Does the exhaust of a 2000 Honda CG125, in the UK, have any type of restrictors mounted in the exhaust pipe/silencer?If it does, do these limit the performance and can they be cut out easily, to improve the performance?Cheers--Mikey B--
get a 2 stroke 125 if you want a fast bike the cg is a work horse and isn't ment to be played with they can go at 60mph all day and thats about it.
Not as such, but the quieter the exhaust, the more restrictive it is - up to a point. The CG is a pushrod engine. It's built to do a job, and it's bulletproof, but performance is not really in its vocabulary. You can improve the sound (again, up to a point), but you won't notice much, if any, performance gain. Edit: please note, in the strangely-named fuel control box in the link below, the letters OHV (overhead valve), not OHC (overhead cam). The CG's valves are operated by pushrods from a camshaft mounted at the base of the cylinder,thus reinforcing its lack of claim to performance. The CX-series, fyi, was also a pushrod engine. All Honda lawnmower engines have the letters OHV on the tappet cover.
The CG is a push-rod engine? Nope: Even Honda lawnmowers are overhead cam motors. The CG is not restricted. It only puts out about 8-10 HP anyway. Destroying the internal baffles will actually harm performance, as the bike's carburetion is already on the lean side.
