Finished my RM50

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Edited Date/Time 2/18/2021 10:11am
Hey guys just wanted to share my 79RM50 restore with you! Bought at Christmas for 750$ and it was complete, only thing I had to purchase was decals and seat. Everything else I restored. Enjoy!










I saw one of these as a kid (36) now and was in love
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Boomslang 1/24/2021 6:29am
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Nice build bud but your Safe has caught my roving eye....you got your Mega Millions cash in there..Whistling ?


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Kmiller125 wrote:
Hey guys just wanted to share my 79RM50 restore with you! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/24/474628/s1200_82535B04_C93E_42EB_8EC6_6DFD2F0836CB.jpg[/img]Bought at Christmas for 750$ and it was complete, only thing I had to purchase...
Hey guys just wanted to share my 79RM50 restore with you! Bought at Christmas for 750$ and it was complete, only thing I had to purchase was decals and seat. Everything else I restored. Enjoy!










I saw one of these as a kid (36) now and was in love
Nice job! My brother raced one of these in the Astrodome, that was a fun trip. 2 of these bikes, Dad and Mom, 3 kids, and a St. Bernard all crammed in a new Ford van for 10 hours headed to Houston.........
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Boomslang wrote:
Nice build bud but your Safe has caught my roving eye....you got your Mega Millions cash in there..:whistle: ? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/24/474639/s1200_Screenshot_20210124_162727_Samsung_Internet.jpg[/img]
Nice build bud but your Safe has caught my roving eye....you got your Mega Millions cash in there..Whistling ?


That’s top secret lol
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Kmiller125 wrote:
Hey guys just wanted to share my 79RM50 restore with you! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/01/24/474628/s1200_82535B04_C93E_42EB_8EC6_6DFD2F0836CB.jpg[/img]Bought at Christmas for 750$ and it was complete, only thing I had to purchase...
Hey guys just wanted to share my 79RM50 restore with you! Bought at Christmas for 750$ and it was complete, only thing I had to purchase was decals and seat. Everything else I restored. Enjoy!










I saw one of these as a kid (36) now and was in love
dadofagun wrote:
Nice job! My brother raced one of these in the Astrodome, that was a fun trip. 2 of these bikes, Dad and Mom, 3 kids, and...
Nice job! My brother raced one of these in the Astrodome, that was a fun trip. 2 of these bikes, Dad and Mom, 3 kids, and a St. Bernard all crammed in a new Ford van for 10 hours headed to Houston.........
Oh wow that bad ass!
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Jason XCmtb 1/24/2021 1:46pm
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Beautiful job, takes me back to my minibike days and seeing these on the track.
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devotid 1/24/2021 1:54pm
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Nice build. Takes me wayyyyy back. Thanks.
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Ryan625 1/24/2021 1:56pm
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Killer restore man!

I’m hoping to do the same with my 84 CR60 one of these days!
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aeffertz 1/24/2021 2:01pm
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Great build, thanks for sharing!
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My little brother raced one of those. Great memories. Great job on the restoration
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RAD60 1/24/2021 3:52pm
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Sweet looking little bike !
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ocscottie 1/24/2021 4:45pm
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Very nice! I had one when i was a youngin' with cool leather tank cover and bar pad made by the Vohlands grandma, was a sweet ride.

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ocscottie wrote:
Very nice! I had one when i was a youngin' with cool leather tank cover and bar pad made by the Vohlands grandma, was a sweet...
Very nice! I had one when i was a youngin' with cool leather tank cover and bar pad made by the Vohlands grandma, was a sweet ride.

Cool picture, I forgot about those tank covers. And those plastics levers, I think we use or had shorter levers. Same color yellow.
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ocscottie wrote:
Very nice! I had one when i was a youngin' with cool leather tank cover and bar pad made by the Vohlands grandma, was a sweet...
Very nice! I had one when i was a youngin' with cool leather tank cover and bar pad made by the Vohlands grandma, was a sweet ride.

1911 wrote:
Cool picture, I forgot about those tank covers. And those plastics levers, I think we use or had shorter levers. Same color yellow.
I think the levers were made by Sunline. My brother and I had short ones on our '82 RM80s. His were the same yellow as yours, and mine were black.
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Kmiller125 1/24/2021 7:39pm
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Ryan625 wrote:
Killer restore man!

I’m hoping to do the same with my 84 CR60 one of these days!
That is the only bike I would trade for
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Kmiller125 1/24/2021 7:41pm
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Thanks guys I love it! Starting my 78 xr75 in the morning just ordered all the parts!
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dsmith 1/24/2021 8:20pm
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I wanted one so bad when I was a kid I cried....never got one...nice jobSmile
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dl117 1/25/2021 9:36am
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i alos wanted one, could not find, so one day at the track I found a 1980 yz50 and begged like a little bitch until mom and dad went over and bought it.....
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Kmiller125 wrote:
Thanks guys I love it! Starting my 78 xr75 in the morning just ordered all the parts!
So clean..very cool. Curious..what is the investment cost for a restore like this and once it's done in this mint condition, is the value of the bike now higher than what was invested into it? I have a 86 XR80 id like to restore. Just saw those two in mint condition on here that sold for $13,500 for the pair....crazy!
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Kmiller125 2/18/2021 5:43am
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Kmiller125 wrote:
Thanks guys I love it! Starting my 78 xr75 in the morning just ordered all the parts!
OG MOTO XXX wrote:
So clean..very cool. Curious..what is the investment cost for a restore like this and once it's done in this mint condition, is the value of the...
So clean..very cool. Curious..what is the investment cost for a restore like this and once it's done in this mint condition, is the value of the bike now higher than what was invested into it? I have a 86 XR80 id like to restore. Just saw those two in mint condition on here that sold for $13,500 for the pair....crazy!
I have 1000 in it turned down 5k several times
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lumpy790 2/18/2021 6:36am
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Legal and competitive in todays 50 LL class?
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Falcon 2/18/2021 10:10am
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lumpy790 wrote:
Legal and competitive in todays 50 LL class?
Legal? Hell no. The RM50 has a clutch and 5- or 6-speed transmission, if I remember correctly.

As for competitive, who knows? I'd say the newer bikes would have a massive suspension advantage over this one.

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