The Best KX 125 Rebuild Ever!

[Goat]

I'm not a white fan but that looks excellent. Keep up the good work.

[MXonaKawi]

I decided to go with a Works Connection rear brake caliper guard and skip the easily scuffed plastic OEM one. Plus this one just looks sweeter. Also, this is a good pic of the slider that the brake caliper gets attached to. I had it powder coated black.


I threw the old shock back on the bike with completely new OEM hardware. I was going to wait to have the suspension done by a pro and have them throw on a new spring, but I'm going to wait until I'm a couple of rides in so that I know what I like and don't like about it.


Got a brand new OEM chain slider and new OEM hardware to match. I got the Acerbis black rubber chain guide for the inside. Also note, the rear wheel adjuster bolts are brand new as well.

[MXonaKawi]

Mint Condition 99' KX 250 Triple Clamps bought on ebay and Powder Coated white to match the frame.

About these clamps. I didn't realize they were different than the stock KX 125 ones when I bought them and sold mine, but they are rubber mounted while my stock ones were solid mounted. I know that the rubber mounted ones reduce vibration, and since I am getting 1 1/8" renthals it actually opens up a lot more options for aftermarket bar mounts, but did I make a good move going with rubber mounted top clamp?
If so, I did it inadvertently.

[MXonaKawi]

Brand New Excel Rims and Spokes, pivot works wheel bearings, oem axles & completely new wheel hardware.

[reklessj]

Getting closer eh! Looking good man, get that thing in the dirt

[queen of spodes]

Nice build.  Did you think about trying white for the side plates & rear fender?  Would look super sharp esp if you could get a white tank for it too.

[motojason]

I think the fact that the bike is in your living room improves the look of the white frame...

[Foxx4Beaver]

this thread needs a lil...

[MXonaKawi]

this thread needs a lil...

Updates to come! This bike is getting finished in the next two weeks!

P.S. How should I gap my spark plug? I'm going to be using the BR9EIX one.

[Brute]

I keep getting the itch for one of these. Read your build (very nice!) and looked in the local ad's. One close by and cheap! Well, as your build shows, at least at first! Not sure I will jump on it but have enjoyed your build so far. Keep up the good work!

[MXonaKawi]

Oh it's getting real close. The bike is finished except when I brought it into the shop for a few finishing touches, they found out that my brand new right radiator (off ebay) is leaking fluid when they put it in.
I'm planning on running to harbor freight and getting the aluminum rods to braze them and seal the leak before I refill them and try to kick the bike over.

Also, the voltage regulator (brand new) that I ordered from Kawasaki directly, does not fit the harness plug that it is supposed to fit. IDK what to do about that. I may just switch to my 01' harness/CDI setup and run that since it runs without a voltage regulator at all.

Thoughts?

[sandblaster]

Post a pic of the plug you need.

[ecdeyzel]

What an awesome rebuild! I love watching the transformation. I am getting my '99 KX250 this weekend and it is in worse condition than your 125 was before you started the rebuild. This gets me super excited to restore it. I won't be getting so many new parts, but will try and salvage as much as I can and give it many hours of elbow grease.

Keep up the posting, it's good inspiration. I will start my own thread once I start with my bike.

Ed

[prophet]

My Name is Jan and i´m doing the same project as you with a engine-crashed KX125 2002.
Your stuff looks awesome, but here in Germany it´s very difficult to get new parts for those old bikes.

Would you please let me know, where i can get some of this nice green radiator screens?
I´m also looking for a new linkage, but i don´t want to buy OEM parts.

If you are interested in my rebuild, you can find it in a german supermoto forum:
http://supermoto-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=26518
(I also robbed one of your pictures   to decide for a black or white frame colour)

At the moment the frame and the swingarm will be pulver coated ind RAL9005, deepblack
other parts will be cleaned up and refreshed.

If you got any questions or ideas to do it better, feel free to contact me  

Excuse my bad english  

Greeting form Germany,
Jan

[MXonaKawi]

My Name is Jan and i´m doing the same project as you with a engine-crashed KX125 2002.
Your stuff looks awesome, but here in Germany it´s very difficult to get new parts for those old bikes.

Would you please let me know, where i can get some of this nice green radiator screens?
I´m also looking for a new linkage, but i don´t want to buy OEM parts.

If you are interested in my rebuild, you can find it in a german supermoto forum:
http://supermoto-forum.de/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=26518
(I also robbed one of your pictures   to decide for a black or white frame colour)

At the moment the frame and the swingarm will be pulver coated ind RAL9005, deepblack
other parts will be cleaned up and refreshed.

If you got any questions or ideas to do it better, feel free to contact me  

Excuse my bad english  

Greeting form Germany,
Jan

Hey Jan,

I got my green rad screens from ebay. I have a pro circuit linkage which I rebuilt with new bearings and seals. Congrats on the rebuild. I look forward to seeing yours! I took my bike out to the track today for the first time and it ran amazing! It was definitely worth all the effort, blood, sweat and tears. My single best piece of advice would be to powder coat as few parts as possible. If I could go back, I would have gotten them sandblasted and left natural metal finish. The powder adds so much thickness, I spent hours sanding certain parts in order for things to fit together.