Fully Loaded Test Ride | New Motorcycle Luggage for my Honda Trail 125 

As an owner of a 1970 Honda Trail 90, this video makes me smile.

These small bikes steal your heart. I’m betting you have a one of a kind unique adventure that you’ll always remember. Very much looking forward to your retelling of the tale 👍🏻

I was wondering where you’ve been. Happy to see a new video! Keep ‘em coming my friend.

Proof that any bike is capable of an adventure👍. Thanks for sharing.

Boy oh boy..!. a new video after a long long time .. A big fan of your work .. 🙂

Being an ultralight moto camper, I'm usually not a fan of hard panniers, even on large bikes, but somehow, they work on the Trail 125. The Touratech aluminum panniers aren't cheap, but they aren't cheap panniers! It's obvious where the money went. There is value at any price point and this is some high end value. I'm cheap, but I can see spending $2000 for the Touratach frame and panniers, even on a $4000 Trail 125. This is the only Trail 125 moto camping video that didn't look like the Beverly Hillbillies with stuff bungee corded everywhere. This setup looked good and clean. In light of Moto Giant's recent 80 MPH high side when a sleeping bag went into his rear wheel, I'm even more fussy about how I secure loads. I've always tended to think of moto camping as the faster and farther version of mountain bike camping. I'm not in a huge hurry so the Trail 125 appeals to me, even though I'm a big guy. I want the green one, though. 😀 I hope you do many Trail 125 moto camping trips. This is great! I'll never tire of this content.

AMAZING! Thank you for taking the time to make this excellent video! I am becoming a major HONDA 125cc camping bike enthusiast... seems great way to visit and camp all US National Parks... -tibor

Great news Sterling. Look forward to your adventure. Nice to see "You Back."

Absolutely love the music and the feel of this video. Nailed it man!

Fantastic camera work....beautiful scenery. Looking forward to next chapter

Love the music Sterling!

Beyond the rock formations, these mountains were also the last stronghold of Chiricahua/Apache Indians led by Geronimo. The ones who surrendered were treated harshly as POWs by the American government and were later exiled to Oklahoma or NM. There is sadness there in those rocks too.

Sterling is the man. Every video has these beautiful panoramic dreamscapes. Have a great trip - go a little slower and enjoy it more! ✨

Sterling's Excellent Adventures !! Beautiful desert scenery! Thanks for taking us along...

I've taken my CT 125 on a few 100+ mile rally rides and a 250 mile over night ride. I've had it now for going on two years and I still haven't "clicked" with it but I am still trying. It's convenient when I need to run down the street real quick but I don't live in an area where it's easy to explore right from my home and I don't live in an urban area conducive to scooter type activities either. I'll keep finding excuses to hop on it and take it for a spin and it's not costing me much to keep it in the corner of the garage either so for now it gets to stay in my stable. The Touratech panniers and rack are super cool for a bike like this but I agree, without sponsorship like you yourself have, very few will do the same. Looking forward to seeing videos covering your future trip on the Trail and I hope I am able to finally snag a ticket to the rally next year so that I can finally attend haha.

be safe as always,,look forward to the videos coming,,,,,,be well...

Awesome episode,stunning scenery,glad to see you out and about again.

It has perfect speed to enjoy the scenery

I’m glad to see you back. This is a great new project

Godspeed sir. You are lucky to have such wilderness on your doorstep. Enjoyed the video, thank you.

Jeeze thought you were dead 😅 good to see you back and biking!

You just popped up on my phone and I found it interesting to see such an adventure on such a small bike. I've got a R1250RS and recently added a RE 350 Classic and enjoy the smaller bike. I can understand the charm of even a smaller bike. 👍👍

Looks great! Can’t wait to see your tiny bike camping video! 👍

Looking forward to this series! People call me crazy for doing 3000 mile two week trips from my home on the central Oregon coast to Southern Arizona on my BMW G310GS. This is going to be fun !

Glad to see you back again. From another as we call them here, down under, Postie, rider, sure looking forward to some great videos. As for the weight of your gear, these bike often carry two or three people in Asia without any problems. See you soon..From Australia.

