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I want to share with all my Flickr friends this motorcycle from my childhood which they gave me today after complete regeneration. A job which lasted nearly 3 years.
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Honda CB125 parked on the Sydney coast 2018. Leica CL, M-Rokkor 40mm f/2, Kodak TMAX P3200 in TMAX developer. V700 scan.
This is my mount! A '76 Honda CB125. Take me from Jogja to Bali and back to Bandung last year with all of its might.
On this pic: A Canon WP-1 hanging on the bar, Chips helmet, Nat Geo Insert, Levi's jacket, Gummo backpack, and cliffed sea.
The Honda CB125 is a 122 cc (7.4 cu in) motorcycle made by Honda from 1971–1975 (1973–1985 in the US). It had an overhead camshaft (OHC) engine with a 9500 rpm redline. The "S" model was produced from 1971 to 1975 and was replaced in 1976 by the "J" model (the US bikes retained the S designation). The newer model sported a two piece head, 124 cc (7.6 cu in) displacement, and a larger carburetor.
The components of the CB125 did not change much throughout the years unlike the appearance of the CB125. The majority of the changes made upon the bike was the color of the fuel tank, and the color of the decals. The color and Decals changed every year the Cb125 was produced.
The CG125 was developed from the CB125 for developing countries markets.
Honda cafe. This was so well done, I thought it might be a JDM factory bike. Upon close inspection, I think it was a custom job, perhaps based on a CB125. Can anyone out there give a positive ID? Such a cool little bike!
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Name, age, occupation
Katie Sue Ambellan, 27, communications and advocacy manager at a nonprofit
Bike
1975 Honda CB125. I call her Baby ’cause she's so small.
Been riding for:
3 years
How did you get into riding motorcycles?
I got into motorcycles through friend, former roommate, and fellow Hot Rider Lea Sabado. She and her boyfriend offered to help me build a Vespa, but I eventually sold it for a running motorcycle. That's when I got Baby.
When you’re not riding, what would we most likely find you doing?
Sailing, riding my bike, making bad jokes, drinking coffee, reading, or playing piano.
37 years old and still going strong;a simple basic bike that would last a long time with minimal care.
HONDA CG 25
The Honda CG125 or Honda CG is a commuter motorcycle made by Honda of Japan. It was in production from 1976 to 2008 in Japan and has been in production since 1992 in Pakistan. The CG was originally manufactured in Japan, but the source for the European market was eventually moved to Brazil in 1985, and to Pakistan and Turkey in 1992 for the W and M models. The CG125 is powered by a 124 cc (7.6 cu in) four-stroke, overhead valve, single-cylinder engine that has changed little over the years.
HISTORY
The CG125 was developed from the CB125 for developing countries' markets. The two models were very similar, with many parts in common. The main difference was in the top ends: the CB had an overhead cam (OHC). One fault with many Honda OHC engines of that era (generally denoted CB), was that they had a tendency to wear the camshaft bearings if oil changes were skipped. The CG engine was developed specifically to address this problem (among others) as Honda realized that riders in developing countries performed little or no preventative maintenance. To make the bike more reliable with minimal servicing, the CG125 uses overhead valves (OHV) with push rods, a washable foam air filter, and fully enclosed chain. The fully enclosed chain was dropped in 2004.
PRODUCTION AND AVAILABILITY
In Pakistan the original CG125 is still being produced by Atlas Honda Ltd. Except for a few cosmetic changes, the Pakistani version has remained exactly the same as the original 1980s Japanese CG125 over the past years. It is currently available at a MSRP of ₨ 229,900 Pakistani Rupees as of 2023, equipped with a 9.2-liter tank, a Euro 2-complied overhead valve engine with kick-start mechanism, and a 4-speed transmission. The decoration graphics are redesigned, as well as the seat and the layout of the instrument cluster, to give this long-lasting model a refreshed appearance. Another variant called CG125 SE launched in 2019, has a 5-speed transmission instead of the original 4-speed and electric start. It is one of the few motorcycles offered by Honda in Pakistan.
In China, numerous legal and illegal copies of the CG125, along with the imported original and licensed production variants, had been widely available in the market since the late 1980s. Despite being an outdated design, it had maintained high popularity and good sales figures for decades. Illegal copies of the CG125 had been exported globally due to the high demand in the developing countries, especially in Africa and the Middle East, at a starting price of as little as $700 US dollars, while their reputation is mixed and generally not as good as the original. Some of these clones came with updates and options that were never available in the original models, including front disc brakes, remote start and engines with a larger displacement of 175cc, 200cc or 250cc, and could be water-cooled. The classic CG125 design also spun off a variety of variants, including autorickshaws, sand bikes, and even half-tracked tricycles similar to the WWII German Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad.
The most recent version of the original CG125 without the European market restyling is still in production in China as of 2021 by the two joint-venture partners of Honda, Wuyang Honda as the WY125-19 and Sundiro Honda as the SDH125-7E, although both models were marketed simply as the CG125 CDi. Both versions are modernized with redesigned fuel-injected engines with electric start and 5-speed transmission, fulfilling the latest emission standard, China-IV, while maintaining the classic appearance from the 1980s. The China-IV standard is even stricter than the Euro 4, so in theory, these bikes could be imported to the European market. The Wuyang version retained the overhead valve engine while the Sundiro version switched to a more modern overhead camshaft design, thus could be differentiated by the appearance of their engines, but both versions kept the same displacement and produced similar power and torque.
