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Honda CG 125cc Sept '07 (57)

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Brillant first bike. Ideal for learning, not to heavy, ideal seat height specially for the shorter person. And cheap to run and insure.

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Honda CG 125cc Sept '06 (56)

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Honda CG125
Why has this bike been so popular for so many years? Because even someone like me can ride it!! Seriously for all learners out there you can't get a much better one to learn on.
The majority of training schools use these "beasts" for CBT training as they're such good all rounders.
There are 125s out there that are bigger and (only a little, due to restrictions)faster! But this little bike is ridden all over the world, sometimes two up (the mind boggles).
They are completely forgiving and don't mind if you hit the wrong gear etc. Mine also didn't suffer too much damage when I embarassingly came off it on my first outing on the road on a busy roundabout!
The brakes aren't brilliant but can be upgraded. (Highly recommended). It can reach the dizzying speed of 65mph(wow)! I also had to have a new chain after 4500 miles but mabye thats just my riding- cheap anyway!
That's about the only bad things I can think of really.

On the plus side, Its just so easy to ride. Even my old mates that have been riding for years have respect for the little thing! Instead of guffaws its usually met with kindest and respect strangely!
These little bikes seem to keep their value too despite new and unknown cheap 125s hitting the market. If you're just starting out riding this bike is one to go for. Its a good all rounder, reliable with no suprises (well nasty ones anyway)! I'm off to ride my new big bike now! Ride safe. Deb morph

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debmorph on 09/06/2008

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Honda CG 125cc 89/90 (G)

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My first ride was on the back of Steve the art student’s bike in Salisbury at about three o’clock in the morning. The party I’d been invited to was slowing down, unlike me, and I must have been seventeen or eighteen. It had taken me several hours to convince Steve to take me out for a spin, and we’d both had more than our legal share of alcohol by then, but finally he caved and took me round the block before announcing he couldn’t see and we should probably save it for another time. I never saw him again after that but that was probably when the bug bit me and I knew I wanted one of my own.

Twenty-four years later and today was my first solo road ride. A long time coming - having spent years yearning, pining, whimpering in the Spring every time bikers crawled out from hibernation hitting the roads on every sunny day, as well as begging mates to take me pillion - I finally went out on my own little machine, and it was fucking great!

A part of me doesn’t feel there’s much of a fuss to be made about the occasion. I rode like every learner biker. I left the indicators on, had insanely wobbly mirrors that kept going out of whack (I couldn’t see out of the left one and had to lean forward to see out of the right) and did stupidly slow speeds (I don’t think I made the legal limit at really many points during my little jaunt) but I did it.

Three months ago I took my CBT. It was at the beginning of November. Fortunately the weather held and it was actually quite sunny on the day of my ‘test’. I was terrified. It took two days and the instructor nearly didn’t give me my certificate – I’d run into an old lady on the first day and dropped the bike at a junction on the day of the road ride. It was only because I picked myself up and got back on he made me legal. I was covered in bruises for several weeks afterward but at least I knew how it felt to fall off – I doubt it’ll be the last time. And the old lady wasn’t hurt, just stunned a little. I suspect she’s stopped talking about it now.

A week before I took my CBT I’d bought an old Honda CG125 – it’s not quite as old as my twenty-one year old son, but nearly – made it legal, passed my CBT and then winter hit. The rain, the wind, the cold and despite having promised myself I’d never be a fair-weather rider, my biker mates didn’t think less of me for not wanting to get on it just yet.

Finally, two weeks ago, it was getting ridiculous. I’d been out twice down the road from my house just after my CBT but that had been it. The sun was coming out and so were the bikers. I needed to get out.

With the bike now locked up at my partner’s cottage I had no excuses and on the Saturday we got up, he pushed her up the yard at the back and I drove round and round in circles for an hour and a half. I was on. Last weekend I did the same, round and round in circles, figures of eight and along the track to the side of the barn and back again, trying to get the hang of the slow speed control and a feel for the bike.

I had to concentrate as gravel, mud and the uneven surface of the farmyard meant one stupid move and it would hurt. I didn’t fall off. But it felt great when I stopped. My throttle hand hurt where I’d been gripping too hard and I was knackered, but I didn’t stop grinning for several hours.

Today it was one of those glorious sunny days. I’d already decided I needed to get on the road last night or I’d never get the confidence or experience up, but as soon as the first bike accelerated out of the bend and passed the cottage I knew it was time to get out of bed and get on my bike.

I pushed her up the yard and went in a circle for five minutes. Then he hopped on his bike and we both went across the road to the yard over there (slightly bigger, but more gravel). Just crossing the road from one yard to the other was a little daunting. Would I stall it? Would I get enough speed up?

I practiced my back brake, throttle, clutch thing and did yet more figures of eight for twenty minutes. This was getting boring. More bikes were passing and it was positively baking out.

After a quick cup of tea and a fag I decided to bite the bullet. “Just ride up and down the road” says D.

