Honda CG125

Had a 2005 cg125. good reliable basic & easy to fix & service. Not the fastest but will get you there in all weathers, cg came out in 1976 & ended 2008 so proven bike. easy to sell on when upgrading to bigger bike. Overall good little bike & would recommend. Looked after properly capable of high mileges. Cheap as chips to run. Cant go wrong with this bike unless you buy a chinese copy as they have cloned them. So my advice is get one ( honda cg125) not copy & plod along all day long with no worries of falling apart. Strong & well made little 125 cc.

previous w honda cg125 over 75,000 miles engine still as good as new.

Bought biggest lemon every in motorbikes this cg125 year 2004. reviews say best gearbox yet, well not this one its a pig, it has let me down constantly in fact a very dangerous machine to ride. IF stopping at junctions lights etc if you are in 5th or 4th gear you can not change down into neural. You have to get of the bike and rock it hoping eventually it will let you change gear. Honda reputation is rock bottom with this model of cg 125, have had lots of Honda in the past but would advise for safety that this particular model is given a wide berth. When something is robust why destroy the design.

i own a cg125 br-j 1991 22yrs old and in mint condition! i have done 6000 miles and never ever let me down!! i was hit by car and rear trailing arm bearing and chain guard and number plate and indicator etc total cost was under 100 to restore to perfect condition! it never lets me down sometime requires chock to start but never ever hard to start runs and rides great!! a complete idiot could ride fix and maintain! if your think about a 125 and want a faithful, reliable, fun bike cg125 is for you!! i could go on and on about why to buy!! petrol, riding position, easy to maintain, and fun around towns or city's for cutting up traffic! top speed is only let down for this bike! as mine pushes 65 down a big hill!! but it will fly up to 55 no bother! pulls very well in all gears with no flat spots until 55! wont hold up anybody around towns or city's and never will it let you down unless poorly looked after/maintained!! don't see why anyone would settle for anything else! if you want a fast 125cc bike then basically your a idiot!!! 125cc bikes are not fast lolol!!! cg125 was so reliable it was produced for over 30 years and production only stopped due to Europe emission laws!! (cbf125 then produced)a cbr or xt or rs are quicker buy about 10-20 mph but aint worth the bother!! you will do more miles getting picked up when you broken down then actually riding it!! get a cg125 n if your not set on one of them the settle for a cbf125 or maby a ybr but cg125 has 30 years reputation!!!

Hi i own a honda cg125 es-4 2005 model & think it is the best styled & best looking out of the cg range as ive driven & part owned the older models. Proper little motorcycle is easy to service & ride & not fast 65mph but isnt built for speed. A competant commuter & holds its resale well if looked after, change the oil every 1000miles & lubricate the chain & cables regularly & should last well, obviously you have to buy tyres brakes plug e.c.t like all bikes. The 2000-2003 model made in turkey isnit upto the build quality of the other cg models as feels cheap & some parts rust quickly. Its the cg thats looks retro & is usually in red. Cg is a good bike for the purpose it was desighend for & avoid the far easster bikes like chinese & the like as are bad & copys of proper motorcycles. Take your time when buying & dont rush, remember your the one with the cash ( big stick) happy hunting.

Hi i own a honda cg125 es-4 2005 model & think it is the best styled & best looking out of the cg range as ive driven & part owned the older models. Proper little motorcycle is easy to service & ride & not fast 65mph but isnt built for speed. A competant commuter & holds its resale well if looked after, change the oil every 1000miles & lubricate the chain & cables regularly & should last well, obviously you have to buy tyres brakes plug e.c.t like all bikes. The 2000-2003 model made in turkey isnit upto the build quality of the other cg models as feels cheap & some parts rust quickly. Its the cg thats looks retro & is usually in red. Cg is a good bike for the purpose it was desighend for & avoid the far easster bikes like chinese & the like as are bad & copys of proper motorcycles. Take your time when buying & dont rush, remember your the one with the cash ( big stick) happy hunting.

I bought my little CG for the princely sum of £100 in January this year with tax and test until the end of March. In that time it had paid for itself and it's tax and test (just under £50 in total).

Due to it being 23 years old and having 42,000 miles on it, the wiring was looking worse for wear and a very bad job had been done of repairing and changing the wiring at some stage. This resulted in the headlight only working on main beam and the horn not working.

For lack of money I decided to go the cheap way: Daytime MOT. I set about tearing off everything I didn't need. Almost all of the wiring loom (other than Generator, Rectifier, and CDI) was torn straight out of the bike.

