2023 Honda CB125F - First 600 KLM Ownership Update And Mini Review!

A quick chat on my 2 weeks of ownership of the 2023 Honda cb125F and how it performs on sealed and dirt road plus why you should buy one.
Check this clip out on the one klm high dirt track climb in some very rough and lonely country - • 2023 Honda CB125F - Di...

[@stevesane800]

I’ve seen this little machine go everywhere! The roughest of Aussie roads I’ve ever seen ✅ Incredible it’s looking brand new Warro! You sure you’re not going to sell it?😉😎

[@ridewithwarro]

ites really bit of a laugh on this bike. still hard to believe on the price. only $3800 ride away and when i had the Rolex watches it was $10,000 just to replace the watch band alone...lol tomorrow i ride with the daughter and put this up against the yellow 5 speed grom i gave here a few months ago. i think this is the better bike but if not i will tell so in the clip. plan to ride both bikes and compare. this one i took to the river a couple of days back and its a 4wd track via hill end. didn't cross the river as i was the only one there but thats the next ride footage. got some nice drone shots

[@ripmax333]

​@@ridewithwarro so is it better than the Grom?😊

[@ridewithwarro]

@@ripmax333 probably not...lol grom is hard to beat as i have the clown yellow one but this bike is prett good value regardless

[@ripmax333]

@@ridewithwarro but what makes the grom better?

[@ridewithwarro]

@@ripmax333 just more engaging but i own both so i dont really care...lol

[@kimetogo]

Nice video. I'm expecting one of these in the next couple of weeks in the UK, Thanks for your opinions, makes me confident I made the right choice. Cheers

[@ridewithwarro]

very hard to beat for the money. so very value wise and runs well too

[@NicksBikes]

I've only been riding my CB125F for 2 days and it is so absolutely easy to ride and very forgiving for an inexperienced rider such as myself. Took it on the freeway for about 15 kilometres yesterday. It sat comfortably (if not screaming) at 105km/h on the flats, but it's the long, slow hills that kills it, I'll struggle to go faster than 85 on a long hill

[@ridewithwarro]

those hills are a bit of an issue with just a 10 hp bikes but i guess something you have to live with. either way its a good stepping stone for you to try out first and later jump into a more powerful bike

[@ridewithwarro]

@@caveyful in your case i'd say very little to do and too much handling...lol

[@jy6754]

Couple of years ago I bought one of the older of these (2013 cbf - identical bike functionally just cosmetically different) as a work horse bike to get back on two wheels - I fell in love with this machine. It never broke down it never left me stranded (out of all the bikes I've owned I had this one the longest too) and everytime I rode that ugly little bug I was in heaven. 120smth mpg I could have an adventure for a tenner. In the end the bike got stolen outside my work place but that wasn't the end of the bike. I tracked it down with the help of a local biker network and despite that machine being left in a ditch and flooded it still started. In the long process of building a chopper out of it as the bodywork was mashup but I could not recommend a little runaround to anyone anymore than a cbf!!!!

[@ridewithwarro]

must admit it appears you had quite some adventures on it and still have fond memories too. there are lots of bike one has adventures on but the memories are not too great...lol so far so good with this one.

[@stevieneilson2451]

People are slow to realise this is the future. These types of bikes are going to be our transport as prices of fuel and running costs are going through the roof. Have you noticed in most countries the speed limits are coming down to save the "planet" so big engines and heavy bikes are going the way of the dodo!

[@ridewithwarro]

anything is possible as theres been huge chages in the past 50 years. either way once you get use to 125cc and 10 hp its enough to get you moving

[@IndigoJo]

I have a 1-litre car (2014 Kia Picanto) and these are among the few bikes that are dramatically more economical -- my car does about 50-60mpg, this does 150-180. Not eight times as efficient, true, but three times, while anything 500cc and above (less than half my engine size) are about as economical or less. But you talk to bikers on forums and they say "who cares about miles per gallon, I care about smiles per gallon" and that sort of thing. If most solo journeys currently done in cars were done on these things, we would not be dealing with global warming to the extent we're dealing with now.

[@playedon78]

Looks like all thumbs up so far Warro! I am enjoying your comnents. Frankly, i'm surprised honda hasnt done a major launch on this bike so far! I had a sit on one at the dealer the other day and it seems pretty substantial compared to the old model. Look forward to more, thanks mate!

