Choke on a Honda CG125

Barnaby Shearer

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Jun 7, 2001, 5:07:48 PM6/7/01

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Hi,

Just to mitigate this lame-assed question I would like to point out that, as
you can tell by the bike, I am new to motorcycles.

I have a new Jap modle Honda CG125 CDI (a kick start) and as such did not
get a instruction manual. The guy at the shop pointed to a few bits of the
bike and grunted but to save me a trip back there I was wondering If anyone
could explain the choke on a CG125.

The choke seems to have three settings and irespective of wether the bike is
hot or cold thease are as follows:

Down=Works OK
Middle=More prone to stalling
Up=Stalls instantly

Is this becose the bike has not been run in yet, common on this bike, or a
problem with the fuel mix.

I am currently assuming Down is the noremal ridding position so this is not
a major problem.

Barn

Jason Dale

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Jun 7, 2001, 6:02:29 PM6/7/01

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"Barnaby Shearer" <Lord...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Down=Works OK
>Middle=More prone to stalling
>Up=Stalls instantly

>I am currently assuming Down is the noremal ridding position so this is not
>a major problem.

I've got the same Japanese CG125 model. Down as you have guessed is no
choke, so middle is half choke and up is full choke. To start the bike
on half or middle choke you need to apply a little throttle. Generally
the best way to start the bike from cold is to use full choke with a
little throttle, then as you hold the throttle open reduce the choke
to either half or no choke (depending on how cold it is) and then set
off and within 100 meters or so change to no choke if you already
haven't done so.
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Jason Dale
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www.jdale.org

Andy Woodward

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Jun 7, 2001, 5:50:55 PM6/7/01

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>The choke seems to have three settings and irespective of wether the bike is
>hot or cold thease are as follows:

>Down=Works OK

Normal - no choke

>Middle=More prone to stalling
>Up=Stalls instantly

Various degrees of choke

>Is this becose the bike has not been run in yet, common on this bike, or a
>problem with the fuel mix.

It may be running rich - it MAY have richer running-in jets to prevent it
overheating whikle running in, but I doubt tehy do that nowadays.

Mine used to start on middle and switch to down almost as soon as teh engine
had caught - certainly within a few seconds. So as long as its not actually
starting easily on down, I'd not worry.

evil canary racing

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Jun 9, 2001, 11:44:20 AM6/9/01

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Colonel Tupperware

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Jun 9, 2001, 5:00:59 PM6/9/01

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"Barnaby Shearer" <Lord...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Just to mitigate this lame-assed question I would like to point out that,
as
> you can tell by the bike, I am new to motorcycles.
>
> I have a new Jap modle Honda CG125 CDI (a kick start) and as such did not
> get a instruction manual. The guy at the shop pointed to a few bits of the
> bike and grunted but to save me a trip back there I was wondering If
anyone
> could explain the choke on a CG125.
>
> The choke seems to have three settings and irespective of wether the bike
is
> hot or cold thease are as follows:
>
> Down=Works OK
> Middle=More prone to stalling
> Up=Stalls instantly
>

If it starts without choke, rejoice, dont use it if you dont need to. I
virtually never need the choke on my bike.

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City & Guilds Motorcycle Mechanic
Milton Keynes, England, UK
'89 Honda PC800 "Obelix"