Honda Trail CT125 - Everything You Wanted To Know - My75 Clip Play list!

[@findingneutral]

I remember watching you enjoy your CT125 back when I was still on a waiting list for mine in late 2020. I really enjoyed watching you just cruise around up in the outback and try different modifications. You really did an excellent job showcasing this bike's strengths and weaknesses.

[@ridewithwarro]

Glad you enjoyed it! i guess i sort of gave it a pretty good workout on the local tracks...lol had a fair bit of fun on one of these. units

[@brianrobertson639]

Hi Warro. Had an early CT 90 with the high/low ratio gearbox, use to live out in the scrub on a farm, with big hills. You couldn’t stop the little bugger. As an aside I have not been happy with a knocking sound in the GB and I felt it was getting worse. Pull the throttle over 1/2 and revs over 3,700rpm and it got progressively louder. Like piston slap, but at the wrong end of the revs range to be that. Ran with the Wifi OBD2 scanner and it occurs when goes from closed loop to open loop and changes from O2 sensor to ECU map. Took it back to dealer with read outs, he took it for a ride and said some Honda singles develop that sound. Wrote to Honda Australia complete with Graphs from OBD2. They said to take to dealer. Ordered a booster plug to richer up mixture 6% in open loop (hasn’t arrived yet). In the meantime dealer phoned me and said he had take a new one for a ride and it didn’t do it. Said to bring in. In meantime Honda reps were spoken to by him when they came through. Took bike over Monday, he only started on it today. Turns out it has had a seizure, no probs with warranty, new piston and barrel. He will mic up piston before he installs. I ran that baby in never over 1/2 throttle for the first 1,000ks. Changed oil at 500 and 1,000ks. Then gradually increased speed. I would say it’s a tight piston. My lite aircraft engines are all standard bore, but have 3 sizes pistons depending on tolerances and bore diameter. As I said this shouldn’t happen to Honda. Apparently can happen to any. I raised the subject that even although assembled in Japan, motors may have come from India. Cheers for Now Will keep you in the loop. Brian

[@ridewithwarro]

@@brianrobertson639 yeah i think your right. indian bikes assembled in japan and motor already assembled prior to being assembled...lol how many klm did you clock prior to this incident. i watch lots of youtube clips on the hiness and dont recall seeing that issue but i once had a new enfield 500 which had a crook sprag clutch from first kickover so anything is possiblr plus there were a few enfields reported in the 500 with piston slap too. i didnt think the booster plug worked on later model bikes say after 2020 as that site told me that it wouldnt help my euro 4 500

[@brianrobertson639]

@@ridewithwarro almost 7,000 ks but started at about 3,000. If booster plug trips engine light, will delete code with OBD Scanner. Then wire a switch, turn on while engine is going. Usually trips code when engine stopped and large temp difference

[@ridewithwarro]

@@brianrobertson639yeah i have not been on mine for a while. think it has just 1000 klm on the clock. i put those motoz tyres on and it actually soften up the ride side. not only on this bike but the same effect with the classic 350 too good info to know on the booster plug too

[@FGRides]

I was just looking at a couple of these last weekend when I went to a dealership to get fork oil for my buddy. I thought, "This would be a really good bike for my wife." Which is what I think about just about every smaller bike that I see, and really want for myself! I love the rought terrain footage, Warro. Thank you for the video!

[@ridewithwarro]

if in position to buy...go for it. the step through design is perfect and your wife will feel more comfortable just on this design alone. plus i bet you'll be riding the bike more than your wife...lol its a fun little bike and absolutely oozes appeal. little bit down on hill pulling power but normal around town rides...great fun. plus you can always do my 13t front sprocket upgrade to combat the hills. this thumbnail clip i had it in some nice off road country and pulled wife and me along. no issues at all. great fun!

[@paulstoker7650]

Who needs a Himalayan. That little Honda did a great job

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah they did! i had a fair bit of fun on the 8.5 hp jobs. well enough to do 70 odd clips not counting what i did on the red one. not sure how many i tallied up on that one. found my imalayan clips too.

[@lears6169]

Thanks a bunch Warro! looking forward to all that I will learn from your CT125 journey. Will be a fun ride…

[@ridewithwarro]

i think there is some very good info amongst that playlist and it will give you a very good idea on what mods worked and what didnt. so hope you enjoy them as much as i did doing them.

[@colinhailey830]

I had the Trail's predcessor the Honda Ag90 back in the 70's. Slow, but put it in low range and it would climb a brick wall, even used it to muster cattle out of rough country. Wish they would bring the Trail 125 into Australia, would be the best Ag and rough country bike ever.

[@ridewithwarro]

must admit that duel range monster was a hard bike to beat.

[@mantarayal]

Mate I thought you'd come to NZ because those roads look like State Highway 1 between Whangarei and anywhere north. But I looked again and those roads you are on are waaaaay better!! :)

[@ridewithwarro]

in that case luck was on my side compared to your area. i think you have much nicer clouds. great place for a camera too. all the best!

[@michaelevans7260]

Crickey Warro! I was all set to buy a postie bike and get up to adventures like this on it. That is till you put out videos on its stable mate, the cb125f; which can do the same job, but with a bit more grunt and larger fuel tank. Just got 500kms out of my first tank and when refilling it on the side stand, tried out the tip you mentioned of putting the bike on the centre stand, which allowed me to put an extra 1.7 litres into it. This in theory will give the bike a range in excess of 600kms! How many bikes have a range like that in stock set up. Love your videos, particularly these dirt road adventure ones. I hope you’re out there and enjoying what you love, real soon.

[@ridewithwarro]

i think the "f" is a good bike and its $4000 cheaper too. lucky i call these reviews straight. imagine if you had bought the 125e version.....lol i knocked back a near new one for free!

[@dashamac]

As I was watching I thought, jeez, Warro, I wouldn't have taken my DR650 thru there. Well done, mate. Will you be doing a compilation on the CBX500?

[@ridewithwarro]

the cb500x is next. i have 50 clips in total covering 4 bikes i owned from 2018/2019/2020 and 2022 so plenty of good stuff to look at in those bikes too

[@andrewgreen6060]

Can you please do a playlist on the CB125F? Think I already watched them all, but maybe I missed stuff. Thanks

[@ridewithwarro]

i plan to look into that side too. playlists on all the bikes

[@chrisweeks6973]

Jeez, Warro - talk about giving the bike a hiding! 😀

[@ridewithwarro]

in most cases i just buy them to test on the channel. this one had a good testing...lol handled it fine too. maybe better than me.

[@ruahinesrider]

Some rough country in there.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah it ran it pretty well in there. like most things that track has now been improved and not worth the ride in. luck on my side as i rode many new bikes up that incline especially those enfields....lol

[@edwardkaminsky8142]

Astonished at the climbing ability of the trail 125. I know I would NOT have attempted that with 9000 in on the rear tire. I need to think seriously about replacement tires before it cools off, which may never happen in this sun scorched barren oasis, some call Vegas. ( illusion)

[@ridewithwarro]

that is a very rough stretch of track there and i was running the 13t front sprocket which i feel made a huge difference

[@daintree2455]

Good sample of Australian roads there Warro and Bruce Hwy not much better.

[@ridewithwarro]

some good roads here and plenty of bad ones...lol

[@jeffmcdonald4038]

Needs a brighter headlight. Fat tires@160 or200 cc Motor

[@ridewithwarro]

great lot of add on there

[@jeffmcdonald4038]

lose the digital speedometer and It wouldn't hurt to come with a gas can.

[@ridewithwarro]

yeah a needle speedo would have been a smarter move indeed.