I am looking forward to your video series on your CT125. That should be a blast. Thanks for all the hard work making the videos

Loving it!!, glad you're back in the saddle, looking forward to the new trip👍

the trip was great. The natural landscape of the mountains and forests is truly majestic, I love your videos

Small bike, - small tires + full load, = may want to carry a spare tire. (depending on how remote you're going, but you'll be riding by now 👍🏼)

I use a 110cc Chinese knock-off bike down here in Mexico, fully loaded in the open road. 9 Hrs a day are enough to cover 300 miles with 3 gallons of gasoline. Tire selection is important though, I replaced the tires with Michelin ones. Change the oil every 1,000 miles, clean and oil the chain after every ride.

Lighter is better. Would you really need a powerful GS on those roads? You'd pass the lookout points much faster ;-) Those hard panniers are comfortable to load, but vulnerable once they fall. On ACT Croatia we had GSes tip over and bend their hard panniers, their lids wouldn't close. Several engineers pressing and pushing made them work okayish, while the other with soft panniers had no problem. Looking forward to your episodes of that trip, Günter/Nürnberg

I absolute love this channel! Safe travels.

Hello from Utah. Nice to see you back in action. Cheers!

I love small bikes as my primary bike. Especially as I age and weaken. I'd rather you use a trailer. Less injury to you when those boxes magnify instability and hurt your leg. Also get comfortable fixing g a rear wheel pinched flat tire. Comes with the territory my friend

This Video has Toooo Beeee the very best yet to date on the little Honda "Pony" Motorcycle🫡 I have watched dozens..... 👍💯😎

Greatly looking forward to your next video on the extended 2 week trip. Be safe, don't spend too much time in the saddle, take lots of breaks 👍

If you've ever been to Asia, you'll know that little Honda motorcycles are capable of carrying tremendous loads. No worries, Sterling!

Good vid Sterling. Like those bikes. Reminds me of times when that was pretty much all we had. Make the most of them and roll on. Life is an adventure.

Stunning area south east Arizona

excellent setup. Can't wait to see how it goes.

Nice to see you back on the road, I also have the same Marrakesh and love it and got a Touratech adventuro helmet ( even if i only ride asphalt) with no peak , thank you for sharing another one of your great video., will definitely be here to see your small bike adventure Alain & Yellow

This place looks amazing..i am desperately trying to relocate to this area..motorcycle heaven. Searching for hospitals to work at all around this area. Shoutout from westmonroe la.

sterling, its fun riding a small light bike on adv rides as the adventure is still there and no one wants heavier bike, but I find when I'm away from NZ riding on hire bikes or on a organised tour thru other countries I really miss the fun factor of power and the comfort of my own setup bike, home its a KTM 500exc and overseas its xr150, klr650,etc. big difference. I find it safer riding a powerful, but still light bike, get front wheel over obstacles and way better suspension which helps keep me away from hospital food. if I won lotto I would have a ktm500 in lots of different places, but that's dreaming. good videos keep it up

Loving the CT125, it grew on me during a 2600 Mile Tour…Cheers Dean

Watching from Philippines

Nice setup. You happen to have an affiliate link to the canvas engine guard bottle holders? Love the videos!

I learned to ride on a 1967 Honda step through my dad had looked basically exactly the same I was 4 yrs old in 1974 I stood up on the step through part didn't shift just rode it around .

Very Cool, looking forward to seeing how it goes!

You videos are great thanks for sharing, irish guy watching from thailand .

Great to see you back Sterling; just goes to show that a big BMW isn’t totally necessary! Did you have to ‘beef up’ the rear suspension? All the best from Cambridge UK🇬🇧

That looks like a great set up but living in South Australia if I was going to get something like this I'd most probably just buy an ex postie bike. They come with most of that stuff already fitted . Another great video.

Safe trip and great episode

Awesome video, thanks for sharing this with us all. Trail 90 was my first bike back in the day. Been pondering getting a new one or a Ural.

These bikes are so so cool!

FYI - pannier is French and pronounced panyay. The “r” is silent. Typically, if there isn’t a vowel at the end of the word, the consonant isn’t stressed.

C90 adventures guy has ridin his bike around the world

Great video! Wondering what the make and model of your top case is? Is it also Touratech?

Super! My first bike was a 1972 Honda CT 70 dual sport (which looks similar to this) and it hauled me and my dad up some gnarly off-road mountains, through swamps and on the pavement! That little bike has sparked a lifetime of curiosity and adventure. Now I'm keeping my eyes open for a 125 like this for the farm! Question: What are the two black carrying cases you've got strapped to your engine bars? I looked on your Amazon site but couldn't find them. I would love to have something easily accessible to strap to my Norden 901 to carry my water bottles near the front of my bike. Thanks.

