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Title: works rm125
Post by: frostype400 on May 19, 2010, 07:46:23 pm
bit of a little beast.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DAVE-MILLER-WORKS-SUZUKI-RM-125-VINTAGE-AHRMA-/280507267430?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item414f893966
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 19, 2010, 08:01:01 pm
mmm..it is very very nice but I can't see $6500 worth..it doesn't even have a sprocket cover and if those are the original shock he has them fitted upside down :P ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: frostype400 on May 19, 2010, 08:03:33 pm
No $6500 seems a lot.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: cyclegod on May 19, 2010, 08:07:40 pm
PRETTY

Pretty expensive
Pretty useless (as a racer)
Pretty mucha a styling exersize, and thats about all
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: TT5 Matt on May 19, 2010, 08:48:20 pm
looks like a rm125s with a trick maggie cover and turn down forks
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: Davey Crocket on May 19, 2010, 10:08:36 pm
Goes to all the effort to save weight and it looks like it has a steel rear sprocket on it.....wheres TMBill...he's the RM expert, he'll give us the low down....does look good though.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 20, 2010, 07:29:50 am
Matt, the RM125S is probably much closer to the works bike. It's an RM125M with white guards, different paint job, an S on the mag cover and as someone else noted, the turned down forks. I'd say it's a 4k bike..if it were an original restoration it maybe worth a bit more ;) The US didn't get the S model they only got the 'kit parts'
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: SAABCOMBI on May 20, 2010, 04:54:21 pm
that fellow has done a great job on that  Suzuki rm , l would love to have that bike, l was sponsore on the RM S great bike.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 20, 2010, 05:08:53 pm
I agree David he has done an exceptionally nice job but $6500 reserve not met to me seems a little steep for a non original bike. There are some fine examples here in Oz such as Dodgee's 100% original (excepting tyres) RM125M which will be on display at CD7 8)

(http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pb4qaDVqN73cql1SVqQHeLnsIan6WVkv4THSMwaZAkQp9F_cFqLWynukHkRhMqFGqQ7bUa7-DwSXXdQCbJK3naQ/100_1601.JPG)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: Marc.com on May 20, 2010, 06:07:36 pm
I think it is pretty cool and given it is a nut and bolt resto worth the money to the right buyer.

Got to love the detail in the counter shaft chain guide, be criminal to cover it. However, for $6500 I would want a little, actually a lot more bling and possibly some original RH, RA goodies.
Some FMF this and Simons that.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 20, 2010, 06:27:18 pm
the chain guide is a standard item Mark ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: Marc.com on May 20, 2010, 06:54:55 pm
the chain guide is a standard item Mark ;)

Guess it fell off my 125S a long time ago. Still really like this bike, well sorted.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: huskibul on May 20, 2010, 07:07:38 pm
   Cant remember fancy front chain guide/roller setup like that on my RM-s back in 75' thought it was more like the TM ,3 hole thing ? not sure about the works replica ,think it would look better with S tank :) like the trick bits, hubs/translucent guards etc but mine had an upswept chamber,very trick for 75' ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: TT5 Matt on May 20, 2010, 07:29:21 pm
Doc your right it is a rm125m,when i zoomed in on the carb i notice no adaptor plate for the bigger 34mm carb.ive got a orginal s model complete with the tyres /chain/spockets that were fitted at the factory just need the $$$ to put the motor back together again
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 20, 2010, 07:57:11 pm
Here she be, the standard RM125M/S front chain guide as per parts book listing ;)

(http://boospq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p21DxYBOuO6Tosism9Eel_eDXi-9NQPkQzJ2hJMlApGfAAYUnag8wOx2nHN_iancBYXAfbxzz_G0eVSMNdFYq33f5QxP47MY5/rm125m.jpg)

it says
Quote
IN THE TRUE WORKS FASHION OF THE 'LEGENDARY' RH SUZUKIS OR JOEL ROBERT AND RODGER DECOSTER IN THE EARLY 70'S
this is where I get confused..the bike is a '75 RM125M touted as a works replica on the sales brochures yet this bike has been stylized to loosely look like the much earlier model '71/'72 RH/RN of Robert and DeCoster. A real RA125 from '71 is pictured below and a closer replica could be had from an RM125M/S powered TM125 although quite obviously it'd still all be pins and paint compared to the real deal ;)

(http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pwMw2zJ3XWnzBxmUc_vpJiLuwrBKxpEExRQA63PxLBlnhCfd7nx0dik50eqqq6FR2i_PEXyvCDhIp3ik1zlK2FQ/1972%20RA72%20125cc.jpg)

Please don't get me wrong people :( I am not knocking the detail or commitment involved in building such a beautiful bike but I do question logic behind the paint scheme. Be a nice addition if you had a matching RH but again the era's are all mixed up :-\
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: huskibul on May 20, 2010, 08:11:03 pm
Still don't remember it ??? David you remember it on your's? Either I've got a bad memory (very possible) or America (Alpha) had a different version to Australia's. 35 years is a long time  :D
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 20, 2010, 08:26:16 pm
Huski, the page you see is from my 'Aust issue' parts book not alpha-sports ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: huskibul on May 20, 2010, 08:47:04 pm
Yeah no worries Doc  ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: SAABCOMBI on May 20, 2010, 09:50:56 pm
I wish l had photo`s of my RM 125 S, in those day l didn`t take a camera to the race meetings, now l wish l had. Huskie all l remember about the bike, it was stock standard, very fast bike and light. and the more l think about it, my think it was a late 75-76 model and it had a small ignition cover with a S on it.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: DR on May 23, 2010, 08:04:24 am
bike was passed in at $7100us reserve not met ::) can't see any logic in that :-\  for the same money or maybe a little less I could buy a fully restored 'FMF' RM125M with complete nos hot up kit included in the sale ;)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: pmc57 on May 23, 2010, 12:53:39 pm
David#46
Here's a couple of pics of my RM125S I had from new back in 1975
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad20/pmc57/MyoldRM125S1975.jpg)
(http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/ad20/pmc57/2.jpg)
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: SAABCOMBI on May 23, 2010, 03:22:52 pm
THOSE PHOTO`S LOOKS ABOUT RIGHT, NICE BIKE.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: Slakewell on May 23, 2010, 09:31:33 pm
Oddly enough a RM 125 S would be about the only Suzy I put in my shed, I still remember being so impressed the first time saw one on the track. They were for a brief time the hottest 125.
Title: Re: works rm125
Post by: huskibul on May 24, 2010, 08:27:39 am
  All the brands/models had fleeting moments on top in those times,bike development was moving so quick,and with so many different makes available you were lucky to keep track of it,changing brands/models like your undies(thats how i liked it ,trying different bikes and no big maintenance issues)but the RM-S was the start of a very good line of 125's,very reliable and fast  :) my next bike was MK 9 370 pursang, bring on the big bores!!! :D