Honda CG125 Bike Damage after an Accident
Also read all of the following if you have bought a 2nd hand Honda CG125 since they are often used by many learners and learners often drop bikes.
Check all the lights work including all 4 indicators and the brake light (tap each light with your finger to make sure there are no loose connections).
If you drop the bike, the normal damage is to the foot
rest.
The foot rests are bolted to the metal bar that attaches to
the underside of the engine.
When the bike falls over, all the weight of the bike goes
on the foot rest, both wheels leave the ground.
The handlebar end also makes contact with the ground,
there's not much weight on it.
The foot rest will often bend out of position.
You can fix this by using a large heavy hammer and bash it back to
position, quick strikes are more effective than slow ones.
To work out when the foot rest is in the correct position,
walk a decent distance away from the front of the bike,
kneel down and look straight at the bike, see
if the foot rests on both sides are the same height and pointing the same.
Also look straight down at the foot rest to see if its bent forwards or
backwards.
If you can not bend it back to position, you will have to
order a new metal bar and foot rest. It simply bolts to the underside of the
engine.
Other things to check is the gear shift lever, make sure
its not bent, if it is bend it back to shape,
it can be easily replaced (see Gear
change lever in General page).
Make sure nut bolt is tight, it can come slightly loose in an accident.
Look for oil leaks from the engine (also look for oil on the ground) and the
front forks, several times over the next few days.
Check the oil level, see How to
check the Oil level in the Oil page.
You can check the following, but a MOT (if you live in the
UK) should check them.
If you fell off to the right, also check the rear brake
pedal and silencer (bend back to position if necessary).
The next thing to check is if you have bent the front
forks.
If you have, the handlebars will not point straight ahead
when you are travelling straight.
So the front wheel points one way and the handlebars another.
If you have this problem you probably have not bent the front forks (unless the
impact was very hard) but have knocked them out of alignment.
The forks are what attach the handle bars to the front wheel (one fork connects
to the left hand side of the wheel, the other to the right),
at the top of each fork
are some nuts that can be loosened and then you can re
align the handlebars to the wheel (put weight on passenger seat to lift front
wheel off ground).
To check the handlebars are not bent, simple walk a
decent distance away from the front of the bike and look at the bars pointing
straight ahead,
also look at the brake and clutch lever.
The final thing to check is if you have bent the chassis.
This requires you to check the wheel alignment.
There are several different ways. But the idea is for one
person to sit on the bike and keep the bike level and the handlebars dead
straight.
Another person puts a straight edge like a metal ladder either
side of the bike. They then push it parallel against the back wheel.
They then look at the small gap between the straight edge
and the front wheel, the gap should be the same amount on both sides of the
wheel.
If you have not got a straight edge long enough, there is
another harder way, search the internet for the other technique.
Remember the wheel alignment will change if the rear wheel chain adjuster nuts
are adjusted incorrectly (if you adjust one side more than the other), see
Chain page
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