Andrew Short's 2003 Motoworld Suzuki RM125 Build

Aboccarossa313
Edited Date/Time 4/15/2021 9:00pm
Scored pretty good on FB Marketplace a few days back and found Andrew Shorts SX bike from the 03 season. The plan is to redo it and make it just how it looked and ran back in 03. All the parts are there besides the big stuff (A Kit, Wheels and Titanium). This is going to be a slower build as Winter is creeping around the corner, but I will keep it updated as progress is made and will post a lot of pictures. It doesn't seem like the bike has a ton of time on it, but it wasn't taken care of well at all. Heres the bike as it sits -



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Aboccarossa313 10/30/2020 11:16am
10/30/2020 11:16am Edited Date/Time 10/30/2020 11:40am
Did a wash on it the day after I picked it up (Used Spectro Bike Wash, I swear by that stuff) and now its clean enough for the tear down. Current pics-
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Aboccarossa313 10/30/2020 11:20am
10/30/2020 11:20am Edited Date/Time 10/30/2020 11:21am
List of parts that i'm looking for -

RG3 A Kit
Bill's Carbon Fiber Stinger
Tag Metals Lower Triple Clamp
Silver ARC Brake Lever
Era Correct Sunstar Rear Sprocket
Dunlop 756 Tires (80/100/21) (110/90/19)
01-06 RM125 Float Bowl
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Banana_oil 10/30/2020 12:52pm
10/30/2020 12:52pm
Congratulations, seems to be in good shape! How intact is it?
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jason486 10/30/2020 1:49pm
10/30/2020 1:49pm
nice find cant wait to see it done!
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romain524 10/30/2020 3:11pm
10/30/2020 3:11pm
Really good find, those were nice bikes! Since you already have the graphics on the bike I’m sure it wouldn’t be hard to have a graphic company to do a full replica.
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Aboccarossa313 10/30/2020 5:21pm
10/30/2020 5:21pm
Banana_oil wrote:
Congratulations, seems to be in good shape! How intact is it?
Got it all torn down now, came apart surprisingly easy everything’s intact besides kit stuff and a few bits and pieces
Aboccarossa313 10/30/2020 5:24pm
10/30/2020 5:24pm
Bike is down to the frame now, off to get powder coated Monday. Found some markings on the backside of the cylinder as well, pretty sweet!


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Bent206 10/31/2020 1:51pm
10/31/2020 1:51pm
Cool find and build.
Just curious if the seller had it posted as Short’s bike or did they have no idea?
Aboccarossa313 10/31/2020 5:43pm
10/31/2020 5:43pm
Bent206 wrote:
Cool find and build.
Just curious if the seller had it posted as Short’s bike or did they have no idea?
The guy knew who's bike it was, but that was really it though. Had minimal pics of it and had it listed as an 05 too
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Ryan625 10/31/2020 11:11pm
10/31/2020 11:11pm
I have Some RM parts. Complete 04 Carb, V-force reeds (OG grey block, and a carbon end cap for a bills pipe
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Braaaphole 11/1/2020 6:16pm
11/1/2020 6:16pm
Nice find, will be a really cool bike to have.

Do you intend on riding it once it's complete?
Aboccarossa313 11/3/2020 6:21am
11/3/2020 6:21am
Braaaphole wrote:
Nice find, will be a really cool bike to have.

Do you intend on riding it once it's complete?
I will end up riding it at the end of the build, probably do so before I put on the new stickers and seat cover to keep it nice
rob.boucher.547 11/3/2020 7:08am
11/3/2020 7:08am
I have some Motoworld items i do not need
front fender decals, nice hat, other decals
used t shirt from that era
would sell
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500crazy 11/3/2020 11:44am
11/3/2020 11:44am
Score, good starting point. Can't help notice the 240sx in the back ground. Drifter?
Aboccarossa313 11/5/2020 4:58am
11/5/2020 4:58am
500crazy wrote:
Score, good starting point. Can't help notice the 240sx in the back ground. Drifter?
Absolutely, finding parts is proving to be tough, but getting there slowly. The 240 is my brothers car, not too sure what his plan with it is. Got a million projects going on around here can't keep track of them all haha
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500crazy 11/6/2020 9:45am
11/6/2020 9:45am
Haha, I know what you mean, I send my teenage boy out to the shed now to write up parts list's for bikes. To much on the go. Lol, best of luck with the build.
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mxnick 11/7/2020 8:55pm
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Aboccarossa313 wrote:
Frame is off getting painted, here’s more stuff from the Vapor Blaster - [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/11/06/457780/s1200_CF6FDCB7_9130_4B09_B19A_D617E9D05018.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/11/06/457779/s1200_2A57AB5B_306D_440A_BCFF_85BFCC7FF12C.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2020/11/06/457781/s1200_5F695495_9409_4766_B62A_F2BFEB7751D1.jpg[/img]
Frame is off getting painted, here’s more stuff from the Vapor Blaster -




My, what a short silencer you have! 😂
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Aboccarossa313 11/17/2020 12:54pm
11/17/2020 12:54pm
Update so far-

Frame is getting sanded currently, just waiting on paint and clear coat
Motor is off getting the bottom end done
Parts keep rolling in little by little. Just got in the front forks yesterday from another vital member, super pleased. Everything’s coming right along. Still looking for a NOS set of Motoworld Graphics and seat cover for the 03 SX series. If anyone has em feel free to shoot me a message on here!
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brichards95 11/18/2020 2:19am
11/18/2020 2:19am
Do you have any photos of the frame before you sent it off? Curious to know if the team did any work to it other then the welding of tabs for skid plate and case guard. Following with interest, great project!
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Aboccarossa313 11/18/2020 6:28am
11/18/2020 6:28am
brichards95 wrote:
Do you have any photos of the frame before you sent it off? Curious to know if the team did any work to it other then...
Do you have any photos of the frame before you sent it off? Curious to know if the team did any work to it other then the welding of tabs for skid plate and case guard. Following with interest, great project!
I do not unfortunately. I looked it over closely before sending it out and didn’t find anything else other than the skid plate and water pump tabs. The frame still has a VIN too, I know most factory bikes at the time didn’t
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Markopolo400 11/18/2020 8:50am
11/18/2020 8:50am
That pipe and silencer are awesome. For some reason when I was a kid I always thought the tiny stinger silencers were awesome.
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JBoneMotorworks 11/26/2020 9:01am
11/26/2020 9:01am Edited Date/Time 11/26/2020 9:01am
I bought that bike back in 04' from a friend who bought all the Motoworld bikes back then, (I'm in CT as well) It was a ripper and we cut down the silencer even shorter as compared to stock, and it was in great shape. Good luck with that bike, we did a top end and clutch and that was about it. And it appears that it was re-plated due to the stamping on the back base of the cyl so thats good.
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