The
Honda CG125 is a commuter motorcycle that was made by Honda of Japan. It was in
production from 1976 to 2008 and was originally manufactured in Japan, but
source for European market was eventually moved to Brazil in 1985 and also
Turkey 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.
The
CG125 was developed from the CB125 for third world markets. There were many
parts in common between the two. The two models were very similar. The main
difference was in the top ends, the CB had an overhead cam. 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 (amongst others) as
Honda realised that riders in developing countries performed little or no
preventative maintenance.
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) ingintion system was replaced by the capacitor discharge
ignition(CDI) system (1989 in Japan) and a little later in other countries by
1993 honda was producing only CDI system ignitions in every motorcycle to any
country.
·
An
electric start was added in 2001, originally alongside the original kick start
and replacing it completely in 2004 (in the European Market).
The
Honda CG125 motor plods on remarkably well, often with very little maintenance.
In fact you could probably run the thing on turnip juice for 1000 miles without
it suffering engine failure. The later 2004 onwards Honda CG125s have a vastly
improved gearbox and slightly more power, but not much.
The
layout on the older Honda CG125 brought new depth to the word `basic.' Later
Honda CG125models have a much better saddle, mirrors, disc rather than drum
front brake, plus a five speed gearbox instead of just four speeds. One detail
that isn't really progress is losing the fully enclosed drive chain on the
older Honda CG125s
Reference : wikipedia
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