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Hi Guys, i thought it was time to share my project bike, a Honda CR125 from 1992 build in the 1991 colorways.
I'm a bike mechanic for a living for over 13 years , 29 years old from Holland.I always had the idea to build myself a nice vintage bike. Here in Holland we mainly have deeper sand compared to the tracks all over the rest off the world, so finding a good base bike is a little more difficult!
The main reason i chose a Honda is because i really like the quality of the CR twostrokes from the 90's. When working on modern bike engines, i see less and less material being used for making engine cases and bike frames. When wrenching on the 'older' Honda engines i always thought there is a reason why the 90's cr models are still riding around this much.
The main target i had was build a nice vintage racebike, it had to look like new, at the same time it still needed to stay a under 4k all in budget bike
Found this bike as a good base:
So i started stripping the bike
Had to cut out the swingarm axle after trying every trick i had.
The previous owner rode with a swingarm nut that was nog tightened, so the swingarm axle hole was beatened! I decided to search for a frame that was all healthy, found one from Dirk Timmer. After that i got the frame checked by a good welder and a guy who knows where these frames have there weak spots.
Thanks for the interest, updates coming shortly!