My RS125 project thread

Ok so not much of a project, but more of a sort out of my bike, bits of what I've done and what's gonna be done

will add various before and after pics if I have any!

First major mod was the DB screen from airblade, solid black, bought from eBay for £40 Inc. P+P

before - with a certain ugly mug on top

after


next I replaced the front n rear pads, front caliper is gonna need a rebuild soon, cheaper to buy a new one me thinks! Pads were absolutely ruined lol how I even managed to stop as hard as I do I don't know! Also changed the disc at the same time!

Disc is Armstrong rotor, £125 bought from http://www.bikebitzuk.co.uk/ - excellent value for money and top service, well recommended!

Before

after



worn pads lol i strongly suggest no one rides with pads like these lol


they are all I have really done so far, next will be fork rebuild with heavier fluid 20w, dips too much at the front with what's in there atm, seals are on they're way too!

Damon said he can fix my fairing for me (if your Reading this mate, is it still ok?) once they are fixed I'm going to respray every gloss black apart from the wheels, want them the same colour but they need a new coat as they are scuffed like mad!

Then it's going to be an engine sort out, running very loose so needs one big overhaul, needs new balancing gears for sure as it vibrates - badly but feels great to the missus lol looking at getting a new top end getting parts from www.PJME.co.uk - best 2stroke suppliers around imo, wiseco piston please

and finally I'm looking at getting a Jolly MotoSP exhaust system, best exhaust made for the RS125, would love to get a Yasuni but the are specially made for GP bikes and cost a fortune!

Anyways hope you like what I'm gonna be doing to her!

Yes I will be updating this everytime I do something

Bert

Dude, make sure you post pics and even document in the 'how to' section, you'll be suprised how a simple thing like removing a fairing panel or a wheel or something is a great help to someone else when u take pics and explain how you did it etc
I'm looking forward to seeing her when she all finished

just uploading the pics from my phone lol

but will do mate, im a bit tired now so cant be bothered to take any more pics right now will do it next time

got Alice In Chains playing atm and had all their tunes playing since working on the bike

original post now edited with photo's

She's looking NICE!!! Those pads look like mine when I changed them LOL

coming along nicely mate but i cant believe ya didnt come to me for the screen and brake stuff

in reply to above, no worries, just drop down the fairings to me anytime and ill work my magic.

Cheers Damon mate, will give you a shout when i can!

Saj sorry dude but didnt realise you could get stuff like that when i bought em lol will come to you when i need other bits

reckon you could get hold of a decent front caliper???

TOOK THIS FROM THE OTHER THREAD I MADE - FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE SO COPIED AND PASTED THE UPDATE lol

right bit of an update:

bought some new bits for the bike, got a whole set of internal gears - Balancers, Oil Gear, Drive Gear and Idle gear, £50 delivered from Spell Fame - deffinately worth a look Damo mate, rotax engine specialists - some gokarts have the same parts




also got a replacement riders seat as mine has broken hooks ... yes it rattles a little! got a replacement sprocket cover too as mine never had one - never took off the right hand fairing to have a look!



new chain tension roller




and finally new fork seals



got new fork oil (20w) and brake fluid too



will be replacing my lights as they have died only side light works

still to come - LED indi's front and rear, braided brake lines, front caliper, clutch gasket and gear oil... possibly a new top end and wheel bearings too .... body work, sorry Damon mate, ive been all over the place lately so will get back to you about it as soon as mate

thinking about replacing my clocks with a set of Koso's ... i want Ducati 1098 style clocks!

Are you changing the fork seals and fluid yourself?

if i have the right tools to do it then yeah if not, is there someone willing to lend a hand? lol

i need to fix the headlights wiring which is gona be a pain in the arse!

I'd be happy to help but it might be the blind leading the blind! LOL I changed my forks before but that was simple compared to fluid etc.

nice one mate, i think the fluid is pretty easy! Ive got a haynes manual as it is so will take a look tonight n then give you a shout

ill be happy to supervise and hearl insults while you work

havent updated in a while, bought and fitted some new bits and pieces for the bike...

ive fitted the new balancer gears - i will do a write up in another thread, was a pain in the arse, should only take 30mins to do but i took my time to get it right, 3hours later the bike was running great lol

ive bought:

Chain and Sprockets


Pneumatic PowerValve (weighs literally nothing compared to standard RAVE power unit)



ROTAX Single Ring Race Piston ... YUMMMMMMMMMMM


PiperCross Panel Filter


HEL front and rear black braided lines


Front Caliper - i have a write up on this aswell as pics


oh and another set of front pads ... set number 3 since june



here she is ontop of beachy head ... yes it was proper eerie being up there, wind rain lightening and getting dark

.....but what a pic!

managed to get a few quotes on getting the bodywork sorted... £300 for repairing and respraying metallic black, thats also trying to get the solo pod and Y panels to be joint up into 1 piece instead of 3 and covering up the hole/slot where the bum pad is... yes one unit!

want that sealed off


also going to get my rims the same as these


i also have a 7x5 plate on the way too and have a new set of indicators and red bar ends to fit, oh and a new battery too

one slight problem i have though, is there any electricians in the house? my lights keep blowing a fuse, i think there is something that keeps shorting out - my guess is on the flasher/pass light, i have these on there at the mo and they work fine, but its only when i hit the pass light all my electrics cut out - the dash goes, my lights and indicators go, but engine still runs...

it was doing this before i replaced my bulbs

I take it you don't want me to do the fairings then mate? I'll beat your £300 quote

also r.e the wiring, check that you haven't got a loose ground wire somewhere. Or maybe one or more of the contacts have corroded. If you can't see anything, Give any contacts you can see a clean with a wire brush and then coat everything with wd40.

You've got my number so give me a bell/ text if you need anything mate.

Damon

bollocks i completely forgot mate :S sorry been all over the place lately n forgot about sending them up to you

ermmmm if you could repair them then yeah that would be great lol are you any good at respraying? saves me sending them up to the guy in Spalding (bloody great job at it too - seen a LOT of his work), rather keep them local though to be honest!

as for the electrics i will have a look tomorrow when its brighter outside, ive got a feeling the contacts have corroded

cheers mate

No worries mate. Yeah I can respray your panels too. Will have to have your panels for around 2 weeks altogether though. Just give me a shout. Damo

cool nice one mate, when do you reckon you'd be able to repair the fairings??

I've got a couple of bikes in this week including a nice TL1000 but if you drop the fairings off ASAP I can get to work this weekend.

hmmm are you about tomorrow mate? do you want a pic of the damage?

Yeah I'm about during the day. And yep please. Did you just want me to repair the damage or spray too? Damo

will send you a PM mate

Good to meet you mate. Damon

same mate let us know how you get on with the fairings cheers