It's what I do..........

[Joshwfl]

I think most of you know I'm the guy that buys bikes where the owners have no idea how to ride, let alone wrench, then fix and sell them. I picked up this 98 RM125 yesterday. (The kid thought it was a 91) He said "It ran like a bat out of hell, then made a weird noise and quit." I asked him what he did next, and he told me he towed it behind his truck. Paid him $300 and tore it apart. Check out the piston.

[MojoScojo]

Squeak. So basically a 98 RM125 for what? $500
Very nice.

[100hp honda]

interesting. i never rode a 125 but had no idea they were using o-ringed cylinder/head

[Blusmbl]

Yeah, that's not gonna buff out.

Did he forget to premix the oil or something? Damn...

[Joshwfl]

He said he mixed it 50:1. He said he never rode a 2 stroke before, I think he started it and immediately pinned it through the gears. He told me he "rode the shit out of it and it just died".

[bigjay]

good score man!! ya.. they always run great right before they die. 50:1 is livin on the edge a bit eh? i rode a 125 one time, it was actually kinda fun because of its lack of real power, i could ride it better than the bigger bikes because i kinda man handled it.

[dannygraves]

I used to run 80:1 in a 125 I rode the snot out of... I think he may have mixed it wrong, or like you said, pinned it cold.

[bigjay]

I used to run 80:1 in a 125 I rode the snot out of... I think he may have mixed it wrong, or like you said, pinned it cold.

whoa.. are 125's less oil needy than 500's?

[iggys-amsoil]

I used to run 80:1 in a 125 I rode the snot out of... I think he may have mixed it wrong, or like you said, pinned it cold.

whoa.. are 125's less oil needy than 500's?

125's are suppose to be 32:1. The higher reving need more mix.

250's 40:1

500's 50:1 per Maxima 2001

Although I have run 100:1 in 250's for a long time. Mostly hillclimbs and sand drags on the 3 wheeler and some in the 94 CR250.

Its mostly in the jetting that causes melt downs.

[bigjay]

interesting! thanks iggy. i run 32:1 just because im phsyco paranoid of squeeking a motor again.. even if the oil wasnt the problem the first time..im like a paranoid pot head with that mix ratio to tell you the truth i dont even know what jets are in my carb, its run so good that i didnt care to mess with it.

[Joshwfl]

Just got it back together tonight, I'm $500 into it now and it will be up on C/L for $1300 in the morning.

[AlisoBob]

i run 32:1 just because im phsyco paranoid of squeeking a motor again..

Good thinking...

[100hp honda]

keep the new owners number handy. good chance he will be a total retard and melt the topend again- then buy it back for $500

[Zamo]

I love these stories. A friend of mine just scored a '96 CR250 for $200 "with a siezed motor". He brought it home, put in a new spark plug, and some fresh premix, and the bike fired right up and ran strong. He spent some $$$ on new UFO plastic and sold it two weeks later (he was going to keep it, then decided to sell it and get a newer bike) on C/L for $1400

I have done this with Vintage bikes for a few years. It's almost as fun "refreshing" them (I wouldn't call it "restoring", that's when you make them Museum-Grade), as it is riding them. And the profit helps too.

[Joshwfl]

I just picked up a 96 Katana for $250 last night, cleaned the 3 year old gas out of the carbs, fresh fluids tonight and I was riding it around the neighborhood.

[kkvslayer]

Funny after seeing only bigass CR500 & F7 pistons for the last year that piston looks kinda like a sewing thimble