Honda SH125i Review

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Honda SH125i
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turkish1234's Review of Honda SH125i

18th Jun 2008

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
  • Length of ownership
    2 months
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2008
  • Build quality
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Economical. Good handling. Reliable.


Bad Points

Expensive (but it is a Honda). No side stand.


General Comments

Needed a scooter for work so I could save the Bandit 650 for weekends. After much research, opted for a brand new Honda SH125i (08). Had it now for two months. Always starts first time. I'm 18 stone and 6ft 1in. Plenty of leg room for me and tons of space to carry things, due to a massive top box thats comes with the bike. Most of my traveling is on A roads, so keeping around the 40mph mark will return 100mpg. Keep the throlle wide open and drive faster, then this falls to around 85mpg. It sits very happily at 50mph. Had mine up to 70mph on a short trip on the motorway, but i wouldnt recommend this bike for motorway use (get the 300i). There is a slight throlle lag on acceleration, but you get used to that. The bit that always catches me out with a twist and go is slowing down. You have to anticipate the road and the engine provides no slowing of the engine, let go of the throttle and this bike coasts for ages. I don't know if this will be a problem with brake wear in the future? Saying that, the coasting helps with MPG. The underseat storage is quite small, but good enough for my wet weather gear storage. The rear wheel comes with a hugger as standard and copes excellently with helping keep the bike clean. If you are thinking of going for the PS125i, don't. Spend the extra £200 and get the SH125i. The larger wheels cope better with the road. You may pay extra for the name 'Honda'. Just remember why? They are built to last and are very reliable. Hope this helps you out.

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Members' Comments onturkish1234's Review

  • flynn222 Rank: Lance Corporal on 25th Nov 2008

    I found this review helpful because...I'm 18 stone light myself so the mpg figures are helpful.

  • Interested01 on 24th Dec 2008

    As the tank is only 7.5 litres how far do you go between fill ups?
    What are the service intervals?
    Many Thanks

  • ExpatInSpain on 15th Jan 2009

    Interested01 on 24th Dec 2008 said:

    "As the tank is only 7.5 litres how far do you go between fill ups?
    What are the service intervals? "

    200Km between fill ups - I'm 6'1", and heavy. Urban and suburban driving in Spain, where it's fairly hilly. I'm fairly defensive - never drive flat out - as the Spanish driver are nuts, especially the small white van drivers.

    Services are at 1, 4, 8, 12, etc. x1000Km. First service at 1000 is just an oil change and valve clearance check.

  • ExpatInSpain on 16th Jan 2009

    "You have to anticipate the road and the engine provides no slowing of the engine, let go of the throttle and this bike coasts for ages. I don't know if this will be a problem with brake wear in the future?"
    - -
    I haven't found this behaviour with my SH125i. To the contrary, when the throttle is released, the clutch holds on to down quite low revs and road speed, providing good engine braking. If I'm driving gently I hardly have to use the brakes.

    I wonder which behaviour is 'Normal'?

  • guest22 on 30th Mar 2009

    I will second the excellent engine braking on my SH. But if do not use brakes at all you will probably run into something but at a very low speed - about 10mph perhaps because that is when the clutch disengages and the bike is free to coast :)