1998 Honda CR125r refresh/rebuild

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Picked up this 98 cr125r about 6 weeks ago off of Craigslist for $650 delivered. It ran when I got it, however it had a screaming high idle. It was pretty dirty and a bit beat up but that's how I like them Smile It had a good amount of period race parts on it, Applied triples, Pro-Circuit suspension, Pro-circuit foot pegs and FMF exhaust. I had before pics and tear down pics but I broke that phone two weeks ago... Sorry! I still may be able to recover them. We'll see... I've been buying parts on the trusty ol' eBay and I've got almost everything in so far. I'll create a list and post that with current photos of the project. So far I've done the following:
-Clean and degrease EVERYTHING!
-Polish frame and swing arm
-Grease suspension and steering bearings
-Lose linkage needle bearings...
-Paint non-polished sections of frame and swing arm
-Lube and paint brake calipers
-Paint and polish engine
-Top end refresh
-Drained bank account










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dirtye30 10/23/2015 7:13pm
10/23/2015 7:13pm Edited Date/Time 10/23/2015 7:15pm
Thanks JM! Some plastics came today so I laid up the graphics for the left side. Here's a quick mockup snap:
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Jmcd1988 10/23/2015 8:58pm
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dirtye30 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/10/23/108822/s1200_image.jpg[/img]


I like how the frame was done. The contrast between the frame and engine looks great. What paint did you use?

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dirtye30 10/23/2015 9:48pm
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VHT Wrinkle Plus on the engine and some Home Depot flat black on the frame.

Here it is without the stained UFO frame guards:

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dirtye30 11/2/2015 3:10pm
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Added this Lamborghini to my build
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dirtye30 11/23/2015 1:18pm
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I'll add words later...









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dirtye30 12/10/2015 9:38pm
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Stiched up some Adidas stripes for my seat. Added an Adidas patch as well. Thoughts?




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Lasse 12/11/2015 2:55pm
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While the Adidas ain't for me, it sure looks good Smile Goes for the whole project!
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dirtye30 1/1/2016 9:51pm
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Lasse wrote:
While the Adidas ain't for me, it sure looks good Smile Goes for the whole project!
Thanks! I need to stretch the front tighter. The fitment was just "ok". Finish line is in sight! Hopefully for my birthday in a couple weeks Smile








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AngryBear 3/7/2016 8:23pm
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nice build! what did you do on the hubs? powdercoat and then spin down on a lathe, or something else?

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slowgti 3/9/2016 3:24pm
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Do you have any history on the bike? That sounds a lot like my old race bike. We sold it in '99 to a guy that was moving north, I'm in the Atlanta area.
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slowgti wrote:
Do you have any history on the bike? That sounds a lot like my old race bike. We sold it in '99 to a guy that...
Do you have any history on the bike? That sounds a lot like my old race bike. We sold it in '99 to a guy that was moving north, I'm in the Atlanta area.
Bike was from California and purchased in Vegas.

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slowgti 3/10/2016 4:49pm
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Ah ok, very cool. Good looking build! I've got a sweet spot for those bikes.
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dirtye30 3/11/2016 11:18pm
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AngryBear wrote:
nice build! what did you do on the hubs? powdercoat and then spin down on a lathe, or something else? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/11/23/112305/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
nice build! what did you do on the hubs? powdercoat and then spin down on a lathe, or something else?

Sorry, I didn't see your post until just now! I had originally planned on powder coating a bunch of parts but decided against it. I didn't have a powder coat hookup in Vegas and didn't want to spend the money. It's just polished and painted. I may still powder in the future as the paint isn't very durable, however, I don't know if I'll even ride it enough to damage it very much.
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dirtye30 6/15/2020 6:42pm
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Does anyone know what happened with the photos?

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