Brand New CBF 125, rode 25 miles, now not starting.

[jaseypiom]

Hi,

I just bought a brand new CBF 125cc, I rode it 25 miles home and then parked it up in the garden. Now it doesn't start, you can hear it trying but it is not firing, if I give it some gas it ticks over and then cuts out soon as the revs cut under 2000RPM.

Is this because of the heat today or do I need to take it back to shop, is it a serious fault.

[Yorkshire Geek]

Brand new bike won't start? I'd take it back.

[johnnyarctic]

[-Monty-]

As has been said; check obvious things but I personally wouldn't bother fiddling around with things or Honda could potentially fob you off saying "your home mechanics broke the bike, you now have no warrantee."
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[bamt]

[wodge]

Does it per chance have a fuel tap?? Many, many people have forgotten about the silly little fuel tap under the fuel tank. I guess your bike is fuel injected so not sure it has one, but it's worth a punt..
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[wodge]

oops, double post, but it does have fuel in it doesn't it?
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[NJD]

(1) Has the kill-switch been knocked accidentally?

(2) Have you read the start up procedure according to the user manual?

(3) What's happening when you press the starter button?

(4) Have you attempted to start it with the throttle wide open and the stater button?

(5) Sufficient engine oil?

(6) Sufficient petrol?

(7) Take the bike to an empty road, turn the ignition on, put the bike into 2nd gear and keep the clutch pulled in.. now run like hell and let the clutch out slowly..

Does it show any signs of life when the clutch is let out?

(8) Electrics working, indicators, brake lights, front light with ignition on?

(9) Does it have a sidestand switch to stop the bike form being started, if so (and the sidestand is up) is it shorting out?

[mauzo]

[NJD]

[Rogerborg]

They really don't seem to like hot weather.

See...
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=304515
...and all the links therein, and many many more about CBF125s shitting the bed when it's hot.

But a brand new one? Should just run. Get on to Honda-san and don't be fobbed off with "just needs run in" or similar.

Nicey-nice to begin with, but if they give you any lip, invite them to either make it run or take it back as you'll be rejecting it as not fit for purpose, i.e. use in the precise country and climate and time of year when they sold it to you.
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[thx1138]

today?

Facebook page for CBF125 owners, quite a few reports of the bikes not liking the hot weather, and not running right.

[Rogerborg]

Will not be remembered fondly. I wonder if the CB125F will do any better.
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[RedPanda]

[Rogerborg]

[Northern Monkey]

[Rogerborg]

[Polarbear]

check fuel/tap. Do nothing else except pick up phone and ring your Honda dealer.

That's what you are paying all that money for, the security of Honda's warranty and back up. Otherwise you might as well have bought Chinese.
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[NJD]

[ScaredyCat]

[CBFcarl]

If it is brand new, did you take it easy?

Only reason I ask is my first scooter (new) - no-one warned me about bedding it in easy. I did a high speed on the way home. The next day, wouldnt start. Got the dealer to pick it up and take it in and it turns out that I had fubared the piston rings.
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[Rogerborg]

[Northern Monkey]

Honda SFX50 is a 2 stroke 'ped
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[CBFcarl]

No lies, I'm very honest, me.

The bike was an Italjet Formula 50 (liquid cooled). No mention on bedding in, just "heres your keys, helmet, insurance details and gloves. See you".

I got lost coming out of Sheffield, and ended up on "The Parkway" which is a dual carriageway with NSL. I was doing an indicated 60-odd MPH (still dont know how) and got home. On the way home from work the next night, I just lost power about 3 miles from home.

Pushed it home (got harrassed by two different sets of police officers asking where I got it from) and spoke with the dealers who picked it up. Three or four days later, I get a call saying that I had split the piston rings and asking if I had been ragging it. No, I said. They said that they would replace all the damage under warranty this time, but not again. When I picked it up, I got told how to bed it in, and did.

The piece of shit still broke down any time there was wet on the road or even if someone looked at it in the wrong way.
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thx1138 wrote: Well if you had a car, I'd bet it would smell like urine had had drunken sex with vomit and made a poo baby.
Polarbear wrote: They are all old now. Probably had more abuse that a Rotherham schoolgirl.
Hellkat wrote: I want to know if Nigella smells of garlic, or just minge.

[CBFcarl]