Thanks, I think this is the most accurate video of the top speed of the Monkey. You clearly show that you are not tucked, and you go both ways on the same road same time of day, so wind is same. This is really the way to do a proper topspeed video! I have the Honda Dax ST-125 and its not broken in yet, so I can only do top speed for limited distances. However, my speedometer and GPS reading is exactly the same as yours. When the speedometer is indicating 106 my GPS is reading 100 kph. It can easily do between 90 to 100 even with headwind and uphill. If I do top speed for about 2 minutes its about the same as you did here in this video. I have a small windscreen and only use 100 octane fuel (E5). Thanks, my Honda mini bike brother!

@SandStormPower

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your input, because I also plan to get a dax!

@bennythomsen5974

5 ай бұрын

@@SandStormPower hi, heres my Dax: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oH-YspWziNW-fLw.htmlfeature=shared

@CracowGo

4 ай бұрын

I bought a dax a week ago and am waiting for it now. How do you ride it? How are the impressions?

@bennythomsen5974

4 ай бұрын

@@CracowGo well for me its really really easy and smooth. The big difference from other bikes is the gear/clutch. The original Dax had 3 gears and a semi automatic clutch. The new one has 4 gears rotary semi automatic clutch. The gears are 1,2,3,4 down shift, and when in 4 th if you stop the bike, you can downshift once more and it will be in neutral. Once more one down and you are in 1 again. You can also shift the other way rotary. There is no clutch lever at the grip. When the engine is in idle rpm it will engage the clutch. And if you press down the gear lever with your toe it will engage the clutch and when you release the gear lever it will disengage the clutch. It sound difficult but for me its the easiest thing in the world, and its made this way to make the shifting easier.

Thank you for the excellent video and information. "You meet the nicest people on a Honda".

Michiel, sorry to bother you again, but my egm-fi lamp went on in orange color just exactly as my bike hit 1000 km. According to my manual the first service is after 1000 km. So I thought the lamp turned on because its telling me that service is due now. Did your egm-fi lamp also turn on when your bike was due to service? Has it ever turned on?

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

Hi Benny, you never bother me with mini bike news ;-). First of all: Congratulations with your first 1000km!!! I had never had a light on near my first service and I don't know what the egm-fi lamp is. I should be careful with warning lights and don't drive too much.

@bennythomsen5974

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheNetnamChannelIt turned out to be caused by air in the fuel system. I had filled up the tank to the brink and then fasten the gas lit. That caused a vacuum in the tank and made the PGM-FI (the engine symbol) lamp to turn on. But the next day there was no warning light, and now I only fill it up to a certain point, not to the brink.

@TheNetnamChannel

10 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 Hi Benny, how is the Dax running after the first oil change?

@bennythomsen5974

10 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel Hi Michiel, its running fantastic. However I do think your Monkey is a slight bit faster than the Dax. I can achieve 110 on speedometer only on slight downhill and with a bit of tailwind. But without wind on a straight it will only go as fast as 95-96 on speedometer. If I tuck I can almost always make it go ca 100 both on slight uphill and downhill and even with a little headwind. So wind is the main factor for the Dax, it it seems on your video that the Monkey is not so sensitive to the wind as you dont tuck and can still go 100 on a straight..so maybe the Monkey is 3-4 kph faster than the Dax. But hey, we are not riding for the speed, but for the joy, and theres plenty of that on every ride. See you my Honda Mini Bike Brother! 😎

Hello again Netnam, just a quick question to clarify the details of the fine speed test you have done here in this video: 1) Did you tuck down a little while driving? 2) Did you have some wind draft advantage from cars beside and in front of you? 3) Was the wind tailwind/headwind on the 2 rides, or sidewind? Many questions, but your Monkey just seem to be quite fast, so I want to know al the details of this test 🙂 Cheers, fellow Honda Mini Bike Brother!

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

Hello Bennie, Michiel here. I always sit up really straight because I feel like an old man when I hang towards the handle bars. I don't use any drafts from cars because I keep way more distance to make use of this; don't feel really comfortable hugging car backs. Furthermore on the way back I had some serious wind bags also from left and right. On the way towards the roundabout it was a pretty comfortable drive with a small wind in the back; it seems that on the way back the wind came from the front and all directions and was very uncomfortable.

