125learner

Great photo, I love the usa police look on this. There is a guy near me has a newer Honda who has his badged up with all the checker graffics and all except the actual police text and has a white helmet and a "polite" vest, he even refers to it as his "police" bike

Thanks, that's like I had in mind, will have a look for the larger one as its hanging items I'm having an issue with

Hoe do you store your bike gear, jacket, helmet boots etc? So far I have managed to stuff it in a cupboard but the more I add to my kit the more of a problem its getting.

Honda in grangemouth have a smart metal rack type think like a man made of metal which is a good idea and I have seen a shelf type thing with hangers under it which I could buy. Wondered if anyone had bought or made anything for the job?

I was going to ask this too, I had oxford grips on my 125 and miss them on the cbr, going to get some for Xmas, how much is reasonable to pay for labour to have them fitted?

Thanks

I passed mod2 on Friday and had the same concerns, I was lucky it was cold and overcast but quite dry, my friend had his test on the Thursday and it was a down pour and he unfortunalty failed. Just you luck with the weather at this time of the year but If its bad enough I think they cancel the tests anyway.

Ah ok, I'm a bit far off 500 posts, might make it for service time next year, thanks for letting me know

Yeah, passed on Friday with 1 minor, rushed home and got the insurance sorted, ran to get my kit on, rushed out to the garage, pushed the cbr out and pressed the button in anticipation of my first ride with no l plates and the battery was flat

Didn't have time to charge before work so finally got the battery charged today and had my first ride in the rain and loved every minute

Now I've finally passed mod2 and had my first shot of my cbr600 today I'm keen to get some service items and bulbs etc, Stu can you tell me what criteria I need to meet to get a card?

Thanks Donna

My first big bike. (when I can finally pass mod2 )

bike 2014 001 by k6ppo, on Flickr

Due to days off being cancelled at work I ended up having to move my mod2 date twice and done it yesterday. I failed on totting up 4 minors for going to slow in the 30 zones

Ive never done this in my lessons before so no idea why I was going slower, I can only assume I was over compensating for the rain which had stopped but I felt the roads were still damp.

Oh well hopefully next time, the new bike has not turned a wheel yet

Things have moved on quicker than I expected and I have now passed my theory and mod1 test, got mod2 this month and I sold my Honda cbf125 on Saturday and replaced it with a 2002 Honda cbr600f sport.

Hoping mod2 goes to plan so I get get out on the new bike before the winter

Bet me to it

I've got the haynes cbf manual In front of me.

If it's code 21 it's:faulty component-oxygen sensor- engine will run

Possible causes: faulty wiring or wiring connector. Faulty, damaged or improperly installed sensor.

Hope the above helps, if you need the other codes let me know and I can take a pic

Thanks

Congratulations

Ive attached mine to my mirror arm. Ill post a pic tomorrow if you want.

That would be good, be nice to get some ideas

yeah they are there to weight the bars to stop vibration

Ah ok, seemed fine on there but not watched the video yet

you could fit it anywhere you like providing it does fall off

Thanks Stu, wasn't sure if the bar ends were there for a purpose, I've stuck mine on my throttle side, going to test it out tonight

Would it be ok to fix the camera to the bar end on the hand bar? It's the only place I can think of fitting it without it being on my helmet,

Thanks

Congratulations Graham

Air filter?

points if it has them?

fuel filter?(probably doesn't have one)

Thanks again, going to check the manual then pop round to the motorfactors, I have done an oil and filter on a car before so hoping it's similar,

Thanks again for the help

Sounds like it needs a good service to me!

As for the noise, is it a standard pipe?

is it blowing? 125's are not usually that noisy.

Thanks for the replies,

As far as I can see it's a standard pipe, it has suzuki on it. Got myself a manual so I'm going to try and keen how to service it myself, the garage quoted £80 but parts can't be that expensive surely?

I know I need oil, an oil filter, spark plug but is there anything else I should do?

Thanks for your time

How long are you leaving it till you close the choke?

My Thundercat also shuts off if I close the choke too soon. It normally gets 5 to 10 mins warm up on full choke before I ride off. After another half a mile to a mile from leaving, I shut the choke then and it stays going.

If it shuts off if you close the choke regardless of how warm, it may have an idle set to low.

I've tried it at all different times, even after a 20 run it will cut out

My first bike is a suzuki gn125 2004. I Got it for a good price but there are a few niggles:

The bike is hard to get into neutral, I have to click up and down the gears before I can get it, the seller of the bike did tell me about this before I bought the bike.

It's REALLY noisey, at night I'm sure it rattles windows, I keep trying to put it in a high gear to keep the revs low

When I start the bike I open the choke but once the bike is warm I close the choke and the bike stalls, even after being driven

I know the bike had a new chain and battery last year and the seller said she changed the fuel filter but it's not been religiously serviced.

Any advice would be great fully received.

I'm thinking of buying a 2011 honda cbf to replace it as I've heard these are nice and quiet which I need if I'm going to use it to commute as I work shifts and my neighbours will kill me if I come in at 4am with the gn125

Thanks

Ive bought one too, thanks for the review, can go wrong at that price

Went out for a ride today, not having been out for a week and felt quite nervous but was ok once I got going. About half anhour later the bike started spluttering, fearing the slits I thought I had broken it, I could hear fuel moving in the tank so convinced myself I had broken it an started pushing it home, thankfully not far then I checked the tank again and realised that's what the problem was

Went to the garage with a can and filled up and she purred back to life, went upto the shop where I done my cbt to say hello and the lovely cbt man checked the bike over for me, the rear tyre needed air so that was filled and a general check, he said I got a good buy with it so gat was reassuring.

The cbt staff are lovely, sat for a good half hour chatting and getting tips

Also booked it in for a service as the last owner hadn't done the oil or plug.

By the time I left for home I hit rush hour which was good for practice stop starting.

All in all I really enjoyed today and I'm looking forward to taking the bike to work tomorrow if it's dry