Missing 5th gear on CG 125 Help please

glenrichkid · 11-07-2007 7:47am #1

HI all,
please help me.
The poor little brother bought his first bike this week (learner) a CG 125, I went to teach him to drive and found it missing 5th gear?
Has anyone experienced this or know waht might be wrong.

Don't know if related or not but neutral sits above all the gears as in it down x 4 for 1st-4th gear?

Please help, poor kidmis gutted.

#thanks

Cassiel · 11-07-2007 2:18pm

You sure thats not 2nd to 4th below neutral? Tried clutching and pushing the gear lever up with the toes?
Normally 1-N-2-3-4-5-(6)

bjmotors · 11-07-2007 4:16pm

not familiar with the CG's, but as far as i know they have a different gearbox set up. its not the usual 1 down 4 up.

Owen · 11-07-2007 4:18pm

I've the same issue with my 916, and it turns out I've a bent selector shaft. I have 1 N 2 3, but no 4 5 6.

jellikit · 11-07-2007 5:20pm

You didn't mention the year but I'm pretty sure the early ones only had 4 gears. I remember driving one in the mid 80's that would have been a few years old at the time and it had 4. Or maybe its a problem inherent in CG's??

dubtom · 12-07-2007 12:21am

I drove one for years and if I remember correctly it only had 4 gears.New ones could be different. It really didn't need a fifth gear considering it would struggle to go above 70 mph anyway,and thats with a tail wind.Cg was my first bike and a great bike it was too. As a courier I fell many times but it didn't get damaged once,not even a bent clutch lever.A workmate wound me up once and said a ticking noise I could hear was the cam chain.I tried to book it in to be fixed only to be told it didn't have one:o I suppose it was the equivilent of the bubble in the spirit level trick. Oh what a laugh they had.
Sorry for going off topic,I'm getting old.

glenrichkid · 12-07-2007 1:11am

cheers lads, looked around the web and its def 5 speed ('91)

comin off the throttle at 50 or 60 in 4th is like having the back break applied, he'll hurt himself being a learner so its off to the repair shop me thinks

any other help appreciated

smokey2 · 14-07-2007 9:37pm

if it's any help to you I have a mint 93 one I got from adverts ere I'm half thinkin of sellin if he was interested!!

think I paid 300 or somethin for it if he was to give me the same back I'd let it on!!

never drove it once cos I got a gsxr a week or so after!!

doordie · 03-02-2009 10:34pm

glenrichkid wrote: »

HI all,
please help me.
The poor little brother bought his first bike this week (learner) a CG 125, I went to teach him to drive and found it missing 5th gear?
Has anyone experienced this or know waht might be wrong.

Don't know if related or not but neutral sits above all the gears as in it down x 4 for 1st-4th gear?

Please help, poor kidmis gutted.

#thanks

Them CG's only had 4 gears, not 5, so your bike is A1