this is the herald brat 250x and in this video i'm going to tell you whether this bike is worth
upgrading from your one two five now firstly i want to talk about the engine on this bike
it's okay it does seem like a very old designed engine it has a manual choke which is unheard
of on new bikes and i must say i'm not really a big fan of that i think new bikes should have
an automatic choke um so you have to sit there for a couple of minutes on your drive trying to
get the choke right with it conking out 10 times before you get going which is a bit of a pain but
it is still a very nice bike the engine is not much more powerful than the 125 it definitely
does have more power and that exhaust note does sound fantastic so i'll go into that exhaust next
so to be a bit more precise the engine is a 223 cc single cylinder four stroke
so it's not much bigger than a 125 obviously um and the power figures stated by herald a 9.9 brake
horsepower which is obviously wrong because that is less than the um one two five model
um so i'm waiting for them to send me the specs so once i have those
i'll lay in what power it actually has over the top but it doesn't feel that much more powerful
than a one two five it obviously is it's good for about 70 miles an hour really pinning it
but is it worth upgrading a one two five for this i'm not sure if it's got quite enough oomph to
justify it but maybe if you didn't have a one two five in the first place this would definitely be
a good place to start and as i was saying that exhaust sounds fantastic and it looks
really really good it looks like a custom exhaust i can't believe it's come from factory
and obviously i suppose because harold make smaller numbers of bikes compared
to big brands like harley's and triumphs and that's kind of thing they can then boycott the
regulations a little bit and make a louder exhaust similar to like with cars lamborghinis are much
more loud because they make as much smaller number of cars so they can get away with it
and this makes loads and loads of crackles and pops on the off run so you find yourself shutting
off all the time just to hear those pops and bangs um so it makes you feel like a little bit
of a young hooligan which is quite fun so if you do like loud exhaust this is definitely got one
looks wise this bike looks absolutely awesome it is very cool looking bike it's got a nice
shaped fuel tank it's got these very nice looking forks awesome sort of aluminium style
mud guards which look really nice you've got these motocross style handlebars which look really cool
nice grips on there they're nice and grippy and you've also got this nice step up seat which is
perfectly comfortable enough you've got some grab rails on the back so if you need to hold on to for
your life on the back you can do that and you have got rear pegs as standard and you've got these
nice small looking indicators which look nice and sleek and the exhaust as i said before looks
absolutely fantastic looks like a custom exhaust so i do really like the look of that that's my
favorite part of this bike you've got a single disc brake on the front and the rear the stopping
power is perfectly good enough it is actually pretty good the suspension is very good soaks up
the bumps nicely so you can have a little bit of fun on this bike maybe going down some green lanes
light off-roading it'd be good in i've taken it on some wet grass and it's span up and did
a bit of uh sideways action which was quite fun um so you definitely have some fun on this bike
so
the herald brat 250x cost 3600 pounds in the uk so it is pretty cheap
so you can't complain too much at that price point it's got upside down forks it's got
these rental fat bars which look really cool as i said before monoshock rear suspension
it is a bit underpowered that's my only thing with it but yeah what a cool bike for the price this
bike is of course a2 compatible by a long shot well under the restriction of 47 horsepower so you
can ride it on your a2 license and i think the a2 license in a way has kind of killed the 250 scene
um because they're they're you know they're in between the one two five point and then
the a2 license bike so to do your a2 license you have to do it on a 600 cc or above bike
or 400 or something and it kind of think well once you've written something that powerful why
would you want to go out and then buy something with half the power because you're already used
to a bike with double the power so it just kind of kills the point of it um so i don't
know what the sails are like on these bikes so i'm sure time will tell and they are very nice
but i think the licensing system has kind of put this in an awkward position on the market
so
this gloss green paint job that i've got the bike in here looks really lovely it's kind of
like british racing green so i'm really a fan of that and the paint quality does seem pretty
good so no issues there the parts in general the quality does seem pretty good actually
i think harold have upgrade up their game since we last rode one which was back in 2020
yeah it is a lovely bike with some decent quality parts apart from that engine a carburetor engine
in the modern day i just think it's a bit outdated it could do with a new engine in there something
a bit more modern the brat250 only weighs 140cm kilograms so it is very light and as you can see
you can just pick it up it's not very heavy and you can get around the corners nice and nimbly so
the handling is pretty good and you can just chuck it around get off roading so this bike will go
pretty much anywhere not serious off-roading doing massive jumps but yeah you could have a lot of
fun on this bike around the corners it's nice and nimble around town so it's easy to get in and out
in traffic so it'd be definitely a good city bike if you live in the city this be a great commuter
and if you wanted something small as a run around bike this could definitely be a contender
but if you didn't intend on going any green laning maybe i would get a royal enfield
meteor for a little bit more money for you know 400 quid i think i'd have the meteor
but if you did want to do some green laning um this would definitely be a good choice
so
the brat comes with pirelli scorpion rally str tyres as standard i really like these tyres
they look very cool and they are very good not brilliant in wet grass but not much is
i think for dry days on the green lanes these would be fantastic so yeah definitely help
you towards your green laning adventures the speedo tells you pretty much everything that
you need to know you've got your miles per hour a tripometer how much fuel you've got
and what gear in and then it tells you the rpms as well so yeah not really any complaints there
you've got a six-speed manual gearbox and the clutch is very light so you won't have any cramp
in your hands from putting that in especially when they're nice and cold on a cold winter's day
so i think there's no denying that this bike is pretty cool it sounds awesome
so if you're looking for a small run around on a budget this is definitely a good bike to get
my only issue with it is the engine as i've said i think they need more modern engine in
there with an automatic choke maybe a 350 with a little bit more power that would be nice but
if you're a first-time rider you're not really going to be too bothered about that
but if you are a little bit of a hooligan you want to open the taps up you might find it a little
bit slow after a month or so but yeah this is a really nice bike so if you are interested in it
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worth upgrading from your one two five i'm not so sure but yeah it's a lovely bike nonetheless
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