Topic: Any CL-125 or CB-125 expert in the crowd? (1968-69)

[lockeed]

About a month ago, I grabbed a 1969 CL125 as a father/daughter side project. We started disassembling the bike last week. I'm stuck on that air filter assembly. It's a long rubber piece going through the frame which comes out behind the engine. On the fw side the carb insert into it, and the air filter slide in at the back under the seat. How do you get the rubber assembly out of the frame?

[jag767]

I'm of no help to you, but awesome twin! It's on my list of bikes to buy.

[b52bombardier1]

Is the rubber flexible enough to be squeezed and deformed sufficiently to be pulled backwards out and up through the body cavity beneath the seat?

Rick

[lockeed]

Not really. Maybe when it was new, but it has lips on each side kind of preventing it from pulling back. Very hard to bent.

[grcamna2]

You might need to pull the engine down and remove it from the bottom..

[RAFster122s]

Ask MoMo in a PM if he has experience with them? He has worked on a lot of bikes over the years and still does.

[MoMo]

Ask MoMo in a PM if he has experience with them? He has worked on a lot of bikes over the years and still does.

I remember working on the bike buy never had to remove the intake. From what I make of the photo, it'll need to be softened with a heat gun and pulled up and out through the frame.   Be real careful as I can imagine that a replacement would be unobtainable... Good luck as that is one cool little bike....Larry

[lockeed]

Thanks for the info, actually I might be able to do the restoration and paint without having to remove it at all, Ill look into it. Rubber is pretty stiff after all those years, so I'll probably damage it more than anything...

[jag767]

How's this project going? Wanna sell it to me yet? Lol

[HondaMan]

This was the original 10,500 RPM twins, even higher. One of the coolest little bikes Honda ever made, IMHO!

[jas67]

OP's bike pictured is an SS125A.

The CL125A is a scrambler style bike:


They're basically the same bike, just different fuel tank and exhaust (maybe different seat too).

In any case yours looks like a nice one.

[tbpmusic]

You're basically screwed - don't mess with it unless you have a replacement in-hand.
You install them a lot like a big grommet, deforming and squeezing, etc.

There are a few of those parts around, mostly Euro spots, and you'll pay dearly - they didn't sell many of those in the US, I've never seen one in person.

[MrGardman]

That is one beautiful bike.