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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

Hi, picked this up earlier for £20 on a K plate with 25k miles on the clock.

It needs:

Top end rebuild
Calipers rebuilding
New lock set (fuel lock, ignition and seat lock).
Zorst Rewelding
New drive chain
New brake pads

What do you think?

Ta,
Jack

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trevoriv · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Karma :

twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

Just reg checked it and everything turnt out fine, check the print screen of it. I'll check the VIN tomorrow, but I reckon it's all good.
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Mr Nice Guy · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Karma :

Colour = black ???

Date of first registration = 31 Oct 97 ... on a K? Why is that?

Last change of ownership = Oct 07 ...it looks like it hasn't turned a wheel in a long long time in the pics, longer than just 8 months.
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

The bloke before bought it as a non-runner and planned to restore it but never got around to do it.

K plat, but date of first reg is 1997? Weird?? Import possibly (I don't know tbh)

Ta,
Jack
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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

Reason for the diffrence in plate letter and year of reg will be that it was an import I would have thought. My bike was imported and first registered in 2000, but given a T plate as it was manufactured in 1999.

20squid is a bargain I would think parts alone it must be worth much much more than that.

Fisty · Super Spammer Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Karma :

Bargain! Just before xmas a workmate paid £300 for a set of plastics for his RGV 125.

Are you not tempted to break it?
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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

It's already broke - he needs to fix it Smile

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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good Very Happy

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Karma :

Where do you find all these cheap bikes?

Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

By being around bikes a lot Smile

It's like being at work. If you're at work, you'll regularly hear of jobs on offer. If you're out of work, you have nowhere to start so finding a job is hard.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good Very Happy

twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

I just lucky with finding cheap bikes and always keep my eye on the ball.

Not going to break as it doesn't look like there is a great deal needed to get it back on the road running (lots to do to get it looking good though). It's going to be a present for the Mrs so she can learn how to ride and hopefully pass her test before it all changes.

The most expensive thing that I need to do on this bike is get the top end rebuilt. I've got some spare powervalves but I need to get the bore replated, I might get my Spainish mate to send it to Spain to get that done because apparently its far cheaper.

I might break the other that I bought earlier this year for £70, lol.

Ta,
Jack
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

Just checked the VIN and reg and everything is ok.

Check the VIN check
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AppleJoe · Brolly Dolly Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Karma :

Wow, nice price Laughing

Should be a good project Thumbs Up

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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Karma :

Use both bikes to make one awesome bike and then sell all the other bits.

TUG · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 May 2007 Karma :

Use both bikes to make 2 awesome ones so i can buy one. Thumbs Up

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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

I'm definately going to get this (£20) bike on the road, the other one I'm gonna use for spares for the £20 bike and then sell the remainder of it. I'm not sure if I can be bothered to rebuild it.

Ta,
Jack
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tutton · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jan 2008 Karma :

Are they both the same engines?
Couldnt you just take the B/T end out that needs replacing and transplant the parts to make one good engine.

Looks like a good project tho!
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

I've got three bottom ends for Suzuki RG125f

£70 bike: Good bottom end
£20 bike: Good bottom end (as far as I know).

Then I got a spare bottom end that I bought which is f**k'd.

I had a look at the barrel on the £20 bike today and the powervalves look good at far as I can see but I'll take them out and check they're 100%. It looks like the bike seized for whatever reason, so I need a replate and piston kit so far.

Ta,
Jack
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

I'm planning to swap over the lock set from the £70 bike to the £20 bike, if I took off the ignition barrel off the £20 bike would the steering lock be disengaged?

Ta,
Jack
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Fastkwak · Scooby Slapper Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Karma :

Thats a steal at 20 quid mate and will be a lot of fun and experiance rebuilding it and looking forward to that first ride ------ahhhhhh happy days ha ha
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

The Mrs doesn't think she'll be able to afford to insure the rg so its almost 100% going to be up for sale once rebuilt (the £20 bike). I'll also probably break the £70 bike for spares but I'm not 100% sure yet as I may rebuild it.

Ta,
Jack
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twotakt · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Karma :

Hi again,

Some good and bad news, I took the head off today and had a look at the bottom end and there's no excess play in the con-rod Very Happy

. When turning around the crank it feels nice and smooth as it should, but there's some rust on it and a little bit of rusty petrol/water in the bottom end. Does this mean that I'll have to strip it and replace parts or is it alright to use it as is? Also the barrels exhaust bridge is cracked horizontally (probably a 1mm deep), is this repairable?

Also the £70 bike is now being broken for spares, PM me if you need anything.

Ta again,
Jack
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