Discussion
Hi all,
Feel like I am venturing over to the "other side" of this forum. Bit of a car petrolhead, however have recently decided to do my CBT again (did it back in 2014) and get a 125 for leisure.
I really like the look of the CG and the pure simplicity of it. I am not looking for a fancy, fast or even cool bike, just something I can take out on a nice sunny day and enjoy the wind in my hair (or helmet!).
I am waiting for my local bike test centre to reopen for non key workers, then will be looking to purchase a CG. Have spent a fair bit of time on eBay/Gumtree with a view to potentially buying if the right one comes up.
Do you think the prices of these have risen? The minimum you see is around £700-£800 with some up to £2000! Also, if anyone knows of one being sold, please do let me know. Happy to have it transported if it is the right one (Manchester based). Probably looking to spend up to £600-£700. Happy to do a bit of work to it if needed.
Hope to get to know this forum a bit more over the coming months!
Feel like I am venturing over to the "other side" of this forum. Bit of a car petrolhead, however have recently decided to do my CBT again (did it back in 2014) and get a 125 for leisure.
I really like the look of the CG and the pure simplicity of it. I am not looking for a fancy, fast or even cool bike, just something I can take out on a nice sunny day and enjoy the wind in my hair (or helmet!).
I am waiting for my local bike test centre to reopen for non key workers, then will be looking to purchase a CG. Have spent a fair bit of time on eBay/Gumtree with a view to potentially buying if the right one comes up.
Do you think the prices of these have risen? The minimum you see is around £700-£800 with some up to £2000! Also, if anyone knows of one being sold, please do let me know. Happy to have it transported if it is the right one (Manchester based). Probably looking to spend up to £600-£700. Happy to do a bit of work to it if needed.
Hope to get to know this forum a bit more over the coming months!
Welcome! You probably won't find much support here for the CG 125 but I'm a great fan of them.
I think the prices of all bikes have risen and the CG's aren't an exception to it.
I bought mine nearly 3 years ago for £450 with just 10k miles on! Now you'd struggle to find an early 90s bike with less than 30k miles for that money it seems. Deals are out there though and there are a number of useful CG onwers groups and pages on Facebook
Best of luck with your search
I think the prices of all bikes have risen and the CG's aren't an exception to it.
I bought mine nearly 3 years ago for £450 with just 10k miles on! Now you'd struggle to find an early 90s bike with less than 30k miles for that money it seems. Deals are out there though and there are a number of useful CG onwers groups and pages on Facebook
Best of luck with your search
Knoxville2410 said:
Thank you!
I don't understand how people can't like them, they are great looking and simple bikes!
I got through my test on one 24 years ago, but they are not fun on the open road unless you like tootling along. They don't have enough poke to make overtaking easy and you'll find you'll be harassed by car drivers wanting to get past you. I don't understand how people can't like them, they are great looking and simple bikes!
They are perfectly likeable as a commuter bike, but if you want to ride more than 50 miles on the open road you will soon tire of their charm.
I love them and hate them. Love them because they have a simple charm and a fun, mechanical feel to them. The oily 'put-put-put' of the engine thumping away at low RPM is quite pleasant and around the doors up to about 40mph they are quite pleasant.
For regular, more taxing use, expect to get wet and have lorries vying to overtake you if you're riding into a head wind. The brakes are also poor and the forks dive under braking. But ridden round the doors, as they were intended to be used, they're fine and very tough.
For regular, more taxing use, expect to get wet and have lorries vying to overtake you if you're riding into a head wind. The brakes are also poor and the forks dive under braking. But ridden round the doors, as they were intended to be used, they're fine and very tough.
Krikkit said:
Is there something a bit nippier like a cg250? Unless you live in Cornwall the extra power would be useful.
I hired a retro styled Mash 250 to explore the sun drenched island of Madeira late last year. I don't know if it was just a holiday romance, but everything from climbing the highest mountain roads up to the summit of Pico D'ariero, to rumbling down the cobbled old town in the evening looking for a restaurant with the girlfriend on the back was immensely enjoyable and I couldn't help but check them out in the classifieds once I got home 
I have a feeling such bikes work perfectly in their natural habitat of small touristy islands though, perhaps the novelty would wear off quickly on our comparatively straight A and B roads
Krikkit said:
Is there something a bit nippier like a cg250? Unless you live in Cornwall the extra power would be useful.
Not with the same unburstability I dont think.Maybe something like a CB500 would be the next logical step up in the Honda range, while maintaining a similar ethos.
Edit. Only 1 for sale on ebay that I can see but it looks so tempting.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193435442648
Forget the latest adventure bike, that thing will take you round the world without sweating.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Saturday 9th May 23:36
Darkslider said:
Krikkit said:
Is there something a bit nippier like a cg250? Unless you live in Cornwall the extra power would be useful.
I hired a retro styled Mash 250 to explore the sun drenched island of Madeira late last year. I don't know if it was just a holiday romance, but everything from climbing the highest mountain roads up to the summit of Pico D'ariero, to rumbling down the cobbled old town in the evening looking for a restaurant with the girlfriend on the back was immensely enjoyable and I couldn't help but check them out in the classifieds once I got home I have a feeling such bikes work perfectly in their natural habitat of small touristy islands though, perhaps the novelty would wear off quickly on our comparatively straight A and B roads
As you say, on tight roads they make loads of sense, just as a scooter makes more sense in milder Mediterranean climates than it does here.
We have an old CG125 in the garage, it was my late fathers bike. He used to love a little run out of a Sunday but it was always a gentle tootle about, no land speed records were broken!
I didn’t realise there was a bit of a following for them, ours has not been used for many years, it probably has more sentimental value than monitory value.
I think it should see the light of day again so maybe I will do my CBT and get it recommissioned to ride it. It is a 1983 bike with 5k miles on so hopefully wouldn’t take much to get it road legal again.
I didn’t realise there was a bit of a following for them, ours has not been used for many years, it probably has more sentimental value than monitory value.
I think it should see the light of day again so maybe I will do my CBT and get it recommissioned to ride it. It is a 1983 bike with 5k miles on so hopefully wouldn’t take much to get it road legal again.
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