The Honda Monkey Does it's First 100 miles From New, Tyres get scrubbed in.

@mototripperuk took the bike out to get the tyres scrubbed in for me before I do my CBT due early march, I will still have to do the breaking in miles that are left, around 180 miles

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

Followed from your comment from the other channel. Look forward to watching Nikki's Progress.

[@mototripperuk]

Thanks for doing that, really appreciated, she is so nervous at the moment about doing her CBT & needs all the support she can get, I'm under strict instructions not to disclose the date, it is early March so keep an eye open for updates, cheers again buddy 👍

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

@@mototripperuk You have aleady probably done this. but if you have a private road or car park. Go through the controls and let her get a feel of the clutch biting point.
If you are going to be using the Monkey for the CBT lesson. Get her to keep siiting on the bike and lifting it off the side stand to get comfoatable with doing that and also get the feel of the weight of the bike. Not that it is a heavy bike, but feeling confdent doing that to start with will be a great help.
I think the Monkey bike is the best first bike, because of it's weight and size. Some of the other 125's can feel quite big and quite heavy.
Good luck!

[@mototripperuk]

@ozzyprogdomino8815 she's had a go on it, she doesn't want to use the Monkey for her CBT in case she has a mishap, she nearly had one here, we are on a private road, she will get better, but for now she wants to use one of their bikes, they have a lowered ybf.

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

@@mototripperuk Great! Just keep re-assuring her. Because everyone makes mistakes in the begining. There has been a couple of ladies on youtube (Faye from "tins on tours") did her CBT a few years ago.
I thinks it helps when you see others don't find it easy as well, but they keep going and trying and eventually become very confident and great riders. The only way to do that is to ride, there is no magic trick.

[@mototripperuk]

@@ozzyprogdomino8815 Yeh I watched Faye going through it, Sean is his name if I remember right.

[@1999zrx1100]

Only put 100 miles on mine as well, sure hard to keep it under 30 miles an hour, she wants to get up and go.
Such a fun bike to ride. I get more comments on the Monkey then I did with my Harley back in the day. Lol
Enjoy 🙏

[@nikkischeekymonkey]

Hi, thanks for your comment, the rider is my other half, he was scrubbing the tyres in for me, I have just recently done my CBT, had my first ride out with him last weekend, it really is an amazing little bike, so much fun, the breaking in has now been done and close to it's first service, I know what you mean by people coming over to talk about the bike, it gets a lot of attention 😊

[@conniewaite1371]

What did you scrub the tires with? To remove the slippery surface on them ?

[@nikkischeekymonkey]

The road