Right, I thought, that’s what I’ll do. On I hop, off I go, down the road, u-turn and then, as I’m riding back up the road, I made the decision. Riding up and down the road isn’t going to cut it. I need to go somewhere.

Ten minutes down the road lives a mate who’s known me twelve years (and endured my pining all that time) with an SV650 of her own. As I started going down through the gears I indicate right and off I went. Apparently D watched me disappear round the bend hoping I’d ring him and let him know where I was at some point.

I knew the mirror thing was going to be a bit of a problem but the back roads were quiet and I chose to ignore this fairly large safety hazard. I also knew there were only two junctions I had to contend with and they weren’t difficult ones.

I was concentrating so hard on staying on and on other road users I could barely think of enjoying it, until it occurred to me there was very little traffic about. Then the bends started. I wasn’t in a hurry and for the first time I thought “this is what I’ve been waiting for.” I just grinned my way through them.

Excited, scared, inexperienced and gripping too hard on the clutch side this time (my thumb hurts now) the extremely short trip to J’s house was uneventful technically but a huge achievement personally. It’s the beginning of the learning process and like every new thing I learn it’s scary, a bit confusing and I feel like an idiot because I think I should know everything. Today, I didn’t care. I have L plates on, and I’m making all the classics mistakes. I held my own on the road, I stayed in the middle, I didn’t fall off and I made it back in one piece. I did it. And I’ll be out there for Spring and Summer for the first time.

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Busy Lizzie in Bath, Somerset on 10/02/2008

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Honda CG 125cc Apr '02 (02)

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This bike is great! It does its job of getting you from A to B.
I've had this bike for two years now and have rode it nearly every day. It's nothing special on the power front, but I have had 90mph out of it on several occasions, and this is as standard, but the bike cruises well at 60mph, and if you thrash it about 80mph.
Fuel wise its great, I do about two 20 mile trips a day and the tank lasts over a week.

The reliability of the CG is great, the engine can run all day without complaint. The only real problem I found with the CG was its drum brakes and gears, the gears do tend to stick a bit, and the rear brake loves to lock up. I would recommend it to any one looking to buy a cheap reliable bike in the 125cc class.

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Windracer in Hailsham, East Sussex on 22/01/2008

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Honda CG 125cc Apr '05 (05)

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I could tell you how good the bike is, like nearly every review of the bike.
But I do not wish to bore you with another identical review saying exactly the same.

I was amazed to find no websites that support the Honda CG125, so I have created one.
http://hondacg125.awardspace.com/

I could write a very large review of the bike, since I am an experienced rider, I past my test over 10 years ago and have had several bikes, I have also done over 10,000 miles on the bike, including many trips between 150 and 250 miles in a day.

I have also been reading everything I can about the Honda CG125 and other makes and models of 125cc bikes, including magazine and owners reviews and reports.

I can honestly say, I would not buy any other make or model of 125cc bike.
If my Honda CG125 was stolen tomorrow and I won the lottery, I would buy another Honda CG125 for the town/city and winter work, and a 500cc or larger bike for everything else.

The Honda CG125 is far from perfect, but all the other makes and models of 125cc have far greater faults, unless you are on a race track or off road.

The Honda CG125 is so good, nearly every manufacturer has tried to copy it and failed.

The worst are the Chinese clones of the Honda CG125, brand new some are so cheap you could buy 3 to 4 of them for one new Honda CG125.
But nearly all owners reports are so shocking, they tell you whatever you do, never buy one, they advise you to buy a 2nd hand Honda CG125 instead, even a 15 year old Honda CG125 will be far better than a new Chinese clone.

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HondaCG125 in Oxford, Oxfordshire on 10/10/2007

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Honda CG 125cc Sept '01 (51)

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Buyers beware.
Just bought me a 51 plate CG125 with 7700 miles on the clock as I return to biking after 15 years out of the saddle.
Don't make the same mistake as me! Bike appeared fine styled like the original CG with a smaller tank), only has 4 gears (all down on the gear selector). I thought I would get a lower top speed as I am 16 stone but top whack is 60mph downhill at 9000rpm *ouch*, also vibrates terribly. I think mine was assembled in Turkey and imported. In my 15 years of not riding I managed to forget all the usual things to look for/ask and am now paying the price. I rode a CG back in 1988 and it was absolutly fantastic, think I was over the moon to be going back to 2 wheels and it turned my brain to mush or something - gonna have to live with it now coz I can't afford to change the bike :(
Wonder if the guy who sold it to me had the same problem, probably not, think I can hear him laughing. Hope his nuts fall off.

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Steady in Newton Abbot, Devon on 18/09/2007

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Honda CG 125cc 88/89 (F)

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I've had my cg125 for 2 month now and never had a problem with it yet. When i brought it it had 20,000 miles on the clock and still starts first time. Great little bike cheap to run about 225 miles on £10.00 worth of petrol.

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james181160 in Battle, East Sussex on 05/03/2007

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