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

But a very important factor we forgot ;-). How much do you weight?

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel hahaha I am an old man and people laugh when I tuck on my Dax, because I look like a kid who just got his first moped and trying to squeeze the last mile out of it. So yes I sit also straight up when riding but sometimes a slight tuck to have the comfort of the wind shield. My weight is ca 80 kg without riding gear. Btw, I live in Denmark, you?

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 I pretend not to be old; some midlife crisis is going on here, I guess. My weight is around 68 kg and 12 kg is quite a lot on 125cc I guess. I am from almost the same country as you are but then little more south: The Netherlands ;-).

Hello Michiel,I was wondering if you go down 1 tooth on the front sprocket, it will be able to rev out more easily in every gear and thus be able to maintain a higher topspeed. Of course the speedometer would be slightly more inaccurate, but I would think that the max power of the engine would be easier to have at all times, even uphill in headwind.. just a thought. What do you think? Its a cheap upgrade and easy to install.

@TheNetnamChannel

2 ай бұрын

It's a 20 dollar upgrade I think... Accelleration should be little slower but I don't think it will be so significant. Good idea.

@bennythomsen5974

2 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel come to think about it, it should perhaps be the opposite.. 1 tooth up in front, increase acceleration and easier reach top speed?

@bennythomsen5974

2 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel I decided to change my front sprocket to a 14 tooth, and I ordered it from webike Japan, because my theory is that in a head wind and going uphill the bike will more easily reach top speed and maintain speed.. I think that riding in conditions where theres no head wind and on a straingt road, or downhill theres no problem with the 15 tooth sprocket, but whenever theres a strong headwind or going uphill the bike needs to be able to pull more revs faster and easier than with the 15 tooth. So I am doing the upgrade.

@TheNetnamChannel

2 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 Cool. I am very curious how the new front sprocket performs. Basically it shoud accellerate less fast but top speed will be higher? But doea this also means that uphill and against wi d it should be performing worse?

@bennythomsen5974

2 ай бұрын

​@@TheNetnamChannel Hello, no I am going to change the front sprocket 1 teeth down from 15 to 14, so the acceleration should be quicker and faster to reach top speed, however the top speed will probably not increase and the speedometer will be more off than now... but we'll see.

My GPS speed record on a 2022 Monkey is 94 km/h, speedometer reading 103. I guess my body weight is somewhat of a limiting factor here. ;)

@TheNetnamChannel

9 ай бұрын

Nice! My personal record is 114 km/h about 105 GPS speed. Wind in the back and eating bugs.

@TheNetnamChannel

9 ай бұрын

My worst speed was against the wind it went under 80 km/h full speed. I had to go back to 4th gear to go back to 95.

How did you break in the engine on the Monkey? I see that you have 2000 km on the clock, so I guess you did the first oil change at 1000 km? Did that give a bit of a performance boost after the first oil change? I have 700 km on my Dax now, but it needs 1000 km before properly broken in, and then the oil change, before I can go full throttle for more than just a minute or so.

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

I ride kinda slow the first 1500km. No long ride full power and no full accelleration. The dealership told me break in oil needed change somewhere in between 1000 en 1500kms so I did it at 1500km.

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

I don't see any performance change after the breaking in. Apart from my right hand turning more and faster ;-).

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

Did you change the exhaust on you Dax or is it stock with the catalystic converter?

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel Complete Stock - only mods are heated grips, usb outtage, a small windscreen.. and later i will Mount a gear indikator .. but I like the stock exhaust on the Dax and also how silent it is. What mods did you do?

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 Gear Indicator; good idea, I never thought about that. But good it's pretty stock; I have done some upgrading in the past, but I always tend to loose intrest in the bike in some way; I always love stuff as it's meant to be by the manufacturer. The only thing I did was upgrading the exhaust from standard to the Takegawa; it's not super loud but has a darker more bass sound which I really like.

76 miles per hour! Hell yeah

@TheNetnamChannel

4 ай бұрын

🥹

Another question: after the break-in and first oil change, is it ok to go full throttle for long distance without letup?

