Arran

Well, RIP little Honda, the bike broke down today on a national speed limit road, everything was going fine until i had to open up the throttle and keep up with traffic as a queue was forming behind me, i feel like the bike had no power behind it. I opened up the throttle, the cable got stuck, traffic behind me still piling up, revving like crazy, i try to close the throttle, wont work, pull the clutch in, revs even more, try to shift down, still revving, jumping about due to being unstable, smells like burning, put my indicator on and pull in at the safest place...turns out a piston ring might have blown, the engine wont start whatsoever, electrics work there's fuel going into the engine, cleaned spark plug, it has a spark through it...call a friend, he brings his car, try to fix it on the side of the road the bike wasn't having any of it so we took tank of a lobbed it in the back of his car and drove home. What a wonderful day trip out. Never buying a Honda again.... And they say 4 strokes are more reliable than 2 strokes...our little scoot (which is Chinese) starts first time everytime.

I will do that when i get my insurance documents come through the post as they are not picking up that i have insurance online atm.

Tax** It has MOT ha .gov isn't picking up my insurance on the bike so i cant get the tax disk sent off to me Should be able to apply tomorrow and have it hopefully around tuesday/wednesday.

Thanks Tango, had the foot lever for the gear changer moved up today..my foot now fits in fine, need ot break my shoes in too as they are really hard and not very flexible. Just about to put a performance air filter on now! Bikes a little speed devil! All i need now is the MOT then i'm off to Matlock!

Yeah will take a look, i think my foot might be too far forward. The speedo doesn't even work though..don't know why but will have to fix it and it may need a new chain. Other than that it seems okay, it shifts pretty well with the new carb on it...picks up speed like a rocket.

Took the death trap to the mot center today, surprisingly it passed..seems my foot is too fat to get under the gear changer...Oh well, time will tell.

The problem was an air leak, we think. but anyway i prob will strip it and clean it. Does anyone know how to fix the horn, it works, but the wiring doesn't... :S

New carb has been fitted and seems do have done the trick, the bike runs like a dream and kicks up first time every time. Had a problem with eletrics, has now been fixed although there is a problem with the horn wires which aren't working, as soon as that is fixed it can be MOT'ed then i can be on the road.

I've got a new carb on the way now, i will try to remove the bolt, but will try the new carb first and see how that works. The carb wasn't expensive and can be used for another bike anyway if it doesn't make a difference.

So just had a check of the bike and tried to get the inlet manifold off to my surprise there is another problem, and this is that one of the bolts holding it in place is so worn it cant be gripped by a spanner so cannot be removed. Any suggestions? I think i'm going to buy a new carb' and if that doesn't work then i'm going to have to go into my mod 1 and 2 test funds to have to buy a new bike

The main jet is in there! I can't honestly remember if that description is if the bike is on choke or off...i'll take another look in a little while.

After it rev's high, we check the spark plug and it's covered it petrol and we have to wipe it sometimes before it works again, there could also be something wrong with the spark cable because of this? And it's black too.

We checked the slide and it all seems to be working, i think it must be an air leak in the manifold if there is nothing wrong with the slide! When the bike is on choke it runs almost fine, if the air is being cut off and it's using the air from the leak but with choke off it rev's high, which means it's getting air from the leak and the air box.

There is a gasket which fits onto the manifold on the second picture. And the problem came BEFORE i made the gasket! There air box has nothing to do with this problem, so just cross that out. I will be getting a next to new manifold and gasket from a friend who is breaking his cg125 so hopefully that will work, or at least enable me to change the air fuel mixture to what it should be. & My location is on my name tag to the left. Cheers.

Well, to tell you the truth, the gasket was broke before hand, so i made one out of cardboard and soaked it in oil, we also put sealant around the gasket too, it's done up tightly, but where can i buy a new manifold from? ;/ I'm already looking now i just can't seem to find one! Also, that slight drop in rev's will declare an air leak? I'd have thought it would have to be more than that but you guys are better with this stuff than me anyway. cheers