RS125 Project Thread (I need all the help I can get)

[Red_Stafford]

Hi all I am new here and I feel a bit nervous actually posting my progress on here after seen some of the mint jobs you guys have don to your RS125`s.

This is not my bike by the way its a friends I will be hoping to get myself a RS125 project in the next six months or so.

I must worn you before hand I have never done anything like this before so I will be hoping you guys can share your experience and techniques with me, the bike is in a pretty poor state.

At the start
https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/wiggy_uk/RS125/14072008136.jpg

Whilst trying to peel some stickers off
https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/wiggy_uk/RS125/03082008156.jpg

We have been to Halfords and brought a few tins of Halfords plastic grey & white primer, sanding pads, filler & white spirits, I have already sanded down and primered one of the panels which I am not too happy with after the first coat, pics will follow shortly.
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Many thanks to EYEREX for the sig...

[tutton]

Dont use halford shit
lesson learnt.
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Past: '05 Peugeot XPS '99 Aprillia RS125 '94 FZR600R
Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

[MaybeGuy]

what do you actually plan to do with it?
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[ms51ves3]

[Devans]

[Red_Stafford]

[Thom]

what exactly is wrong with it?

im not going to say you shouldnt be doing it as i destroyed a half decent set of NSR panels by trying this same thing, luckily a bike painter wanted my nsr125 so i got an ok price for what id done!

If youve got your heart set on painting it make sure you dont use rough sand paper... fair enough it gets the paint off easily but what a mess it makes of the pannels!

Now youve started id say you should go all the way but i warn you, it might come out a bit poor.

Depending on how much the bikes worth why not get a single colour paint job done, it could easily return the rs to its former glory and with a matching stickerkit (Chesterfield?) it could fetch an ok price at sale.
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Current Bike: 1996 Yamaha TRX850 (The Japanese-Ducati One).
Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one)

[Red_Stafford]

[MaybeGuy]

you need to take off all the stickers, and sand it down so there arent any scratches.

spray primer would be the best, rather than brush-on stuff like it looks like you have.

about 3 or 4 coats of paint at least

then a fair few coats of clear laquer on top.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Red_Stafford]

[MaybeGuy]

fairing is a peice of piss to get on and off. just hold up the panel to the side of the bike and you will see how it fits back on.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Red_Stafford]

[MaybeGuy]

ebay... RS125 fairing bolt kit?

get a set of taps off ebay too to fix the ruined holes.

the wiring issue is simple... just get some coloured stickers and stick one either side of the connector so you know how it goes back on.
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith