‘There was no oil… and a gaping hole in the CBF's piston’

Over-worked Honda 125 goes bang

Oil is the lifeblood of a combustion engine, so thrashing your bike day-in day-out with little more than a few drops circulating around the block is guaranteed to lead to major trouble. One hardworking Honda CBF125 fell victim to this fate, sending its piston into meltdown and landing its young owner with a hefty repair bill for her oversight to keep the little commuter adequately oiled. Dan Walker, of Walker's Motorcycle Repairs in Alfreton, Derbyshire, took on the case. He said: “I got it into the workshop and it didn't take long to diagnose the fact that it had a hole in the piston. “I ran through the normal things first of course, fuel, air, and spark, but it became apparent that the bike had some more deep-seated issues inside…

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