Honda CG125 Side Stand

meyrick · Scooby Slapper Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Karma :

Hi all,

I know this has been mentioned here and there, but has anyone actually managed to get a side stand for their CG125?

I have a 2006 model and from the looks of it the frame has a hole for the bolt and a hook for the spring. I'm in Bristol and I have tried Fowlers, but they won't touch anything that isn't official UK stock tied to your frame number.

I have heard rumours that 'some dealers' can get them from 'other countries' but I have no specifics to go on. None on eBay that I can see, unless I order a bunch from other small Honda bikes and hope I can bodge one to fit.

Any ideas?

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TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

some on ebay from time to time, try honda themselves ie your local dealership, beleive it or not but dealerships do actually want to help.
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19van71 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Karma :

Dunno if this answers your question...

https://hondacg125.awardspace.com/accessories.htm#Side%20Stand
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TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

I have a sidestand mount... alas no disc brake... yet.
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19van71 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Karma :

You can set eBay up to let you know by email if an item you have searched for becomes available you know?
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meyrick · Scooby Slapper Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Karma :

19van71 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Karma :

No probs!

Hope you find one soon... Wink

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Oliver_FF · Nova Slayer Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Karma :

You're absolutely correct, my local Honda garage looked into it - there is a mounting hole and everything for a side stand, but they won't fit one for you because there is no provision for an engine cutout switch for it - considering most riders of CG125's are learners, having thousands of newbies riding around with side stands still out and a mass of crashes just waiting to happen.

I'm sure everyone has tried to pull off with their side stand down at some point in their motorbiking history - it could be horrific if the engine didn't actually cut out and you took a left turn...

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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I suspect they'd also fall over really easily on a sidestand. Even old ones don't have sidestands. Ones that pre-date idiot switches.

You can buy universal ones that clamp to tubular frames for about £20.
Here's where I saw them.

Consider attaching it to the swingarm rather than the frame. They do this with some old Brits and MZ 2-strokes.
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gmanxiii · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Karma :

try david silvers spares, they can normally get parts in for imported hondas.[/list]
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19van71 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Karma :

Didn't they put the rubber 'Thingy' on the end of the stand to flick it up in this sort of instance? or am I talking bull? Confused

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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

endless nameless on here has a sidestand for his 1982 CG.

although somehow i dont think its an original part, as his bike is nearly horizontal when its on the stand.
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virus · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Aug 2006 Karma :

Yeah the rubber foot is to kick it up in theory, in practice you've smashed a hole in the road with the metal before the rubber does its job.

Side stands were factory fitted on the '82, AFAIK its some time in the late 90s-early 00s they took it off, major mistake.

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toolhonda · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Karma :

I have been to several Honda dealers about a sidestand for the current model = 2004 onwards Honda CG125.

At first back in 2004 and 2005 non of them or very few new how to obtain it.

By 2006 around half of them had found out how to get hold of it and had supplied it to customers.

I even saw a brand new Honda CG125 in the showroom with a sidestand on it.
The dealer claimed the bike was sold and the customer demanded it.
The sidestand fitted and looked perfect.
The bike was leaning the correct amount so it was the perfect length.

I never bought the sidestand since they all told me it was just over £50.

Honda UK had to say no to customers legally.
But they can tell their dealers unofficially by word of mouth (no paper trail) how to get it.

So my advice is try as many Honda dealers as you can.
You can always use the telephone and see if they will post it.

tahrey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Karma :

I know it's probably bad form for my second ever post on a forum to be an act of deep necromancy, but I can't see anything else concerning this in the search.

So, question: Might a CBF125 stand work, given that it probably inherits much of the CG's frame, and comes ready fitted with one? Or a similar one off eBay (I think there was e.g. the Dylan, CB125 and maybe a couple others I found that were a suitable size when prodding sellers for info).

There might even be a way to jerry-rig the switch, given that the CG does at least already have an in-gear and clutch-released cutout for the starter. I could see running the ignition through a relay slaved through a combination of stand and neutral switch inputs being not too expensive or complicated after all.

If not, where are these garages that have been given the word-of-mouth instructions, and what flavour of masonic handshake is required for them to trust you're not an HSE inspector and admit to knowing it?

herulach · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Apr 2010 Karma :

Just ring and ask the parts desk, if they can get it they'll let you have one. That or find a wrecked drum brake model at a breakers. Its only a bolt, spring and a bit of bent tube.

muffy · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 21 Jan 2009 Karma :

i brought a side stand of ebay for £20 including postage it bolted straight on my 56 plate cg125 and it works well honda wanted £60 to fit one

check ebay even an old one from the late 80s brazil model would fit

Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

Theres one on the ebay strip at the bottom of the page Shocked

, bloody clever this internet thingy!
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pepperami · Super Spammer Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Karma :

possibly ? maybe? i think? that the foot-pegs for a Honda C-90 are made from one bar that bolts on under the frame and have a side stand attached....i think?
I`m not sure, but have heard that fits? the CG, possibly! maybe.

sorry i cant be more helpful Confused

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tahrey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Karma :

Might be worth a fling, aye, especially as they don't actually come up labelled that way too often.

I'm still quite considering the added switch idea though (rig up a relay that uses that and the neutral or clutch switch as inputs (a la starter lockout, but different), running via an aftermarket handlebar killswitch), so... DOES anyone know what the peg heights are like on CG vs CBF? I can quite easily get hold of a switched stand for the latter after all.

Adamantis · Scooby Slapper Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

My '91 cg had a side stand and no centre stand - looked original and everything. Have the frames changed much since then?

Also, have you tried searching for "kickstand" rather than sidestand?
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Adamantis · Scooby Slapper Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Karma :

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/honda-dylan-and-cg-125-side-stand-/250660367526?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item3a5c85aca6
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tahrey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Karma :

Right, whilst I wait for my dinner to cook Laughing

That link's to the same thing that was popping up on the related ads at the bottom of the page ... well, sort of, as it's now finished and been relisted. From looking at the full size image I'd be a touch wary on how well it might work - it's certainly a different bike (much more faired) and although it's canted over towards the camera a little, the stand mount seems to be MUCH more horizontal than what the cutout on my CG frame is. Mebbe worth looking into the seller's feedback and seeing if they've sold any before with good results.

(I know the Dylan one is supposed to fit, but the feet on the end are generally flat are they not? So it'd be at the wrong angle)

Hrmm. The only way to be sure, I suppose, would be to actually take the plunge, same as with the lamp. Rolling Eyes

But I want to check up on the leccy system first, I drew it out best as I could estimate during some work downtime and then put my putative additions on in a different colour... however it's all potentially bollocks so have brought the manual in to consult properly over munchies.

Definitely interested because I've received a confirmation that I can't get a warranty replacement claim on my "new" centrestand ("They say the damage isn't anything to do with a manufacturing defect on their behalf"... er, how is that possible when they haven't looked at it, owing to it still being on the bloody bike?), and though careful handling has stalled the rapid decline seen before (including a discovery that, with an empty tailbag, the back end is light enough to briefly lift up in the air which lets you kick it up or down with zero effective load), I don't trust it to eventually fail again with the frequency of ups & downs it's generally subjected to - meaning an inevitable further hundred quid or more for a second replacement. Plus it's a right ruddy pain anyway.

OK off to tend to the oven...