Had one of these new in 1986 at 15 years old. This is the best restoration I have seen. Kept waiting for George Holland or Erik Kehoe to come out of that garage and braaaap it!
Had to check out your video. I had a brand new 1985 Suzuki RM 125 back in the day! I was quite the rider too, one time I hit a hill as a jump, and when I landed the frame dug into the ground, and snapped out the drain plug to the tranny, and crankcase! That's wicked air, and we saw " freestyle motocross" as a separate sport way back then. If you are reading this " you" have a great day/ night! Wes Sept
Nice bike , my mate bought the 86 model new . I think he paid $2450.00 Australian. I had the 85 model new , as teenagers were just blown away with these bikes , with their performance and advanced tech .
Mine too! I wanted one so bad but was never able to have it....till 35 years later! There are not too many of the old blue framed / blue motor Suzuki's left.
Getting a DRZ400S delivered tomorrow but was just googling the 86 RM125 I used to have and found this video....wow, looking all new like that brought back a flood of memories of owning one back in '86. I'm sure our neighbors hated hearing the RM warming up when it was cold out lol.
@@jkiseracing Definitely. It's a beauty just to look at! The '85 was OK but didn't care for the huge RM125 on the seat and the plain radiator shroud graphic and I hated what they did with the graphics on the '87. The '86 was just perfect. I can't remember what we ever did with the RM though...we grew out of them, got cars and going to the mall was the fun thing to do. We had an '85 DR125 too and me and my bro would have to alternate who rode what each time cuz no one wanted to be stuck with the DR all the time lol.
I salute you and applaud you in that work. Bike looks awesome. I had a 81-84 and raced them all for a season here in the uk. Wish I had them now. The 83 was my favourite. Thanks for sharing
I am so glad you used black coolant hoses, now change the fuel line from the tank to clear blue and paint the pipe flat black. That gold chain looks perfect on your bike! Maybe add some cool gold anodized valve stem caps to the front forks and the remote shock reservoir.
Thanks! All very good suggestions. I've got a lot of that black fuel line so I use it on most builds. But I think you're right the clear would probably looked more period correct. Believe it or not the exhaust is painted with a very low gloss heat resistant finish. For some reason in the video it looks like it's been shined up with clear coat! It's not nearly as shiny in real life as it appears in this video
I've got an 86 Suzuki SP125 I got for free from a job site I was working at. The bike had been sitting for many years under an old carport due to the original owner passing away, it was then inherited by his brother who didn't have the heart to get rid of it or the health to take it out and enjoy it; so it was parked. I began talking to the brother about it as I worked there and add the end of the week, once we had finished the kitchen remodel, he pulled me aside and told me he wanted to make a deal with me on the old girl. Long story short, I got it home and got it to fire up second kick off some carb cleaner. An all original and very low hour bike, I am going to try getting the title for it once again and put it back on the road where it belongs.
I just bought a mostly original running 85 with tons of spare parts even have a 80s date coded set of tires I'll have to check the exact year date again
Awesome restoration, I also have a 1986 rm125 that I bought in boxes off marketplace, I got it all together and running great but I was wondering how you got your plastics to shine that bright, I wet sanded mine from 300 to 2000 but they don’t look half as good as yours.
excellent job man I recently got a 86 RM250 from a friend I want to restore it runs but it's a mess you got any leads you can give me on like internal engine parts and stuff in case I need a crank or anything cuz I know they're not made anymore I was thinking I'd have to have it rebuilt and balanced at a machine shop I know the real hard to find parts for great job on the 125
Nice bikes! Similar to my pristine collection. Great hobby. 👍 Be sure to ride the machines too. They are made for it. Dont like the non- American truck in driveway tho.-Ohio
Haha. I hear ya. Yes, I spend more time in the shop than I do riding. A couple of these will make their way out to a couple of vintage races this year.
@@jkiseracing oh ok thank you, I have a lot of money into it already lol and my income for now ain't allowing me to progress on it anytime soon. Still saving, but glad to know a good ballpark timeframe that it will take to put it all together and build it. What inspired me to take all this on in the first place my dad is in his mid 50s and as a kid he would tell me story's of him and his best friend riding together growing up. Dad had a 87 rm80 and his best friend had a 125 I think the same year model. He said he could beat the 125, but then again he said his friend was a heck of a rider also. So long story short riding four-wheelers and dirt bikes is in my blood I've rode since I was about 7, I'm 28 now. Dad got me into riding at a young age. But anyhow if I can get it all together I'd like to surprise my dad and maybe bring back some nostalgia lol
I would of done the brake lever silver I restored my 84 125 and I did it black on that machine I think it would of looked better In silver powder coat tbh just saying the bike looks absolutely fabulous Pal really really overall finish
I was able to buy front and rear fenders from Maier. Then I was able to get reproduction radiator shrouds from vintage Suzuki. Then I did the sanding process on the side number plates because there are none of those available. And then I also did the sanding process on the tank
Have an 86 myself. Just put new stator and cdi in the bike and got it running. Ordered expansion pipe from ebay and matches up close but don’t believe it’s correct. Could you show the head and pipe connection?
I was able to find Is quite a bit of OEM parts. I used RMATVMC.com for as many of those as I could. Ebay was also a great source. Also a couple of places in the UK.
I also owned a RM 125 -86 an unfortunately it was the worst bike ever. I broke the frame six times and had to weld it so many times specially after big jumps...
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