Favourite Riders of 2012

mh_kingcobra said:

The .... I ride douse not even have a Lifan engine and its clutch is so ....... hard to use.and the gearbox is a ....... disaster too. So There are a lot of difference between the 125 cc I ride then the one you go with it to college. So enjoy your Ride dude

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Cobra have you looked on Ebay at the Hydraulic clutch kits for Thumpstar type bikes? They are dirt cheap and would work wonderfully on a 125. I've even fitted one on a 650 ( with a few mods ) for a bit of fun and was stunned how well it worked .... one finger clutching ..... and precise as any Magura or Brembo system I have ( bit sloppier on the lever but good ) For less than $50AU I think I got it.



Either that or lube your cable fella!



Saw a "rat"ized cg125 the other day, looked awesome.

mh_kingcobra said:

unfortunately the things you say about Iran is right, Well we have been sorrounded by our politicians ignorence, It has been with us for centuries and Me as an Iranian have to say the reason we have these problems come from the way Iranian peoples attitude is towards their countries developement. They act like they dont give a .... about what happens to them as long as they are not starving to death.

Enough politics, I really hope that I can get a ride with one of the big 1000 cc babies you ride to school or college. I have a Honda CG125 (1979 model), actually its an iranian version with a chinese engine and its even more shittier than the old Japanese version. These ......... are still continiuing to build the stupid ........ bike after 30 years with different brands and engines. My dream bike is a Honda CBR1000 fireblade so I have a very long way to go

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I used to like politics, but when I discovered that all politicians are the same everywhere...they know how to talk only...So forget about politics, we all love MotoGP here : Hey .. well who want to vote for Nicky Hayden for US President or RDP for French President or Casey Stowner for Australia Prime Minister ?....

Colin for Prez

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Colin for Prez

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Yeah, that's my man..Colin Edwards II for the President of The United States of America...He needs a lot of money and that damn CRT Rides won't not be able to pay ...

BarryMachine said:

Cobra have you looked on Ebay at the Hydraulic clutch kits for Thumpstar type bikes? They are dirt cheap and would work wonderfully on a 125. I've even fitted one on a 650 ( with a few mods ) for a bit of fun and was stunned how well it worked .... one finger clutching ..... and precise as any Magura or Brembo system I have ( bit sloppier on the lever but good ) For less than $50AU I think I got it.



Either that or lube your cable fella!

Saw a "rat"ized cg125 the other day, looked awesome.

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V5Stroker said:

I used to like politics, but when I discovered that all politicians are the same everywhere...they know how to talk only...So forget about politics, we all love MotoGP here : Hey .. well who want to vote for Nicky Hayden for US President or RDP for French President or Casey Stowner for Australia Prime Minister ?....

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Thanks for the Ebay advise but with the sanctions no way I can reach those parts, But will try to lube the cables one more time, The thing is that my dad had the old Japanese version of CG125 when he was my age like the one you saw and when he gave a little test ride to my bike he said his own japanese version was much better than this chinese crap I ride. If you find the japanese 1972 Honda CG125, that thing is a very cool bike and its so fun to ride. Even its 4 gears change like the motogp bikes and I'm sure about that one ).



I think Valentino Rossi is a very great replacement for Silvio Berlusconi, The only thing that they don't have in common is the soccer team that they support, Rossi is a great fan of Inter MIlan while Berlusconi owns the AC Milan club.

mh_kingcobra said:

Thanks for the Ebay advise but with the sanctions no way I can reach those parts, But will try to lube the cables one more time, The thing is that my dad had the old Japanese version of CG125 when he was my age like the one you saw and when he gave a little test ride to my bike he said his own japanese version was much better than this chinese crap I ride. If you find the japanese 1972 Honda CG125, that thing is a very cool bike and its so fun to ride. Even its 4 gears change like the motogp bikes and I'm sure about that one

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I think Valentino Rossi is a very great replacement for Silvio Berlusconi, The only thing that they don't have in common is the soccer team that they support, Rossi is a great fan of Inter MIlan while Berlusconi owns the AC Milan club.