I then removed the headlight and indicators and shorted the battery connection on the bike side (so with a good kick it'd just start and run under it's own steam) and I ran a wire from battery + to the horn button, the horn, and back to battery -. I then taped over the headlight controls and taped up the rear light and took it for it's test - passed with no advisories other than daylight use only.

It had been resprayed red at some point and I've since done some silly bits like spraying it up with racing stripes and such (no prep work = rubbish finish). I wear my full leathers on the bike - it'll do 80mph and I had a nasty crash on my big Kawasaki in October at little more than half of that so definitely worth it.

It also uses a later model carburettor which requires a splitter on the throttle cable. This is because the later model used an accelerator pump which made it pick up quicker; when this is fitted to the earlier model you get a nice little beastie that'll pull 30mph in first gear and can pull me (15 stone, and 6"5 - a big target for wind to cause drag) up to 60mph and keep going - achieving 80mph on a long enough flat road.

All in all what I've done to keep it going without any monetary investment has made it quite an offensive looking little beast; no lights and I'm 2 metres tall (6"5) and wear full race leathers on it. It seems to really rile people up and upset them when I overtake them.

I do plan to build it back up in absolutely to style at some stage now I've started a new job paying a good bit more money. It'll be getting Suzuki Bandit style 'twin dominator' headlights, a KOSO DB01plus digital dash (same as my modded up 1996 ZZR 600 E), an underseat exhaust, pod filter, and a full respray for the plasticwork and a polished tank.

I only wish I'd found a bargain like this when I was 17, as opposed to the much more stylist (albeit heavier and slower) Suzuki VanVan 125 which was a brilliant bike too but cost me £1500 compared to this for £100.

I've had bargains on a couple of my bikes over the past 5 years but I'd definitely say this was my best bargain and favourite machine.

It starts with a kick every morning, afternoon, and evening. Never seems to go wrong, and generally seems happy. Definitely a good bike for a learner to learn about maintenance on as everything it very easy to get to and adjust etc.

Would recommend to anyone as a learner, commuter, plaything, field bike, etc. This little bike can do almost anything - I've even ridden it down the M180 motorway from Scunthorpe to Killingholme and it seemed to handle it fairly well.

I put it to anyone to show me a better deal than this little machine!

as i am only 17 the cg was my first motorbike after enduring a year on a moped. I have to say for the price i paid i love this bike to bits, it won't do blistering speeds but happily cruises at about 50mph with is perfect for where i live. Easily the best thing i have bought and in terms of petrol i would say i only spend a little bit more than what i did on my little ped. So reliable and amazingly fun

i have a honda cg 125 br-j 1988, when i first brought it it run however the choke wasnt working very well i left it for a couple of day, top the petol up to half a tank and it wouldnt start at all,i had a look round to see if there was any tube that was disconnect, like any obvious damage and i found the crankcase breather tube wasnt connected and i am not sure where it has to be connected to so i looked on the internet and coundlnt find anything, im not sure if this tube is whats stopping the bike from working but i know that it should go somewere. if any one knows a soloution then please comment!!!!

thankyou

I have ridden these bikes in varius forms for well over ten years now and i have to say that i have NEVER been let by any of them.

They must be the worlds most best desiegned and built bikes ever made.

they were built for over 30 years and it is a great pity that they stopped making them in 2008.

About 65mph and 100mpg is to be expected and 50 is a fair cruising speed

100,000 is not an unusual life

The only drawback is a lack of torque so i would queue all week for a 250 or 350 version.

Keep the oil topped up and look forward to years of solid reliable service.

I bought this as a cheap (£100) run-around for local use. After being dragged out of the garage it had lived in for 3 years, it started 2nd kick !

After new tires and a service and a little light fettling, an MOT pass and its legal and on the road.

Sure, it's not fast, it's not fashionable, but oh boy is it lightweight and fun to throw into corners, and miffs off riders of bigger bikes (I've got one of those as well) when you keep catching back up with them.

Obviously at this age it's nowhere near mint condition, but it's so simple to work on that it's great for learning how far you can go with tinkering and doing your own maintenance. Parts are stupidly cheap, new brake shoes for less than £5 from David Silver Spares.

The 6volt electrics are simple, but spares are limited in mainstream shops. Ebay is your saviour here, and a halogen headlamp bulb upgrade is a must-have if you are going to use it at night, as the 6volt, 35watt standard bulb headlamp is feeble by modern standards.

The haynes manual is a must have, it's out there on the internet, and has good, detailed information on how to do just about everything on the bike.

It's done 66,000 miles, and though I bought it to abuse it, I find myself liking and caring for it more and more. If you've passed your test and gone straight to a big bike, get a little 125 and see what you've been missing.