Maintenance & Technical > KX250 / KX125
1989 kx125 restoration master thread
queen of spodes:
Found some cheap cases on Ebay.. they were painted forest green. The side I needed is in decent shape though, so I just need to get these soda blasted.
ok setting the engine aside for the time being...
queen of spodes:
Here's the gas tank that came with the bike.. it was pretty grimy and a little stained. I picked up a nicer tank on fleabay (not pictured)
queen of spodes:
Ok so now I move on to the forks. More WTF goodness would be discovered...
89 kx's had the nice 46mm conventionals.. a lot of people ran these into the mid 90s (chunking the USD's that came on early perimeter frame KXs). good forks.
But look closely at the axle holder on the right leg. see anything?
Let me enlarge that for you...
Previous owner had a 87 or earlier front wheel mounted up.. those wheels had smaller axles.. so they used their "ingenuity" to make this penny spacer to hold the loose axle in the 89 legs.
queen of spodes:
Got the legs off and disassembled on the work bench. NOTE I wrote up a how-to on this process - click here for Thread #2. You will need a special tool to get the legs apart. I have pics of the tool, where to get it, and how it works - just follow thread #3.
First set of forks in storage:
Found a second set of legs that looked a LOT better - picked them up and broke them down too so I could pick and choose the nicer components from both sets
Internals were pretty descent on both legs so I went with the ones that looked a little cleaner.
Rebuilt and ready to install
queen of spodes:
Shock looked crusty and abused. Removed spring and sent to a Race Tech service center here in GA.
ps if you have tips for a better way of removing the spring please reply & give details
shock ready to be shipped off
shock received back from Race Tech service center with next to no packing material inside. Shock was sticking out of the box when it arrived. I was not impressed after having spent about $250 getting it rebuilt.
Need to get the original spring blasted and powder coated.. but thats for later.
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