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What’s more, as with most 125s, the Monkey can be ridden on L-plates with a provisional driving licence, as long as you've taken a CBT. All of that’s true of the slightly cheaper, arguably funkier Grom, too. But that bike’s more for trendy teens. If you like a touch of classics and want a fun bike that reminds you of your youth we can’t think of any cuter introduction to motorcycling. The new Atlas Deluxe Dinky subscription series in the UK has now shipped #1408 Honda S800 to me and several other model collectors whilst others had the Honda some while ago and have already had the Simca Break which follows it in the collection. I just like small, air-cooled cars,” he says. “Probably because there are so many things you don’t have to worry about – radiators, internal corrosion, water pumps, hoses. But they also always tend to be interesting designs.” Could rent peak in 2025? Property firm says they will rise 6% next year before hitting 'affordability ceiling'

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Inside the interior is in red and fairly simple but shows the dashboard and steering wheel, two seats and luggage area well.

As you may have read in previous features, bodywork and interiors can be pretty shonky when a car maker gets things wrong but, thankfully, most manufacturers nowadays know how to get it right. What surprises me is how some mainstream manufacturers still make drivetrains that leave much room for improvement. Japanese cars are renowned for their reliability and Honda models appear to be no different; though the brand placed a middling 18th out of 32 manufacturers in our 2023 Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, only 15% of respondents reported a fault with their car within the first year of ownership – quite a bit below the industry average. When in neutral, the engine is shut off, just like most contemporary cars of 2018, restarting when first gear is selected. The ride is a strange mix of both firm and soft, the two-seater feeling soft when cornering and more hard-riding when the road surface turns a little less smooth. The original Honda Insight was the first production car in the Japanese carmaker’s range to use the IMA system, one of the most technologically-advanced parallel hybrid power systems of the time.But, as the electric motor only assists the VTEC-E petrol engine, it’s smaller and lighter than traction motors in other hybrid vehicles, a key point in the Insight’s make-up. Although not cheap to buy compared to some mini or monkey bikes, the Honda Monkey 125, and its MSX125 Grom sibling, should be as cheap as chips to run.

Suspension: front independent by struts, coil springs rear beam axle, leaf springs; telescopic dampers f/r Rarer in the UK than the 1,200-unit Toyota, only around 250 original Insights found their way here, so you might have to comb the classifieds very thoroughly. The drummer later gifted the bike to Richard Anderson, a landscape gardener, who had helped Starr move from the Tittenhurst Park premises. Designed to cruise at maximum speed on the autobahns that inspired its creation, the VW is as relaxed as the Honda is frantic; with a high 18mph per 1000rpm in top gear, at 70mph the famously durable air-cooled boxer ‘four’ is turning over at just 4000rpm.There’s also LED lighting throughout and, perhaps most impressively of all, an IMU is fitted enabling anti-tilt or cornering ABS on the front wheel. (This is the system found in the 2014 to 2016 Honda Fireblade and works well, too, although the rear brake, which isn’t part of the ABS system, is poor in comparison.) This turned holidaymaker road rage into waves and smiles, but as we only had one size fits all large it did make us look like a bag of stuffed carrots,” said John. Having said that, I wouldn’t recommend it for a jaunt up a German autobahn, since the most I saw on the speedo was 71mph, and the sat nav told the real truth – 63mph. Investment firms dishing out shoddy advice could be forced to set aside extra cash for compensation under fresh proposals

With the Monkey, besides the basic MSX mechanicals, all the required classic details are present and correct, including the old-school Honda Wing logo on the tank – but it doesn’t look any the worse for its modern features either. It even exudes an air of old-school Honda quality because all the shiny things are proper metal, not just plastic with a chrome veneer. With news that a new US version of the hybrid-powered Insight will appear in 2018, Richard Gooding drives the first generation of Honda’s pioneering petrol-electric car The only comparable monkey bikes recently available have been WK Bikes Colt 50, which has nothing like the credibility or performance of the Hondas, and Benelli’s TNT 125, which is now deleted, and was more of a budget Grom-rival than an alternative to the Monkey. Mark Bryan, head of sales in the auction houses motorcycle department, said: 'Naturally we are thrilled to be entrusted with the marketing and sale of this bike, given its extraordinary provenance.'

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