2003 Kx 125 - Project Fun25

Congratulations on all your hard work. It looks great!

Wow. Great work man, it looks epic! Love the heat shield under the tank. Glad I could give you a couple pointers there in the beginning.

braaap. go pro ?

B1rdman93, first of all I have to say what an amazing job on the rebuild. I'm honestly inspired to see what my bike can be because of this thread. I too am an owner of an '03 KX125. I bought the bike my sophomore year of high school(2007) for $1400. It was a huge improvement from my XR100. I've decided to never part with the bike. I've put $2000+ into the bike over the years just in regular maintenance, as any owner can attest to. This winter I am planning to do a complete rebuild of the bike. Now I've done most of my own work, but as far as suspension goes, I don't know where to begin. I was thinking of taking the simple route and sending my forks and rear shock to factory connection, or any other suspension company(based on reviews) for that matter but I wanted to know if anyone has fitted 250f forks to a 125. I would also like to know, B1rdman93, how the rebuilt '03 suspension feels. I'm almost certain I remember you saying you were also questioning both options but decided to have the '03 suspension rebuilt. Now I know rebuilt suspension is, well, rebuilt, but honestly if I could put forks from a 2010 on, wouldn't you? Not sure wether or not swapping out forks would then require changing of the triple clamps but I'd like to find out as much as possible before I have parts scattered. Again, amazing job on the rebuild. So clean!

Where did you get your radiator braces and your frame guards from. Thanks

I didn't doubt that you would turn it into a nice looking bike but this is way beyond my expectations! Well done!
Regarding the suspension (I guess this goes out to KXGerman), I would keep my eyes open for a used set of Öhlins. You can get them really cheap nowdays and they are a huge improvement over the stock KYB suspension.

That bike came out great!

This build is being featured in our directory here: [url]http://www.bikebuilds.net/kawasaki-kx-125-build-by-b1rdman93[/url]

At this point, we're only displaying a reduced-size photo (similar to what you'd find in Google Images). We'd like to ask for your permission to publish the original full-size image with your build listing.

If anyone would like to have a build of their own listed, just send me a message with a link to the build thread and we'll take care of the rest.

Ken

hi i am planning to do the same you did but my father thinks it will be very expensive. how much do you spend building it? thank you. and your bike looks awsome

What a transformation! Thankfully this is the first time I've seen the thread so I didn't need to wait months for the progression, but still enjoyed seeing your photos from start to finish. Looks stunning dude, get another project on the go!

Great job looks amazing. Where did you get the clutch cover re-annodized? Or is it new?

Nice build..! Very well done!

Wow that thing came out amazing such a great job man!

Where did you get the heat wrap for under the tank?

Thanks!

Are you Dale's brother?

Dang! I saw the 93 and Parrot and said "that's gotta be him". You and Cory Self used to put on a good show at Highlands. It's good to see you still involved. I'm Mark Slade's dad. Tell your pops I said hello. And great job on the KX. Awesome build.

what graphic kit is that? and what sprocket sizes you running? love the bike !!!!

2003 KX 125

Very nice job. I have a 07 kx 250 that I use for off road. Next winter I am going to turn it back moto with full resto.

Nice KX I'm in the process of rebuilding an 01 125, still have to rebuild the forks and respring them. changed out every goddamn bearing in the swing arm and linkage (pretty sure the last time they were greased was when it was in japan) still need new sprockets and tires. already rebuilt and resprung the shock as well and a new top end. going to be going with a custom factory effex graphics kit which probably wont happen until their next black friday sale haha