1978 RM125 Restoration - 4/2021 Update

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Mr. Sandman 10/7/2018 10:39pm
10/7/2018 10:39pm Edited Date/Time 10/7/2018 10:41pm
Slowly but surely...before and after.




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riv187 10/9/2018 7:05am
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Mr. Sandman wrote:
Finally split the cases and cleaned everything up nicely. The internals look good and once I get the cases themselves dipped, cleaned and repainted, reassembly with...
Finally split the cases and cleaned everything up nicely. The internals look good and once I get the cases themselves dipped, cleaned and repainted, reassembly with new bearings and seals will begin.


Hi, What did you mean by cases 'dipped'?
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Mr. Sandman 10/9/2018 1:27pm
10/9/2018 1:27pm Edited Date/Time 10/9/2018 1:49pm
riv187 wrote:
Hi, What did you mean by cases 'dipped'?
Soaked in parts cleaner for 3 days to melt away 40 years of dirt, grease, gunk and grime. Which I then follow up with bead blasting and a couple of coats of PJ1 case paint.
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Mr. Sandman 10/16/2018 7:15pm
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A little more progress this past weekend. I’m now waiting on the delivery of a NOS DG pipe and silencer. Stay tuned!



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Mr. Sandman 2/27/2019 3:58pm
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So it's been a while since I've posted an update on this bike but that's probably because it's just been sitting. The old school DG pipe and silencer arrived a few months ago and I test fit it but that's the last I've done. Unfortunately, I need to chase down an oil leak from the clutch cover and haven't been in the mood to tear it apart. However, I snagged a pair of very nice Fox Airshox for it this week and once those arrive I hope to get going on it again.


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Mr. Sandman 4/30/2021 10:27am
4/30/2021 10:27am Edited Date/Time 4/30/2021 1:41pm
Time for an update as it's been a long while since I've done anything or posted any updates on this bike. The tank has been sanded, polished and cleaned up quite nicely. I still need to have the Fox Shox charged and then I can install them. I'm in a quandary on the pipe and silencer combo though. The pipe is a vintage DG cone pipe and is currently raw metal. Should I paint it black or keep it bare and heat the welds to get discoloration? I have two silencers, the stock shorty that's been repacked that should probably be painted black and a new, not vintage DG oval silencer and I'm not sure which one would be a better bet. Other than those few things and a couple of other odds and ends it's just about done.




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TG130 5/1/2021 10:20pm
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Mr. Sandman wrote:
Time for an update as it's been a long while since I've done anything or posted any updates on this bike. The tank has been sanded...
Time for an update as it's been a long while since I've done anything or posted any updates on this bike. The tank has been sanded, polished and cleaned up quite nicely. I still need to have the Fox Shox charged and then I can install them. I'm in a quandary on the pipe and silencer combo though. The pipe is a vintage DG cone pipe and is currently raw metal. Should I paint it black or keep it bare and heat the welds to get discoloration? I have two silencers, the stock shorty that's been repacked that should probably be painted black and a new, not vintage DG oval silencer and I'm not sure which one would be a better bet. Other than those few things and a couple of other odds and ends it's just about done.




Gorgeous !
rob.boucher.547 5/3/2021 7:01am
5/3/2021 7:01am
I sold him that pipe, I had a pallet full of the 76-78 RM125 pipes, they had been moved many times
had a few dings, but i thought the pipes
should be saved
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Mr. Sandman 5/3/2021 9:26am
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rob.boucher.547 wrote:
I sold him that pipe, I had a pallet full of the 76-78 RM125 pipes, they had been moved many times had a few dings, but...
I sold him that pipe, I had a pallet full of the 76-78 RM125 pipes, they had been moved many times
had a few dings, but i thought the pipes
should be saved
Yes you did. I have a nice stamped metal DG plate to cover the ding on the front side of the pipe.

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