Voytek

hi,

forgive me my lame questions, but I only got my first bike (Honda
CG125) a week ago and got my CBT yesterday - plus I'm new here in
England, so excuse me my language mistakes...

anyway - I just checked the oil level and it turns out it's below the
minimum! :-( so - which oil should I buy?

also - could anyone tell me what is the best place to buy "spare
parts" for my Honda? I'm located in Taunton (SouthWest England)...

also - where should I buy new tyres? my back tyre's thread is gone :-(

also - today I bought Haynes Service and Repair Manual - unfortunately
this is not exactly what I was expecting - now I'm thinking I should
rather get "the owners manual" - but I'm not sure whether you can buy
it or not - I obviously didn't get it from the person who sold me the
bike...

gazzafield

Almost any old oil will do this bike. It's engine came out of the ark so I
wouldn't bother with any of this fancy semi or fully synthetic modern
fancy stuff. Good old Castrol GTX will do it fine as long as you change
it on a regular basis, about 2000 - 3000 miles.

I wouldn't just fill it either since you have just bought it. Change the
oil and filter (if it has one. I can't remember, Honda built so many
small engines without filters, stupidly) as you have no idea when it was
last done. Then keep a close eye on it to make sure that it isn't
actually leaking oil or burning it. If it only has an oil strainer, clean
it. It's a lot of hassle but worth it.

They're a strong little engine and should be able to take lots of abuse.
Let's hope yours hasn't taken all the abuse it can.

You can buy a Haynes owners manual for this bike. You could order it from
http://www.haynes.co.uk or get your local Halfords to order it in. Tyres
- buy from anywhere you like. I would start by replacing the tyre with
the same make as is already on the bike, unless you get advised it's
rubbish. All comes down to cost really.

Can't help with your other queries as I live up in Scotland. Welcome to
the world of biking. Have lots of fun.

Keelworm

Voytek wrote:


> rather get "the owners manual" - but I'm not sure whether you can buy
> it or not - I obviously didn't get it from the person who sold me the
> bike...

Are you sure... have a look under the plastic battery cover (or was it the
airbox cover). The owners book is generally in a plastic sleeve velcro'd
onto it.

Incidently, I have a brand new (still in plastic) red CG125 fuel tank
knocking around spare. Open to offers should anyone require it.

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:08:31 +0100, Voytek <dupa84@op.pl> wrote:

>hi,
>
>forgive me my lame questions, but I only got my first bike (Honda
>CG125) a week ago and got my CBT yesterday - plus I'm new here in
>England, so excuse me my language mistakes...
>
>anyway - I just checked the oil level and it turns out it's below the
>minimum! :-( so - which oil should I buy?
>
any cheap 10w40 engine oil.
Any oil is better than no oil.

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On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 23:08:31 +0100, Voytek <dupa84@op.pl> wrote:

>hi,
>
>forgive me my lame questions, but I only got my first bike (Honda
>CG125) a week ago and got my CBT yesterday - plus I'm new here in
>England, so excuse me my language mistakes...
>
>anyway - I just checked the oil level and it turns out it's below the
>minimum! :-( so - which oil should I buy?

Any standard bike mineral oil will do, change it regularly, every
1,000 - 1,500 miles is the recomended interval, no oil filter is used
just an oil strainer fitted in the oil drain plug.
>
>also - could anyone tell me what is the best place to buy "spare
>parts" for my Honda? I'm located in Taunton (SouthWest England)...

Look in local papers, yellow pages or thomson local phone books for
your nearest dealers.
>
>also - where should I buy new tyres? my back tyre's thread is gone :-(

Pirelli MT65's are what I used to fit to my wife's CG. cheaper can be
had but some of the cheaper are not so good under all weather
conditions.
>
>also - today I bought Haynes Service and Repair Manual - unfortunately
>this is not exactly what I was expecting - now I'm thinking I should
>rather get "the owners manual" - but I'm not sure whether you can buy
>it or not - I obviously didn't get it from the person who sold me the
>bike...

All the information you will need is in the Haynes manual.

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sweller

gazzafield wrote:

> Change the oil and filter (if it has one. I can't remember, Honda
> built so many small engines without filters, stupidly)

Why stupidly?

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gazzafield

I don't think that having lumps swirling around your engine with the oil
that are big enough not to be caught by a strainer very bright. Get them
in the bores or even worse between cam and follower and the ensuing damage
can be quite catastrophic. RS250 anyone? People do not religiously
follow service intervals and an oil filter at least means your engine will
have half a chance.

gazzafield

I don't think that having lumps swirling around your engine with the oil
that are big enough not to be caught by a strainer very bright. Get them
in the bores or even worse between cam and follower and the ensuing damage
can be quite catastrophic. RS250 anyone? People do not religiously
follow service intervals and an oil filter at least means your engine will
have half a chance.

sweller

gazzafield wrote:

> I don't think that having lumps swirling around your engine with the oil
> that are big enough not to be caught by a strainer very bright.

Sooo, two of the biggest selling engines both on numbers and reliability,
neither have/had extra filters, are built my manufacturers (VW and Honda)
that are not "very bright".

The not very bright one, I'm hazarding a guess here, is you.


> Get them in the bores or even worse between cam and follower and the
> ensuing damage can be quite catastrophic. RS250 anyone?

RS250s don't have cams and followers. What with them being highish
performance two strokes and all..

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Champ

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:43:19 +0100, "sweller" <ng@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>gazzafield wrote:
>
>> I don't think that having lumps swirling around your engine with the oil
>> that are big enough not to be caught by a strainer very bright.
>
>Sooo, two of the biggest selling engines both on numbers and reliability,
>neither have/had extra filters, are built my manufacturers (VW and Honda)
>that are not "very bright".
>
>The not very bright one, I'm hazarding a guess here, is you.

Nice to see the art of the carefully crafted put down is alive and
well :-)


>> Get them in the bores or even worse between cam and follower and the
>> ensuing damage can be quite catastrophic. RS250 anyone?
>
>RS250s don't have cams and followers. What with them being highish
>performance two strokes and all..

Hmm. That's just *too* stupid. Perhaps he was refrring to the
CB250RS?
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Lozzo

sweller says...
> gazzafield wrote:
>
> > Change the oil and filter (if it has one. I can't remember, Honda
> > built so many small engines without filters, stupidly)
>
> Why stupidly?

My old CB250RS engine managed about 170,000 miles of abuse before it
expired. It doesn't have an oil filter, just a strainer thingy. New
engine has done approx 15,000 and I have yet to get round to cleaning
the strainer out.

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gazzafield

Hey, so I'm considered stupid! Not the first time, and won't be the last
either!

Voytek

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:00:13 +0000 (UTC), Keelworm
<bike@YOURTITSgoldingweb.co.uk> wrote:

>> rather get "the owners manual" - but I'm not sure whether you can buy
>> it or not - I obviously didn't get it from the person who sold me the
>> bike...
>
>Are you sure... have a look under the plastic battery cover (or was it the
>airbox cover). The owners book is generally in a plastic sleeve velcro'd
>onto it.

yes - I have looked under that cover (airbox) and actually I did
notice that velcro on the inside and it even made me thinking: "what
is that doing here?" - but I couldn't come up with any logical
explanation - now I know ;-)

>Incidently, I have a brand new (still in plastic) red CG125 fuel tank
>knocking around spare. Open to offers should anyone require it.

well - if you're located "reasonably close" to me? (Taunton?
Southwest?)

or maybe somebody knows about some "pdf" documentation available for
download?