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Scotch10
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PostPosted: 12:31 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Hi
I have a 1979 honda cb 125 t2 with only 4550 miles on the clock. Trouble is it starts and idles fine but between 5 and 7000 revs it sputters and lags but then kicks back in and accelerates fine. Timing and fuel mixture are correct it also has new points and plugs. Somebody please HELP!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: 12:31 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Re: dodgy Reply with quote

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I have a 1979 honda cb 125 t2 with only 4550 miles on the clock. Trouble is it starts and idles fine but between 5 and 7000 revs it sputters and lags but then kicks back in and accelerates fine. Timing and fuel mixture are correct it also has new points and plugs. Somebody please HELP!!!!!!!

I hope you know what you've let yourself in for. Shocked
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PostPosted: 13:09 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Re: dodgy Reply with quote

Scotch10 wrote:
honda cb 125 t2


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PostPosted: 13:12 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I know Ive been pulling my hair out, any ideas?

Do not worry, soon you'll be educated in the ways of the CB125.
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds about typical.
A cosmetc make-over, some notions of cafe-sxrambler type stuff going on, and "Oooh! It dont run right... lets blame carbs...."

1/ These motors are not particularly carb sensitive; they dont like pod filters much, but meh! They run pretty hapily without air-box or filter, and pods do a lot to strangle them, nipping flow at the mouth... but even with a pair of the smaller PD24's, with a pair of moped sized pots to feed, they aren't restricted much if at all carb-side.

2/ You will never set up a good carb on a crap motor. Believe me I have wasted far to much time trying, and have tried just about all perms of small honda carbs, singles and twins, and muggered about with the jets and needles, carb-cleans and overhaul kits to now not bother.

These old engines have tiny pots, they don't show obvious bore or ring wear on tear down, they show it by refusing to run right.. on such a small over-square motor, they do not make much manifold vacuum, they like sharp rings and good bore to get any decent 'suck' at the carb...

Constantly fouling plug, to ME suggests the thing is burning oil, probably not a lot past the rings, probably past well perished stem-seals...

As matter of course, 'now', I cut to the chase; I pull the motor and tear-down. A Chinese barrel kit, with new rings and gaskets is chaper than a rebore, at last look aprox £120. Head comes off and gets stipped; valves get lapped in, and new stem seals fitted. Then it goes back together on the Chnky barel, attension payed to the cam and cam bearings, rockers and state of the likely chewed up tappets. Cam gets critically timed in on rebuld, and hint the Chinky replacements are crap... cap bearings are worth the swap though. A-N-D the top-tip, IF the cam-chain loops onto the sprocket easily, and you dont have trouble timing it in... then the cam-chains likely fcuked!

That work done, motor back 'in', the exhaust is the first thing to look at before carbs; few OE pipes will have survved by now, I certanly haven't found any! After market Micron is pretty tough, but the Motad I think better, but I have yet to find any system that hasn't got dings in the down-pipes at kerb-height and few that have avoided pin-holing at the lower end of the header, usually on the outside of the bend.

Again; you are on a fools errand trying to set up a shit-motor on a questionable exhaust, even a decent moto with a crappy pipe... so make sure the pipe is good, and you dont either have two or three crush washers squashed into the port-flange, or no washer at all, omitted by some numpty believing it the mystical 'restrctor'....

Replacing the exhaust studs whilst the head is loose is also a good precaution, and wonderful ad to actually gettng the exhaust to seat, and seal!! But nspect closely whilst 'off'.. not unknown for heads to be butchered by folk with errant hack-and-wrecker drill trying to drill out old ones.. also not unknown to find any odd assortment of M6 olt used in substitution, or for the exhaut ports to be botchred with imperial roofbolts or the like used as self tappers in the alloy, or for M8's to have been forced into stripped holes, and flanges to have been drilled to take them!

With good head, barel, and 'zorst, set the carb up to the book, and away you go.....

Beware carbs overhauled with chinky overhaul kits; they often have the wrong sized jets in them, some marked with mikuni sizing rather tha Keihin, which ca cause some consternation, but most are CG derived and contain the wrong float valce needle, slide needle and wrong sized jets!!! Pilot air-screw however IS useful, especially as the very fine needle on the end is want to sieze in the carb-body and shear when you try adjust.... Remove check and when cleaning check carefully that you do HAVE a fine needle on the end of the air-screw.. A-N-D there's no 'old' sheared needle end left in the carb body!

It's all pretty easy to do, just takes time and a bit of wallet gulping to man up the cash for the barrel kit. and gonad appraisal to get the motor out and venture into the oil-covered bowels B-U-T one over that mental hurdle, its a hell of a lot more likely to actually 'work; and work well, and long-term be less work, hassle and cash, than faffing around with the bits outside the motor hoping that some-how problems will 'adjust' out.
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does the spark mechanical advance work freely?
Are both carb slides working together?
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am in the process of slowly (read VERY slowly Evil or Very Mad ) rebuilding my CB125T2.This was how I first bought it many years ago.Bit of a state Shocked

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/CB125T2/LatterDays039.jpg~original

I have had the engine running,only to find that the piston skirts are severely scored and that the valve guides are beyond help.