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I was a small kid learning to walk when CG125 was the bike and it was a long long time ago. People in my country named the bike as "Honda Jack Fruit " probably due to its tank cover shape. There aren't many left around in my country but maybe in a museum near my house.



Is that so bad in Iran you still keeping this bike ? I was about to visit Turkey and Iran before the sanction but have to cancell the trip but I think Iran and Turkey are beautiful countries. So the people are...

Thanks for your thoughts toward Iran, My bike is new, I have bought it brand new two years ago, as I said before it is not an original Japanese Honda cg125, it's an Iranian bike with a Chinese engine on a body designed like the old Honda CG125, The funny thing is that there are hundreds of trade marks from 10 or 11 different factories that reproduce this fake CG 125 in a wide price range from 400 to 750 dollars depending on the assembling quality and the materials used by the factories. The more the price gets close to 750 dollars the more it looks like the original Japanese version but its still not the original Japanese bike. Apart from all the fake Iranian CG125s with stupid Chinese engines there are some other Chinese and Korean factories like TVS or Hyosung or the Bajaj company from India with bikes from 160 to 250 cc, But they are not worth the 1500 to 6500 dollars you pay for them. Unfortunately due to sanctions that keep the Japanese factories away from the country and some other political reasons in Iran that make limits on the use of bikes, Riding bikes is not much supported by the media or even people themselves and one of the main reasons is the fear of motorcycles among people due to the political terrors and assassinations that took place about 35 years ago, In Iran people choose to ride bikes if they don't have the money to buy cars and "having fun riding motorcycle" is not something that a lot of young people in my age do on a daily basis.

Do I have to say it. What the Hell ROSSI!!!!

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Do I have to say it. What the Hell ROSSI!!!!

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In my opinion "What the Hell Ducati" sounds better, Well it is not a doubt that Rossi's performance has been changed specially after the Mugello crash and the motor cross accident back in 2010, but in 2011 when he went to Ducati the things got worse, The guy changed the smoothest Yamaha on earth that he built for himself after 7 years of hard work with a Ducati that had so many problems with Stoner in 2010 specially with the front end. So it is normal not to be the same guy when you change your team, It happens in every sport. Thierry Henry was never the same when he went from Arsenal To FC Barcelona in the soccer world. And by the way Rossi is a human being, humans have ups and downs and when you are doing sports in that level it shows itself a lot.

Conclusion: Give The GOAT a little break. If you are a fan it gets a little bit hard to accept the situation but you just have to stay with your riders even on their bad days.

MotoGP: Stoner - not a new fan, followed him (literally) around the uK when he was racing 125s in the UK champs. Me and the boy have followed him ever since, through rough years and good ones. Lorenzo - tough little mofo. Rides his bollocks off. Bradl - been following him through the German and Spanish champs. His Dad was a good rider and he is proving to be better than that!



Moto2: Tom Luthi - a perennial favourite of mine. Scott Redding - needs some solid results this year. Crazy Joe - WTF??? Kallio is looking more and more like the rest of the worlds Finnish motorsport leaders - crazy, all out fast, but ultimately not delivering. I still barrack for him, though. Bradders - nice kid, works hard, deserves a better ride than Tech3 are delivering.



Moto3: Oliveira - watch this kid, he will beat Venales! Danny Webb - kid's got grit! But riding the Mahindra isn't going to deliver wins. Cortese - a future GP winner. Miller/Sissis - these two may surprise a few Euro-teams.



Teams: I like Tech3 - they are the quintessential privateer, along with LCR. Aspar - he probably does more for riding talent than anyone else in GP racing. Ajo - how many riders this year, 5??? Hat's off to Aki Ajo, he knows how to pick riders!

