I'm an oddball, I guess. I've owned 1,000cc fours, etc., but I love day and weekend touring on small-bore bikes. I've loved 400km days on 50cc mopeds and scooters. Ditto for various 125cc-250cc dual-purpose bikes, a Sym 172cc big-wheel scooter, etc.
Ear plugs help tremendously with fatigue. I recommend everyone to wear them.
auomauom Cool, pretty much useless for deafs as I am, lol.
Not recommended at all. You need to hear the horns from the cars in the traffic.
@@AlbertoJorgeSoares ear plugs dont completely cut off your hearing, you should hear your engine and other horns from cars just fine with them.
It’s more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow! Greetings from California, I’m planning on buying a blue Honda monkey soon, I can’t wait to ride up the coast!
Damn right!
I've ridden my 2019 Monkey bike from Burbank to Lancaster, in California and back which is a good 150 miles round trip (240km) and by the time I get home my back and butt hurts but I have to agree with you, it's a lot of fun, I put up with the discomfort every other weekend because I love taking it for long rides. Wish I had a partner to ride along .
In my opinion, the lack of overtaking power is the biggest gripe of riding a low powered bike on busy roads. Me and my son had some pretty long days going north a couple of years ago when he was on the 125. I used the slipstream of my bike to "pull" him past slower moving traffic. That worked pretty well. We did 500-800km days. Hard, but fun🙂 The updates with butt,ear,back and fun status was good! I prefer riding with ear plugs to avoid tinnitus. My brother got it quite early. That thought me a lesson.
fantastic review, especially like the breakdown; butt, knees-back, etc..
I plan to do the TAT and back on mine, outfitting it out now. It will be a grueling 10,000mi journey but it should be one of the most epic things I’ve ever done.
and did you ever get to the TAT? I'm guessing you'll never do 10,000 on a Monkey.
I really enjoy your video and the great attitude you have riding this minimalistic motorcycle. Great fun in a small package.
Very fun video my friend. Relaxing and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the little Swedish history bits you worked in. I love stuff like that. I want to get one of these bikes to ride around Utah!
A friend of mine lives in Richmond California. She flew to Richmond Virginia, bought a Brom and drove across the USA back home to California.
I've watched this twice and am impressed by your show.
comfortable for 200km a day is more than what I need.
What a wonderful idea! Looks like a lot of fun! Thanks.....liked and subbed!
Great vid, thanks for taking the time to make it. I do big rides on my Honda Cross Cub like 555km in a day followed by about 350 then 450 back to home, no problems at all, the Cross Cub has space to carry your gear, that is the downside of the Monkey....But I still want one. Park it next to my BMW R1150 Rockster.
This is very insightful, thank you.
I'm surprised the butt status was starting to become negative since the honda monkey has such a big and comfortable seat! Great Review!
I think he’s a heavy guy, might just need better shocks.
Come on. Any seat doing them sort of miles your going to have some discomfort.
What a great video and review of this bike.
Great honest video! thanks for sharing
love the statistics on screen👏🏻
Spot on. Very fair assessment in my opinion. I did 125 miles of forest roads and trails with my Monkey in one day and that was enough for my ears and butt as well!
The smaller the roads, the more fun the Monkey is. It's very capable on light offroad adventures when paired with knobby tires.
Regarding comfort, I had a GS 1150 Adventure and rode many long days - 30,000 miles in 2 years of ownership. Comfort was fine for one hour riding. End of second hour butt was getting numb. After two hours all the usual discomforts intensify: arms, shoulders, back, and butt. More than two hours were not super comfortable, in my opinion. It's wrong to imagine you can ride GS for eight hours and feel fresh as a daisy. Legs were fine on GS (and fun fact, cylinder heads give considerable protection against wet feet). By comparison with this review and others seen, Monkey comfort seems pretty good. Motorcycling is a question of how much discomfort you can take, and this will depend on your age and fitness. I am in reasonably good shape and owned GS in mid- forties. If you want high speed to cover miles, get GS or something equivalent. However, after riding 110 Honda cub copy in Thailand, I am switching preference to small, light weight machines, which are easy to ride, cheap, fuel efficient, and practical. I was amazed at how good cub copy was with two people on it. Am currently considering new Honda Hunter 125, and Honda Monkey. Thanks for you nice review!
