Another CR125 build

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Edited Date/Time 3/9/2015 6:37pm
Got a 03 CR125 for 800 from a friend looks okay in the pic it's pretty rough. Gonna be a fun project . Framing the bike

turned down the hubs with a file and sand paper and a lot of time









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Kawirider 11/20/2014 9:48pm
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Motors gonna get the cases split and new crank bearings seals and pistion maybe some head work, suspension need serviced might find some a newer set for it



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K-dubbb 11/21/2014 4:55am
11/21/2014 4:55am
Looking good man, I like the wheel combo. Did you just polish your hubs and powdercoat the rims?
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Kawirider 11/21/2014 7:45am
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Yea did the hubs myself and my step dad works at a powder coating shop
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rmartin517 11/21/2014 9:47am
11/21/2014 9:47am
Swap the suspension out with showa twin chambers. Honda did some diff stuff with the shock. Here is a guide for which shocks are the same length.



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Kawirider 11/21/2014 10:36am
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rmartin517 wrote:
Swap the suspension out with showa twin chambers. Honda did some diff stuff with the shock. Here is a guide for which shocks are the same...
Swap the suspension out with showa twin chambers. Honda did some diff stuff with the shock. Here is a guide for which shocks are the same length.



Thanks for the tip rmartin517
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Tuck812 11/24/2014 5:44pm
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Nice build ! what grit sand paper did you use On your hubs ?
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Kawirider 11/25/2014 11:41am
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I started with a file to get the casting lines out then started with 80 grit to 100, 150, then finished with 250 and steel wool pad
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slackinoff 11/25/2014 1:52pm
11/25/2014 1:52pm Edited Date/Time 11/25/2014 2:07pm
Great job on those wheels! Hella fresh rebuild.

I swapped an 04 crf front end over to my 03 cr125. Fit perfectly. Supposedly the brake caliper mount is different. If you need to use the cr brake, you have to use the crf caliper mount. I went ahead and swapped the entire crf front brake over anyway so I did not run into that problem.

I really like the twin chambers after I rebuilt them. I have heard the kyb shock is actually pretty good in our cr125's. I am happy with mine so far. (yes, brake line goes inside the fork leg....)

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Cmiller493 12/13/2014 4:14pm
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Joey, I didnt know your pops did powder coating???
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TX_187 12/16/2014 8:37am
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slackinoff wrote:
Great job on those wheels! Hella fresh rebuild. I swapped an 04 crf front end over to my 03 cr125. Fit perfectly. Supposedly the brake caliper...
Great job on those wheels! Hella fresh rebuild.

I swapped an 04 crf front end over to my 03 cr125. Fit perfectly. Supposedly the brake caliper mount is different. If you need to use the cr brake, you have to use the crf caliper mount. I went ahead and swapped the entire crf front brake over anyway so I did not run into that problem.

I really like the twin chambers after I rebuilt them. I have heard the kyb shock is actually pretty good in our cr125's. I am happy with mine so far. (yes, brake line goes inside the fork leg....)

The brake line should be on the inside of your fork.
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Tuck812 3/9/2015 5:44pm
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Looking good !! Clean I like it !!
Empty Pockets 3/9/2015 6:37pm
3/9/2015 6:37pm
rmartin517 wrote:
Swap the suspension out with showa twin chambers. Honda did some diff stuff with the shock. Here is a guide for which shocks are the same...
Swap the suspension out with showa twin chambers. Honda did some diff stuff with the shock. Here is a guide for which shocks are the same length.



Sorry for the thread jack op, i did look for a private message function but Couldn't find it, bike looks sweet btw, liking those hubs a lot.

@ Martin517, i have an 03 125 also, from looking at the info you posted, the 04crf 250 and 05-07 crf450 are all interchangeable in length, but do you know if there's any fitment issues, canister to frame, clevis etc, i've also noticed the adjuster and canister look higher than the eye hole on the shock body unlike the 125, any issues with fitment here ?

Do you know of anybody using one of these shocks on an 03/04 cr125, and if so, which bike it came from exactly ?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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