JohnnyKnockdown said:

Well for the average American we know two things about Iran. The Ayatola Kummeini (forgive my spelling) taking Americans hostage and your current leader (or not leader, never understood that) standing before the UN every year and calling for the destruction of the jews.

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not wanting to bring politics to a bike forum, but both of your claims are incorrect. Khomeini didn't take the hostages, he didn't even know about it and neither Ruhollah Khomeini or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ever said anything about wiping Israel (or Jews) off the map - that was a Michele Bachmannism, in her usually misinformed way, that spread it and it has persisted via right-wing meme ever since.



In fact, Israel itself recently stated that neither Ruhollah Khomeini, Ahmadinehad nor the Iranian government has ever said such a thing, but no doubt that wasn't given as much air-time as Bachmann's original lie.



What Ruhollah Khomeini has said is that occupation of Jerusalem should end and that there should be “the defeat of Zionist ideology and the dissolution of Israel through a ‘popular referendum.’ Which isn't quite the same thing at all...

mh_kingcobra said:

Thanks for your thoughts toward Iran, My bike is new, I have bought it brand new two years ago, as I said before it is not an original Japanese Honda cg125, it's an Iranian bike with a Chinese engine on a body designed like the old Honda CG125, ...there are some other Chinese and Korean factories like TVS or Hyosung or the Bajaj company from India with bikes from 160 to 250 cc, But they are not worth the 1500 to 6500 dollars you pay for them.

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One nice thing about that OHC Honda single is that you can get bags more power out of it, easily, just with hand tools like sandpaper and a file Raising the capacity to 150cc is also really easy.



The other thing is, don't write off Hyosung quite so readily - they make good bikes. Probably some of the best-made small engines in Asia. They manufactured the Suzuki SV5650 which is a great little bike, now they make their own model - the GT650 - a really good little bike. Certainly any Hyosung will be well-made and reliable. If they sell them in Iran, have a look at the GT250R or RX125, both really well-made, nice bikes.



Good luck with your biking.

mt1960 said:

One nice thing about that OHC Honda single is that you can get bags more power out of it, easily, just with hand tools like sandpaper and a file

Raising the capacity to 150cc is also really easy.



The other thing is, don't write off Hyosung quite so readily - they make good bikes. Probably some of the best-made small engines in Asia. They manufactured the Suzuki SV5650 which is a great little bike, now they make their own model - the GT650 - a really good little bike. Certainly any Hyosung will be well-made and reliable. If they sell them in Iran, have a look at the GT250R or RX125, both really well-made, nice bikes.



Good luck with your biking.

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Thank you man,I have seen the GT250R in the streets and I know Hyosong and its company, Koreans have shown their power in both Automobile and Motorcycle for a long time, There are no doubts about it. But what I was trying to say was: When I'm going to pay 7500 $ for a 250 cc Bike I would rather go for a Japanese bike, The problem in the Motorcycle and Automobile market in Iran is the way you are forced to pay a lot of money for things that are not worth the price. I'm now checking the Honda CBR 250 in the American Honda websites, The price is 4099$, If this thing comes to Iran it would cost about 8000 $ and it would beat the Hyosong period (at least for me), But for some reasons that I'm not aware of, the Japanese factories can't get their way to the Iranian stupid market.

I have a "few" different bikes in the shed, my daily commuter has been a Hyosung GT650R lately. My son ran another bike into the footpeg one day and it broke the combination bracket ....... $59 and it was all fixed. For the equivalent part on a Ducati it was around $300 ( I had a few Ducati loaners ,,,, but would not own one .... probably because of this ) I lke the character of Duc's ... not the overpricing. I have a decent set of pegs and brackets on it now anyway though, about $500 worth .... The Hyosung has been a great bike, has 80,000km on the clock now, from when I got it new. I bought it over the Suzi and Kwaka ( they don't even have inverted forks!! hence felt like riding a marshmallow ) as it rides better, and I could modify it better for what I wanted ( kinda bought it as a muck around project build up bike ). Its been so amazing on fuel economy that it is now my commuter. ( though its a tad different to when it came out of the shop )



