Return to dirt = CR125

[tigertim20]

finally had a day off today so I slept in then went into the garage.

I decided I would put the front end together, since I had all the necessary bearings etc, so the triples went in with new head bearings, and I slipped the forks into the triples, and torqued them to spec.

Next up was to do the front wheel bearings. this became a fun little job. I managed to get most of the bearings out - but they were so shagged that when I applied a bit of force, the inner races, and balls fell out, leaving the outer race firmly in place.
of course I couldnt find a lighter for the gas torch, so I thought I could cut it carefully with a dremmel, and then use a small chisel to loosen it and knock it out. This worked reasonably well, except that one of them shattered, and flicked a piece of metal at speed into my face hard enough to cut my lip grrrr.

On the second side, my 2 month old dremmel shat itself - not very happy and it will be getting taken back to bunnings tomorrow where i bought it from.

once a had those out, I gave everything a good clean, before installing the new wheel bearings, and putting the wheel into the forks.
I thought now was a good time to put the front brakes in and make sure everything was working properly.

I put the caliper in, and the brake pads sort of fell out. what the fuck? thought I.
after a bit of fluffing around, wondering what on earth I wasnt doing right, I went to get the laptop and check the manual.

It turns out that some cunt has gone and thrown away/lost a little clip that holds the brake pads in - whcich is a right cunt, because I cant find anywhere I can buy one. I considered trying to make one out of a coke can, but its too thin, and would tear too easily.

so any solutions for this would be greatly appreciated, I dont want to buy a whole caliper just for the fucking retaining clip for the front pads, and I cant see anything I could make one out of, and without having it in front of me, I cant be sure I would get the design right anyway.

[barty5]

What year was this thing again lazy cant be arsed going looking through posts but on a plus ive got a few brake parts sitting around ill try a work out if any of them ill fit oh an what brand of calliper is on it

finally had a day off today so I slept in then went into the garage.

I decided I would put the front end together, since I had all the necessary bearings etc, so the triples went in with new head bearings, and I slipped the forks into the triples, and torqued them to spec.

Next up was to do the front wheel bearings. this became a fun little job. I managed to get most of the bearings out - but they were so shagged that when I applied a bit of force, the inner races, and balls fell out, leaving the outer race firmly in place.
of course I couldnt find a lighter for the gas torch, so I thought I could cut it carefully with a dremmel, and then use a small chisel to loosen it and knock it out. This worked reasonably well, except that one of them shattered, and flicked a piece of metal at speed into my face hard enough to cut my lip grrrr.

On the second side, my 2 month old dremmel shat itself - not very happy and it will be getting taken back to bunnings tomorrow where i bought it from.

once a had those out, I gave everything a good clean, before installing the new wheel bearings, and putting the wheel into the forks.
I thought now was a good time to put the front brakes in and make sure everything was working properly.

I put the caliper in, and the brake pads sort of fell out. what the fuck? thought I.
after a bit of fluffing around, wondering what on earth I wasnt doing right, I went to get the laptop and check the manual.

It turns out that some cunt has gone and thrown away/lost a little clip that holds the brake pads in - whcich is a right cunt, because I cant find anywhere I can buy one. I considered trying to make one out of a coke can, but its too thin, and would tear too easily.

so any solutions for this would be greatly appreciated, I dont want to buy a whole caliper just for the fucking retaining clip for the front pads, and I cant see anything I could make one out of, and without having it in front of me, I cant be sure I would get the design right anyway.

[tigertim20]

its a 1991, Ill run down to the garage and tel you whats written on the caliper

[tigertim20]

on the main part of the caliper it has NISSIN with 27 below it.
on the other part it has NISSIN KZ3

[tigertim20]

are you all sick of this thread yet? haha tough.

anyway I did a little bit of stuff today. I took my dremmel back today after it shat itself yesterday - no hassles, was given a new one, including some extra bits, so Im happy with that. I will need it to grind down the rear axle a tad (god, so many fucked threads on this bike!).
anyways, I didnt really do much, I spent a while fucking around with the front brake caliper to see if I could make up the retaining clip that is missing - to no avail.
Barty5, if you do happen to have any of them retaining clips that might work, im interested, otherwise i think I might have to buy a whole new caliper - which begs the question, what other bikes will share the same setup? the same year 250? 500?.

