New Honda Monkey makes its way into Malaysia market

KUALA LUMPUR: The smallest mini-bike is here and it finally gives the Malaysian buyers a reason to be excited about. Honda has now brought its most iconic and smallest street bike at a price of RM 13,990. It continues to look very playful and holds a modern styling approach and features on its cards.

Known as the Honda Monkey, the new model continues to be flawless at the given price range. Despite the small stature, the seat height is considerably comfortable at 775 mm. The bike is suspended over dual-shockers at the rear, with up to four inches of travel, and upside down forks at the front. The 160 mm of ground clearance turns out to be pretty good and offers the riders a pleasant experience.

There is a very good number of modern touches in the new Honda Monkey. As for an example, the illumination on the headlamp, tail light, and turn signal indicators are given an LED touch. There is a round-shaped digital LCD meter that offers the riders a lot of information. There is also a security alarm and an Answer-back System which lets the owners get to know where the bike is kept instantly.

The new Honda Monkey is very powerful for a small 125 cc motorcycle. The four-stroke single-cylinder engine under the hood is capable of making a maximum power of 9 PS, coming at 7,000 rpm, along with a peak torque of 10.5 Nm, which comes at 5,500 rpm. Power is sent down to the wheel via a 4-speed constant mesh manual gearbox.

The 12-inch wheels have pretty thick and grippy tyres. The front wheel as 120-section tyre while the rear has a thicker 130-section unit. The Honda Monkey has a very chrome-rich physical appearance combined with three different colour options of Pearl Glittering Blue, Banana Yellow, and Pearl Nebula Red.