2018 Red × White of Monkey 125 Photoshoot

The Osaka Motorcycle Show, held from March 16th to 18th, 2018, gathered with 76,624 visitors, which is 106% over the previous year. And last week the Tokyo Motorcycle Show was held from March 23. The first in a series that posted noteworthy machines taken in Osaka for its excitement. First, let’s introduce the new color, red × white of the deca monkey that was first released.

Is it yellow or red? Look at the actual motorcycle

Monkey 125 exhibited at the Tokyo Motor Show in October 2017. The coloring at that time was yellow × white two tone, but red × white was first released at the Osaka motorcycle show from March 16. Where two color variations are available, take a look at the new color to which domestic-style caution labels are affixed.

[HONDA Monkey 125 ABS 2018 type estimate price: around 400,000 yen / around 430,000 yen (ABS) forecast release date: July] Color name and details are unpublished. There are no more data than the data released at the Tokyo Motor Show.

It’s awesome if you try to ride on

At this time, at the Osaka Motorcycle Show, an exhibition of OK for riding it on was carried out. They tried sharply, but it is a completely different thing from the traditional monkey. In the specifications displayed on the license plate part at the Osaka venue, it was stated that the total length 1713 mm × the full width 753 mm × the total height 1030 mm. This is about as large as the monkey’s total length 1365 mm × the full width 600 mm × the total height 850 mm, which is about the same as the total length 1755 mm of the groom × the full width 730 × the total height 1000 mm.

Riding position of 172 cm tall and 65 kg weight. It is not a cramped feeling that it is straddling a compact 125, but because the seat width is wide, the feet-on ability is affected. There is not much room for both heels to ground.

Is ABS at the Front Only?

The monkey 125 which appeared in Osaka following Tokyo was also equipped with ABS. Currently, obligations of ABS are progressing domestically and abroad, and the monkey also responded to it. However, this is supposed to match even at the front only ABS, the ABS of PCX 150 announced the other day is front only. Perhaps the ABS of Monkey 125 would be similar as well.

Also specifications without ABS will be released. The engine seems to give up the inverted fork and the front and rear brakes by Grom at the information of Grom system

Front fork New color that was painted or processed red to outer tubes and rear shock springs, swing arms, headlight stay. It is similar to yellow, but the front fork is gold.

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