An entertaining tour by CT125

[papa al]

11 minutes ago, London Lowf said:

no oil being picked up by the pump

seems

no pump

[chrissables]

7 hours ago, London Lowf said:

In a couple of photos the CT is on it's side - with no oil being picked up by the pump if the engine was still running it would not take long for the main and big-end bearings to run dry. I'm just guessing and maybe barking up the wrong tree as some bikes have an automatic cut-out to stop this happening. Anyway, a moot point as you got it fixed under warranty.

 

A brilliant story with great photos and the CT is a funky looking bike - I'm impressed that it has a rear disc.

 

I'm almost 70 and these days my maximum in the saddle at one stretch is about an hour before I need a pit (ice cream) stop and when I first started reading I thought you would be a young whipper-snapper but clearly you look after yourself better than the vast majority.

When i came off the engine was turned on straight away, i can't see that was the issue.

It was a great ride for sure, thanks ????

[chrissables]

9 hours ago, papa al said:

Unclear why this engine failed,

but,

papa's resolve to use the best oil

Amsoil,

2x better,

not expensive at B300/liter,

in all 5 motos

is reinforced.

.

I will follow Honda's recommended oil until out of warranty ????

[VocalNeal]

13 hours ago, London Lowf said:

In a couple of photos the CT is on it's side - with no oil being picked up by the pump if the engine was still running it would not take long for the main and big-end bearings to run dry.

The bottom half of the engine is splash lubricated. The oil pump is on the RHS and only provides oil to lubricate the valve gear.

[papa al]

7 hours ago, chrissables said:

I will follow Honda's recommended oil until out of warranty ????

Honda's CT125 recommended oil specs:

● JASO T 903 standard*1: MA
● SAE standard*2: 10W-30
● API classification*3: SG or higher

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Amsoil Metric SAE 10W-30 tics all of Honda's specs

[VocalNeal]

I had some Yamaha oil that I didn't put in a bigger bike so I used that. 

 

 

Good enough for a splash fed Honda.

[papa al]

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

I had some Yamaha oil that I didn't put in a bigger bike so I used that. 

 

 

Good enough for a splash fed Honda.

 

JASO MA2

[jvs]

On 1/28/2023 at 5:21 PM, chrissables said:

Today after watching a marvelous sunrise i rode to a remote village near the Burmese border, recommend by a friend Gary Sharpe, cheers mate! It was still quite far from the border but the track stops there.

https://goo.gl/maps/h6bkZ9BtQgPuoj4f6

On the way I stopped at Pranburi reservoir for a quick photo stop then a great ride up to Ban Pa Mak, the last 10 km or so were graded track or in places rough track.

https://www.relive.cc/view/v1Ow9nGxNXq

 

One of my favorite places is a campsite nearby,i was there a few days ago and it was cold!Around 8 pm the dew was already running down my tent.It is only 100km from my place and i go when ever i can.

[VocalNeal]

59 minutes ago, papa al said:

 

JASO MA2

Yep! because Waves have a wet clutch. In my case rather a large one. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by VocalNeal