Nice trip. 2018 me and a friend did a trip from Helsingborg to Nurnburgring and back for a weekend.
Awesome! 😎👍 I was hoping to see someone do this. 600 K's is a pretty aggressive trip. Thanks for sharing.
Loved the video! We just bought a pair of Monkeys knowing the limitations to them very well. Very impressed with how well it performed considering what you were asking of it. May I ask why you went to a 14 tooth sprocket on the front? Years ago I worked for Volvo Penta, for ten years. During that time I got to visit Sweden three times. What a gorgeous place to live and thanks for the history lesson on the house paint!
He probably wanted either more top speed or torque, I don’t know what the stock number is but changing it is an easy way to get some more speed
Good to see sharing experience. I like to say, that touring comfort depends not on seat softness, but on butt hardness. Did nynashamn-stavanger (1000km) in one day on crf250l,fully packed with tents, matresses and so on, so max speed similar to monkey (arround 90kmh). It was doable! Did 10 fuel fillups during that day. Also planning to to to Sweden-Norway on monkey125 (4000km in 7 days), will see how it goes :)
Great video. Really shows what the Monkey is capable of.
Beautiful country you live in.
Great vid
good vid,i didn,t know it was flat round there.I bet you knew it would be tough,it,s just to small.
Sunny though so that,s good.
cheers
Great video, but do you not use earplugs? Would prevent the ringing ears. 👍
Or some earbuds with music. 😬
when using earplugs you experience less fatigue, and the ride is far more enjoyable. You'll reach your destination a,lot easier..
@@311ranger4 Around here only a single one would be legal. I fear conventional ones, trying to overpower a cheap helmet's wind noise, would harm ears even more? I never tried electronic noise cancellation. I'm not keen to acquire another expensive toy wearing out cables or requiring recharges.
Off course you can, you can do a trip around the world if you have enough guts. There were people that did it on honda cubs.
Purchased a yellow monkey and should arrive in about 10 days. Bought it 900 back road miles away from home...Santa Rosa CA to Graham WA Let the adventure began!
Cool stuff, i had the more rare 75cc Kawazaki monkeybike. Ninja green. Otherwise it was the same config as the classic 50cc Honda version. Ver fun for a 12 year old kid. 😁💪🏻 Wish i still had it in the garage.
beautiful country roads.... In the States, no way i can ride this on the Freeways/Highways.
I was thinking the same thing especially in Atlanta, Ga.
Can I ask why?
Carrie Robinson All bikes that is 125 bike Monkey, Grom, I don’t know about others, have a speed limiter on up to 65 mph and signs entrance said “No 125 bikes allowed.”
I remember when october 2014 I did Terrassa-Vielha (Spain) and back, 400 km in a day with my ex Honda Sh 2013, eSP engine.
I did 258 miles yesterday and I didn't have any pain in the back or butt. I wear foam earplugs when I ride so I had no ringing ears even with yoshimura exhaust and K&N intake. I could keep on riding if I needed to.
The only limitations were on the uphill sections of the highway with 55 mph speed limit. My Monkey could do only 54 mph and other cars were doing 60 mph. I may have to get a big bore kit.
I guess a better suspension will be a good investment for long rides on a small bike like that !
Sweden looks so cool. Even though I thought that before this video lol
I am super glad that I found you! Great videos and glad that a Lindingö-farsan is having fun on a tiny bike. Hopefully I will be able to do the same in coming year.
Currently, my wife and I are on our honeymoon. Nine weeks on a Vespa GTS 300. In Istanbul now and this is the farthest we will be from Stockholm - but till 5 weeks to go.
Keep up the good work!
//Söderkisen
This is the second video that I've watched from you and enjoyed again. Good job. Keep up the good work. You have a nice aura my friend.
I’m on my second Honda monkey, can’t wait for the warmer weather, so I can get out on the open road & do some touring, 🐵🐵🐵🐵
What did you do to the poor thing to be on the second one already ?
