ADVICE PLEASE

ISLAND GIRL · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Karma :

As some of you are aware now I have a honda cg125, 2004 plate. On it I dont have an emergency cut out switch and I can only start it when it is in neutral. On the older 125's that I did my CBT on, my hubbys bike and others that I know of you can start it even if it is in gear still. Is it normal do you know that a year old honda cg125 should not have this switch and not start if it is still in gear ? I would be grateful for your advice on this please.

froggy128 · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Karma :

some bikes you cant start in gear i would think thats normal

anders · Banned Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Karma :

Yeah its probably got a sensor on there not allowing you to.

ISLAND GIRL · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Karma :

Just seems wierd to me, my hubbys bike is brand new and he can start that in gear as are the older learner bikes that I did CBT on. The instructors thought it was well strange last wk when I told them, even with the clutch in it wont start in gear.
What about the emergency cut out switch, any ideas? I would of thought they had to be on all bikes for obvious reasons Confused

froggy128 · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Karma :

my varadero 125 another honda didnt start in gear or with clutch in. As for the kill switch every bike i have had has had one

ISLAND GIRL · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Karma :

Davo · Davo To The Rescue! Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Karma :

My hayabusa would start in gear, but you had to hold the clutch in to get it to start and have the stand up.

My R6 is the same.

ISLAND GIRL · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Karma :

Its just a bit of a pain, if its stalls and is in gear it literally gets stuck inbetween gears and wont start til I have rocked the bike back and forth a few times beating the gear peg at the same time to get it unstuck Sad

Just wondered if this was a common fault of the CG125 maybe.
I know the solution is not to stall it luckily I dont really now but did stop tonight on the way home from work, turned it off whilst still in gear so had to p**s about rocking it again.

Jack_Cheese · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Karma :

Yeah, it's just a safety feature so that riders don't start it with the clutch in, then accidentally let go whilst not on the bike, causing damage. I imagine this is more common on smaller bikes as they are more likely to be bought by new riders, who in turn are more likely to make mistakes.

Jack
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Teaman · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Dec 2004 Karma :

you dont want a bike that will start up in gear,,,, ask Froggy on that one lol Very Happy

i had a bike that would start whilst the stand was down,, lost count how many times i scraped the stand cos i forgot to pick it up, as for a kill swithc its easy enough to fit one if you need to, all it does is earth your spark to the frame instead of the plugs,.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Quite a few bikes do not have kill switches.

Suspect that you might be meant to have a switch on the clutch lever to tell when it is pulled but that it has stuck.

All the best

Keith
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