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/CB125T2/2013-02-26201707_zpseb016ef7.jpg~original

But before I tried to start the engine,which I had never had apart,I set the carbs up by eye and made sure that everything was clean.

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/CB125T2/Picture387.jpg~original

It does sound as though the pilot jets are blocked.If you can squirt some carb cleaner through the air jets and the fluid comes out of those jets,then you know that they are flowing okay.
Have you measured the float height?
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PostPosted: 19:07 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Thanks for that. I have stripped carbs but had no compressed air to blow out the airways. I am going to strip them again and borrow a garages compressor for 5 mins if I can. By the way does yours have a side stand they were an OPTIONAL EXTRA when new but I cant find one anywhere.
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PostPosted: 19:16 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Side-Stand bolts on via bracket/sub-frame on the bottom of the engine.

CD benleys and big-bore CB/CM's all use the same arrangement, and I believe they were standard on the Benley... may need bending to length.
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PostPosted: 19:22 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Yes Teflon Mike I have seen a picture of it in a parts index have you any idea where to look for one
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PostPosted: 19:40 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Re: dodgy Reply with quote

Scotch10 wrote:
Thanks for that. I have stripped carbs but had no compressed air to blow out the airways. I am going to strip them again and borrow a garages compressor for 5 mins if I can. By the way does yours have a side stand they were an OPTIONAL EXTRA when new but I cant find one anywhere.


If you have a can of carb cleaner then try squirting it through both ways.I have not had to use a compressor before to blow through jets because if there is a blockage then there is the opportunity to blow it further into that jet which is not removeable.In the past I have used a length of wire from a wire brush & pushed this through,though you would have to make sure that you do not score the orifice as it would change the way the jet works.

As for the sidestand,I found one from another bike,which may well have been from a CD185 that I scrapped a while ago.I used two engine mount bolts to secure the bracket through redundant holes in the bottom of the engine cases

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/CB125T2/Picture019.jpg~original
https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/CB125T2/Picture389.jpg~original
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PostPosted: 19:57 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Re: dodgy Reply with quote

Scotch10 wrote:
Yes Teflon Mike I have seen a picture of it in a parts index have you any idea where to look for one

Err... round here.... probably in the Diesel Bin... as in "Diesel-Do for anover job"... alternatively on the bottom of a scrap CD185/200 probably....
Or do you mean a retailer? I doubt that many will have these as a complete assembly on the shelves; but try the breakers via usual adverts.
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Yes Teflon Mike I have seen a picture of it in a parts index have you any idea where to look for one
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PostPosted: 20:03 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Thanks fizzer thou will try carb cleaner
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PostPosted: 20:05 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Thanks Teflon mike I will get hunting
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PostPosted: 20:36 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Teflon-Mike wrote:
Side-Stand bolts on via bracket/sub-frame on the bottom of the engine.

CD benleys and big-bore CB/CM's all use the same arrangement, and I believe they were standard on the Benley... may need bending to length.


What the actual fuck?
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PostPosted: 20:49 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nobby the Bastard wrote:
What the actual fuck?


Two posts of less than 1000 words. He must be critically ill.
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PostPosted: 21:01 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Scotch10 states,
""Trouble is it starts and idles fine but between 5 and 7000 revs it sputters and lags but then kicks back in and accelerates fine."""

How could it be the pilot jets blocked as mentioned????
I would say the needle jets need checking!
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PostPosted: 21:31 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Thanks Jaffa90 but it has new needle jet and holder plus main jet, I cant get slow jet out as it does not have a slot for screwdriver but it seems clear. the ATU has been cleaned and oiled. Any ideas
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PostPosted: 21:42 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Between 5, to 7,000rpm is mainly the needle jets and needles position so what are the needles positions?
Also what air filters are fitted?
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PostPosted: 21:47 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Needle positions are as per Haynes manual and air filters are original and clean
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PostPosted: 21:55 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Needle positions are as per Haynes manual and air filters are original and clean
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PostPosted: 22:46 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well if your happy about the advance and retard spark timing working correctly and no air going in in between the carbs and engine i would be tempted to lift the needles one notch BUT what colour are the spark plugs showing???
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: dodgy Reply with quote

Not good one is black and a bit oily the other dry but still dark
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PostPosted: 23:15 - 16 Sep 2018    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh dear, signs of a worn engine, nearly 40 year young with no mileage.
Sounds like somebody has screwed the b*llocks off it or just starting and stopping it umpteen times.
I take it that the crankcase breather is breathing?
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