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah pretty happy with the new toy. not sure if you saw this clip i took it on a rough dirt road hill climb -kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYSxmWumqb1oeq8

[@findingneutral]

Great follow up review. No doubt this bike should be categorized as a 'best bang for your buck' motorcycle. It has everything and does everything. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if they came to the US. Very cool filming location as well. Looks like something out of a movie, especially with the train and Outback in frame. 👍

[@ridewithwarro]

always an interesting ride out that way F/N don't really think its grom territoy either. i suppose it could be done just like on this but i think it would be a long hard ride out there and back

[@Dragon99GID]

Really liking these reviews on the 125F Warro. I'm on my L's with an old scool 2006 CT110 and seriously considering taking the plunge and upgrading to this one.

[@ridewithwarro]

i think its pretty quick off the mark in the first 3 gears for 10hp. you'd notice a big difference for sure just having a clutch and 5 speed. by all means keep your ct110 as they are classic bikes. these newer cb125f are just like all the newer bikes and just a bit more refined.

[@norsehall309]

G'day Warro, great review on the Honda 125 l have had five Honda's and never spent any money on repairs, my CB 1000 and CB 750 both have been around mainland Australia the others being trail bikes, just because that bike was cheap doesn't mean less quality, that bike won't let you down, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

[@ridewithwarro]

thanks. i must admit ive been enjoying my run on the cb125f. i rode it to the river at long point 2 days back. you've probable heard of that place. took a few nice drone shots over the river and will show the ride run in the next clip or two.

[@rodbutler9864]

Great review mate…. Just got one in order to finish my 'L' . I was thinking of getting the RE 450 later on for camping trips and longer rides. But the more reviews I see the more I’m thinking of hanging on to it for a little while longer. I’m even thinking of 'givi' pannier system as well, do you have an opinion on panniers?

[@ridewithwarro]

no ideas on the pannier side but id save some money and buy the suzuki vstrom 250 sx which is cheaper and better

[@kevinbourke4038]

I'm 5'5" tall (short) - will this bike be ok for me ?

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah my daughter has ridden it and she is barely 5ft so you'll do it easy

[@mauti8550]

I own one, too. Recommend this bike !

[@ridewithwarro]

nice little bike and can run different terrain extremely well. good choice there.

[@xxlalbatross3287]

Thanks for all the information. it will be a good adventure friend for you.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah i think so. nice and easy to move about on

[@Bob-ts2tu]

I love my 2021 cb125f, but have had two let's say 'unscheduled dismounts' by being over-adventurous, on muddy and wet-leaf strewn roads and tracks. luckily i slowed right down before coming a cropper so no damage done apart from a snapped indicator which i repaired and a few scratches lol, but that's the chances you take in yorkshire i suppose lol, but wish i had some of the lovely looking (dry) tracks like you have in Aus :). GL warro and thanks for the reviews.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah they are mostly dry but pretty rough...lol got a good one coming up shortly where i take this cb125f into some really rough 4wd country. should be worth a look

[@Bob-ts2tu]

@@ridewithwarro I lived in Aus for a year in 1988, spending the majority of it in NSW around sydney, orange, blue mountains and lake maquarie when i wasn't travelling but still managed a fair bit of time at melbourne, alice/mt isa, and all the way down the coast from magnetic island back to sydney lol, so saw a fair bit of the country and bush. i'm not sure i'll ever go back to Aus, but i never say never and would love to do some touring on a bike rather than backpacking, so i'll surely watch out for the upcoming vid. GL

[@ridewithwarro]

@@Bob-ts2tu can't go wrong with orange...lol been here all my life!

[@Bob-ts2tu]

@@ridewithwarro haha yeah i thought orange was great & i actually worked there for a short while at a company making fridges called email to get some travelling dollars.

[@ridewithwarro]

@@Bob-ts2tu yeah that place is totally closed down now and they took their fridge making overseas. place has been vacant now for probably 8 or 10 years. they use to emply around 1000 or so workers but all those jobs went pear shape with the closure side.

[@MadsWorld34]

GRRR i cant find it here in the US yet. they say its available. but cant find one anywhere.