Other that that I put the front and rear guards on today, as well as the radiator shrouds, then hooked up the clutch, kill switch and throttle onto the bars.
I still hadnt put the tank on properly, it was just sort of sitting there so I had fuel to test run it, so I mounted all that up properly, and stuck the seat on. I thought I might as well bung the rear wheel in just to get a photo.
Ill add a few photos shortly.

thats about as far as I got today i think. Still to do, new brake pads front and rear, front rotor is only a little bit over the minimum thickness, so it will stay for now, chain and sprockets should be here this week, along with the hour meter, so they can go on - then all I really have left after that are the brakes, I know there are issues with the rear, Im fairly sure the caliper is seized on the rear, so that will come apart, and I think the master cylinder is dodgy on it too, so I will have to see whats going on there too.

after that i should be about done with it. I went and bought another project the other day, an old DR250, so thats the next project after this thing is done with, so i dont know yet how long I will hang onto the CR, or if i will sell it to fund the next project and so on

[tigertim20]

few pics.
what I started with



frame painted



engine and electrics getting sorted out




as of today

[unstuck]

Well done dude. Looks good.

[Blagger]

Why not keep it? at least you know it's history now

Looks farkin great, BTW

[Crasherfromwayback]

Give it some new tyres ya mongrel.

[tigertim20]

Why not keep it? at least you know it's history now

Looks farkin great, BTW

long story, its become a evenings project. the wife works evenings and we only get to see each other one or two evenings a week, by the tine she gets home, Im ready for bed. this gives me something to entertain myself - theres only so much masturbating a man can do before his knob gets red and sore.
so if I do sell it, i can use some of the cash to fund the next project, and the next and the next . . .

Give it some new tyres ya mongrel.

well, it came with almost a dozen spare half used tyres, so i wont be putting anything new on it for a while, I did replace the rear last week or so though, and put a new tube in it even!!.

on a side note, i found the actual part number for the brake pad retaining clip, and using that have tracked down several suppliers, so looks like it wont be a big deal, it only costs about $6 or so.

[barty5]

long story, its become a evenings project. the wife works evenings and we only get to see each other one or two evenings a week, by the tine she gets home, Im ready for bed. this gives me something to entertain myself - theres only so much masturbating a man can do before his knob gets red and sore.
so if I do sell it, i can use some of the cash to fund the next project, and the next and the next . . .


well, it came with almost a dozen spare half used tyres, so i wont be putting anything new on it for a while, I did replace the rear last week or so though, and put a new tube in it even!!.

on a side note, i found the actual part number for the brake pad retaining clip, and using that have tracked down several suppliers, so looks like it wont be a big deal, it only costs about $6 or so.

had a look in the shed today had front calliper there but is from a kx 125 say year or there abouts but different the retainer springs you after are in 2 bits where this is only 1 sorry cant help good you found supplier that's cheap tho.

[tigertim20]

had a look in the shed today had front calliper there but is from a kx 125 say year or there abouts but different the retainer springs you after are in 2 bits where this is only 1 sorry cant help good you found supplier that's cheap tho.

no problem, thanks for taking the time to have a look anyway!

[tigertim20]

Well, i went ahead ad ordered the retaining clip I need, and today my chain and sprockets arrived, and my hour meter arrived the other day too.
I went down to the shed tonight to put the chain on.
Got the rear axle and took to it with the dremmel (yep - more shagged threads) got that tidied up nicely, then took to the rear sprocket and front sprocket, Got the front loosened off easily enough, and lost some knuckle skin getting the rear one off.

T'was about then a mate turned up on his new R1, he just got it yesterday, and I had promised Id give him a hand with doing a service on it, so the rest of the evening has been spent on that.

When I took the rear sprocket off, it was obvious that the nuts and bolts were pretty shagged, so Ill be replacing those with some new ones too, then once my brake retaining clip arrives I just eed to dissasemble and check, clean, repair the calipers, and slot some new pads in, then we should be away laughing.

as a bonus, I get to pick up my next project on Monday as well!

[Fast Eddie]

im still interested in it if you ever plan to sell it bro..

there are some empty paddocks where I live, recon no one will mind if i turn em to mud

[tigertim20]

im still interested in it if you ever plan to sell it bro..

there are some empty paddocks where I live, recon no one will mind if i turn em to mud

I will let you know if it goes up on Trademe. Im picking up my new project on Monday, and im still waiting on bits for the CR from England and the USA, so the most likely scenario is I will get that, start fucking with it, and the Honda parts will arrive, and sit in a corner of the shed for a few weeks . . . . .

A quick question, Ive looked through the manual i have and cant find the answer - running standard gearing, how many links should the chain be for one of these 1991 CR125s? I found a forum that said 114 links, but Id like to double check before i cut the bastard and it be one link to short or something!