Don't be misled by the title, I had to get your attention! The Honda Monkey 125 is a wonderful bike, it's just not the dual-sport all purpose mini-weapon I tried to make it into. No fault of the bike, just me trying to make everything I have do the type of riding I enjoy most, which is dirt and off-road. While the Monkey "can do it", it absolutely battered me to pieces during my 8-days of riding in the mountains of Upstate NY during our 2022 summer trip. During that beating I took, every ride brought to me the realization that I was on the wrong bike for the stuff I was doing with it. The Monkey belongs in racetrack paddocks, campgrounds, inner cities, slow backroads, and at some point in my life - the Florida Keys! It doesn't belong in the woods jumping rocks and slogging through mud, no matter what kind of parts you put on it. SO, this was likely my last attempt at off-roading with the Honda Monkey 125. Let's put a fork in this adventure, cause it's well-done!
Hope you enjoyed my attempt and defeat at off-roading the Honda Monkey 125, it may not sound like it, but I really did enjoy it! I had a blast on the multiple trips I've partaken in to NY, PA, and Indiana with the Monkey, but bigger things are on the horizon for me and I'm hoping you'll be as interested in what my next choice is!
