Bludoggo

Hi everyone!

So i've had this bike for a while and everything has been fine with it, I use it for commuting mostly and the odd countryside ride at the weekend. The other day while driving to work it kept stalling at red lights (not my fault, finally! haha). The RPM stays around 1500 until we stop at the light, then it very slowly dwindles down to 1300/1000 ish, sort of splutters and then cuts out. Going to work this morning, was fine for half the journey, back in the city, red light.. does the same thing. When I got to work this morning, thought I would check it out, popped it in neutral just to see what would happen.. does the same thing. Always restarts. 

So yeah, any advice would be good. I am led to believe that it won't be the rpm setting because 1500 is normal ish? But I am a novice. 

Ta

19 hours ago, Throttled said:

On one of my 125cc tours. Note how the bike is on its centre stand and the back wheel, due to the weight of all my kit. That trip included a run up the Dukes Pass, with its hairpin bends, at 25mph, with a queue of cars behind me. I had a brilliant time!

 

Glad you had a good time! Travelling around with no real destination was always the reason for me to get a bike, glad there are other 125 riders out there doing the same! Does look a wee bit bottom heavy  (also, love a good queue of cars behind)

20 hours ago, Steve_M said:

There was a woman on a 125 going over the top on the B797 near Wanlockhead when I was there yesterday (the guys I was chatting to knew her). It’s a fairly steep road and quite high but they seemed to be doing ok. No luggage, mind..,

That sounds positive! Maybe I should leave everything at the B&B haha

On 20/05/2021 at 19:36, dynax said:

Check the max weight capacity of the bike this is the the total weight that the bike can safely carry including rider and luggage,

once you take away the actual kerb weight ( this is the weight of the bike when filled with fuel,oil and water if water cooled ) of the bike, this will leave you with the weight you can carry including rider and luggage.

 

You may have to increase tyre pressures and adjust the rear suspension to compensate for the extra weight.

As an example my bike can carry 320kg the kerb weight is 172kg, so my bike can carry upto 148kg of rider and luggage

Thanks for this!

On 20/05/2021 at 19:50, Steve_M said:

But you may not want to ride up Honister fully laden... it’s a bit steep in places. 

Yeah I was thinking of just being as light as possible and potentially leaving stuff at a B&B etc. I went through north Leeds to Skipton / Shipley and the little bike was quite the snail on those hills

On 20/05/2021 at 15:29, NeilM said:

The world's your oyster really.

If you're trying to gain experience etc, then maybe head to York on the A64. 

Off past the outlet and take the brid road.

From there either do the coast or the east york wolds?

Or go over the tops to whitby?

I was thinking about doing this first but I was also thinking of making it a couple of days and the b&bs are a wee bit pricey! So I'm putting that on the list and doing it later

On 20/05/2021 at 12:51, Copycat73 said:

yeah.. take your water proofs.

Hahah not taken them off in the past few weeks 

Hey all!

Well I've been commuting for a good few months now with no falls or serious issues (woohoo!) and as the weather is almost getting lovely I was thinking about my first little road trip. I'm based around Leeds so was thinking of going north through Buttertubs and then onto Honsiter Pass as I've heard nothing but good things about these places. I have a week off in a little while and I was thinking of breaking up the ride with a few stop overs so I don't rush through it all. 

As a COMPLETE beginner, is this a good idea on a 125cc? has anyone done this before? Any tips or things I should be thinking about?

Ta!

Hi all! So I passed the CBT on Tuesday and the weather has been awful since then so I decided to stay warm and dry inside.

This morning didn't seem awful so I decided to venture out to the very exciting first destination of... The petrol station! Whoo!

So everything went pretty well, new bike so checked everything worked before setting off then headed out, I was nervous at first as it was wet and cold but really soon things fell into place. 

Had trouble putting the fuel cap back on (why so fiddly?!), Stalled once but a very nice driver was patient, and beeped the horn for no reason which made me chuckle. Made it back in one piece! AND had fun

Would be interested to know how other peoples first rides were!

On 09/12/2020 at 12:05, learningtofly said:

Well done. Now just be careful out there - wet leaves, mud, rain and worse all mean you have to have your wits about you and ride in accordance with the conditions.

I will you can call me a fair weather rider for the next few months!

5 hours ago, Spongefinger said:

Well done..in other news I failed my Mod 1 today

 

Aaah no! I'm sure if you went back you'd nail it though (I've read your thread). Sometimes you can just have a bad day

35 minutes ago, dynax said:

Well done! Now is the time you start to learn, and here are a few pointers if you are riding through the winter, leave plenty of space between you and the vehicle in front, even if stood at lights or a crossing.

Always check your mirrors, even if stood, looking behind you frequently lets you know what going on behind you.

When you are going to slow down, tap your brakes a couple of times before you do, just gives those behind you a chance to see it before you actually do.

If someone is too close behind you, don't be scared to subtly wave your arm up and down a couple of times, to let them know they are too close.

Thanks for the tips, they told me a few of these yesterday, I think I'm addicted to mirror checking now haha but I'll keep them all in mind

So a quick update. I decided to go with another school to redo the CBT (who I highly recommend btw)..

Anyway, there wasn't much different in the structure of the day but the tuition was worlds apart, they were patient and funny, plenty of feedback as and when we were doing things. Nailed the U turn and figure of eight first time. And pretty much all the other stuff  so yeah.. a huuuuge difference. 

Road was okay, I obviously need things to improve on but these were pointed out and I was ensured that it's just time in the seat that will help. It was super cold and rainy and I thought bits were gonna fall off me but overall felt safe and comfortable and actually started ENJOYING myself! Imagine!

