This is the 3 years point for owning the Honda Wave 125i. It has preformed very well over the time. We have just put new tires on it although they weren't worn out the were getting soft. We replaced the stock Dunlop 17in Rubber with some nice stiff IRC Racing tires. These can run flat without much issue as the side walls are thick. We being heavy foreigners like the added support so when we hip a dip in the road it doesn't seem like you going to go flat.
All in All we have had many oil changes, every few month we change it when the 2nd gear seems stiff. This is the only bad thing i can admit about it is when the oild has been used a month or two the second gear it stiff and hard to click into. Local mechanic say this is a common defect among all the Honda class signle cylinder 125cc motors.
The best thing my wife and i can agree is about the money saved driving it to work and the time saved as well. Usually we sat in the car for 20 minutes or more in bumper to bumper traffic. But with the motorcycle we can get to work in about 10 minutes with minimal stopping, we can go to the front each time we get stopped and not have to get behind a row of 10 cars driving slowly. It is also amazing about the gasoline we have used in three years. equivalent to about 4-5 normal fill ups of a four door car in the USA we have powered our bike on only 60 gallons of gasoline in the entire 3 years we have owned it and driven it 10,000 kilometers (about 6,000miles).
We get on average 150-170 miles per gallon. The 1 gallon tank gets filled up about once a week at a cost of about $3.50 for premium. It can run on Gasohol, 85% to 15% alcohol, but we like using premium. The bike only puts out minute particulate, and meets 2012 California clean air regulations. It has a catalytic converter built into the exhaist and it it very clean. Offering a family of five the chance to anywhere for almost nothing each week.
