They can be driven with more than two years of the B car license and they have been a real ‘boom’ for mobility in cities since this validation took place in 2014. These are some of the best 125 cc motorcycles of 2022.
There are bigger bikes than these, sports bikes, faster bikes, classic style… But those that can be ridden with more than two years of the B license are light bikes, more affordable and with a trail, scrambler, enduro look… and, of course, the queens of the displacement of access for the car permit: the scooters. Here are possibly the 10 best 125cc bikes of 2022.
They are not the only ones that can be taken with this validation of the passenger car driving license, since three-wheeled motorcycles are also in this select group, as we have told you many times. However, 125 cc motorcycles have been the queens of the city for years (although now the electric ones are stiff competition) due to the practicality-price ratio.
1 Honda PCX 125. Any Honda motorcycle has an added prestige among locals and strangers, because although its price is somewhat higher than that of the competition, it has been the best-selling motorcycle last October and continues to have many followers of the values of this well-known scooter.
It is urban, simple, technological and practical, with a little more fairing and cargo possibilities than another of its range sisters that also needs no introduction, the Honda SH 125, which everyone continues to know as ‘Scoopy’ and which is characterized by having been a pioneer in having generalized the ‘high wheel’ sub-segment in our market. From 3,250 euros.
2 Honda Forza 125. It is the next step in the catalog, another of the best-selling motorcycles of this and recent years. It belongs to the segment of GT scooters, those that allow you to travel with certain guarantees through something more than urban streets full of traffic and sometimes sacrifice comfort and simplicity for certain features.
However, this has never been the case with the Forza in any of its versions. For this reason, in this case, it once again proves to be a very balanced vehicle for those who do not have an A2 driving license or, directly, do not want to spend more money increasing the displacement, since, yes, this motorcycle is not cheap , well, part of the 5,275 euros.
3 Yamaha XMax 125. It is the direct competition offered by another of the Japanese brands with the longest tradition in mopeds, motorcycles and even competition machines on two wheels. It has an even more aggressive design than the Forza, it is a bit more rigid and it has also been one of our favorites in 2022.
Its driving position is somewhat more upright than in the Forza and, as happens in the top of this segment of GT scooters in this price range, in addition to a certain space for luggage, it has standard features (exceeds 100 km) and security measures (ABS, traction control, LED headlights…) that make it more capable for ring roads. From 5,099 euros.
4 Kymco Agility City 125. It was born as direct competition to the Scoopy, but little by little it has been carving its own niche in the disputed segment of 125 cc high-wheel scooters, direct inheritors of simplicity and handling for inexperienced hands that the old mopeds derived directly from bicycles had.
Today it does not incorporate the practical ‘top-case’ or chest that I brought as a gift years ago, but instead it is an even more comfortable, silent city motorcycle… and it ‘sells’, with all the law, the having gone one step ahead, precisely, in European anti-emission regulations (such as Euro 5 for which it is prepared. From 2,399 euros.
5 SYM Symphony 125. This other Taiwanese brand long ago stopped going ‘in the slipstream’ of Kymco and also began to launch its own interesting range of products, with increasingly improved quality, designs with more personality and finishing and maintenance packages that made the complex more and more affordable.
For this reason, it is not surprising that the Symphony model has also become a bestseller in this niche market, with high wheels and flat floors, for the more urban daily life. In fact, its price starts at 2,899 euros, but although it takes less care of aesthetic details than the Agility City, it does come standard with the rear trunk and 5-year warranty, as the main incentives.
6 Vespa Primavera 125. The legendary Italian brand is considered a pioneer in the creation of the scooter as we know it today, 75 years after its motorcycle conception went around the world. For this reason, none of its models is the cheapest on the market, because everything here is subordinated to design, tradition… and having an icon with all its accessories.
From its extensive, diverse and colorful catalog (in which the latest technology and connectivity of the Piaggio Group are not neglected either), we are left with the Vespa Primavera for access to the 125 range, which already comes with a Euro 5 engine, ABS front, wide range of colors and a starting price of 4,899 euros.
7 KTM Duke 125. We now enter the gear alternatives to ‘let go’ in the world of two wheels before jumping to higher displacements and with a performance bonus that scooters do not have anywhere near. A real moto-moto recognizable from a long distance and designed to do longer routes.
With the Duke 125, the mythical Austrian firm does not want to be the most economical either, but to offer quality in abundance, its own design and sensations of vertigo as soon as you turn on the ignition and accelerate, with a very unusual response in this market segment and a absolutely characteristic sound. From 5,149 euros.
8 Kawasaki Ninja 125. In this case, we are also talking about another icon of motorcycles with accessible displacement gears, by price or by driving license, which offer a lot of pepper and fun to the uninitiated, to very young people or the people who do not conceive of mobility without that extra enjoyment.
And instead of going to the quintessential naked Kawa family, the Z range, we look rather at a similar but faired product, nicknamed with another term that has also become a brand of the house: Ninja: The Kawasaki Ninja 125 offers a differentiated aesthetic, sportsmanship, brilliant behavior and certain joys in driving, from 5,025 euros.
9 Mash Seventy 125cc. We were also participants as a brand in this motorcycle firm some years ago, with a curious French origin of mechanics made in China and a big motorcycle appearance from its access models… 50 cc and with gears! This is unusual, but the bet is not exactly unsuccessful.
For this reason, we include this model among the best small displacement motorcycles for quality, price and look. Because even if you see touches of ‘café racer’ type sports style or Gulf colors like the one in the photo, what prevails here above all else is an unmistakable retro style. Specifically, the Seventy model that you see here is available from 2,500 euros plus the cost of registration.
10 Zontes U1 125. And we finish this post in the form of a list dedicated to some of the best 125 cc motorcycles of 2022 with Zontes, a brand with a very varied range that is becoming increasingly well-known in countries like Spain and that, not in in vain, month after month it appears in the top-10 of the best-selling frames in our country.
High and low wheel scooters, GT scooters, sports, naked… Zontes has all of this, but on this occasion, we are inclined to close this selection with a copy belonging to another segment that few manufacturers can boast of: that of the small trails Thus, you have this 125 U1 model, from 3,589 euros, for those who want to start (also) off the asphalt.
