Good starter bike for passing your CBT (Honda CG125)

Member Name: DarkestGrey

Product:	Honda CG125
Date:	11/08/08 (1070 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, chearful and reliable

Disadvantages: Brake levers don't seem to be connected to much and no electric start

Now this is a bike that is ideal for learning on. And that is about it. But for learning it is brilliant!

I have ridden several of these on CBT's and some of the bikes may have seen better days.

Starting the bike, you will notice the lack of an electric start and once started some of these are quite noisy. Moving forwards is simple enough and gear changes are easy to do. The clutch is easy to operate. The top speed is around 60mph (on the flat with no wind).

Unfortunately at some point you may need to stop and oh dear, this is when you wish you had better life insurance. Drum brakes all around and pressing the pedal and pulling the lever seems to require the strength of god and you might even begin to pray. Although you will get plenty of time to list your sins to god, since it takes such a long time to come to a stop. Someone once told me that bikes fill you with adrenaline, but I don't think this is what he meant.

The bike seems well built and considering the hammering that these CBT bikes must get, it shows the quality when so many bike schools buy them. They always seem a bit rusty, however, but maybe they are not maintained and treat as well as they should be.

It's an easy to operate bike in a car park and on your CBT but I chose to buy a CBR125 once I passed my CBT.

Now the CBR is a little more expensive. It is still quite a sit-up bike and has a fairing. It has electric start, side stand and six gears. Thank the lord, it has disc brakes! It also has an automatic headlight so you never forget to put it on and has a slightly higher top speed of closer to 70mph.

As a commuter, the CG125 is ok. The CBR is brilliant. If you can afford the extra, get a CBR (even an older one), you won't regret it.

Summary: Nice starter bike, but buy something a little better if you can afford it

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