1997 kx125 Ricky Carmichael inspired build

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Edited Date/Time 3/17/2025 12:51am


recent purchase 1997 kx125


 

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jasonm70 8/26/2021 7:03pm
8/26/2021 7:03pm Edited Date/Time 3/17/2025 12:53am

straight into tearing down the motor all the power valve parts were missing and the water pump shaft was damaged I ordered as many NOS parts as possible and sent the cylinder off for re platting along with the crank to get a new rod, bearing and balance ordered a full rebuild kit some cleaning wheels and got stuck into it 


 

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jasonm70 8/26/2021 7:50pm
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Engine is complete tried to stick with the pro circuit factory look cerkoted the clutch cover water pump, the inner clutch cover came out to glossy I’ll re do that to a Saturn black and the head will go back to silver
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jasonm70 8/26/2021 10:14pm
8/26/2021 10:14pm Edited Date/Time 11/13/2022 10:23pm

Started lacing the front wheel new spokes bearings bead blasted the Hub powder coated the rims & some fresh Dunlop’s

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jasonm70 8/27/2021 12:50am
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All new UFO flo green/black plastics and period correct full graphics kit from EVO

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Braaaphole 8/27/2021 12:20pm
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Very nice

The Flo green you want is from Tiger, the color code is 49/51340. I just had a frame done with it and it's dead on. Supposedly that's what the PC team used.
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GetItOnLikeTron 8/28/2021 12:22pm
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Wow that bike looked like it was ready to be trashed. you are just proving if you put enough effort into something it will turn out good.
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Brad460 8/29/2021 5:41am
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Looking good! Keep the updates coming..
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mxb2 8/29/2021 12:51pm
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Nice build. Love the old rc stuff. I have a #70 rc jersey . To match that bikeWink
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Tokyo_Tiddler 8/29/2021 1:18pm
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It is amazing how a bit of TLC can bring these bikes back from the dead. Nice quality build!
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jasonm70 8/30/2021 12:45am
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Blasted the carb/rebuild new hoses!
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Lowlander 9/1/2021 2:23am
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lovely build pal. looking forward to seeing the results.
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jasonm70 9/15/2021 3:06am
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Some cleaning and removing of casting lines


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jasonm70 11/16/2021 5:51pm
11/16/2021 5:51pm Edited Date/Time 11/13/2022 10:26pm
Frame back from powder coat done in flo green got it right this time looks totally different in person than the pictures show
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jasonm70 9/1/2022 1:37am
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Been a long time since I posted still been gathering parts going to start assembling now
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ProKawi24 9/1/2022 7:56pm
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Looking great dude, those PC/Splitfire bikes were absolute works of art.

Just curious if you don't mind me asking... I know you've been working on this over a year, is it that tough to find all the parts or more a matter of budget? I can't ride anymore but someday it would be really awesome to do a project like this for fun to replicate my 01 Supermini and display. I would be a bit worried of getting a project going and finding out down the road I can't complete it because certain parts can't be found anywhere even ebay.
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ProKawi24 9/2/2022 3:07pm
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Awesome man, can't wait to see more updates. Loving the purple bars too, I love that Renthal made some available again. I had a purple set of RC bend bars on my bike they looked killer.
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jasonm70 10/6/2022 8:23pm
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Sanded out all the scratches and grooves from swingarm then sandblasted it now the part I’ve been putting off endless rubbing with WD40 and red scotch brite



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jasonm70 10/7/2022 8:02pm
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Pretty happy with it. The swingarm graphics for this kit covers the whole side
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caviar&cigarettes338 10/7/2022 8:13pm
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jasonm70 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/10/07/572338/s1200_0B318FF5_DA43_47BB_85C6_4445EF5F28DD.jpg[/img] Pretty happy with it. The swingarm graphics for this kit covers the whole side

Pretty happy with it. The swingarm graphics for this kit covers the whole side
I need to strip my swingarm and subframe on my kx250 I’m building both were painted black . I have been wondering on sandblasting or paint strippers chemicals . But after seeing your sand blasting it looks good , I was worried about pitting . Did you use 3m scotch-brite pads after and if so what colour ones did you use? I have my frame at the sand blaster powder coat shop right now waiting get it back I went with the flou green also hope looks as good as yours turned out.
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jasonm70 10/7/2022 8:58pm
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jasonm70 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/10/07/572338/s1200_0B318FF5_DA43_47BB_85C6_4445EF5F28DD.jpg[/img] Pretty happy with it. The swingarm graphics for this kit covers the whole side

Pretty happy with it. The swingarm graphics for this kit covers the whole side
caviar&cigarettes338 wrote:
I need to strip my swingarm and subframe on my kx250 I’m building both were painted black . I have been wondering on sandblasting or paint...
I need to strip my swingarm and subframe on my kx250 I’m building both were painted black . I have been wondering on sandblasting or paint strippers chemicals . But after seeing your sand blasting it looks good , I was worried about pitting . Did you use 3m scotch-brite pads after and if so what colour ones did you use? I have my frame at the sand blaster powder coat shop right now waiting get it back I went with the flou green also hope looks as good as yours turned out.
Sand blasting was a must in my case cause I made a mess of it sanding/filling all the deep scratches out the sand blasting got it all to the same consistency making it easier to rub with the pads I started with green then finished with red I wanted the factory look didnt want it to end up to shiny
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jasonm70 10/8/2022 10:35pm
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caviar&cigarettes338 wrote:
Did you sand blast your subframe also ?
Yes subframe sandblasted and powder coated to match frame I think in 1999 onwards the team started to run raw silver subframes
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3rdgearpinned 10/15/2022 8:57am
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Fricken sweet.
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JMX82 10/19/2022 3:07am
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Those purple Renthal bars and bar pad are looking so sweet!
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FactoryKawasaki614 10/19/2022 11:00am
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What colour did you end up choosing for your frame? Asking because I am about to powder coat mine. Any specific details would help.
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jasonm70 10/20/2022 4:28am
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FactoryKawasaki614 wrote:
What colour did you end up choosing for your frame? Asking because I am about to powder coat mine. Any specific details would help.
Fluorescent green brand of powder coat was oxytech perfect colour match to flo green plastics
caviar&cigarettes338 10/20/2022 6:47am
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FactoryKawasaki614 wrote:
What colour did you end up choosing for your frame? Asking because I am about to powder coat mine. Any specific details would help.
jasonm70 wrote:
Fluorescent green brand of powder coat was oxytech perfect colour match to flo green plastics
I used tiger 49/51340 most powder shops in Canada have it in stock and if you research it on here that’s what people said the factory team and pc kawi used for the flo colour in late 90s early 2000s

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