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1/3/2021 10:17am
Hi Guys, not sure if your interested but can do a build thread on this bike of mine I’m currently rebuilding
My last RM125 build (see page 3 onwards thanks to photobucket)
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Bike-Builds,46/Headlings-2002-RM125-Resto,…
It’s a British made frame by a company called Hejira, it was raced in the British motorcycle club and when new 1984 had a CR250 engine in it, this was later swapped out for a Rotax 257 250 engine
I’ve owned the bike for 15 years and was given to me by a dear friend who is sadly going through dementia
I started off sprinting the bike on the 1/4 mile and won a local championship on it, fastest run was 13.1 sec 1/4 mile at Santa pod Raceway
I then rebuilt it and added the fairings and did a few track days and raced it a few years afterwards
Something different from the mx bikes but still old school and 2 stroke!
Here it is at Brands hatch 6 years ago, since then it’s been raced once and crashed so needs some love!
My last RM125 build (see page 3 onwards thanks to photobucket)
https://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Bike-Builds,46/Headlings-2002-RM125-Resto,…
It’s a British made frame by a company called Hejira, it was raced in the British motorcycle club and when new 1984 had a CR250 engine in it, this was later swapped out for a Rotax 257 250 engine
I’ve owned the bike for 15 years and was given to me by a dear friend who is sadly going through dementia
I started off sprinting the bike on the 1/4 mile and won a local championship on it, fastest run was 13.1 sec 1/4 mile at Santa pod Raceway
I then rebuilt it and added the fairings and did a few track days and raced it a few years afterwards
Something different from the mx bikes but still old school and 2 stroke!
Here it is at Brands hatch 6 years ago, since then it’s been raced once and crashed so needs some love!
Front end off and time to start cleaning it all up!
After :
The Shop
Very interesting bike I hope you keep it updated.
Unfortunately I dont have any pics with the CR motor in it
Here is a quick clip of it running before it was crashed at Pembrey (uk race rack in wales)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8e4YV7CUI
I don’t know too much about the bike but be great if you can show Derek and the Hejira guys!
Little bit more done tonight, triple clamps cleaned up with good old scotchbrite and gt85, I didn’t want them polished as they would need lots of work to keep them nice, re greased the bearings and new SS hardware
Before:
After:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uwa4CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT150&lpg=PT150&dq=…
They sounded like an awesome firm with some proper engineering and awesome ideas!
Will keep this thread going!
http://www.hejiraracing.co.uk/files/Hejira-Press.pdf
Back after a business trip and back on it
One down one to go!!
Pit Row
More Hejira updates to follow soon!!
Cleaned up the 6 piston front calliper too, just needs some new pads fitting
Painted up the dash/fairing bracket
Front ends nearly done, then onto the cooling system!
great work.
Painted and heat wrapped the expansion chamber
My £25 ktm exc silencer arrived so need to make this fit!
Installed scitsu rev counter mount
so need
Also new brake pads and £10 Chinese temp gauge too
I always liked Heijira's steering head set up - the beams meeting forward and the head tube 'within' them. Something they carried over into their CF frames.
2 questions:
I assume your using a longer muffler might be down to increasing noise controls at tracks? When you see Road Registerable production bikes not passing track day noise regs - eg, Panigales - you know things are getting tight.
And, the 'Pro Squat' brake torque arm that I see in one of the above pictures. It's pretty full on in it's geometry- is there another/other mount point(s) for a more conventional floating mount? I tried the 'cross over' set up a few times, and really found it strange. How's it feel to you?
No cant see another mounting point for the brake, as for the handling it seems great so far (not ridden it loads) but can certainly beat up the superbikes in the corners on the Hejira, I had a great battle with a ducati round Brands batch indy circuit, he passed me on every straight and I pass him on every corner!
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