works rm125

[frostype400]

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

[DR]

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

[frostype400]

No $6500 seems a lot.

[cyclegod]

PRETTY

Pretty expensive
Pretty useless (as a racer)
Pretty mucha a styling exersize, and thats about all

[TT5 Matt]

looks like a rm125s with a trick maggie cover and turn down forks

[Davey Crocket]

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.

[DR]

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'

[SAABCOMBI]

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.

[DR]

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

[Marc.com]

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.

[DR]

the chain guide is a standard item Mark

[Marc.com]

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.

[huskibul]

   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'

[TT5 Matt]

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

[DR]

Here she be, the standard RM125M/S front chain guide as per parts book listing



it says

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



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