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Tall riders have almost as much trouble finding a bike to suit their build as short riders and it’s not just about seat height. For short riders, seat height is the most important factor. So we put together a comprehensive list of seat heights of your favourite motorcycles to compare. Click here to check all seat …
This video of former Top Gear and now Grand Tour presenter James May reassembling a Honda Z50 “monkey bike” over 30 minutes is not a mechanic’s guide to reassembling a motorcycle. It’s actually quite an entertaining ramble through the motorcycle fanatic’s philosophy of motorcycles, riding and keeping your tools tidy. Apparently the average time viewers …
The Adventurists must be the first motorcycle touring company to offer tours on monkey bikes and now add tours of Romania riding one of the most famous roads in the world. Two years ago they launched the Monkey Run in the Sahara, crossing the Atlas Mountains to the Moroccan coast on 50cc Monkey Bikes and …
The new Honda Monkey Bike has ABS, LED lighting and a 150% engine capacity increase to 125cc, but you will also pay a hefty ride-away price of $5999. Honda Motorcycles Australia have got to be kidding! That hefty price is about the same as most 300cc road bikes on the market. And it doesn’t stack …
Honda announced it was dropping the 50cc Monkey Bike last year, but they now have a modern version with more than double the engine capacity, five gears and even ABS. With the phenomenal success of the Grom, Honda has obviously seen the potential for a modernised Monkey Bike. Honda Australia took two years to realise …
John Lennon wasn’t known as a motorcyclist, yet his Honda monkey bike has sold for more than 15,000% of its original price at a British auction. His Honda XUC 91H sold through H&H Classics at the National Motorbikes Museum for £56,250 (about $A100,300, €63,150 $US77,900). It is the highest price paid for a monkey bike and almost double …
John Lennon wasn’t known as a motorcyclist, yet a monkey bike he owned is expected to fetch more than 10,000% of its original price when it goes to auction in March. That’s the price of fame and we’ve seen similar inflated prices for vehicles owned by Steve McQueen! Honda began making the monkey bike with …