I also have a TVS kids quad ( which I had otherwise never heard references too before Cobra mentioned them ). Then Engine is branded a Jongshen??? which is actually a subsidiary of Honda and makes some of the smaller capacity engines. It was so cheap ( Ebay ) that I didn't really expect it to last but its been a gem.

mh_kingcobra said:

Thank you man,I have seen the GT250R in the streets and I know Hyosong and its company, Koreans have shown their power in both Automobile and Motorcycle for a long time, There are no doubts about it. But what I was trying to say was: When I'm going to pay 7500 $ for a 250 cc Bike I would rather go for a Japanese bike, The problem in the Motorcycle and Automobile market in Iran is the way you are forced to pay a lot of money for things that are not worth the price. I'm now checking the Honda CBR 250 in the American Honda websites, The price is 4099$, If this thing comes to Iran it would cost about 8000 $ and it would beat the Hyosong period (at least for me), But for some reasons that I'm not aware of, the Japanese factories can't get their way to the Iranian stupid market.

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Actually, paying double is a bargain compared to what we pay here (Brunei) . Bikes are ridiculously expensive. Unlike across the border in Malaysia where they are very competitive.



And don't automatically think the Honda is going to outperform the GT250R. The GT is pretty good, slightly more powerful, but a bit heavier than the CBR. but, it isn't a Honda... and while the Honda does it's thing with reliability and longevity, it also costs a lot for parts.



In somewhere like Iran (and Brunei) I would go for the Hyosung, just because it is going to be long-term a cheaper and easier to maintain option.

mt1960 said:

Actually, paying double is a bargain compared to what we pay here (Brunei)

. Bikes are ridiculously expensive. Unlike across the border in Malaysia where they are very competitive.



And don't automatically think the Honda is going to outperform the GT250R. The GT is pretty good, slightly more powerful, but a bit heavier than the CBR. but, it isn't a Honda... and while the Honda does it's thing with reliability and longevity, it also costs a lot for parts.



In somewhere like Iran (and Brunei) I would go for the Hyosung, just because it is going to be long-term a cheaper and easier to maintain option.

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I know what your talking about, But for me it is the old story of Japanese VS Koreans in automobile and motorcycles, I just cant go with Korean bikes and cars while the Japanese are available. It is much of a feeling then a scientific observation through bikes. I keep the scientific observation part, comparing the Japanese bikes together.

I'll ride anything, me. I am not at all worried about the parentage.



But then having owned close to 140 bikes and about 30-40 cars, plus having ridden over 400 bikes and about 200 cars, you realise that it just doesn't matter - 'good' car/bike manufacturers can make dogs (CB550/750K anyone?) and 'bad' manufacturers can make some great rides (MZ-ETZ250! Ural 650, Hyosung GT650R)



I don't care what other people think - ffs, I drive a Jeep and ride a GS550E

mh_kingcobra said:

Thank you man,I have seen the GT250R in the streets and I know Hyosong and its company, Koreans have shown their power in both Automobile and Motorcycle for a long time, There are no doubts about it. But what I was trying to say was: When I'm going to pay 7500 $ for a 250 cc Bike I would rather go for a Japanese bike, The problem in the Motorcycle and Automobile market in Iran is the way you are forced to pay a lot of money for things that are not worth the price. I'm now checking the Honda CBR 250 in the American Honda websites, The price is 4099$, If this thing comes to Iran it would cost about 8000 $ and it would beat the Hyosong period (at least for me), But for some reasons that I'm not aware of, the Japanese factories can't get their way to the Iranian stupid market.

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Just a little bit on this sanction, how's the supply of bike parts particularly on Jap products...Japanese are utterly following what the western world said..

You've seen the Toyota trucks full of Afghanis with AKs, haven't you?

Afghan is a different situation, cross border from Pakistan..