Project SMX [Pic Heavy]
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Nope!!!
I picked up this bad boy for a decent price, she needs some TLC as she's been sat in a garage for a year collecting dust sadly. Had some serious cash spent on the engine with a new piston and gearbox but the fairings and wheels need some refurbing. Plus that exhaust is crying out for some paint, shame really as it's a Giannelli pipe. And sadly the MOT has just run out, I know - I know, but she was too good an opportunity too miss, so I snapped her up!!!
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Yeah nice mate.
Just look at that spec
From the factory, USD, ally swing arm and SM. Let alone it being a savage engine.
Weak points on these are nylon cogs that drive the oil pump and water pump prone to failure.
Other than that savage engines.
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@CYBER-NINJA Why would you want to upgrade the oil pump, it and the fly wheel are both made in Japan. Of.course you wouldn't think they would leave important items to chance now would you?
Nog that I am of. But the cogs can be bought new from PJME.
The DT oil pump and water pump is driven from nylon cogs. It's just the dt puts out considerably less power.
Always Originate, Never Pirate!
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@CYBER-NINJA I love these things man!!! Especially the rotax 123, savage piece of kit!!!
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@Darty What did they put that in?
I love the 122/3 because of their availability. They were put into thousands of carts/bikes. They have loads of tuning parts and were raced world wide.
Apparently, for the street illegal 125, the Rotax 257 fits the RS125 frame, and presumably the SMX...
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I picked up a set of mx/rx forks for cheap.
I will be including them in project tdr
Running a xt660 320 rotor and 4 pot Brembo caliper if all goes to plan.
@CYBER-NINJA have you ever changed the seals on your mx usds and was the process fairly simple?.
Cheers Bro
TDR125 🔥
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@tdr125greg No I have not, you can get a CD-Rom workshop manual off ebay, which may have the instructions on how to do it???
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@Darty said in Project SMX:
@Calum It's all about the 127, super light weight with the most savage torque curve
@Calum said in Project SMX:
Looks as though it was fitted to the AF1 Aprilia.
One of my favourite aprilias, but frails in spec when you compare it to the later models...
They look very beastly, I'm not a fan of sports bikes, but that sure looks sweet. I bet there very rare now and hard to get hold of for-sure???
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
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@CYBER-NINJA I'd say the TDR is more of a dual sport than it is a sports bike, nice sit upright posistion.
I like to think of the TDR's as the first of the baby sumos without it actually being a supermoto lol this is the inspiration behind my build I'm attempting a remodel kinda thing rather than a rebuild ;).
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@CYBER-NINJA I'll grab a copy of that, cheers fella
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OH BOY where does the time go???
I have been somewhat busy acquiring some new and used spare parts for this bike, I'll post some pics of my (dodgey) dealings shortly.
I bought a job lot of parts which included a frame, would anyone be interested in that at all???
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The big strip is ON!!!
There's lots of allen bolts on this bike and much to my annoyance and frustration at previous owners, (The air was very very blue!!!). So I spent most of the day trying to remove stripped bolts. I won most of the battles I'm happy to report, Honestly has no-one ever heard of copper slip? But sadly I broke the rear hub on a spare set of wheels I have bought, trying to get one of those pesky disc bolts out.
SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!
