Honda Shine— Ride with Shine

The new Honda Shine 125 has a similar appearance to the previous model. That is, however, a good thing because Indians adore the Shine’s delicate nature, which is one of the numerous reasons for the Shine’s popularity in the country. The Honda Shine 125 has always been a straightforward commuter bike.

Thanks to many chrome highlights on the body panels, the revised BS6 model has a subtle design language and is luxurious.

The new Honda Shine 125 features chrome outlines around the angular headlamp, as well as a blacked-out visor upfront.

This 125cc commuter motorcycle’s side profile hasn’t altered much over the years, and it’s easy to tell it’s the Honda Shine. The bike now boasts new beautiful graphics on the body panels, giving it a pleasing look.

The exhaust muffler and body panels have modest chrome inserts, and the gasoline tank has a chrome-embellished three-dimensional Honda logo.

The Honda Shine 125’s rear appearance features a halogen tail lamp and body-coloured grip rails. In India, the new Honda Shine 125 BS6 is available in four colour options. Black, Athletic Blue Metallic, Geny Grey Metallic, and Rebel Red Metallic are the colours.

The new Honda Shine has a length of 2046 mm, a width of 737 mm, and 1116 mm. The motorbike has a 1285 mm wheelbase and is rather light, weighing in at roughly 114 kg for the drum brake type and 115 kilograms for the disc brake variant.

The redesigned Honda Shine features a seat height of 791 mm, making it suitable for short and tall riders.

The bike incorporates a ground clearance of 162 mm, which may appear low on paper. Yet, it manages to glide over poorly constructed speed breakers or bumpy surfaces in real-world situations.

The new Honda Shine incorporate a fuel tank capacity of 10.5-litres, which is quite decent.

The new Honda Shine 125 gets equipped with a BS6-compliant 124cc single-cylinder air-cooled engine with Honda’s programmed electronic fuel injection system. Honda’s Enhanced Smart Power (eSP) technology also gets included in the new Shine, which improves both performance and fuel efficiency.

It also has Honda’s Eco Technology (HET) and an ACG silent starter motor, which eliminates gear meshing noise and allows you to start the bike without a jolt in one go.

This Shine’s new BS6 motor produces 10.7 PS of peak power at 7500 RPM and 11 Nm of peak torque at 6000 RPM. The engine now gets paired with a 5-speed manual transmission.

The BS4 Honda Shine used to come with a 4-speed manual transmission.

The Honda Shine always get noted for its smooth power delivery and excellent refinement levels, and the revised BS6 motor is even better. The new Honda Shine 125 BS6 is a fantastic performer with enough punch for city riding.

The Shine seems relatively easy to ride in the city or congested areas, thanks to its strong acceleration and new 5-speed manual transmission, which has light and effortless gear shifts.

The Honda Shine 125 BS6 also has excellent fuel economy. This BS6 honda shine mileage per litre in real-world riding situations touches the figure of around 55-60 km/l, which is perfect for a 125cc commuter motorcycle.

The Honda Shine 125 get upgraded with a diamond frame. It has telescopic forks in the front and hydraulic type 5-step adjustable dual shock-absorbers in the back for suspension.

Thanks to its good suspension setup, the Honda Shine has superb ride quality and is one of the best-selling 125cc motorcycles in rural areas.

The bike’s rear brake is a 130 mm drum brake, while the front is either a 240 mm disc or a 130 mm drum unit. The Shine has good braking performance as well, and it comes with CBS, or Combined Braking System, as an added safety feature.

The Shine’s Combi Braking System ensures that the motorcycle comes to a complete stop in a short amount of time. It is accomplished by automatically applying front brakes whenever the rear brake gets pressed.

The tyres on this motorcycle are 18-inch HET tubeless.

Both tyres are 80/100-18 and have a low rolling resistance to help you save money on gas.

A new analogue instrument cluster gets added to the Honda Shine 125. It is, however, lacking in features. This instrument cluster merely shows the most basic ride-related data, such as the speedometer and odometer.

A fuel gauge, a display for warning lights, and a new DC headlamp also get included.

Honda Shine bikes are available in four different colours-

• Black
• Geny Gray metallic
• Rebel Red Metallic
• Athletic Blue Metallic

Variants of Honda CB Shine

The Honda CB Shine is available in two variants:

• Honda Shine Drum
• Honda Shine Disc