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Sorry for your loss mate

Cheers mateI’m probably the same mind says yes but reality body says notbh it’s way to over built for someone like me it’d probably suit some young 16yr old lad as a race bike I’d like to think it’d be a competitive privateer bike with how I’ve built it but I’m just going to use it as a road bike/endurance type bike just as a bit of fun I’m building another one but a bit more of a standard spec type of bike to get some experience/practice but who knows if I get dragged in to a race meeting I’ll more than likely turn up with this cheater bike

The little kx144 I’ve been building is all back together I’ve give it a few heat cycles it sounds amazing I’m really happy how this bikes turned out

Magic mate get what ya mean about being in the garage is cold I’ve had a few times this week doing a bit in the garage and ended up jacking because it’s to cold I’ve got a little fan heater but it’s not up to the job said to me misses I’m gunna buy one of them little Japanese diesel heaters

We normally go to my mum&dads or my misses mum and dads we sort of rotate or we’re go to wherevers for Boxing Day it always seems a rush about to get to places my kids don’t get to play with there new gear till the day after Boxing Day this year my misses ain’t gotta work so we’re staying home we’re going to brake tradition of the dry ass American turkey and go for a large chicken we’ve decided to have a super chilled out Christmas this year with all the trimmings just spend it with me my misses and kids I’m gunna be honest I haven’t felt proper festive for years I normally brake up from w

I work on sites it’s getting worse as the years go by there was no pay increase on prices since before yee old Covid 19 got a 2% increase last year first pay increase for ages on price it was a joke because the tax increase was more than the price increase I can’t get my head around it because building/houses are one of the most expensive / lucrative possessions people own the prices of housing is only going up but price workers price ain’t I’ve got a theory what companies are trying to drive the prices down enough to get everyone on a national living wage or a set low wage so that the compan

I do like all the little mods an tricks you can do on bikes to gain better performance I know on the kyb forks on these kx early models you want the air out these oil forks im guessing because they need to be extra soft an dampen large jumps you got a bleed screw because they draw air up the seals but can buy quick bleeders. on the rear kyb rear shock they got a tyre type valve on the bladder side of the shock

That’s the way mate hands on skills is what’s needed

Early 80s was great as well I tell my kids the stuff we used to do and get up to at there age they ain’t got a clue I get looked at like a right mong and they carry on on there phones or tablets watching shit Japanese cartoons or full grown men on utube acting immature playing video games kids these days are completely disconnected from the real world out there and waist there time on meaningless stuff

I’d always go with manufacturer’s recommendations and start at oem settings these mx bikes have a bit of room to tune them to rider On the rear depending on weight you can get different spring rates for weight of rider then you can set sag you can also set the rebound on the fronts of my bike I’m running air forks originally the bike came with kyb oil forks but I’ve put 2013 showa kxf450 air forks there a lot lighter and more modern technology you can adjust stiffness and rebound I’ve got these set up the oem settings for the 450 on the 125 but I’ll fine tune them for my style once it’s all up

Cheers mate

Cheers matethee greyboogers what a score on the oven mate makes light work on fitting bearings as well heat cases freeze bearings they drop straight in no need to drive them in. Cerakote is brilliant stuff I done my cases on this engine in cerakote tungsten and the water pump housing in graphite black it’s very good stuff think I paid £200 for a basic kit that came with 3 colours black,silver and burnt bronze it’s very hard wearing as well

Well lads I’ve been busy I’ve given my kx125 engine the love it deserves a full strip down inspection any worn parts replaced vapour blasted cases all new bearings including gearbox all seals throughout and new crank new 144cc cylinder and head port matched to the cases heavy duty clutch billet clutch basket v force 3 reeds and bolted together with a titanium Bolt kit pretty much a race engine now should be a pretty angry small bore mx bike once its finished it’ll be running a electron billitron 38mm carb and a pro circuit works front pipe and a pc titanium caviar silencer

Looks good mate

It was my misses that pointed out it’d be a nice little detail to full restored bikes to have a builders mark. I sort of thought makes sense if the bikes moved on a few times then someone else is trying to say they’ve built the bike and you can point out your build markings.