[@ridewithwarro]

if you do find one -buy it. impossible to beat for the $$$ outlay and can take a real thrashing too...lol

[@MadsWorld34]

@@ridewithwarro they saying the ADV 350 should be here in the US this summer. and you can bet the second i here its here i'm putting in my order. i just hope it dont take 8 months like it did with my trail 125 and i got lucky 2 days before i came in the guy gave up . and the next day it showed up and 2 hours later i was riding it.

[@ridewithwarro]

@@MadsWorld34 hopefully its a better bike than the forza 350. i had the adv150 and it had the hardest suspension id ever been on and ive been on 64 new bikes...lol if your not going bush the xmax 300 is the pick of the scooters. the new one i bought had gps and digital dash but its not an off roader. it could be but i dont want to give it a hard life in the scrub...lol

[@MadsWorld34]

@@ridewithwarro my entire life i have rode nothing but big bikes. Harley, goldwings i have never even rode a dirt or trail bike. then i got this tiny honda trail 125 just for a toy. and in one year march 10 2023 i already have 5000 miles on it. and now small bikes is all i want. but it seems most of the small bikes i want you cant get here in the US. i'm looking at the PCX and the burgman 200.

[@ridewithwarro]

@@MadsWorld34 had the pcx 160 and was pretty impressed how it ran for its engine size and it was a super smooth scooter to ride too. back in my history i did a ride review i think last year

[@jimoe]

Thankyou for the review my ride would be mainly through urban stuff. With the opportunity to get up the front at the lights , my question being has it got enough power to not impede the car drivers behind.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah i think it performs pretty well to beat cars off from a traffic light say 0 to 70 kph at its peak speed and then work its way up to 100 kph

[@daintree2455]

Unbelievable value that little bike and I'm seeing a few of them about.

[@ridewithwarro]

way better value i think that that crappy cb125e the carby job. daughter had one of those vibrating hard to start bits of junk. bought it new and did 1200 klm on it. i gave her my new 5 speed grom and she said i could have her 125e in all honesty ive never been that desperate...lol so i took it and cashed it for her. she has been so impressed with the grom. i will be riding with her for the first time tomorrow. plan to ride both and see if this F is as good as i think it is. what ruined the grom experience for me was the small wheels and hard ride. 18" wheels on this and a pretty good ride and not much vibration at all maybe something like a 350 enfield reborn where the 125e carby was heading towards a classic 500 bone shaker

[@daintree2455]

@@ridewithwarro I can see why you are impressed with that little bike and the fuel efficiency is so impressive and will only get better as the motor frees up. Value for money off the charts. Good bike for your daughter maybe? She may not want to give it back if you swap bikes on the ride.

[@ruahinesrider]

​@@ridewithwarro The cbe for carbie Honda's version of the vibrator you reckon Warro. Glad new injected model is heaps better.Great bike that one put some town & country tyre's on it & got a winner.

[@daintree2455]

@@ruahinesrider go on mate tell Warro you're news u know u want 2.

[@ruahinesrider]

@@daintree2455 Hahaha 😂🤣.

[@stevewilson8752]

Yes nice Train digger 🚂 love the country bush 👍 im originally from Parkes - Forbes - Orange in central western plains of NSW , Also worked at Cootamundra & Harden - Jugiong near Gundagai 😊 Are you near then places ???

[@ridewithwarro]

land of orange...lol

[@stevewilson8752]

@ridewithwarro man i lived at Orange when i was 10 years old at 58 Moulder St ( beautiful white corner house ) also lived in another street with running creek 1 street behind us ( cant remember name of street , My mother worked at Ex Servicemen Club in Orange & Father was a Tree Lopper there ! Was biggest snow fall in Orange in 30 years when i lived there & our first time seeing snow ! I also made front page of local paper there , walking home from school & guy from paper took my photo as it was first day of Autumn in Orange & he asked me to throw Autumn leaves into the Air , Went to school 2 days later & all the Teachers had local paper & showed me front page with me tossing Autumn Leaves 😊🕺👍

[@ridewithwarro]

@@stevewilson8752 i think i recall that house. i will take a look next time over there. you might have been thinking national avenue which runs along near the creek not far from the olympic pool in hill street. i could imagine scoring the front page of the cwd which was a very popular local paper.

