2014 Honda Activa 125 Review: Vision over Visibility

Summing it up:

What did we find missing? apart from our fantasizing colleague who wanted a refrigerator under the seat, surprisingly, there is no parking brake on the Activa 125, which makes you feel skeptical about parking it on a slope. The rear view mirrors do not cover the view behind too well. Also, the left brake lever on our test scooter had to be pressed real hard for ignition to work.

The Activa 125 from Honda is better than the Activa 110 in every aspect, except that it costs more.  Priced at around 70,000 Rs on-road Mumbai, for the deluxe version with alloy wheels and disc brakes and around 64,000 Rs for the standard version that comes without it, the scooter is priced only marginally more than your cell phone which fell from a tree while Newton was busy interviewing a man called Steve.

The Honda Activa 125 will appeal to those with a vision to offload that unnecessary stress of riding a motorcycle with the clutch half pressed and the left foot constantly changing gears. People who’d rather arrive home comfortably, say hello to the lift-man, greet the wife with a smile, smile some more even if the kid hasn’t finished his homework and spend the energy saved in more constructive activities. These visionaries will then be seen on a motorcycle, just before dawn, on a Sunday morning, when the world doesn’t push them onto the pavement, when they have the sound of birds for company and the roads will be devoid of traffic stricken PYTs applying make-up in their pink colored cars.

Honda is offering these stress relieving machines in four colors, Midnight Blue Metallic (One we tested), Black, Pearl Sunbeam White and Sword Silver Metallic. Take your pick.

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