Honda

With the rapidly growing popularity of small bore motorbikes these days, something we have documented frequently here at Road Dirt, Honda reached out and asked if we’d like to ride and review the 2025 Dax 125, otherwise known as the Trail 125. One look at the bike, it’s old school “t-bone” frame and design, and I had to ride one. It so recalled my cousin‘s old Trail 70, it made me think back and wish I had not been so easily deterred by that small pipe burn as a youngster.

Riding Honda’s 750 and 1000 Hornet

by Rob Brooks | Jun 10, 2025 | Bikes & Gear | 2 |

I’m riding a 2025 Honda CB750 Hornet on this our first of a two-day press demo of the new Hornet 750 and 1000 models, and the roar of this 755cc twin as I’m galloping through the swift traffic is fueling my thirst to pin the throttle. This engine is howling, daring me to pour more coal to the fire. I’m obliging, at least as much as I’m able in the fast, dense traffic. Soon, we catch the front group, traffic thins as we roll northeast past Roseville, and we settle into a nice 75 mph cadence heading for the hill country before us.

The Worst Road In The World

by Ted Edwards | Jun 9, 2025 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 3 |

Two weeks deep into my journey through the west I am passing through Tonopah to overnight at Ely and eventually ride the Bonneville Salt Flats. Highway 6 connects Tonopah to Ely, a 168 mile stretch of highway dissecting the hot gut of Nevada. There are no services on the road, no towns, no stops, no gas stations, no civilization, not a damn thing. One hundred and sixty eight miles of empty. This crappy Subway restaurant is the last oasis on the way to nowhere, and my last taste of electricity, indoor plumbing and air conditioning. At least the employees here are friendly, or trying to be.

Honda Hits Motorcycle Milestone

by Road Dirt Crew | May 23, 2025 | Industry & Racing | 0 |

500 million motorcycles, in 76 years. We can’t even fully get our heads around that. Mind boggling. It seemed appropriate that Honda would make the announcement from India, as in most parts of the world, definitely in India, motorcycles are a vital means of transportation, not just recreation.

Moto Misfortune

by Rob Brooks | Mar 6, 2025 | Nuts & Bolts, Ride Life | 0 |

First published years ago by Rebecca Dudley of the News-Tribune, she shared the story of a biker who pushed his motorcycle from his front patio into his living room, where he began to clean the engine with some rags and a small bowl of gasoline. When he finished, he sat on the bike and decided to fire it up, to make sure everything was in running order.
Yes, in the living room.