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1/26/2012 9:17am
About a month ago I picked up a 2001 Suzuki RM125 for
abou $900 bucks. Ive put alot of work into it and got it running
now. Frame is off at powdercoat. New plastics/graphics etc
on the way, new top end, still some little things to tie up. I
was just kinda curious as to what you guys thought for a pipe.
It has the R304 silencer with the stock pipe but as any 125 guy
knows your gonna need everything you can get out of it. Yes yes
I knowww I need to get the 144 kit. But Im 19 and cant really shit
$1100 dollars. Anyways! I attached a pic so you guys could see
the $900 dollar miracle haha. Lets hear some exhaust ideas.
abou $900 bucks. Ive put alot of work into it and got it running
now. Frame is off at powdercoat. New plastics/graphics etc
on the way, new top end, still some little things to tie up. I
was just kinda curious as to what you guys thought for a pipe.
It has the R304 silencer with the stock pipe but as any 125 guy
knows your gonna need everything you can get out of it. Yes yes
I knowww I need to get the 144 kit. But Im 19 and cant really shit
$1100 dollars. Anyways! I attached a pic so you guys could see
the $900 dollar miracle haha. Lets hear some exhaust ideas.
The link you posted is for a 00 not an 01. I believe
they changed in 01. Correct me if Im wrong.
The Shop
These are the 2 companies Ive actually looked at.
Bills Pipes 951.371.1329
Sure some pipes are adding power on the top, some in others areas. I had the 304 for both my CR and my YZ and it felt they where less in high rpm compared to the HGS I later used.
But did it really do anything for my riding? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Repack this sucker and put the money in a better helmet, a Leatt, Asterisk Cell etc.
By the way, great price for that bike and congrats. I have thoughts buying a RM from 01 in the near future to build a replica of this bike.
If that was mine I would make sure the suspension is done for your ability/ weight. It already has some decent bars on it so skip that. I would send the cylinder to Bills, get one of their pipes, repack the silencer you have and ride the piss outta that thing. If you can spring for it get a v-force reed cage.
After you bend those bars that are on it try a set of these bars.
http://www.fasstco.com/buyersguide.shtml
I just figured since its the 1st bike Ive ever bought myself Im gonna
hang onto it. Make it a kick ass bike with everything you could ever
want. Over time of course, then maybe give it to my kid one day or
something. I dont even ride a whole lot anymore to be honest. Just
a project bike thing haha.
Pit Row
I could have swore he said the whole
process was $1100 or something.
I will call tommorow. Thanks.
and from what i read at his site www.forwardmotion.com.mx your 2001 rm wont need case mods so it will be as easy as dissasembling your bikes top end send your complete topend to him get back the modded topend and reassemble. piece of cake and way more performance per dollar than a pipe or a v- force.
One small problem, I took off the bottom bracket... can't remember why... it was a pipe I bought for dyno testing at the time to see how it compared.
You can have it for $75 plus shipping... just have to fabricate that missing bracket.
jesse@williamsmotowerx.net
I also heard you picked up one of my old KTM cone pipes... you run that one yet?
Just make sure that at some point one needs to stop doing crazy stuff though (since you are on a limited budget), I bought so many things to my previous bike that half the garage was filled with pointless bling stuff. Ebay is poison. If I had spend the same money on a newer bike I would have been better of no doubt. So at one point it goes from passion to madness.
Happy hunting!
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