Very cool, Sterling! I'm looking at some used Zegas for my new old bike! I hope to get back out there more!! Is this the bike you were one when we talked at Expo??

Those are great bikes, from all I’ve seen in videos and read about. I don’t own one and have never ridden one. At a glance I think you’ll notice it could stand some suspension upgrades for hauling all your gear. It otherwise looked like it was doing fine!😀👍 You may have mentioned it but how much does all your gear total? Thanks for the video.

Man that looks fun. How the scoot handle with the added weight? Looks like a work mule. Fun doesn't have to make since. As long as it's fun.

the lighter/ smaller, the better. One does not need a GSA to do such things Incidentally, I rode a couple of times for 13 hrs but that got me wasted. Eight hours is the max for me, less makes the day more enjoyable.

Safe travels

Sterling, why no full-face helmet? Scenery great though.😢

Great video.

You are crazy I love it

That water bottle looks familiar.

Unrelated, but what shoes did you wear in the thumbnail?

Will be looking forward to your tiny bike big adventure series!

Those hondas are bullit proof i see allot of delivery guys buying them in thailand there a nice looking small bike that. Can go anywhere if it had grippy tires

Will this little Honda be taking you very far north? Plain Washington?

What is the best motorcycle for traveling that you can recommend, a brand that does not cause problems?

Hey Stirling great to see you back 👌 , what do you think of the Marrakesh jacket and what was it like in the heat ? , I’ve just got one and I’m off to Southern Spain in a weeks time 👍

Sterling, I’m wondering what you think the average mpg would be on your GS, under the same parameters as your 20 mph on the Honda 125, as an apples-to-apples comparison. Thanks, and looking forward to your upcoming ride video/s!

I might have missed it but I'm curious what your motivation is for taking the 125 on a big trip rather than one of your bigger bikes. No judgment here, everyone should ride whatever they want, but I am curious.

You need to oil your chain dry as a desert...

Wow, lol. Enjoy

Thanks for another great video. I'm very eager to watch the video of the Trail 125 on a longer trip. Most of us make videos to extemporaneously document our moto camping trips. These videos are so much better because the primary focus is the video with the moto camping enjoyed in addition to that. Drone shots, ride by shots, careful framing of very scenic places... it all takes a lot of time as well as artistry, but it really shows in the finished product. #WorthTheEffort

Stock shocks? How much do the racks weigh? Thanks

What brand are the front pouches? with the bottle in it. Seems handy

Great Bike!

In an age of excess horsepower & overblown adventure bikes, this is delightfully absurd at the complete opposite end of the spectrum. Can’t say I’d ever go there, but it’s amusing to see, when everyone else is drifting sideways in wheel spinning frenzied rally mode on 100+hp behemoths.

sponsorship is a have really. if any product was absolute rubbish and the wearer didn't like it at all would they say, "this is absolute crap, worst I've ever worn" NO its hard enough getting people who paid full price for things to be honest

👍👍🌷🌷❤❤🌹🌹👌👌

A tiny little motorbike being made the norm.. Just like other third world countries.

unscribed when you tried to sell me somebodies shzt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Less is more

Wondering what all the storage racks weigh in addition to your luggage. All the best!

Buy Happy trails aluminum panniers are much cheaper and just as good

I my self ride Kawasaki KZ200 1983 to many place on solo ride. One thing i like from japanese motorcycle,them the most easiest to handle especially when you were on solo riding on rallying point

Bloody awesome scenery!

Sure a nice video,got the brain a thinking,get a toy hauler head your way this winter ,leave the 1200 GS home for a winter nap,get something small to see the south west with this winter,yep you got me a 🤔

Will be interesting to see how this goes

When you remove tyre start at the valve,and fitting finish at the valve.dont bend the levers right over.thsts why the tube is nipped.

... now compute the unlimited fun factor.... 😂😂😂

I think this video shows Touratech in a great light. Smart company.

Sterling don’t forget to record your cooking segments on your trip 👍 I for one enjoy that and it gives me idea’s for my trips Have fun out there and keep up the good work.

This should be a fun one

Looking forward to this one, Sterling🤙🏻

Good to see ya, be careful out there.