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The Honda Trail 90 I had in the 70's was.

Problem was, even though it was licensed, I wasn't.

Got a ticket for that.

(I was in Jr. High. Not old enough for a MC license.)

If you count the Cub street version going back to the Honda 50 through the 90 and 110, they've sold over 100 million of these world wide, the highest selling vehicle of all time by a very wide margin, so they have their place.

Anybody remember Silver Bullet? Big tall fellow, about 6' 6" or thereabouts. I may be misremembering this but I believe he used to post about riding a Trail 90 all over Oregon on scouting trips and coyote hunting.

So far I haven't heard anything about a dual hi/low range transmission like the 90 and 110, supposedly the "extra power" of the 125 (all is relative ) won't need a dual range. I think for the 'Murica market they'd need to have that but if the gearing's right I guess they could get away without it.

Useful little machines, light and easy to ride. With 100,000,000 sold Honda got something right.

Nice moped, but I like my Kawasaki better.

I took a lot of lunch money from kids who used to ride things like that.

ethanol stations near me

LOL.

I used to ride my Trail 90 through hundreds of miles of oilfield and ranch roads. No pavement. Rough roads and mud puddles.

Strap on a rod and reel, and put the tackle box on that rack in the back.

In dove season, I'd cart a shotgun and a couple boxes of sheels out, and hide that trail 90 under a mesquite tree, and shoot a limit of dove at a stock pond.

Again... No paved roads. None wanted.

Different machines for different purposes.

That old Trail 90 I had sure made for some nice memories. Nobody took my lunch money either.

I owned & played with Trail 90 back in the day & kinda liked it. My little brother absolutely loved it. Folks didn't get it, it had a niche but few recognized it.

Semi excited when I heard of the new one & it being a 125 made it sound better. Can't find talk of the dual range trans being part of the new one. That, IMO, was the ace in the hole for the whole concept.

Trail 90's have a cult following for a reason.

If this one has the dual range transmission, (and it is rumored that they do) it would be a pretty cool bike.

I want to like this bike but I can't figure out what it could do (other than go on pavement - slowly - if set up for it) that a small, two-wheel drive 4-wheeler couldn't do better for similar money. Is this the major differentiator?

RS

The new one looks interesting, but I don't like the price. I have had a bunch of Trail 90's over the years, and still have a matched pair of 1969's. One has a Powrell 110 kit on it. One was given to me, the other I payed $100 for. So easy to fix, and no issues getting parts, new or used. Kids love them, they will go literately anywhere one has any business going on a motorcycle. I haven't done it yet but I have no doubt I could haul a deer out with one. Not that fast, but will go 55+ in high range. Climb a tree in low range if you could get traction. About indestructible as well. As long as there is gas and oil they will run.

The Trail 90 can go many, many places a 4 wheeler will not.

No doubt!

Man, I hope you're just joking. Cause a bully is about the biggest POS I can remember from my school days & hope you weren't one of those.

Ride it to town or on country roads - legally ?

Try a little steep side hill'ing on a quad , be careful though a quad might very well roll all the way to the bottom . Sometimes that damages them .

Been there done that. 🤠

What would be the point of a headlight, tail light, and turn signals if it weren't intended to be street legal?

The new one, and the old one are a different kinda of riding, no hurry, where does this trail go? Lets find out. It will get there. Not fast, but fun. I have ridden for dang, 50+ years, raced Motocross and Enduro. Had many fire breathing monsters. Bultaco's, Husky's, Maico 501, Cannodale, XR650 with a HRC kit (700cc) etc. The little Honda is plain fun and relaxing. It doesn't break down, and gets about 100MPG. If it falls over or gets stuck I can pick it up. A lot of things to like.

I've lived in a few different states , to my knowledge '''street legal''' is determined by the Title of the bike saying offroad use or ?. .
There are definately non street legal bikes that do have headlight/tailight not sure on signals/horn .

Use to be able to get bikes titled by putting light package and horn - yayhoos were putting street tires on 500cc MX bikes so those laws went away quick .
I tried to find ways around it but couldn't .
I have a 1980 Kawasaki KDX 250R that's street legal - has a magneto - horn/head&tail lights/signals don't work if motor is off . Doesn't even have a key .
Pure motocross bike engine with heavier flywheel it'll wheelie on a 3rd to 4th gear shift if you want it to . 756 actual miles bought it from the second owner , he bought it from the original owner who lived four houses down on the other side of the street . Original owner bought it when he retired - used it as transportation while motorhoming .

https://powersports.honda.com/off-road/trail/crf250f

If a bike has full lights, signals, and horn it's going to be street legal in every state.

Some states don't have these requirements.

The folks who have never been on a bunch of fast bikes seem to be the ones who don't understand small bikes . I understand that - they want to ripass and have the thrill of speed etc. and know that a small bike won't thrill them .

Just joking, lol. Never took a dime from anyone.

I hope I didn’t bring up some bad memories of you hearing your stomach growling in the school lunchroom.