Ive had some time off during the holidays to work on this some. Making some progres.. Slowly.
It was like christmas working on this bike again. Originally i had figured what i needed, looked around, found parts, etc. but that was almost 4 years ago, so i basically forgot most everything i had found.
Box of parts
Tons of cool stuff in there. Most everything was from eBay.
Fmf sst pipe, titanium 2 silencer
Pro circuit,
Ignition cover
Powervalve cover
Throttle tube
Rad valve
Sprockets
Tm designs chainslider/ rollers/ guide
Dyna cdi box
Applied racing,
Lower clamp
Carbon fiber frame guards
Renthal upper triple clamp
Gaskets, bearings, etc
Works connection,
Frame guards
Glide plate
Motion pro t2 throttle/ clutch cable
Braking 260mm front rotor
08 kxf front brake setup, galfer line
And more. I had forgotten about most of it.
Anyway, i started in the rear.
I had originally planned to use a 03 swingarm, so i could get the bigger rear axle, 240mm rear rotor, etc. but a few years ago i bought a 96 kx125 parts lot from a local guy, and it had a real nice wheelset with it.
I will start with that i really dont like black anything on bikes, but trying to just use stuff i have laying around.
Oem hubs, excel rims, big spokes, etc
Tires are so so.
I had cleaned up the old rear rotor. Once mounted up i soon realized it was bent pretty bad. The 96 rotor i had was just wore out. Im Sure i have one somewhere, but gave up looking, found a cheapy on ebay. This bikes' whole rear brake system ended up being mostly trash, except for ms. The rear pedal bolt was stripped, as well as threads in frame. Where clevis pin goes in pedal, it was just wore out as well.
On the rear caliper, the body was worn everywhere, where the retainers are held, pads, you name it. So I used the 96 caliper i had, in my goodie box was a nos moose( venhill) rear braided line, so used it along with some nos braking pads.
Found a new pedal/ bolt, re threaded the mount in frame
Also in goodie box was a new clevis.
It all is nice and fresh now. No slop.
In my box as well were rm fork guards, and some little spacers i had made, and a 08 kxf hose guide.
Once i remembered why i had it all arranged like it was i mounted it up.
The rm guards mounted right up, but the front bolts needed to have the little alumimum spacers mounted behind, so the side bolt would line up right.
Cleaned up the 08 kxf brake stuff, put new rotor on wheel, caliper bracket, etc.
I kinda dont like those fork guards. Would prefer the oem look.
Installed rad valve, went thru carb, cleaned, re sealed airbox, mounted subframe, fr/ rear fenders, chain rollers, guide, had a new takeoff regina roller chain off my ktm 450, so on it went too.
Im not liking all this black stuff. So far it has black wheels, a black mudflap ( was a new ufo part from the 96 parts lot) black upper clamp, black handlebars.
But im trying not to have to buy anymore stuff, and also use up things i have that i know wont be for anything else i have.
Originally i had planned to make this a 150, mainly because i just assumed the lower end was messed up, so also in my box of forgotten parts was a 38mm carb from same year 250.
But my bottem end is fine, so no 150, so i just left the 36mm on there.
looking at these pictures, man i look like a slob. Moving soon, so garage is full of kid stuff.
Pretty cramped!
Hopefully will have my cylinder back soon, im soon to run out of stuff to do on this.
Exicted to ride it. Been a while since i was on a kx125.
