Selling, 1978 rm125c Melbourne

[zwebx]

Up for sale from melbourne PM for more details or questions
Its a great bike for vmx infact thats why i bought it.. on the 1st day of riding it ran well for a while then died on me, i came home to find no air filter and overfilled gearbox oil (was also milky)
so how does the bike stand at the moment? the engine is in parts (i have not split the case yet) the bore and piston (0.25 over) is in perfect condition and i have purchased some rings and the only parts it needs is gudgeon pin with small end bearing and some crank seals
here is a video of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrU1hxggB2s
i would like  to see 500 for it.. it will be a little sad but hey i could use the money for my other bikes and this is just sitting around when it could be raced.

im pretty set on 500 (perfect for the other parts i would like to buy for my race bike) but offers may be considered just dont expect to get the bike immediately or at all..

& and if you want to see pics of the cases open i can do that right after i purchase a impact driver to finish splitting the cases

[TM BILL]

$300 - $500

[Ted]

What's it weigh?

[zwebx]

whats it weigh? quite a bit ? lol im not sure

[oldfart]

If you have had water thru the motor,  best you split the cases and check the condition of all  bearings before riding it again. 

[zwebx]

nah sorry i did not explain very well, the gearbox area was overflowing because someone overfilled it to help seal up the crank seal so the oil went a little milky when fuel leaked into the gearbox.. thats why i have to crack the cases to replace the seal

[Simo63]

nah sorry i did not explain very well, the gearbox area was overflowing because someone overfilled it to help seal up the crank seal so the oil went a little milky when fuel leaked into the gearbox.. thats why i have to crack the cases to replace the seal

For $300 it's a good project.  The milkiness indicates water not fuel.  Try it on the bench .. get some oil and tip fuel into it .. it doesn't go milky.  Milky means water and nothing more.

Anyway if you have the expertise go for a restore/rebuild, if not sell it on.  If you can do the work yourself and you use this forum and ebay to source advice and parts then you could probably have the bike track ready for around $2500 but that depends on how far you want to go and just what condition the bike really is (eg I noticed rust on the fork legs .. do they need to be rechromed and the wheels, there can be a lot of money in a new set of wheels)

Also the RM125C (or C2 I think they were really called) were not the last aircooled Rm125, that was the 1980 model RM125T  but yours was definitely the first plastic tank model and a great old bike.

PS. A 2nd hand gear lever shaft should be gettable for around $40 from the US .. try US ebay.

Good luck

[TM BILL]

They are an easy and relitivley cheap bike to restore  I personally like them , i had one upto 1980 and coul run with the T models . When the RM 125X came out all our twinshocks were obsolete overnight .

RM 125C first with plastic tank , aluminium swingingarm ( as std equip) floating rear brake .

[zwebx]

i have changed the oil.. the bike was great fun to ride in the bush i think i may want to sell it though as because im not working and the cash would get my fast 50 back up and running.. however if it was monoshock i would keep it to have a bash every now and again at frankston ..
i do have the expertise and the time at the moment but not the money it was heaps of fun being forced to punch it up a large hill climb at wot to keep it in band but im coming up to my bike learners so i either need a 2t learners bike or get a xt600 or somthing and rebuild it so i dont think i can justify spending that sort of money on a bike i probably wont race much
 
does anyone think i could get 800 for it? because that would go directly to my 50  race bike (pitbike) with a good clean up and proper selling video?

[Rookie#1]

does anyone think i could get 800 for it? because that would go directly to my 50  race bike (pitbike) with a good clean up and proper selling video?

I wouldn't have thought so mate, as you say in the vid you paid $300 for it as a running bike....I don't see that its current disassembled state could add $500 to the bikes value 

[zwebx]

Just a slight bump now that the bike is for sale and not just pricing

[oldfart]

For sale at what price ?

[zwebx]

$500 - cash and pickup ofcause

[zwebx]

Sold, Pending pickup

[zwebx]

Shes gone, and going to a good home