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chasestevenson599
9/15/2017 9:15am
9/15/2017 9:15am
Edited Date/Time
7/26/2018 10:48am
Hey guys!
Long time lurker, I don't post much but I picked up this 2002 cr125 recently and decided to do a build thread on it. I found a smokin' good deal for it on a facebook group and it starts and runs and the radiators are in good shape, and the subframe is straight. Thats about it... this bike has seen some rough times and had some neglect.
Side note: I bought this bike and my girlfriend asked if we could do it together as a project, so that being said ill let her do most of the wrench spinning and ill just provide a watching eye and helpful guidance. I think she's a keeper!
We will not be building a super badass 125 with a huge budget. Just showing what some TLC can do and how badass of a 125 you can build on a budget!
Well... enough talk here she is!
initial problems I noticed:
flat front and rear tires with the valve stems ripped out.
some front spokes unthreaded from the nipples.
rear o ring chain that hardly goes around.
air filter was in place and bolted in but the filter cage is missing and was sitting halfway over the air boot...
Long time lurker, I don't post much but I picked up this 2002 cr125 recently and decided to do a build thread on it. I found a smokin' good deal for it on a facebook group and it starts and runs and the radiators are in good shape, and the subframe is straight. Thats about it... this bike has seen some rough times and had some neglect.
Side note: I bought this bike and my girlfriend asked if we could do it together as a project, so that being said ill let her do most of the wrench spinning and ill just provide a watching eye and helpful guidance. I think she's a keeper!
We will not be building a super badass 125 with a huge budget. Just showing what some TLC can do and how badass of a 125 you can build on a budget!
Well... enough talk here she is!
initial problems I noticed:
flat front and rear tires with the valve stems ripped out.
some front spokes unthreaded from the nipples.
rear o ring chain that hardly goes around.
air filter was in place and bolted in but the filter cage is missing and was sitting halfway over the air boot...
pics or it didn't happen
I was like a kid on Christmas morning and couldn't wait to tear into it and ended up getting the it tore down to the frame.
The deeper I dug the more neglect I found, but there was one positive I found. I'm 95% sure this bike has never been taken apart more than the plastics taken off, the interior of all the bolts sans the swingarm bolt which I had to pound out with a mallet were shinny and spotless and all appeared to be at the factory torque. Including the radiator hoses. We shall see what I discover as I tear into the motor but everything is going smoothly so far.
The exhaust flange did break off when I took the pipe off which seemed odd. But I'm not worried I'll just machine my own.
So far my plans (which are changing daily) are to just clean and freshen everything up and go with a stock '07 look with black rims. But time will tell...
Here's what we uncovered and discovered tonight!
The Shop
Tore everything down and got it power washed, wow what a mess!
Finished cleaning the frame, the oil almost preserved the frame and kept it from putting very badly. I didn't spend as much time on this frame as I usually do on my race bike but it came out pretty well if I say so!
Started sub assembling a few things. All well, pretty much just need to order a bunch of parts and wait for them to come in at this point!
Probably going to tear the wheels apart next and turn the hubs.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Also, pics as promised! She did most of the work including greasing all he swing arm linkage bearings!!!
How it originally looked when I got done
how it looks now
We scotbrited the entire motor and got it in the frame along with some other small things, just enough to get it running.
Harley crackle paint on the covers looks mighty sharp!
I have the plastics mounted up and got the rear wheel laced and trued last night but didn’t get pics.
Just waiting on the front wheel and rebuilding the forks and she will be ready to ride! (I’m hoping by this weekend!)
Pit Row
Can't wait to see this project all done
shoot me some feedback or any suggestions
Coming along nicely, except that "crackle" paint. Personally I'd use Dupli-color undercoat, I even use it on Harley motors to get the wrinkle black finish without buying the Harley paint.
Here is the finished product, I ended up selling the bike to a friend for $2000 and it was his first dirt bike.
I just picked up a 1997 cr125 yesterday and will be doing a better job with that thread hopefully!
Here is the excel sheet of my expenses.
Well done on the build.
Thank you!
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