Hello. I have a new cb 125e. I really like riding it. I have made a few changes to better suit me. I would like to share these, and if anybody has any suggestions, I'd be thankful. I haven't found much information.
I have fitted fairly standard enduro type bars. They are the highest I could get for 22.5mm bars and 800mm wide. I had to remove the brace so that I could use the ignition key.
I have since found pro taper adventure bars. Still 800mm wide but higher. Because they are 1 1/8" wide they aren't braced. I have some adapters coming to change from 22 to 31.8mm. I won't make this change until and if I bend the bars on there now. I actually like the height of the bars now.
I have also fitted a puig screen. It looks good and is great when it is windy. Getting behind the screen when its windy is so much easier on the motor; it just purrs.
I find the front suspension woeful. I tried to find stronger springs but can't. I'm too lazy to pull out the existing springs, measure them, see if I can find something printed on them and then contact race tech. I did manufacture some spacers, just under 14mm. The top cap on the forks screws in a couple of mm before applying pre load. Originally there iis probably about 1cm of preload. Now it has about 24mm. Not a great improvement surprisingly - they are still soft, but I haven't ridden it yet.
I have the rear at max pre load. It feels OK, but I reckon I'm still bottoming it out. I'm about 85kg with gear.
I've removed one of the two horns, the dicky bar end weights. I was going to take off the centre stand, but I'm seting this up as an all rounder and adventure bike. It's really easy to do this because it is mostly already there. Such a neutral bike; it is great to stand up on, has a good low gear, very easy clutch to play with in technical stuff. Back to the centre stand: the ability to change tyres in the bush, especially on the front, makes the stand look pretty good.
I have made up a reasonable tool kit and have just received some pretty good panniers. Just light stuff is going in the panniers and I'll only use the panniers on extended trips, otherwise just a day pack.
to do:
Fit the ixil exhaust.
Fit the sigma carby kit.
Open up the air box or look at getting a universal foam filter and removing the air box.
Fit a chain oiler, so that I don't have to worry too much when I'm on forestry roads.
I'll post photos and give some progress, just in case someone else is looking for info on these bikes.
Any specific details about a potential fork spring upgrade would be great. Or any intake info (good filters, remove the air box or not, take the top off the air box?)
I have fitted fairly standard enduro type bars. They are the highest I could get for 22.5mm bars and 800mm wide. I had to remove the brace so that I could use the ignition key.
I have since found pro taper adventure bars. Still 800mm wide but higher. Because they are 1 1/8" wide they aren't braced. I have some adapters coming to change from 22 to 31.8mm. I won't make this change until and if I bend the bars on there now. I actually like the height of the bars now.
I have also fitted a puig screen. It looks good and is great when it is windy. Getting behind the screen when its windy is so much easier on the motor; it just purrs.
I find the front suspension woeful. I tried to find stronger springs but can't. I'm too lazy to pull out the existing springs, measure them, see if I can find something printed on them and then contact race tech. I did manufacture some spacers, just under 14mm. The top cap on the forks screws in a couple of mm before applying pre load. Originally there iis probably about 1cm of preload. Now it has about 24mm. Not a great improvement surprisingly - they are still soft, but I haven't ridden it yet.
I have the rear at max pre load. It feels OK, but I reckon I'm still bottoming it out. I'm about 85kg with gear.
I've removed one of the two horns, the dicky bar end weights. I was going to take off the centre stand, but I'm seting this up as an all rounder and adventure bike. It's really easy to do this because it is mostly already there. Such a neutral bike; it is great to stand up on, has a good low gear, very easy clutch to play with in technical stuff. Back to the centre stand: the ability to change tyres in the bush, especially on the front, makes the stand look pretty good.
I have made up a reasonable tool kit and have just received some pretty good panniers. Just light stuff is going in the panniers and I'll only use the panniers on extended trips, otherwise just a day pack.
to do:
Fit the ixil exhaust.
Fit the sigma carby kit.
Open up the air box or look at getting a universal foam filter and removing the air box.
Fit a chain oiler, so that I don't have to worry too much when I'm on forestry roads.
I'll post photos and give some progress, just in case someone else is looking for info on these bikes.
Any specific details about a potential fork spring upgrade would be great. Or any intake info (good filters, remove the air box or not, take the top off the air box?)