Motorcycle specifications Mash125 Dirt 2018 We cross the city... all the way across?

To get out and about on a variety of trails, the biker who's a bit sporty and/or country-style has many destinations in the morning. Trail rides, cross-country moguls, enduro rides of varying degrees of difficulty, and so on.
But there's a discipline that's not very popular with us, but very popular with the Americans: dirt track. Keeping the dirt track aspect (or similar), you prepare the glide, do away with the front brakes and throw everything you can at an oval. Mash thought there was something to be found in this area. And they've come up with a machine to match: the Dirt 125 (also available in 50).

mind you, let's get one thing straight right away: this isn't a bike to be slid along at 150 km/h on a speedway. Like the Canada Dry, this bike just looks like one. And the result is pretty good. With its big front plate flanked by a chunky number 4, the machine looks ready to leap out of the gate. It's a pity, though, that it had to be fitted with a piece of lenticular headlight. But for road use, it's not much of a choice. Piquant, almost waspish, the machine's silhouette makes it look like it came out of the championship. Megaphone exhaust, large guiodn, tapered, stitched saddle, rear shock absorbers and "racing" rain tires are enough to make you think about riding on greasy ground.

the motorization is much quieter than the design. As with the manufacturer's other 125s, it's an air-cooled 124 cm3 single-cylinder with modest power. Old-fashioned technology in the bowels and 11.6 horsepower obtained at 8750 rpm. These figures are more appealing for urban use than for the racetrack. But there's nothing to stop you forgetting the 300 mm front brake and trying out some sago crosses at measured speed - with a bit of technique and in the right place, of course.

let's stay pragmatic. The Mash 125 Dirt is technically an urban bike with an itchy mouth. The finish shows the brand's efforts to give more cachet to these low-cost-vintage machines. Witness the polished, hand-painted and varnished fuel tank, the remote license plate holder, the aviation brake hoses, the backsplash with integrated light, or the post-classic fuel cap. Now let's look at the U.S.-style dirt track from a different angle and with more curiosity. This Mash seems to have observed a lot to attract attention.

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