DOn't buy old banger Honda CG125 bikes from E-Bay

[Jayneflakes]

Just replaced the head light bulb as of this morning...

Bugger!

Next.

Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

Just replaced the head light bulb as of this morning...

Bugger!

Next.

Wrong end. My psychic powers are waning....

Next: back light!

Your CG sounds liek my dullville. Everytime I go for a ride I think - now what will break this time. Last failure was the gear shift - pedal snapped off at the ball joint. It has had a very hard 98k of abuse to deal with though. The blue smoke when pulling away will be my next source of wow i imagine

Test Friday?

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by philbut

Your CG sounds liek my dullville. Everytime I go for a ride I think - now what will break this time. Last failure was the gear shift - pedal snapped off at the ball joint. It has had a very hard 98k of abuse to deal with though. The blue smoke when pulling away will be my next source of wow i imagine

I thought that blue smoke was supposed to be there, my CG has some of that too. As I understand it, you only worry when there is no smoke, that means the engine is not running!

Poor Henry has been through it though, he has had Learner plates on him from new I think and some days it shows.

Originally Posted by Ed

Test Friday?

Module one test on Friday Ed.

Basically riding around the closed off car park, weaving through cones and making sure I do a life saver every time I go near the bike.

One of Carol's mates went through a load of it with me today and said I did OK, only picking up three minors out of an allowable fifteen. I was really impressed with his instruction and have been filling in the gaps where I have not picked it up from Carol.

Carol is taking me down to the test centre on Friday, me on the CG and her on the SV. After that, I just have to book my big test, the forty five minute ordeal by fire that is Module two...

Scared now.

Good luck for Friday then from another member of the blue smoke club

Originally Posted by Jayneflakes

I thought that blue smoke was supposed to be there, my CG has some of that too. As I understand it, you only worry when there is no smoke, that means the engine is not running!

Poor Henry has been through it though, he has had Learner plates on him from new I think and some days it shows.




Module one test on Friday Ed.

Basically riding around the closed off car park, weaving through cones and making sure I do a life saver every time I go near the bike.

One of Carol's mates went through a load of it with me today and said I did OK, only picking up three minors out of an allowable fifteen. I was really impressed with his instruction and have been filling in the gaps where I have not picked it up from Carol.

Carol is taking me down to the test centre on Friday, me on the CG and her on the SV. After that, I just have to book my big test, the forty five minute ordeal by fire that is Module two...

Scared now.

Good luck on the test. I'm glad I got in before I had to do all this!

CG shouldn't have blue smoke, only two-strokes should smoke normally. Blue smoke means you're burning oil, but being a CG unless it is billowing out you should be able to ignore it! Someone will in due course give you a list of potential causes, but I can't think of any right now.

2 broken throttle cables? Have you checked for electrical issues? Might be using throttle cable as earth.

Originally Posted by natcar

2 broken throttle cables? Have you checked for electrical issues? Might be using throttle cable as earth.

Having worked in the cable industry for a long time, biggest cause of fatigue is routing, ie not smooth flow or lack of lubrication, depending on outer jacket and inner lining.
But, you can get 2 identical size cables and the destruction load for the 2 would be quite different.
I would guess its the cheap cable rather than anything, not being spec'ed enough for the job its doing.
But there are other factors as well, quality of barrell or how its been attached by the manufacturers, can it rotate freely in its housing etc etc.

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by specialone

Having worked in the cable industry for a long time, biggest cause of fatigue is routing, ie not smooth flow or lack of lubrication, depending on outer jacket and inner lining.
But, you can get 2 identical size cables and the destruction load for the 2 would be quite different.
I would guess its the cheap cable rather than anything, not being spec'ed enough for the job its doing.
But there are other factors as well, quality of barrell or how its been attached by the manufacturers, can it rotate freely in its housing etc etc.

The first one broke because it was old and worn out, the nipple snapped right off the end. I went to a cheap place and bought a replacement cable, which was a lot thinner, it was a universal cable that I had to solder the end on to, the cable snapped because it was too thin and there was friction at the junction where the cable splits into two.

I have now fitted a genuine Honda full cable, including new splitter and cables for throttle and accelerator pump. The whole thing runs so smoothly, that it feels like the cable has snapped again! As for routing, it did have some kinks in it which no doubt added to the friction. When I replaced the cable this time, I rerouted it ensuring that it was smooth and there were no tight radius.

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