2007 Suzuki RM125 Quick Build

m1ke2001
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Edited Date/Time 7/8/2017 6:16pm
I had recently picked up a 2007 RM125. It was very much ride-able but being in the midst of the season and not being able to ride for the past 6 months I just wanted to do a refresh on this bike for now and throw on some simple upgrades to make it look nicer. The goal for now is to simply get it in good working order and make it look nice again. Later this year in the off-season I will be doing a in depth build tearing down the engine and replacing seals and bearings but for now I am going simple.

First I took off everything to paint the frame. Like I said im being quick about this to get riding so for now I used cheap epoxy paint but I will get it powder coated once I take it apart again.


Then once it was apart I inspected bearings and re-greased them I also started to prep the frame for a quick painting.



The final product:



The I tried to clean up somethings like the engine and swing arm. I will further clean the engine in the off season once fully apart.






I now have started to get the bike back together some what. I still have a lot of parts I want to clean.





I will continue to update this build as I further progress.
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dadofagun
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Fantasy
7/2/2017 8:36am
Nice, simple cleanup.... looks good so far! Love those bikes....
NorCal 50+
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7/2/2017 11:56pm
Looks real good so far.
Bruneval
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7/8/2017 6:01pm
Mike, I can't see clearly, but it looks like you have the wrong bolts in the triple clamps. The top bolt looks like a DIY store quick fix/bodge and will be why the treads got ruined. Do yourself a favour and get the correct bolts for the couple of dollars it will cost - the bolt packs on eBay are very cost effective way of doing it.

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m1ke2001
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7/8/2017 6:15pm
Yea previous owner tightened the bolts to much which is dumb because fork tubes are very thing and don't need a lot of pressure to be held in place. Came with two OE bolts which I tried. The threads are ruined. Thankfully I have a new upper clamp because of you [: You are right though they are cheap hardware stole bolts which i'm completely against. They look ugly.

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