2004 RM125

I purchased this rm125 last year. I was looking around for a while for one of these because I had one when I was a teenager and I had ridden a couple 125s recently and forgot how much fun they are to ride. This bike still had stock chain/sprocket, front tire, and those horrible steel handlebars that used to come stock lol. It had virtually no rust on the frame and in great shape. The guy I purchased it from said it wouldn’t shift presumably due to a broken clutch fiber stuck in the transmission so I figured I’d buy it and fix it myself. My plan was to just get everything freshened up in stock form, plus fork and shock springs because I’m 210lbs, I figured I would make it a clean reliable stock machine to have some fun on and later down the road have some fun building it up a little bit. Here is some pictures from the day I brought it home:

The clutch was removed when I bought it and a bunch of parts needed to re-assemble were handed to me in a cardboard box. I tore the entire bike down to assess the condition of everything. I took the engine apart and vapor blasted the cases and carburetor, installed new oem seals, oem transmission and main bearings, vertex piston, and new clutch. Here are some photos of that:

I then tore the suspension down and did seals, springs, bushings, swingarm & linkage bearings.

 The difference in size between this generation showa base valve and the current 49mm 

 I had a set of stock kx450 pegs so I modified them and installed them on this bike. They are significantly lower and wider than the rm pegs. I’m 6’1 so it helps! 

So it was ready to ride. I put about 5 hours on it that summer.  

 After riding it for a little while I tore it apart and started buying fun stuff for it. 

 

 Made an hour meter mount

 Bills pipe & silencer, graphics matching 04’ Davi Millsaps bike.

Powder coated hubs, excel spokes and yellow rims, and Galfer oversized rotor kit

Powder coated ignition cover

 Here is how it sits now. It’s not finished but it’s close!