Juggler

Hello again Lovely TMBF. It has been a while. I managed to let the engine run low on oil and blew it in a dramatic fashion whilst pinning it (to keep to 60mph) on A roads. Taken it all apart and have sadly come to the conclusion that it will be cheaper to do a straight engine swap. Thing is, I have yet to find a replacement for under £400. When the bike itself is only worth ~£650. My question is, could I stick a CG125 engine in? From what I can tell there only difference is slightly different gearing and the use of an OHC rather than OHV. Is there any reason it shouldn't fit/work. It is just I've seen several cg engines sold for under £200. Love to hear your ideas on the subject, possible other engines to consider or am I better off going to a scrap merchant and cutting my loses? My girlfriend yesterday bought herself a scooter yesterday and feel more than a little gutted I can not go on a ride with her.

I took the seat off again and it's definitely a paper filter. So it seems no need to oil. Thanks for clearing it up.

I stand corrected. Stu, the air filter not oil filter. It's an OEM Honda part from wemoto.

Well, I rode it to work. No problems so far. I checked the Haynes manual which recommended SAE80 or 90 Gear oil. If unavailable 30 engine oil. I imagine any oil with low viscosity would do the trick.

Well, I replaced the air filter about 50 miles ago and only afterwards realized I forgot to oil it. I've ordered some appropriate gear oil online since but I'm wondering what the likely damage would be long term? So far, it's been running a beauty but I've noticed the oil which I recently replaced has become dirty rather quickly. Obviously not using it for ride out until it's sorted but, I need it for work tonight (5 miles in total). I say need, I suppose I could walk but you know. Is this a real no, no? Your thoughts please?

Indeed I did, thank you for confirming my suspicions.

I had a new chain and sprocket set put on about 1k miles ago. Since then, the chain has needed tensioning a couple of times, no problem. Today I removed the front sprocket cover for a long over due clean. I couldn't help but notice that there was some play in the front sprocket. Am I right in thinking this should be attached as tight as it could go? I can imagine the vibrations (it is a vibey single cylinder) has worked it loose. Else, the fellow at garage didn't do a very good job. Figured I'd check first. Thank you in advance.

Never tried welding but have had great success patching all sorts of holes that developed in my rust bucket of an exhaust. Did you warm up the exhaust beforehand and let the putty harden overnight, at least? What shape, and how big is the hole? Fitting an exhaust isn't a big job, something you may be able to do yourself if you want to keep labour costs down.

May be worth considering keeping the bike tank topped up, during periods of low use, to prevent this in future. Best of luck getting it your pride back into shape.

Does it stand up to the heat? I have a tin of that lying around but didn't think to put it on the exhaust. I'm in much the same boat as you jakey, used the cheap Halfords high temp matt black spray as a temporary solution. I ran out about half way through the second layer and it's starting to show. Watching this thread with interest.

Good advice. Have faith in your machine and try and stay relaxed. Oh, and don't forget to have fun.

Same boat. It wasn't worth me getting fire and theft since the excess was near enough identical to the value of the bike.

I should state I have never had much in the way of water in the tank. Advice I was given was to switch to reserve (petrol will float on water) after you've filled the tank up and the water diluted. Hopefully this will burn through the mix. Your safest best is to drain it and fill it with fresh though as already mentioned.

I want to spoil myself for christmas and buy a pair of race quality gloves with wrist protection. The current budget pair I own offers negligible protection and, after having a few minor offs, I want piece of mind. Thing is, being vegan I'm a "bit funny" about leather. I may just missing the obvious but I cannot find any quality, fully textile gloves. Those gloves usually listed under the textile tend to have kangaroo or some other bit of hide stitched on to the palms etc. I know leather has excellent abrasive qualities but with the advent of modern synthetic materials, I'd have thought alternatives exist. Obviously fit comes into it but, is what I'm after even out there?

NOS just puts me in mind of laughing gas. Could also include switching off indicators, steering lock, various other locks and not leaving the key in the ignition, as part of normal shut down routine. Perhaps auxiliaries too (heated grips etc) if you're lucky enough to have them. If you can come up with an acronym that incorporates that, that would be awesome.