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Hey all, I have just bought a 97 XR400R a week ago (my first "big" bike) and although the bike has plenty of power and pull its blows some under load when I am accelerating hard or popping a wheelie. I'm assuming its the valve seals as there seems to be no loss in power but I wanted to ask other...

Hey all, I recently did a full rebuild of a CG 125 engine I had as the crankcases were damaged, the engine was running before the rebuild. I just cant get it to run well! Although I am OK with engine rebuilds I am not so good with carbs, and wondered if someone with more skills than me could...

Hey all, would be great if anyone knew what this carb is! Thanks in advance!

Hey all, I have a CG125 engine that I want to slot into my XL125RC because the 200 Chinese engine in it shat itself (after 2 bottom end rebuild I cant be fucked to split the cases again... dont get me started on them...). The CG engine is from my old CG that I retired and I personaly put about...

Hey all. I have a 82 XL 125 RC that I put a 200cc 163fml motor in. I have wired it up so that it run but cannot seem to be able to get the electronics working. I wired up the running circuit myself, then used a cg 125 loom hoping that I could just output the the power into the loom and that it...

Hey there, I'm currently rebuilding a 163fml Chinese motor (A cg 125/200 clone) where one of the gearbox bearings have popped. Its a needle roller (HK1712) that is 17x23x12mm. The only thing is the shaft the bearing should go into is 15mm and not 17mm. When I split the cases I was VERY careful...

Hey guys, I have a cg 125 (OHV version of the CB 125) and have just bought a 200cc 163FML engine to go in it. The only thing that is stopping me at the moment is that the CG is points ignition but the 163FML is CDI. People have said to me that I will need to buy a whole new wiring loom but I...

I have the chance to buy a running mbx 125 engine (basically an mtx 125 engine with longer gears) for £50 with the carb which is a real bargain. Anyone ever done this swap before? I love my CG but the 10bhp it make is very limiting and the MBX makes 20bhp. I understand an engine swap is not just...

Hey there, was doing the fork seals in some dt 125 lc forks in prep for putting them on my cg, and I either lost, or didnt have the top spring in one of the forks, I was thinking could I just take the spring out of the other fork and replace both with rubber buffers? I thought this might lower...

Hi all, I picked up this TS 250 the other day for £100 including a seized engine and another complete engine that was not seized. The guy had it in a garage for about 7 years after buying it for his collection (he has 7 garages FULL of bikes). This is my first project (Im doing bits and bobs on...

Hi all, had my cg for about 6 months now and im really loving having a bike and can't wait to do my test when im 19! When I bought the cg its was mechanically sound but looking in quite a poor shape, it cost me £460. My plan at first was just to tidy it up and get it all original, but now it has...

Hey all, my cg is currently running fine and battery is charging but i have no lights or idicators. This puzzles me because the lights run direct off the generator and the brake light and indicators and clock lights run off the battery... Anyone know what the problem could be? In a bit of a...

hi all basic question just wondered if it would be safe to do so or is it a silly idea? cheers, Ed.

Hey guys. I'm looking to increase my front suspension travel by either swapping the fork tubes with longer 27mm ones, or swapping the whole front end with a xl100/125 front end (if it will fit). Now I have never messed around with suspension before and will also be putting some longer shocks on...