Swinkster Replica build - the back story....

After much deliberation, I am considering selling this amazing bike. I just need the space for new projects. Original story is listed below with more pictures just attached. Check them out, enjoy them, if you would like to chat about the bike, please feel free to reach out directly to me.

Stay safe all!

Back around March of 2018, I started the search for a 1992 RM 125 to rebuild as a retro "Super-Evo" race bike.

Pretty quickly, I found a pretty nice and complete runner up north of Los Angeles. A bit of a back story, to preempt this thread. My first full size motocrosser was a 1992 RM 125. My dad and I bought one a few years old and very beat up in 1995. I was 14 years old. After outgrowing my 1990 RM 80, I was very anxious to get this bike. Unfortunately, the bike had been owned by a local pro and was very beat up when we bought it. long story short, my dad and I tore the bike down to the frame and rebuilt from the frame up. It had always been a goal of mine to someday do the same thing, again.

After seeing the #42 on the bike (Swink's first year on the Peak team he was #42) when I arrived, I knew this was just meant to be. Brian had just passed two weeks prior to my purchasing of the bike and it seemed as if this was just meant to be a tribute bike to his racing career and his legacy.

Brian is part in reason I ended up pursuing a career in the motorsports industry. After coming to grips I didn;t have what it took to make it as a professional racer, I chose the path of working in the industry. Nearly 25 years later, I feel a debit of gratitude was owed to the Swinkster. Growing up less thank an hour from Red Bud, I used to watch Swink in his final years as an amateur in pure awe. Nobody in that era rode an 80 with as much ferocity as he did. His super-human-like capabilities as an amateur followed him well into his career as a pro. Often being noted as the guy that Bayle, Stanton and Cooper and all other top pros would wait to see what Swink jumped in practice to see what was "do-able" at race time was well established before his professional days....

I could drone on for days about what brought me here, and I promise I will someday soon write an in-depth blog post about. For now, here are some pics on the build...

Aim is to have it on the Heores and Legends tour for SX in 2019. With a little but of luck and prayers to finding the final pieces (Hopefully form my Vital MX family) It will be at Anaheim II.

Cheers and thanks for any help you may be able to provide.

I am looking for a LH NOS Radiator or one in good shape (P/N - 17720-43D01)
Renthal and DID Decals for the swingarm from the era (Harder to find than I ever imagined...)
Answer Racing & CTi2 Decal for the rear fender (Again Hard to find apparently)

Many thanks and stay tuned!