The Wuyang version had a redesigned engine with a compression ratio of 9.2:1, producing 10 horsepowers (7.3kw) at 8,000rpm and 9.5 newton-meters of torque at 6,500rpm, with a fuel consumption of 1.8 liters per 100km and a maximum speed of 93km/h. The fuel tank remained the old design and had a capacity of 8.6 liters. The kick-start mechanism is completely replaced by electric start, and gear indicators were added to the instrument cluster. The front drum brakes were enlarged and luggage racks were included as standard equipment. It is sold at a domestic MSRP of ¥6,980 Chinese Yuan ($1082 US dollars) and is exported to other markets including Japan, with a retail price of ¥139,000 Japanese Yen ($1267 US dollars) as a parallel-imported vehicle from the importers.
In the UK, the CG125 was popular with learners due to licensing laws which allow a rider to operate a 125 cc motorbike with L plates by completing a Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) course.
In Brazil, due to emission laws from 2009, the engine has been redesigned with an overhead camshaft (bore and stroke also changed from 56.5mm x 49.5mm to 52.4mm x 57.8mm). Due to Euro 3 emission laws the Honda CG125 has been replaced by the fuel injected CBF125 in the UK and Europe since 2009. Other manufacturers made overhead valve clones of the CG125 engine with same piston bore and stroke (56.5mm x 49.5mm) to comply with Euro 3 emission laws and they are widely available (as of 2020).
The CG125 had also been produced in South Korea and Thailand in the past. The South Korean CG125s were produced by KIA motors as the KIA-Honda CG125.
CHANGES
Over its lifetime, the CG125 has received numerous enhancements and tweaks:
The electrics were upgraded from 6 V to 12 V (1985 in UK).
The point (contact breaker) ignition system was replaced by the capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) system (1989 in Japan) and a little later in other countries. By 1993 Honda was using only CDI ignition systems for all of its motorcycles.
An electric start was added in 2001, originally alongside the original kick start and replacing it completely in 2004 (in the European Market).
2004 saw a number of further changes in the European market:
The front drum brake was replaced by a disc brake.
A new instrument cluster, including a fuel gauge for the first time, replaced the old square unit.
The fuel capacity was increased from 12 L (2.6 imp gal; 3.2 US gal) to 13 L (2.9 imp gal; 3.4 US gal).
The styling was modernised.
The chain casing was dropped in favour of a simpler chain guard.
This last change is one of the very few changes that sacrificed functionality (longer chain life) in favor of aesthetics.
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Small engine CB Honda's from the early 1970's are rare, but the CB125 is very rare. Power output from the 122cc single-cylinder 4-stroke engine was about 14bhp, giving a top speed of about 65-70mph and a range of about 150 miles from the 7.5 litre fuel tank (3 litres per 100km). They were well equipped. with the likes of flashing indicators and mirrors fitted as standard. Today you would have to spend about £2500 for one in good condition.
I found this in a hedge in the mid 1980's and dragged it home. I was told it was a complete bike offered by Hagon at the time and cannot remember what the engine was. Anyway, I took it out and fitted a 125cc Honda 4 stroke engine from a CB125 and rode it around the fields. Hagon kindly gave me templates for the engine plates which I made and stripped and refurbished everything back to working condition.
Purchased this single-cylinder, 124cc, Honda CB125s in 1979. Read, many years ago, that Japan taxed motorcycles based on engine displacement, hence 124cc instead of 125cc. And, other countries have a series of maximum engine displacements for beginning motorcyclists.
Here's Dan, replacing the slightly-leaking crankcase gasket in our well equipped workshop of newspapers on the garage floor.
Early CB125s have chrome fenders. Later models have plastic fenders * Gasoline was rationed in 1979. Was able (at least, that's what I told my wife) to siphon gasoline from our cars and make sales calls on the 125 at four or five times the miles-per-gallon. I failed to factor in seamstress repair costs for suit coat linings ripped apart in the slipstream.
Low displacement, single cylinder motorcycles require more throttle to launch from a stop, or they cough once or twice, die, lock the chain, and do their best to pitch you over the handlebars. I only passed the new-Ohio-resident motorcycle test by observing that a fellow CB125 rider flunked for not being able to idle (hand off the throttle) through a 50-foot section of the course. No CB125 can do that. I only passed because I adjusted my carburetor idle screw to an abnormally high RPM range where it would 'idle' through, hand off.
This bike was stout enough to tie number-3 child (on the tank, hanging on to the handlebars) to number-2 child (on the tank, in front of me and locked between my knees), to me, to number-1 child (on seat, behind me) for many rides through the neighborhood. There were always arms, legs and giggles everywhere. All three learned to drive this bike after their legs were long enough to reach the ground. Dan (number-3) currently owns it, with approximately 8,000 miles on the odometer.
My longest trip? 58-miles from Cleveland to Warren, Ohio on the Ohio Turnpike (5-BHP minimum) drafting tractor trailer trucks at 60-65 mph. And, return * The narrow tires allowed this bike to outpace aquaplaning four-wheelers in a torrential downpour on I-71. My windshield wipers didn't work as well as theirs. And, they didn't have to pour water out of both shoes upon arriving home.
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