im feeling more and more guilty for neglecting such a buet of a bike so im going to try and have her restored! if im honest i dont think i have the knowledge to fix what will need to be fixed but i do have the money and passion to have it done! basically id like to know : 1- How much roughly am i lookin at paying? 2- can anyone reccomend a good place to have ths done? 3- or is there anyone on here who would like to take up the challenge remembering that i am willig to pay for thier experti's??? cheers
erm... what year, spec and pics of said bike? and list of problems lol... it could be £30 or £3000 for all we know for a rough repair price... :wtf:
well considering i said RESTORATION i rekon its safe to assume its not a cracked indi lens dont u.... just assume nearly everything needs to be done although it drives sweet :wtf: 1987...ypvs version!
i know a bloke who would love to do this, he's restored some beautiful RDs in the past although i've never seen him do a 125. here's one to make you want it done more:
assuming you want a full rest. you're looking at: Paint job and decals rims powdercoated chassis powdercoated loom repaired or replaced (most have been hacked to death) plastics replaced if damaged shock forks rebuild and replace any parts that are damaged full engine rebuild with rebore and rebuilt crank engine re-painted to factory black (they always peel) exhaust re-blacked unless it's on a chrome then it's a case of re-chroming (assuming its in good nick) swinger bearings and bushes will want replacing along with wheel bearings cables will want replacing or cleaning grips seat re-covering new tyres cush drive replacing chain and sprockets gear shift shaft (always wears and weeps oil) I'm sure theres more i've missed, its how far do you go, a full nut and bolt rebuild isn't cheap. being the later YPVS model the value isn't going to be excessively high either for a good few years, the sought after ones are the mk1 and mk2 LCs, try www.rdlccrazy.co.uk for more information, friendly bunch who are open minded about what they do with their bikes (none of this "the allspeeds were never intended for the MK2, get them off it now" shit), the forum link is at the top of the homepage. if the numbers match then it's worth having it done as a show/sunday afternoon bike but if not then an RD enthusiast will never see it as a nice bike, it will just be another RD.
cheers for that...if its not silly money im all for a full rebuild top 2 bottom! just wana hand it over 2 someone who knows best!
have the engine rebuilt by somone good like stan stevens or somone on wobbely/tweaks recomendation as they know the bikes well.. alot of other parts fot them tho so its not all bad news if you want it diff.. its only die hard purists that like em stock, your bike do what you like. id bang some rs forks on there with a diff rear end.. diff wheels and obviously cut the plastics to a streetfighter tone. then flat bars an its a winner
that does sound lush....thats the thing i have no problem putting ideas on paper its just a case of handing it to someone...getting it done (PROPERLY)...payment then done! will any of these guys be able to do it like that?
best bet is strip it totally.. sort the frame yourself (paint if necisasary and grease everyhting) then do everything you can yourself (forks/wheels blah blah) get the engine rebuilt and bolt it in then ask for help.. paying somone to do a custom bike will end up more than the bikes worth belive me. so sort what you can yourself.. main thing is take it /COMPLETLY to bits an clean everyhting...
do the bits you can yourself gary get help with the difficult bits .you will learn along the way, and you will have a bike that you had a hand in making , its good to sit back at just look at it and think i did that? unk: And with the money you save go somewhere hot and get fucked Fair play to wobbly for typing all that out
ive just seen an rd 125 in near mint condition and am considering buying.....do you think it will work out cheaper than having all the work neede on my one? opinions...comments! cheers
buy a pretty one with engine issues if you can, that way with a rebuild the bike is fresh and you know whats happening in there.
looking at this :drool: such mint condition and have agreed a price to end the auction....just need to get the dosh tomorow morning then buy her! u like wobbles? imp: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=9809
