Recent content by urastus

I have one of these bikes, mostly standard. The front end is....flexy? I do everything with it, but it seems a bit too flexy for a 250. How is it going? Woohoo, original tyres :)

Has anyone mentioned molasses? I thought it would be well known http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general-archive/rust-removal-using-molasses-90452/ or just search for molasses and rust removal

A tyre review. I know these tyres are amazing for this bike, and there aren't a lot of options here in Aus for a 50/50 tyre. So, I'm keeping this thread alive for any fellow cb125e owners looking for info. I've been using kenda block trails - these are the same as in the picture above of...

Re: New honda cb 125 I was wrong with the larger main. I rode a track that I'm familiar with - what gears I use on what hills. With the 112 main the bike was the same as it was when I was running the 108. I swapped back to the 110 - I now know this is the best main. I still wondered if I...

I'd need different tyres if it was wet :) I've still got the kendas that came on the bike. We did put kenda trials tyres on Gail's scooter (one of the few tyres in 14")

Long absence with a lot happening, but very slow on the bike front. Although I've been riding it a fair bit. The updates:) I finally jetted the carb. Put in a 110 and cut the top off the air box. Huge difference. I can imagine it may have been 1hp or less, but it made a real difference...

Sorry for the delay, no email notifications. Fuel with ethanol isn't that common here. It's more available in cities at certain outlets I think. Most motoring enthusiasts (of various flavors) won't use it, and then there are environmental concerns (an irony). The sugar cane farmers are the only...

Watching the video I just wanted to grab the throttle and twist it home AFTER letting it go, just to see if it wasn't returning all the way. It sounded like a spring thing to me (spring return for the throttle cable or the slide?). Also, I didn't hear the same thing on the video so this is...

I theorized that it would (less burning going on). I've only taken it on one good ride since but fast forest roads. The exhaust didn't carry on so much when the engine was stopped (all the crackling of the steel as it cools down). But, I also put a washer under the slide / needle and I expect...

Was that for me Sneikz? If so it is different to my motor (cb125e). Different shape, but thank you.

I assume you already know this? I researched oil coolers for my 125. The kits for specific bikes that I saw (quick look) seemed to be for bikes with an oil filter. So the kits come with their own filter cover which has provision for attaching lines to and from oil cooler. I imagined that oil...

Mr camna, did you find a cooler, or progress with this? I am also interested. I had a suzuki dr650 with an oil cooler, and it was surprisingly effective. Suzuki also put one on their trojan 200, which is a dr200 bike (same engine) set up for farm use. The trojan has one, the dr200 doesn't. I...

Hey plodalong, I did some work on the bike tonight and half remembered what you said about the air injection thingy. I pulled it off thinking it was crankcase breather and hooked the hose straight from the rocker cover to the air box. Of course I thought "that's not right" when I started the...

Hey, I just noticed your upmarket horns :) You'd love riding around in Asia.

After market exhaust system? I'm not happy with the cheap chinese poorly made ixil exhaust. After not finding much around for the australian cb 125e, I remembered the cb 125f that is in Europe and the UK. I'm hoping it is roughly the same (they are fuel injected, mine isn't). I found some...