So happy I went with another school and so happy I can go out and practice riding now without my confidence in absolute tatters 

On 08/12/2020 at 08:14, KiwiBob said:

Put your thermals on! .. Its cold out there today!

it was bloody cold! and rainy, apart from thinking my hands were going to fall off everything went really well, super pleased!

On 07/12/2020 at 21:23, Spongefinger said:

Good luck tomorrow

Thank you, I am glad to say that I passed the whole thing with flying colours!

I know this won't be well received but the point of a test is to determine your suitability to be out on the road on a motorcycle . Failing this test might have just saved your life and possibly the lives of other road users and pedestrians . I'm sure you will succeed in the end if you are determined enough so don't give up .

You're very right with this, I think it was a mixture of all sorts of things as to why I didn't pass the first time, I think I was just shocked that I could pass before and couldn't pass on that day. I honestly didn't feel like I was good enough to go on the road this time so it was a good decision there, just a shame that I felt the instruction was unhelpful.

Good luck

thanks!

Good luck on the 8th.

thank you

It looks like a breather pipe . It's probably just spitting out a bit of assembly oil and condensation . I wouldn't worry about it .

ooh I hope so, it doesn't smell like water or anything so that would be the best outcome, thanks

Have you checked the manual. Sometimes pipes in that area are drainage. What is leaking from it? It doesn't look like oil. It may just be water draining from somewhere like the air filter.

 

Or, if the bike has stood in the rain.. the fuel cap normally has its own drain pipe to carry water away that might get into the fuel.

Bike hasn't been in the rain just yet but that's good to know thank you

Smell it and feel it, that will give you some indication of what it might be, then trace it backwards to see where it goes, as has been said though, more likely to be a drain for something than an actual leak

I hope so! only just got the thing haha

Have you checked the manual. Sometimes pipes in that area are drainage. What is leaking from it? It doesn't look like oil. It may just be water draining from somewhere like the air filter.

Hiya, I've checked the manual but it doesn't really give any indication as to what it is. It's not oil but it doesn't smell like water

The brake fluid level is fine so doesn't seem to be connected to that.. I can't see where the pipe goes as it disappears in the centre of the bike right in between the battery and a load of other stuff (technical term). Worth taking to a garage before riding?

Hi all,

I took delivery of a new Herald Classic 125 and everything seemed fine with it, this morning I spotted a leak which seems to be coming from a pipe towards the belly of the bike. I am completely new to bikes so what is it? Please see pictures for clarity

On the last picture it's the middle pipe

Thanks!

*solved*

Contacted Herold and they have said it's an "overflow pipe for the fuel system"

Thanks for all the comments

Not entirely sure how to reply to all but all the replies have been amazing and done me some good to get back no my feet (wheels?). It's taken me a while to reply due to work commitments and some illness but i'm all good now! I've booked in a new CBT with a different school but the soonest they could do it on the 8th, which is understandable given lockdown 2.0.. so wish me luck and i'll update when I pass (right? haha).

It's so nice that other people have also failed this and gone on to be good riders, it's something you don't hear about at all so it was good to know this. Hopefully I will be a bit calmer and less intimidated next time, the reviews for the new school seem really good and the guys there seem pleasant rather than confrontational.

So thanks everyone!

So a bit of history first: I first did a cbt a good 5 years ago with no previous experience (at all) on a bike or car. Passed well, found the experience really enjoyable. Life happened and I ended up going travelling for a while (yes a did a bit of cheeky moped riding). Recently really wanted to get on the road again so pre ordered a 125cc and booked in my cbt thinking it would be much the same.

Get to the centre and there's two other people there, son and dad, dad is the only one with experience in the group, son at 19 doesn't have any (which is what I would count myself at really). So they mention the eye sight test, which they forgot to do with me, and we meet the instructor. Everything goes fine and we start to ride the bikes..

It all seemed fairly quick if I'm honest, we were told not to leave our fingers over the clutch and front brake, which on reflection, wasn't checked on. We did simple start and stop with no problem, riding around a circuit no problem, then into U turns, which I had a problem with.. I kept popping my foot down, then got the hang of it after the instructor said to give it more power and that it didn't matter how much revs there were.. which I thought meant it didn't matter how loud I was, just to finish the manoeuvre.. which I did haha. Kinda the same thing happened with the figure of eight but it didn't seem to matter again. Later on I was told I need to stop over revving it.. and told I need to stop being stressed.. which didn't help at all haha. Then we did changing up to second and junctions and emergency break, and more circuits, all no problem and not over revving once. The 19 yr old was a little worse than me and was then told unless he could a U turn again he wouldn't be going on the road, which he couldn't, so he didn't. I was then told it was very close to whether I would be going out or not.. later on, just before the road safety talk, I was told that I would also not be going out. And to be honest, I agreed with it, but I felt the instruction was also part of the problem because I have done it before without a hitch?

The whole thing felt quite stressful, at some point we were told if we didn't do the shoulder checks on the road they would beep at us, which, whether true or not, didn't help my increasing nerves. In any case, I was told to book another cbt and pay full price again if I wanted to do it, so was the young lad. So the only one to continue to the road was a guy who had already ridden before.

So..

I really want to do the cbt (and now to build my confidence back again after a terrible day). It's been really frustrating trying to figure out what I can improve on when I didn't have these issues the first time?

So should I rebook with a different school, or rebook and do an auto, or take some lessons first? Any advice or thoughts would be a massive help.. as I feel pretty terrible about it.