It's like the Miata of bikes :D
How much fuel used at that trip?
So riding 8,000km in 10 days across Australia and back wouldn't be recommended?
Very good video! Really enjoyed it.
très belle vidéo paysage superbe bravo moi aussi je roule en monkey 125 amitiés de france
Hello you have the engine stock? did you have any problems with the engine? Thanks
great fun
I remember touring on my xr650r. It was 2008 and my ring still stings..
Missing your monkey vids, I enjoy all of your moto vids though!
What was your mpg?
thank for your test
how much fuel dod you use
Ringande öron? Har du tinnitus? Annars förstår jag inte hur du kan få det under resans gång.
Har du inte öronproppar hade aldrig vågat riskera tt eller att de ska bli värre.
Thank you, great effort and well done. Hope your bum is better!
How are your ears did they stop ringing? Mine never stop any more, just get quieter when i dont ride motorcycles.
Hello, what is your weight? Thanks
Did you consider a non-ABS Monkey? Thanks for sharing - what caused the ear ringing?
Steve Clark Wind noise against your ears. Like blowing into a microphone. Faster you go, more severe the noise.
GJ sir!
600 km in 24 hours? For real?
I have a honda zoomer 49cc scooter and I can easily drive 250-350 a day. My record so far was 470km in 12 hours. And I will definitely break this record. Thanks for nice trip!;)
Brilliant. You should have made a video my friend.
You are a real biker but a bit mad maybe lol.
Toulouse la Rochelle en 8 heures !!! 500 kms !
Sympa comme road trip !
La monkey est elle fiable ? Depuis combien de temps l'as tu ?
Je compte l'acquérir très prochainement, alors je suis preneur d'un retour sur cette petite "moto", d'avance merci.
Un an et demi. Jamais de problèmes. En suis à 5200 kms. De plus ai un Garage Honda au top . Sagaz moto Toulouse.
@@coignardbernard4667 ✌️
Merci pour ton retour, la qualité de fabrication des moto Honda 🏍️ n'est plus à prouver. Ça me conforte dans mon choix 🤫.
Bonne route à toi et a ta fidèle monture. Bises à Toulouse venant du Finistère 😁.
On the road again 😎.
How tall are you?
Have you given up on the monkey, no new videos since this one?
Can't help you with the numb butt - but wanted to mention that you can buy special ear plugs for riding a bike. One of those top notch gimmicks that every bike rider should have at hand, especially for longer tours.
lovely ride, anyone seen any videos or articles on how reliable these bikes are over many thousands of km?
It’s a Honda...
"Quite"? - I have 55000km on my 10 year old Innova. 1 exhaust corroded away, both brakes got sticky once, electric starter died at about 22k and it ate 2 lightbulbs, 2 chains, 4 tyres, 1 pair of brake pads. Neutral light bitched once, left foot peg rubber, thats all. Most reliable bike, I had so far.
Don’t ever let someone tell you you can’t do something, even me - Will Smith
How are you getting those speeds out of the monkey? My ones max speed seems to be 85kph
He said he's using 14 tooth front sprocket.?
Thanks for the video. I put some different rear shocks on my Monkey and it seams to have helped the ride a lot. They were just some used KYB shocks from a used motorcycle parts shop. Maybe something like that could help your backside . LOL!!! Have a great day.
Honda monkey ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm an oddball, I guess. I've owned 1,000cc fours, etc., but I love day and weekend touring on small-bore bikes. I've loved 400km days on 50cc mopeds and scooters. Ditto for various 125cc-250cc dual-purpose bikes, a Sym 172cc big-wheel scooter, etc.
Buy some ear plugs, if you can tour on a bicycle your can tour on any motorcycle/scooter/moped. Nice trip.
Bring a tent next time. Take your time and enjoy it. Don’t push it with 125cc! You missed the point.....
In french, c'est la sensation qui importe .(not onlu but i'm sealfy and ok le).
😍😍😍😍😍
Pop a wheely!?
Not enough looks at the monkey.
well if you ride that long y will get annoyed
원숭이를 타고 세계 여행 하는거 꿈인데 가능하겟죠?
what is the point to just riding this far in 24 hours?