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In all seriousness, I think I am gonna order this kit, and frankly I don't care what people think or say it's my bike and I am gonna do what I want!
I am saving my next update for when all my stuff returns from powder coat, things are about to get interesting
So I have been mostly waiting for the items below to return from powdercoat, which should be early this week so really looking forward to how these items are going to turn out.
I geared up my bench grinder to have both the wire and buffing wheel, which is super helpful since there is so much spray paint! The buffing wheel is gonna come in handy for when I get to the exhaust.
Does anyone know where I can get new hose for this line up to the reservoir?
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I am putting through 3 seperate online orders today, so a lot of parts will be arriving over the next few weeks. Merry early Christmas to me
Super excited!
Majority of my parts will be back this week so next weekend I hope to have a rolling chassis.
I come from lengthy mountain bike background so I am kind of approaching this build, as I would with my bike builds. I want the rolling chassis perfect before I move onto the power plant. Getting there and I am fired up!
The Shop
Although I am now getting the itch to do a project build myself.
really nice work!
Does anyone have any suggestions for painting the bump stop on my rear shock? It is covered in red spray paint, i'd like to see it black!
These showed up yesterday, and I get more parts on Friday. Spending the weekend lacing the wheels, rebuilding suspension, and putting in all my bearings. Hope to have it standing up next week.
Your newly arrived box of parts makes me jealous mind.
It's gonna be tough to do since that piece gets squished and deformed. The new paint is going to split/crack/flake off.
I would get some cleaner and see if you can get it back to the natural color.
http://www.cernics.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=87685&category=…
Looking forward to the progress!
Pit Row
Initially I thought the shock was too far gone, but after a lot of meticulous scrubbing, and the spring powdercoated, we are good to go!
The silencer was an oily mess, and the previous packing was....well I am not sure if it was even packing. Anyways, cleaned, repacked, polished and new decals. Pretty happy with this.
Laced up my wheels as well, plus waiting for a few parts still. Gotta say, I am getting pretty excited!
Till next time.
KR
just give me a couple of days....
new UFO white side panels and number plate
new UFO front fender
2004 RM125 rad valve, good condition
2004 V-force, with the correctly modified manifold, but it will need a new reed petal.
rm125 modified silencer, its fitted with the core and end cap from a rm250...really barks!
rmz450 oem white fork guards, used but in good condition and will fit the 2-strokes and you can remove the guides.
used SDG tall seat- the cover and the foam are good, but the base has a crack
new 2004 black seat cover.
used WC frame guards
new TAG racing upper triple clamp, black with one piece oversized bar mounts. fits 2004 and newer 250s, and 2005 and newer 125s
new pro taper unbreakable lever and adjust on the fly clutch perch
ive got all the pics on my phone, so shoot me a pm for pics....just looking to create some space and help someone out if you are doing winter rebuilds.
But as of late I have spotted some used radiators on ebay for good prices. My left side one does appear to be slightly crooked but it bolts up, plus I have new louvers. SO, what do you guys think - should I spend $85 on a used radiator and new hoses or should I just spend $135 on a set of GPI radiators with hoses?
It is more of a quality debate, will the used OEM ones be better then the chinese GPI ones or same?
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/aluminum-radiator-silicone-hose-for-suzuki-RM125…
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Thanks!
Thanks!
Rebuilding the suspension in the coming days and looking forward to getting the chassis up on 2 wheels!
If you look above I posted a picture of my bench grinder with wire wheel, that thing is perfect for cleaning all metal parts, bolts, radiators, brackets, etc. They typically are pretty cheap ($45) and the wire wheel is only about $6.
My vote is to send the rads to mylers or icw. I have used mylers twice, they do good work. OEM rads are much better quality than the ebay units.
The radiators will not come back new looking (bright aluminum) but they will be straight. They might be able to hot tank them or something for an extra charge. Not sure.
I am gonna order the GPI radiator set off of Ebay, a friend of mine has them and the quality seems to be okay.
I was considering both of those venues (Mylers/ICW) and the cost to ship plus the services is almost double to buy the GPI rads, if I wasn't in Canada the scenario would be different. If these fail then I guess I will shell out extra cash in the future. Thanks for the input/resource.
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