Edited Date/Time
10/17/2022 8:53am
This post is long overdue as we're in the ending stages of this rebuild, but figured better late than never. We are rebuilding from the ground up a 2005 Suzuki RM125 for my wife, who absolutely loves this bike.
Little background on the bike; I am the original owner, and the bike will never be sold. It was originally bought for me when I 14 years old by my late mother, hence why it will never be sold.
In 2019-2020 my wife got back into riding and quickly out grew our little ttr125, and absolutely loved my RM125. I let my wife more or less have the Suzuki, and used the opportunity to buy myself a new bike.
Over the years this bike has definitely been used and abused. I have done the little maintenance items like oil changes, air filter changes, etc. But, unless something I broke, or was visibly done, for one reason or another I let it be.
This bike has been in dier need of a "refresh". Luckily, I have met some great people who have helped me take this project from a little tune up, to a full on rebuild. Big shout out and thanks needed here to Mike, who's known on here as "Hammer 663s". He opened up his garage, has given a huge amount of time, technical help, patience, and teaching in this process. Super thankful to him and his family for this.
Here's what we have done, or are currently in the process of doing:
-Full new bearings on everything
-Frame sent off, stripped, and powder coated
-Suspension was sent off to Factory connection in Milwaukie, Oregon to be rebuilt, lowered 1", re-valved, and set up for my wife.
-Engine sent to Eric Gorr to be torn completely down, rebuilt top and bottom, have the left case fixed (originally I was going to have the left case replaced), vapor honed, and bored to 144cc.
-New Lectron carburetor
-New yellow Excel rims
-Full rebuild on brakes, front and rear both
-Replace all lines, cables, etc
-Send off a few parts to be cerakoted like the triple, brake master cylinders, etc.
I'm sure Mike and myself will be updating this list and adding plenty of photos along the way!
Edit: trimmed a lot down as it was very long winded.
Little background on the bike; I am the original owner, and the bike will never be sold. It was originally bought for me when I 14 years old by my late mother, hence why it will never be sold.
In 2019-2020 my wife got back into riding and quickly out grew our little ttr125, and absolutely loved my RM125. I let my wife more or less have the Suzuki, and used the opportunity to buy myself a new bike.
Over the years this bike has definitely been used and abused. I have done the little maintenance items like oil changes, air filter changes, etc. But, unless something I broke, or was visibly done, for one reason or another I let it be.
This bike has been in dier need of a "refresh". Luckily, I have met some great people who have helped me take this project from a little tune up, to a full on rebuild. Big shout out and thanks needed here to Mike, who's known on here as "Hammer 663s". He opened up his garage, has given a huge amount of time, technical help, patience, and teaching in this process. Super thankful to him and his family for this.
Here's what we have done, or are currently in the process of doing:
-Full new bearings on everything
-Frame sent off, stripped, and powder coated
-Suspension was sent off to Factory connection in Milwaukie, Oregon to be rebuilt, lowered 1", re-valved, and set up for my wife.
-Engine sent to Eric Gorr to be torn completely down, rebuilt top and bottom, have the left case fixed (originally I was going to have the left case replaced), vapor honed, and bored to 144cc.
-New Lectron carburetor
-New yellow Excel rims
-Full rebuild on brakes, front and rear both
-Replace all lines, cables, etc
-Send off a few parts to be cerakoted like the triple, brake master cylinders, etc.
I'm sure Mike and myself will be updating this list and adding plenty of photos along the way!
Edit: trimmed a lot down as it was very long winded.
There's a complete bike here - really!
Races pressed in
Chasing threads
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Wheel bearings in
I'll be uploading more after work!
What do you all think?
The first example has been the silencer. Two photos of the before, and after Polishing it. And the rear brake after Polishing, too. The pictures don't quite do them justice.
Photos below. I'm a big fan of how the Linkage turned out.
So I have a Question for anyone on here who has shaved down their own seat, or someone else's, How did you do it? In the past l just straight up used a ginsu knife, and im assuming there are better ways of doing it. Any experiences/best practices will be appreciated.
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