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I snagged an 87' CR500 engine to go into the 01' CR125 roller. This is fixing to get stupid! I was beginning to think I was gonna have to rob the engine out of my 87' steelie. I wasn't happy about that route. Now if I could only find Flash Red plastic for an 01'. Anyone got any ideas on that?

Get to building bro, your a long way from plastic

It doesn't hurt to stockpile parts. I've been buying crap for an 01' 125 chassis since I got the bike and have never seen it run. Suspension and chassis stuff, 20" wheel, etc. If everything goes as planned, and it never does, I'll have the funds in less than a month to pay for the fabrication. That'll be the last big step for the conversion. The roller, the engine, the fabrcation. Everything else will come together once the fabrication is done. I'd like to go with the same color as the 87'. It's not a Bailey replica, it's an 87' replica. The plastic is the hard part.

For the plastic try one-industries. I don't know who makes theirs, but they have alot of old school stuff. Acerbis makes everything else.

One Industries only goes back to 02'. I don't know how much different the plastic is from an 01' to an 02'. I imagine I'm gonna be stuck with the current Honda Red.

...given '01 and '02 were/are the same "generation" bike (gen 2) I would think buying the '02 stuff should be a direct fit fer ya.

'00-'01 were gen-2 '02+ are gen-3

doh!!! You are soooo right....my bad. Yeah, the '02 stuff will not fit at all...save for the front fender.

If you just have to have the '02 stuff, go on thumpertalk.com's Honda 2-stroke forum and do a search for converting the Gen 2's plastic to Gen 3.

I've seen at least a couple threads on doing that there.

I was just thinking since I'm sticking an 87' engine in, I'd try and get the Flash Red plastic and paint the frame like the 87' was. I'm sure it'll look fine done with the current red. Thanks guys.

too bad the bailey kit doesn't do '01... I'm thinking about doing the bailey kit and gold wheels for the gen4