CR 125 resto/mod

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mike23lee 3/20/2022 12:20pm
3/20/2022 12:20pm
Motor broken down. Came apart pretty easy.


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mike23lee 3/20/2022 12:21pm
3/20/2022 12:21pm
Aftermarket crank right? And also what do yall think about these score marks in the crank case.


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mike23lee 3/21/2022 6:14pm
3/21/2022 6:14pm
Got one of the case halves vapor honed



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mike23lee 3/21/2022 6:16pm
3/21/2022 6:16pm
Got some cerakote done.. dont really like the “sniper grey” but i guess it will work. Has a blue tint in light that i dont like i wanted more if a charcoal color.



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mike23lee 3/21/2022 8:12pm
3/21/2022 8:12pm
Spring coated. Will send the damaged case half out to be welded and machined tomorrow.. start assembling parts finally in the next week or so. Stainless spokes and nipples should be here in a few days.
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mike23lee 3/24/2022 7:58pm
3/24/2022 7:58pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2022 7:59pm
Shocks done, cerakoted body and spring. Vapor blasted clevis and bladder cap. Zinc plated collars and pre load adjusters. Fully rebuilt with new bladder/bumper/seal head/bushing. Love the transformation. Forks will be getting assembled by the weekend.






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mike23lee 3/26/2022 9:08am
3/26/2022 9:08am Edited Date/Time 3/27/2022 11:41am
Forks are done. Rear wheel laced with stainless spokes and nipples. I dont like how the forks came out at all, i normally do a clear coat but they cured faster than normal due to wind getting through my paint tent and the clear coat didnt adhere. But live and learn. I probably wont cerakote another set of forks until my shop is built and i have a legit paint booth and large oven.



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Sandvik74 3/26/2022 9:27am
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Looks good! Good call on splitting the cases also!
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mike23lee 3/27/2022 11:42am
3/27/2022 11:42am
Cylinder blasted and replated. Just have to pull the head studs to zinc plate.






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mike23lee 3/27/2022 12:03pm
3/27/2022 12:03pm
Sandwiched some of the motor together to see what itll look like.. no bearings or anything are in yet but should look sweet when its done.


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mike23lee 3/27/2022 4:58pm
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Sandvik74 wrote:
Looks good! Good call on splitting the cases also!
Thanks. I knew it would come to that.
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mike23lee 3/28/2022 3:10pm
3/28/2022 3:10pm
Well this was a pain in the ass.. totally worth it though as i couldnt find a raw pipe anywhere and i hate plated pipes. Popped some dents out with air and heat, Acid stripped all the plating off, then i vapor blasted to just give me a clean fresh surface, sanded on a bench grinder, sanded some more, hand sanded with scotch brite, torch the welds and we got a make shift works pipe.





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johnk408 3/29/2022 12:17pm
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I would contact FMF and see if they would sell you badge to weld on. If not, find some mangled pipe on ebay or somewhere cheap. Or just run it how it is. I did somewhat same thing to my PC (RM125) pipe, but luckily it was only painted black so I didn't have to strip plating, just paint.
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mike23lee 3/29/2022 12:55pm
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johnk408 wrote:
I would contact FMF and see if they would sell you badge to weld on. If not, find some mangled pipe on ebay or somewhere cheap...
I would contact FMF and see if they would sell you badge to weld on. If not, find some mangled pipe on ebay or somewhere cheap. Or just run it how it is. I did somewhat same thing to my PC (RM125) pipe, but luckily it was only painted black so I didn't have to strip plating, just paint.
I sanded the logo off, its not a badge. They make some with tacked on badges that i could use but i much prefer the look without it
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mike23lee 4/1/2022 3:31pm
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Radiators straightened out, vapor blasted and leak tested

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mike23lee 4/1/2022 3:32pm
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Rebuilt front caliper and master
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mike23lee 4/2/2022 8:54am
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Some drilled washers for the rads and got the caliper mounted


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profeshenal125 4/2/2022 10:16am
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mike23lee wrote:
Cylinder blasted and replated. Just have to pull the head studs to zinc plate. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/03/27/540707/s1200_19E6A713_6236_4C48_BCAE_D387598DC8B7.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/03/27/540708/s1200_F746B81E_8E1C_4EC7_9135_3DD1BC9CA7F8.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/03/27/540706/s1200_D9EE6B7C_B527_48E6_8E5B_0FB5C29D0E5F.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/03/27/540709/s1200_37C9963D_056B_4E20_8AE4_0BE649BDE5F0.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/03/27/540705/s1200_6F02AC02_CE23_464C_94CE_CE19E7EDBA0A.jpg[/img]
Cylinder blasted and replated. Just have to pull the head studs to zinc plate.






Looks amazing is that vapor blasted ? The 01 isn’t a rocket ship but a club member holeshot a 125 b full gate and hung onto the lead for 1 lap in 03.

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mike23lee 4/2/2022 10:27am
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profeshenal125 wrote:
Looks amazing is that vapor blasted ? The 01 isn’t a rocket ship but a club member holeshot a 125 b full gate and hung onto...
Looks amazing is that vapor blasted ? The 01 isn’t a rocket ship but a club member holeshot a 125 b full gate and hung onto the lead for 1 lap in 03.
Yes. Vapor blasted
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mike23lee 4/2/2022 12:02pm
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Zinc plating some steel bits today… these parts looked like that rusted bolt before hand.. looks great and years of protection for whoever buys the bike
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mike23lee 4/2/2022 4:54pm
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More plating…


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mike23lee 4/2/2022 6:29pm
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Oem kickstart refinished, removed alot of material, added some back with tig, sanded the shit out of it, looks pretty “custom” i really like how it came out pictures dont do it justice honestly. Zinc plated knuckle and hardware. New spring and ball for that solid “click”



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Sandusky26 4/3/2022 2:48am
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Love your attention to detail, what did you use to straighten out the radiators?
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mike23lee 4/3/2022 8:58am
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Sandusky26 wrote:
Love your attention to detail, what did you use to straighten out the radiators?
Just some blocks of wood and a hammer, kind of prop it up on either end with some wood and block of wood where its bowed and hit it in opposite direction of bow of course. Pretty easy.
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mike23lee 4/3/2022 6:02pm
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Wheels laced, trued, new tires, renthal sprocket, zinc plated hardware, buchanan stainless steel spokes and nipples, oem hubs cerakoted, new bearings and seals. Nothing crazy, just simple and clean.




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mike23lee 4/4/2022 6:29pm
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Air box restored. Ton of work. Still have to plastic weld some bits.



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mike23lee 4/4/2022 6:30pm
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Got the head stay mounts lookin good
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mike23lee 4/7/2022 4:34pm
4/7/2022 4:34pm
Got front wheel mounted, fork plastic on, bars and sole controls etc. kind of running out of work to do.. case should be back from being welded hopefully by next weekend. Bike should be done in a few weeks tops. Excited to start my next project, pretty big plans for it. To think the first time i ever bought a 4wheel or a dirtbike/ wrenched on one ever was only a little over a year ago.

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mike23lee 4/10/2022 1:22pm
4/10/2022 1:22pm Edited Date/Time 4/10/2022 1:23pm
Petcock zinc plated, rad hoses on, tank cleaned up. Impatiently waiting for the case to come back from machine shop.






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