A shove in the right direction please...

[Henk]

Hey!!!! We know you folks who ride pooey diesels are just jealous!

Don't get me wrong, I like two strokes and lament their passing from the manufacturers catalogues. But, all the fast two stroke buckets I know of have had either 15 - 20 years of development or a bucketload of cash lavished on them, and although rebuilding a two stroke is simpler than the equivalent work on a diesel, tuning for power i.e building chambers and porting aren't really tasks for the novice, get it wrong and you're looking for at least a new top end. Not exactly what the initiator of this thread had in mind I suspect.

[Trudes]

You forgot the lack of personality and general excitement you get as an extra when you race a 4......
Nah each to their own, it's just that I have some serious love for my little 2stroke.

[Dutchee]

hehe, two strokes.
Hanne has said I can ride her bike next time we're both out there, so be interesting to ride a 2smoker on the track (I definitely prefer the 2stroke in the trees, she suits me - an old couch kdx hahaha)

[Captian soup]

So i grabd that gs125. after cleaning the carb (its been sitting for a while) changing the oil and plug, got the ol beast going with no problems. i got the front brakes working again today, iv wired my sump, made up a oil catch out of a old eyedrops bottle and cable ties. (originaly had a huge steel pipe ????) its got pluged bars, and im waiting on financces to get sum crash bungs. not too sure where they could go though.. axels dont have any spare room and the footpegs are an intresting sight themselves, one folds up the other doesnt, oh! and she idels REALLY hi, iv fiddled with most of the litlte screws and bolts on the carb but to no affect, but i did find another one on there hiden away.. Also! it shoots a nice blue flame when i turn it off.. is that going to be a problem?

[Captian soup]

oh and i have no clue what year it is and half of the label at the front of the frame is missing. all i have is the number on the engine, although that might be the gearbox number... any ideas? id like to try find a manual for it.. make life a little easier.

[Buckets4Me]

pics please

Suzuki GS125ES (1982-2000)


Detail Value
Engine size 124cc
Power 12bhp
Top speed 65mph
Insurance group 3

[Captian soup]

i uploaded them in MASIVE form so just go ta my profile and iv made an album of the pictures i took as i was tootooing with it.. just be warned the pics are MASIVE, i dont have time/paitance to fix it up atm. i will keep updating that as i do more to it, i.e paint that tail..

[Buckets4Me]

i uploaded them in MASIVE form so just go ta my profile and iv made an album of the pictures i took as i was tootooing with it.. just be warned the pics are MASIVE, i dont have time/paitance to fix it up atm. i will keep updating that as i do more to it, i.e paint that tail..

the old banana ?

dosent look to bad is that a 17 rear wheel ?
if so you just need to get a frount rim and re spoke it on (honda gb400/500) or some other 36 hole 2.15/2.5 ally rim

well you have a bucket now you need to get it ready for the week after next 18/19 sep I think
see you there

[Captian soup]

yea it has a little bit of grunt in there. looks like itl be a bit o fun on a track..only 7days to go!! just have to figure out where to put the crash knobs..and how..

a gb wheel has proven hard to find on trademe.
does anyone know what size front wheel a ag100 has?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-316915392.htm

or where u can find bike specs THAT detailed? i can find the simple things like weight hp ect. but not wheel sizes

[Henk]

That looks more like a rear wheel to me. To be honest I wouldn't get too worried about swapping wheels around just yet. I'd suggest turning up next week, having a play and making a point of checking out the other bikes in the pits for ideas to steal. Oh and get hold of whatever deity you believe in and plead for fine weather.

[MsKABC]

i.e paint that tail..

Glad to hear that you are making good progress with the old girl Kamil! That tailpiece came from nudemetalz here on KB and my husband fitted it for me. It was purple when I got it, but it looks as if the paint had oxidised or something, turning it blue.

You are going to have loads of fun with it - just get it going sweet and turn up next weekend and ride the thing! The rubber on it is pretty good quality and not bad condition.

Soak up the advice and ideas from the racers at the meet next weekend. I think they should also be able to give you ideas for nyloning it on the cheap, rather than buying expensive crash bungs.

I'm pretty sure it's one of the earliest GS125s, from the research I did.

Have fun!

[MsKABC]

i uploaded them in MASIVE form so just go ta my profile and iv made an album of the pictures i took as i was tootooing with it.. just be warned the pics are MASIVE, i dont have time/paitance to fix it up atm. i will keep updating that as i do more to it, i.e paint that tail..

Just had a look at your pics. My husband had to remodel the seat to fit the new tailpiece - the previous owner had simply cut the back of it off and left all the foam exposed, it looked really ratty. So ingenious hubby used a piece of sheet metal (an old sign acquired through his work) to make a new one. He thought it was quite appropriate to make a seat for me using a sign warning of poisonous gases, for some reason - I can't imagine why....

[Captian soup]

hahaha i think your husbands a genius. yeap sure will be having fun..iv bin "testing" it up n down my rd.

[Henk]

Asked the question on TM. The rear he had pictured is an 18. The front is likely the same size so given that it is also a drum front doubly useless to you.

[Captian soup]

That looks more like a rear wheel to me. To be honest I wouldn't get too worried about swapping wheels around just yet. I'd suggest turning up next week, having a play and making a point of checking out the other bikes in the pits for ideas to steal. Oh and get hold of whatever deity you believe in and plead for fine weather.

i was thinkng that i could use the hub that i have, and would only use the spokes and rim. or would that not work? done that once with bmx wheels...hmmmm. im always pleading for good weather, i think they just stopped listening.