[@stevewilson8752]

@ridewithwarro Yes mate that's it National Avenue 😊👍 And you're spot on about the pool being there 😉 Man i just got flooded with some good memories when i seen the Street name & you mention the pool 🤔 I'm in Bundaberg for now but still have cousins in Parkes & Forbes , il definitely get back there before i pass on 🙏 & see them & stop at Orange & drive around the place 👍😄 Thanks mate for replying back & can't believe you know that Street i lived on , both of them 😊 Cheers from steve 🕺🍹🏍

[@stevewilson8752]

@ridewithwarro I'm now 58 so it was 1975 / 1976 when i lived in Orange , was big snow fall that year , biggest in 30 years everyone said , We took our shoes off at school & left our socks on & slid along the ice on the playground , was such fun ! But teachers stopped us all & we got scolded & all had to take our wet socks off in classroom & take turns drying them on 1 of them old hospital heaters that was in every classroom back then 😊 i learned how to play rugby league at Orange & played for my school & also learned to play handball there ! Which i became very good at ! Great memories living in the Country towns growing up 👍🍹

[@souhailshamaissem7564]

I bought one a month ago 8 month old with only 335km. I am just wondering about the fuel bars they look larger on the top then they become narrow down near E. My question is does every bar gives you same milage as the top large one

[@ridewithwarro]

id say no as its only a reference. best idea with any motorcycle is fill the tank and try it out in the real world. some gauges drop fast from full and some drop fast from down low

[@souhailshamaissem7564]

@@ridewithwarro that's what I did 2 weeks ago and I lost 3 bars and did 348km and it took 6.32L of petrol which equates to 55km/L which is very impressive

[@razeel2000]

Was the chain enclosure on the bike when you bought it or is it a mod? If the latter is the case, where did you get it?

[@ridewithwarro]

on the bike and stock standard item.

[@phillipjohnson9861]

I wish we could get this bike in the U.S. warro, thanks for the Mini Review.

[@ridewithwarro]

Thanks for watching! nice ride coming up shortly to the river. 4wd country. give it heaps...lol plus nice drone shots too. should be good viewing. all the best!

[@TomBartram-b1c]

51km/litre for Brits is 144 mpg. That's crazy.

[@ridewithwarro]

good on gas alright. nice bike to ride too

[@TomBartram-b1c]

@@ridewithwarro if you rode the same bike with 200cc you'd never swap back even it used twice as much juice. I had a CD200 back in the day and that extra bit of power means you can easy do 55mph all day without wringing its neck.

[@lears6169]

Hello Warro, great discussion and great value. Honda does it right. I love small bore world. You said it, so fun to ride. I live in the home of HD. 9 of 10 bikes I see on the road are massive Harley’s. 125 cc bikes in general don’t get much respect round here. Anyway, Harley’s are beautiful machines but super heavy; not for me. Is the cb125f fuel injected? Cool seeing the train pass. Cheers!

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah this one is fuel injected and has the new digital dash. did find a problem there as when the sun is at 12 o clock its very hard to see the instrumentaion. might be an aftermasrket matte cover for that side of it. but everything aside its a pretty good little ride for what it is. ive pulled up there quite a few times on various bikes and today finally scored that train. so good timing my way. all the best!

[@mitchellboyd5256]

We were sitting close with k's but you got more on me now 😂 I only have 360km up on mine now

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah im at 660 i think. did a run today with the daughter who i gave a grom too. same motor virtually and 5 speed box. for the younger generation a muchh more fun bike to run too although i had fitted a sports exhaust to it. still hard to beat the cb125f for quietness and good value and very little vibe. not the case on the grom especially in the seat area.

[@mitchellboyd5256]

​@@ridewithwarroi love the grom but with a 4x4 and the GS500f the CB125F fitted the bill perfectly for me as a commuter. Leaving at 6:00 - 6:30 every morning the quietness is one of the selling points for me along with the crazy fuel economy.

