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Honda Is Going To Make An Even Smaller Monkey Mini-Bike: Report
Honda Is Going To Make An Even Smaller Monkey Mini-Bike: Report-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:14:01

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Even though Honda’s Monkey mini-bike is already diminutive retro ride, a report from Autocar India points to patent filings that suggest another, even smaller Monkey could be on its way to production.

Autocar India that patents suggest that a new off-road-style mini-bike is under development by Honda. This bike would slot below the current Grom-based Monkey 125, itself a revival of the original 1960s Monkey.

The current Grom-based Monkey.

That bike, , first came to the American market in 1968 with an 49cc motor and proportions that made riders of all sizes bow their arms and legs awkwardly around the little machine. It was small but it was tough. Tough enough to . Yeah.

Honda’s Monkey is an iconic tiny bike from days gone by, and when the company re-introduced the…

That bike lasted in production in various guises until 2017 when it got replaced by the current bike. But apparently it didn’t take Honda long to realize that the new bike is quite a bit bigger than what it replaced and that they needed another bike, more closely sized to the old product.

An original Monkey

The report continues to speculate that this bike will be based on a scooter rather than another motorcycle. The new mini-Monkey, Autocar India says, could be based on the , a scooter that provided a basis for a few different mini-bikes including the .

A Honda Activa. Not all that off-road-y, huh.

Should this bike launch, it would likely occupy a price point below the current Monkey’s already low $3,999 price-point, though it is unknown whether it will even make it to the states. Autocar India expresses some doubt that the bike will be sold in the motorbike-crazed subcontinent, so I think it’s even more doubtful we will see these over here as well.

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