Sep 30, 2011 Honda Ace CB 125-D has same features of CB125cc but it looks more stylish due to it’s stylish headlight and look. This model is designed for a wide range of customers other than bike taxis. For both of these models, Honda has annual sales target of 1,00,000 units in Nigeria.
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The Honda CB125 Twin was introducing during a time when manufacturers were battling on the showroom floor with small displacement bikes. However, as standard engine sizes became larger and larger, many of the competing machines died away until the CB125 was one of the few 125cc motorcycles availableall the way into the eighties. These were handsome little machines with surprising pep from their eighth-liter engines, reportedly capable of hitting 88 mph!Enter Felix Kuhn of Switzerland’s, who found this CB125 disassembled in boxes, taken out of service in 1978. He set about restoring the bike to its original glory. While we mainly focus on modified bikes, this CB125 was just too cool to pass up. 1970 Honda CB125: In the Builder’s WordsTaken out of service 39 years ago and packed in boxes. As a successor to the Honda CB92, the CB125 came on the market sharing many components with the CB93 race machine and larger CB160.
Steel tube frame, a new chassis and telescopic fork were the most noticeable innovations. The plus-points list of the machine sounded tempting:. electric start (6 volts!). 15 hp at 11,000 rpm. two-cylinder.
duplex frontbrake. two-color paintWhy the machine was taken out of service in 1978, after 8 years of operation with 37tkm, can only be guessed. In addition to some rust, the crankshaft bearings were worn and the valve guides were derailed.The small CB was then disassembled and packed in boxes, the frame was sandblasted and painted. Then probably many, many years nothing happened, except that the boxes full of parts changed the owner.Then the Honda was with two mechanics, who were perhaps afraid of the challenge in the form of boxes full of items. Anyway, the owner picked up the parts collection after a while because nothing happened.So the jigsaw of the Japanese lady ended up with me last year. The owner had read an article about me, packed all the items in his car and brought everything to me. I received the order to rebuild the machine.This was a wonderful job for me.
Part by part was put in order and mounted in its intended location. The cylinder head was completely revised, the cylinders honed for rust damage.The spare parts are extremely scarce — for example, a new (almost) matching fuel cock from an old warehouse in China had to be bought.The Honda runs wonderful and screams when needed, the 15PS aria and over 11,000 revolutions in a handling of a moped.The Technical Approval (MFK) as a veteran was not a problem, which is clear when you have seen the Honda.Follow The BuilderFollow Last Century Bikes: More from Last Century Bikes. 88 mph on a stock CB125 isn’t possible, but if you read the article, it states that the cylinder head was revised.It could have a higher compression than the stock bike, it could have been ported, it could have been bored out a bit.
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With all of this, and the careful tuning I assume that was done to this particular bike, you’re out of line, Cocotillo to automatically call foul. This isn’t your CB125, it’s a rebuilt one, and you should know that CB125s that compete in vintage racing, that have been hopped up can go faster than stock bikes.
This is a COMPLETE Service Repair Manual for the HONDA CB125 CB160 MOTORCYCLE. Production model years 1972. It is a complete manual similar to a factory shop manuals or CDROM manuals which are used in repair shops. 3397 HONDA CB125 CB160 SERVICE REPAIR MANUAL DOWNLOAD!!! //cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0571/9741/products/1972HONDACB125CB160SERVICEREPAIRMANUALlarge.jpg?v= 4.95 USD InStock Honda Service Repair Workshop Manuals This is a COMPLETE Service Repair Manual for the HONDA CB125 CB160 MOTORCYCLE. Production model years 1972. It is a complete manual similar to a factory shop manuals or CDROM manuals which are used in repair shops.
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