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I've been busy with work and being sick with the flu. I'll post up the videos soon.
Have some updates with the bike too, Gotta rebuild the front wheel its all buckled, I came into a deep rut with too much speed and got catapulted straight through the corner but the bike stayed wedged in the rut and and bent the wheel sideways, I think the rim is still save able but I need to re build the whole thing. Im going to post some ride videos up soon and get some decent photos of it taken.
Ive also had trouble with the tank graphic, it bubbled up and started turning brown almost straight away after I applied it, I know they will always bubble up because the fuel leaks through the plastic and affects the glue thats why they have vent holes in them, but I've had a few bikes and its never happened this quickly and especially with a brand new tank.
The way I see it is I have 3 variables that could be the culprit.
1. Graphics. This Is the first time I've used this graphics supplier, print quality is as good as I've seen on anything else but the vinyl was a bit thinner than what I'm used to, they went on really nice though.
2. Belray H1R Premix. Always used Motul or Motorex, I noticed it has a really deep brown colour and even when its mixed @ 32:1 its sooo brown.
3. Clarke Racing tank. Once again, first time using anything other than an OEM tank. It should be all the same kind of poly but maybe their process is a bit different and the poly ends up being more porous or something?
Can anybody weigh in on this, I'll load some pictures up tomorrow night so you can see what I mean, its pretty bad. The graphics company where pretty cool about it, they sent me out a replacement set straight away with different venting, but I'm going to swap back to motul premix first and go through a few tanks before i apply the new tank graphics.
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Before I got your reply, I had already used my air saw. Looks pretty good. I need wheels next:
No worries happy to have helped haha.
NICE BUILD YOU GOT GOING ON HERE, CONGRATS HERES ANOTHER WAY TO TRIM THE SIDE PLATES!!
Pit Row
So I calmed down about a week later and started thinking about the RM again, I thought I might be able to fix it but I can't trust it now so I started looking for a new frame. Man and I'm thinking I never see RM125's come up for sale let alone a frame. Any way I found one in NSW for $100, ended up paying another $100 to get it here, its an 05 frame but aside from the rear brake reservoir mount its the same frame.
So now I gotta rebuild this thing again, But it does give me an opportunity to do things a bit better. I wasn't totally happy with my weld on frame mounts and how I finished the welding on the HPSD mount. Definitely not going with powder coating for this rebuild, I want to get it zinc plated.
I have an 02' and bought an 05 master cylinder for the rear when I was building the bike - and it did not bolt up to the 02' frame. The 05' Master is in my garage still, PM me if you need it - we can sort something out....
Cheers - and have fun on the switch-over.
Any way. I'm pissed off as hell and I want to kick the bike into a corner, mainly because once again I lead myself astray and didn't learn from previous lessons!!!!!!!! and I've never seen a frame rust out so bad, the previous owner did say he only ever rode it on the beach but he must have ghostied it into the ocean a few times for it to do this.
2004-2007 rm 125 and 2004-2008 rm 250 use the exact same part number for the link arm and linkage knuckle.
2003 and back used a different style linkage.
Also your mounts for your rear master cylnder on the frame your bought are different then your white frame. Again 2004 to 2007 rm125 and 2004 to 2008 rm 250 used a newer style of rear master cylnder.
That frame you bought has the mounts for the older master cylnder thay has the remote plastic resivour that holds the brake fluid. That clip on the frame is what holds that.
Give k Dubb a shout on here. He will chime in in the rear master cylnder differences. He purchase a 2004 and up rear master cylnder and could not get it to mount on his 2003 rm 125 project bike.
End of the day. 99.99 percent sure you have a 2003 frame.
My understanding on the frame geometry is 2004 rm 125 frame was slightly different then 2005-2005-2007 rm 125. In 2005 and up the simply shifted the peg mounts 10 mm further back and shorten the rear brake length for better ergonomics. Prob to match the tighter triple clamp offset that was introduced 2005 and up.
Look for a 2005 frame and don't give up!
That is definitely an 01-03 frame.
When you get another 04-07 frame (to go with your existing linkage of course), your current rear braking equipment should totally be compatible.
Gutted to see your issues, we all know the heart ache these things can cause - rest easy, many wide-open, berm smashing days ahead - will make this whole dilemma a distant memory
Keep looking and dont give up.
Can't start on this for a little while as I've broken my ankle pretty bad and will be a few more weeks before I can get around good enough to start working on bikes again but we will see. If it's not one thing it's another I guess
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