Motorcycle specifications Mash125 Dirt Track 2020 We cross the city... all the way across?

A new color arrives in 2020, with a distinctive physiognomy: it's backed up by the round headlight kit. Interested parties can thus choose a trend and a face, to more or less mark its presence without wavering in the threat. The porthole gives it more of a scrambler look than a dirt bike. But on the handlebars, nothing changes.

To get out and about on a variety of trails, the biker who's a bit sporty and/or country-style has multiple 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, 250 and 650).

but let's get one thing straight right away: it's not designed for speedway gliding at 150 kph. 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 take a different, more curious look at the U.S.-style dirt track. This Mash seems to have observed a lot to attract attention.

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