Cavcraft Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 CG125s are about the best small bikes ever made. The absolute ideal commuter bike for zinging round town and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I don't know Cav, my c90 did everything I asked and could be fixed with a spoon. Went all over the country on it too! Off road and on road as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Don't tell Hitler - http://www.popularyoutube.com/video/xDOOT-T2gKo/Hitler-finds-out-Ed-March-is-riding-a-c90-around-the-world-This-guy-travel-around-the-world-in-a-small-bike bub2006 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 If anyone is interested in 70's Honda's I might have 2 cb125 twins coming my way in June. They are projects and French registered but look pretty good Please let me know when you have more deets, ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Me likee! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/honda-cg125-cafe-racer/292100898533?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D4f1d77e668c84d2682a4fdef25862401%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D252903791470 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longblackcoat Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 CG125s are about the best small bikes ever made. The absolute ideal commuter bike for zinging round town and whatnot.I've had two over the years - they're a bit slow, even for town. Solid as anything though. My nomination for best urban bike ever is the CB250RS - a lovely little single cylinder bike that would do just under 90mph, never got worse than 60mpg, and weighed maybe 120kg. I had one for a couple of years and it's one of the few that I really regret selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I'm going to dig out the old cd 125 at my friends house and get that built for him and up for sale, I've got a moped to collect as I really want to get back on two wheels myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Don't tell Hitler - http://www.popularyoutube.com/video/xDOOT-T2gKo/Hitler-finds-out-Ed-March-is-riding-a-c90-around-the-world-This-guy-travel-around-the-world-in-a-small-bikeEd March is not wired up. He has practically covered the globe on his cub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The CG125 will do 50, and that is fine for my eight mile trip to Risborough Station on mostly 50 mph roads, and the four miles to Thame. It is small, but has sufficient road presence not to get utterly squished. The modern lights and loud hooter help a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longblackcoat Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I recall that my CGs had pretty rubbish front brakes - dunno if the later ones got any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 That is the most beige thing I've ever seen, it's like you're driving around in this very site. Mucho respectage. eddyramrod, privatewire and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The AutoSleeper script on the sides puts me in mind of the "Supreme IV" and other chrome nameplates on old (and therefore good) Plaxton coaches. What a remarkably elegant device it is. Am jellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The interior on this looks really nice, normally old campers look like the inside of a Siberian bunkhouse. Magnificent Rustbucket and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I recall that my CGs had pretty rubbish front brakes - dunno if the later ones got any better? Brakes seem OK so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 In my experience 70s Yamahas are mostly made out of cheese. I can confirm that early 2000s Suzukis continued this fine oriental tradition. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The CG125 will do 50,I did my lessons on these and I recall them managing to clock 65. If I tried the same now, it'd probably be down to 40 because fat bastard. Nive, needs a Rickman polybox though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longblackcoat Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I did my lessons on these and I recall them managing to clock 65. If I tried the same now, it'd probably be down to 40 because fat bastard. Nive, needs a Rickman polybox though. I got 67mph slipstreaming a Transit on my 1977 CG, but typically it'd get no better than about 62. All indicated speeds, and I have absolutely no idea how accurate the speedos are/were/might be. As BV says, the CG's perfectly OK to do 50mph, at which speed it's happy enough to bimble along. Although you can make it do mid-60s (just), it's beating the poor thing to within an inch of its life. A gentleman just doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 More pics/info on the luxury beige holiday conveyance plz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 I had a CB125T for my first bike. It's physical size belied it's tiny capacity - people assumed it was at least 500cc. Sadly 60mph will never be enough - indeed, on hills it was less. Many times I have had to clean the flies from the back of my helmet. Sheefag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 More pics/info on the luxury beige holiday conveyance plz L8RZ, brah. I can haz blokeflu, so am on the sofa whingeing and watching Star Trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Beige Sherpa! Gnnn! Autosleeper! Yurk! Honda's Gulfbuster, the mighty CG125 in mintola non-trashed-by-a-bazillion-CBTists condition! Splurp! Have another eleventy-twelve AS points. So beige, very sleep, many formica, much jealous. I learned to ride on a CG125, although it was a brazilian(I didn't know at the time and neglected to check the undercarriage for razor burn.) and thus made of cheese it was entirely docile and easy to ride even for this operator. I can also confirm that the current strain of H1MANDOWN!11one flu is thoroughly debilitating and prevented me from doing anything beyond whinging and eating comfort food from the packet for several days last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Had a Sherpa in about 1982-TAX639S-1800cc. Went like the clappers-but the prop shaft kept falling off. This one looks a cracker! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Upset the beards, and put MG badges on it, then take it to an MG event, it is an MGB van after all richardthestag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Be like me, but with TRIMZhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/leyland-sherpa-classic-camper-van-/192173302162?hash=item2cbe6be192:g:XzMAAOSwONBZBYEh Stevebrookman and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Got that one on my watched list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 There seems to have been some creative metal bashing involved with reconstructing the arches, but still wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Fabulous indicators. B Series engine. Tidemark, hmmmm, but still looks ace, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eddie Honda Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 We've been infiltrated by the Autosleeper Mafia. One of my previous landlords (in Flackwell Heath) had halvers with another mate on a 77 Bedford CF 2.3 pez AutoSleeper a.k.a The Magic Bus. Still on the rather old picture on the satellite view on Google. There was another one also in white which was down the road in Bourne End. Also showing on the satellite view. I haven't sifted through all the old family photos yet, but at one point in time around 1979/80, Honda Senior had a (1972?) Land Rover LWB Safari Carawagon conversion, curved pop-up roof and with gas cooker on the inside of the back door. Don't think we had it all that long being a 2¼ pez. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 In a slighly spooky coincidence, my grandfather had a 1970s Honda CB125, a bit like yours, with a JLU***N reg plate, a bit like that Sherpa. No, this is not destiny calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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