anyone know anything about honda CG125's

[kwak zzr]

just got a honda cg125 for my dad to mess around with,i dont know much about them but its d reg with 24000 miles on the clock! i just wondered if any of u had any experience with this awsome track tool :oops: because many of us did our cbt's on them. its a bit low on oil do they burn it or what?

[richwill68]

At 24,000 miles it may use a little oil. Not an issue, just check often it and top up as necessary. Generally bullet-proof! :D

[Carsick]

After a decent number of miles the rings are probably on their way out, that'll make it burn oil.
I wouldn't worry about it, though, just top up as necessary.
Mine had done 27k when I bought it and was on 30 something k when I sold it. Only problems I had with it were that if it got left without being started for more than a few weeks then it took about an hour to get started again.
It never once had a working battery in it, and it was 3 months before I noticed that the battery lead had snapped and therefore wasn't even connected anymore.
They're pretty indestructable, so long as you don't try to go round corners too fast. They're very forgiving but there's only so much that square tyres and a bendy frame can cope with.

[Saint Matt]

I had one for a "courtesy bike" while my sv was getting restricted. Was great fun, me and a mate sam were bunny hopping it! I out-accellerated him on his RS125 to about 15mph! Wow! I almost got the pegs down on it, was awesome. Another mate also wheelied it down my street!

[kwak zzr]

can i just put castrol 10/40 car oil in it?

[Saint Matt]

They'll run on water.....probably

[Carsick]

I put standard 10/40 oil in it and had no problems.

[Carsick]

I put standard 10/40 oil in it and had no problems.
Actually, that's not true, I had loads of problems, but I think they were due to the bike already being pretty much knackered, not my choice of oil.

[kwak zzr]

my dads 65 and i gets abit ****ed off when he see's me on the sv because he too is an x biker. so this will give him something to play with! i give £350 for it and was 1 of 7 that went to buy it(i got there first) i did'nt know they were so poular? i had a suzuki gp 100 for my CBT. :oops:

[Carsick]

I made profit on mine. Got it for £100 non-runner. Messed about with it to get it started, sent it for MOT, ran it for a year, passed my test and sold it for £150 runner but no MOT and needing work for MOT.

[kwak zzr]

:thumbsup: its not very often you make money on a bike.

[Carsick]

and the only ones you're likely to do it on are the learner legal ones. They cost far too much new for the time that most people will keep them so the second hand market is always thriving.

[muddycoffee]

I had one which was 10 years old in 1988. It did 125 mpg. And it was a great little bike. I bought it for £140 and sold it 2 years later for £240 I passed my Part 2 test on it. And went on to a 1979 250 superdream which I bought for £75..
Remember I was a student, what great days..

It had a simple little overhead valve engine with pushrods. And was very easy to keep in good nick. I used to check the clearences and timing, and I once changed the Cylinder gasket. Which you can do in about half an hour. Easy-peasy..

[mysteryjimbo]

On this talk of 125's i'm going to start a new thread.

[kwak zzr]

the good old days!
http://www.thebikereview.com/iup/get8.asp?ID=904

[OldBoy]

It's worth checking the ignition timing.:!:

Had a CB100 in the early 80's, it's the overhead cam version with 25 cc less.
Although the previous owner had it serviced by the dealer the points and timing were miles out.
Made a big difference with correct settings.

Cruising speed 56-58 mph, 105 mpg.
Brilliant little bike, did about 10k miles on it. :D

[kwak zzr]

i'll have a look but i havent a clue what i'm doing, it seems to tick over abit slow?

[twotime]

I've just bought one of these for my missus to learn on. absolutely brilliant, it's bullet proof. We've alreayd gone through a couple of sts of indicators :lol: but dsoesn't seem to mind falling over on it's side....

paid £400 for a 1990 with 14k on the clock, 12 motnhs mot and 12 month's tax. Still running on the firts tank of petrol we put in it three weeks ago :shock:

brilliant learner tool.

Whatever you do don't be tempted to buy one of the new cheap asian import bikes popping up all voer the place, they say they are reliable with honda copy parts but the build quality is shocking! exhausts regularly snapping of etc. don't touch with a barge pole.

[Lou M]

I'm embarrassed to say that I bought one when I started to learn, brand new as couldn't find second hand, sold it 5 months later when I passed my test - for 1/2 the price I paid for it. So dumb! :oops:

Really should have kept that bike!

[kwak zzr]

its an iconic bike :D ,sorry to hear you lost loads tho :(