[@ridewithwarro]

@@mitchellboyd5256 yeah know whghat you mean. i will be running grom and f together shortlly on tests. the grom i gave to the daughter. rode with her over the weekend and its the more fun clown bike but i still like the f better

[@jasontaylor8412]

Gaday there warro hope your doing ok , i was just wondering if you have ever had the royal enfeild Himalayan if not i think that's a bike right up your ally, iam seriously thinking of buying one. Keep well and ride safe. JT.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah i had one of those new about 3 years ago. carby version. im still waiting for my 2023 suzuki vstom 250 sx to arrive here in oz. now rescheduled for may. if i were you thats the bike i'd buy and its only $6450

[@aandy143]

Any thoughts on long distance ride with a pillion rider?

[@ridewithwarro]

probably do it ok on flat ground running but one would be pretty handicapped on the hills. then again that would depend upon how quick you want to go. ive done other videos in my history where this bike has been in some very rough 4wd dirt track country

[@stevewilson8752]

We now buy the 2024 Honda near new with very low km on clock for $2,800 -$3,400 From Bike shop with Warranty 😊👍🕺

[@ridewithwarro]

that sounds like a good deal and a great plan!

[@douglassrhine989]

Cool video

[@ridewithwarro]

thanks. big off road ride on the cb125f coming to channel later tonight

[@jhogun]

@ridewithwarro4983 great review, I enjoy all your cb125f videos. Saw your video about royal enfield classic 350 reborn, very tempting to get one too. I’m only riding in the city at the moment, not highway and have not taken my cb125f to dirt road yet. But in your opinion/experience, what do you like more from royal enfield classic 350 compared to cb125f? I know that I’m not comparing apple with apple but just need to hear from you because you own both of them. 😀

[@ridewithwarro]

id go 350 classic reborn anyday as its just a classic feel good bike to ride and transports you back into a different time period or thats how i feel. i was one on the cb125 f today with the daughter. i gave her a new 5 speed grom a few months back. today i rode both bikes back to back over 80 klm and the grom is by far the most exciting and entertaining to ride. did a clip while out there so plan to load it up in a few days time grom vs enfield 350 -enfield any day ...lol

[@jhogun]

@@ridewithwarro Agree with all the content from this video, the only thing I don’t like about my cb125f is the seat. I could not find after market ‘touring’ seat on internet. Someone please let me know? Cheers!

[@ridewithwarro]

@@jhogun i found it better to sit on after i bought one of those chises mesh net affair from ebay for $10

[@davidkallstrom4349]

how heavy are you?

[@ridewithwarro]

85 kgs

[@kevinbourke4038]

@@ridewithwarro That's not heavy

[@ridewithwarro]

actually now 78kgs..been on a diet...lol@@kevinbourke4038

[@stevewilson8752]

Im on diet to matey ! Im buying this great little bike as my first bike to learn on & i want to be at 85kg by end of March 2024 with Christmas in the middle in 8 days 🎅🤶🕺🏍 ​@@ridewithwarro

[@bossman1974]

Nice bike

[@ridewithwarro]

thanks and appreciated too

[@233kosta]

There's a reason riding schools around here use these

[@ridewithwarro]

nice little easy to ride bikes

[@233kosta]

@@ridewithwarro And for the price - hard to beat!

[@ridewithwarro]

@@233kosta i think so too. pretty happy how it performs so one only gets what one pays for and i think pretty good here compared to an overpriced ct125 trail

[@JW-ym5yb]

I think any bike like this that can pass the "Ride with Warro" test has to be good!

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah i must admit its a hard life for a bike when it enters this yard...lol i was always a car guy first so therefore i can give honest answers on bikes i own as i like to tell it how i see it. rode today with the daughter and the new grom i gave her. if your younger my thoughts are after riding both -the grom is by far the more fun bike to own might put a clip together on it shortly

[@Che001F]

Really ! this rubbish gets rusty in less than 2 yeast other issue is the low quality build, the breaks are really shit the clock panel is hard to see in sunny days want more!

[@ridewithwarro]

well the other choice is sell and buy a top bike or accept that this is a badget bike at a good price. either way i dont care as i have 5 brand new rides...lol

[@stevewilson8752]

Mate its a good little learners bike for their first bike or for first 3-4 months of learning & riding , if you want all the Best brakes & top shelf build & overall better motorcycle go drop $10k -36k , This bike is designed for learners or people who don't want big powerful bikes & speed and a $30,000 price tag , 😝👍🕺🏍

[@stevewilson8752]

Most all bikes dash panel is at times hard to see on real sunny day Wombat.