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

I believe it is because at top speed it is not at the highest top of RPM so the engine still is quite relaxed. I am not sure though how it is with the Dax because I believe it has 4 gears instead of 5 with the Monkey. It is possible they would make more RPM at top speed; but it is possible gearing is setup differently.

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel yeah Dax only has 4 gears, but I think the 4 gears are ratio out almost like the 5 on the Monkey, so the 4.th on the Dax will not be equal to the 4.th on the Monkey, but more equal to the 5.th on the Monkey. Also I think theres a rev limiter. I think the Dax will go about 85 in 3.th if I let it go ato the max, and then 105-110 in 4.th. So if I go full throttle in 4 for a long distance it will sit mostly at 93 to 99 and only sometimes go beyond 100. I think its pretty safe to go full throttle after break in, but I will ask the dealer just to be sure. However, I reckon that you are able to just go full throttle all the time as the 5.th gear on the Monkey will not go with a lot of rpms anyway.

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 Yeah, the rations should be different. As long as 4 gear is not screaming RPMs I think topping it will be okay. The Monkey does 100km/h in 4th gear so 5th is just an overdrive.

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel Thanks for this information! Much appreciated!

what speed app are you using?

@TheNetnamChannel

9 ай бұрын

I use Ulysse.

That u use ecu standart or ecu racing for your honda monkey?

@TheNetnamChannel

4 ай бұрын

The standard one.

@TheNetnamChannel

4 ай бұрын

I am interested in an ECU Racing though. Do you have experience with these?

@greenberet8950

4 ай бұрын

I from malaysia,honda monkey is best mini fun bike.Good for long ride. Sorry in english i talking no very good

@greenberet8950

4 ай бұрын

Ecu racing no cut off engine, bike can go 110,115 km hour.

@TheNetnamChannel

4 ай бұрын

@@greenberet8950 Thanks!

Are you trying to see how long it takes to blow your engine nothing like tapping it right out on a Saturday afternoon

Ich warte auf meine neue honda monkey in schwarz 😊

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

It's an amazing bike. Good luck with the waiting. Did you order a new one and how long does it take?

@ike912

10 ай бұрын

Hab sie mittlerweile bekommen 😊

@TheNetnamChannel

10 ай бұрын

@@ike912 have fun driving ;-).

Is it something to win for person have look the 16:01 minutes ?😂

@TheNetnamChannel

8 ай бұрын

🙂

spreek je moedertaal jo

@TheNetnamChannel

5 ай бұрын

:-).

Thank you for the excellent video and information. "You meet the nicest people on a Honda".

@TheNetnamChannel

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Honda made the best commercials ever at that time ;-).

Thanks, I think this is the most accurate video of the top speed of the Monkey. You clearly show that you are not tucked, and you go both ways on the same road same time of day, so wind is same. This is really the way to do a proper topspeed video! I have the Honda Dax ST-125 and its not broken in yet, so I can only do top speed for limited distances. However, my speedometer and GPS reading is exactly the same as yours. When the speedometer is indicating 106 my GPS is reading 100 kph. It can easily do between 90 to 100 even with headwind and uphill. If I do top speed for about 2 minutes its about the same as you did here in this video. I have a small windscreen and only use 100 octane fuel (E5). Thanks, my Honda mini bike brother!

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment and good luck with breaking in the Dax. I heard indeed that it is recommended the E5 fuel instead of higher octane. Do you have an idea that the windscreen gives you a little more speed?

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannelthe windscreen will help if I tuck down a little, then most wind will pass by without hitting the body.

@TheNetnamChannel

11 ай бұрын

@@bennythomsen5974 Some say you get 5 to 6 miles per hour extra speed becausd of the windscreen. Not aure how to process this information ;-).

@bennythomsen5974

11 ай бұрын

@@TheNetnamChannel I honestly don’t know as I had it mounted by the dealer on delivery… However, I have just run a few top speed test today. Not much wind, but on a straight road no tuck, I can hit ca 98-100, on the speedometer I actually have to half tuck to get over 100 on the speedometer If I half tuck on a straight road I can hit ca 104 on the speedometer. On a slight downhill half tuck I could hit 110 kph on the speedometer. So it seems your Monkey is a little bit faster than the Dax.