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 Posted: 19:55 - 31 May 2014  Post subject: Restoring a 1987 Honda CB125 |
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Hey there guys, My name is Sam, I'm 18 and I own a KTM Duke 125 (2013 ABS)
Me and a mate have recently purchased a 1987 Honda CB125 BEAUTIFUL BIKE! This is a restoration project we hope to accomplish with little money as possible, this will be the first project I have done. We paid £275 for the bike running, V5, keys, a brand new 2 into 1 Motad exhaust still in box, Haynes manual, full gasket kit and new rear break shoes! it was a steal for that cash so we couldn't miss the opportunity! it has a 150cc bore kit on it at the moment but we are hoping to reduce it back to its original 125cc, as we stand at the moment the first step was to strip it down to a bare frame after we stood around admiring this beautiful machine for a while, our next step is to re-paint the frame and start sorting the swing arm and get it to a rolling frame and continue with the restoration process. We are taking picture as the magic happens and I will personally keep you up to date with the progress!
Any questions at all I will be happy to ask to the best of my ability 
Ride safe everyone.
-RestorationNoob. [/b] |
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Hey there, Thanks for the interest This may sound a bit stupid but I'm new here and don't actually know how to upload photos to this site hahaa
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| Posted: 21:06 - 31 May 2014 Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot buddy! Feels so good to have a welcome like that, I really appreciate it! Hope you enjoy the posts! 
-RestorationNoob. |
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| Posted: 22:47 - 31 May 2014 Post subject: |
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i'm guessing new tyres are on the list! 
looks pretty tidy though. good luck.
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Oh noes not another one
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=199042
my project 4 years ago
hmmmmmm Ive got a bit more to add to that project thinking about it 
https://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w269/teflons-torque/XX-Forum%20Posts/101_0066.jpg
along side the one my Teffers did
have fun doing the project,but looks tidy as it is
will be watching with interest
we have 3 more of these little twins to restore 
but Im doing a big bike first
if you need any parts give me or Teffers a shout we might have extras and im trying very hard to get rid of his scrap.....oops not allowed to say that
if you are keeping it, then if your replacing the tyres michelin m45 are great
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| Posted: 09:47 - 01 Jun 2014 Post subject: Re: Restoring a 1987 Honda CB125 |
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| Nexus Icon wrote: | You're probably going to receive an enormous wall of text from Teflon Mike; ........ but my advice is grab a coffee....... |
 Nope... MY turn to grab a coffee, sit-back, relax and watch some other masocist suffer! 
I'll step in with a wall of text, to make him suffer some more, when he's REALLY starting to suffer; probably when he's wondering what to do with back suspension, or set up the carbs
| restorationnoob wrote: | Hey there guys, My name is Sam, I'm 18 and I own a KTM Duke 125 (2013 ABS) |
Hello Sam.
| restorationnoob wrote: | Me and a mate have recently purchased a 1987 Honda CB125 BEAUTIFUL BIKE! This is a restoration project we hope to accomplish with little money as possible, this will be the first project I have done. |
[titter] Ah the hopes and dreams of youthful nievity! (unsaid thinks: poor, poor deluded fool! He's probably beyond help, even now....)
| restorationnoob wrote: | We paid £275 for the bike running, V5, keys, a brand new 2 into 1 Motad exhaust still in box, Haynes manual, full gasket kit and new rear break shoes! it was a steal for that cash so we couldn't miss the opportunity! |
Well, if he had PAID you £275 to take on his 'problems' THAT would have been a steal..... You have just BOUGHT some-one else's PROBLEMS.... and in your youthful nievity and optimism, YOU see in your head, the nice, tidy, running bike you expect it to become for very little money, and a little graft in a few weeks time... where the seller saw the bike as in front of you, coloured by the experience of spending lots of cash on bits that STILL haven't turned it into what they originally hoped for whenever they started! BUT, you are buying learning, kid... it's all good fun, cheaper than recreational drugs, though effects on long-term mental health can still be as damaging
I shall offer one bit of advice though.... whilst stripped... use electrolysis to clean the petrol tank; then stump up £50 for a POR15 kit from Frost Restorations; follow instructions in the kit diligently, to clean, treat and line the tank; and then leave it, to 'cure' a full ten days before even thinking of putting petrol in it.
Expensive; time consuming and awkward, (like most projects!) BUT... when it comes to getting the thing up and running, you wont appreciate it, 'cos you just wont have all the hassle having to keep taking carbs off to clean the float-bowls and jets, and probably wrecking the unobtainium carb mounting rubbers in the process!
Otherwise; best of luck with it; I shall follow with interest, and a cup of coffee!
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More pictures needed and quickly
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Neat-looking project; what's the latest on it?
This build is being featured in the BikeBuilds.net directory here: restorationno's Honda '87 CB125
We're currently displaying only a reduced-size photo (similar to what you'd find in Google Images). We'd like to ask for your permission to publish the original full-size image with your build listing.
If anyone would like to have a build of their own listed, just send me a message with a link to the build thread and we'll take care of the rest.
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