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I've got a complete front end from a 96 rm125. Forks, brake, wheel (with tire, rim and brake disc), triple tree (aftermarket upper and lower with nuts and steering stem). I got it a while back, but have since lost motivation to get it put on my '87. Everything appears to be in good condition. Willin...

This is directly from my '85-'89 Honda Service Manual on page 4-5 under the heading "Minor Carburetor Adjustment": "For a stable idle speed, turn the choke/idle speed knob '85: 4 turns/AFTER '85: 6 turns, (24 clicks) counterclockwise from the fully seated position" I only know th...

Cool, thanks. About the distance you can cover, I live in NE Nevada, and we regularly go on 50 mile rides in an afternoon. I guess that all of the 4X4 trails should be open to dirt bikes too?

I don't know where to put this, so here goes. Some friends and I are planning a ride in Moab in October. We'll be there for the weekend (Thursday to Sunday). I'm looking for resources on places to ride there. There will be a few bikes and a utility quad going, skill ranging from newish riders to fai...

Kicking around the aluminum frame idea again...

What's the best way to enlarge the swingarm bolt bushings if you don't have a mill? It would be for an '87.

EDIT: I'm a tard and didn't see the thread below this one on the same subject, just disregard this.

Wow that's probably the best quality helmet cam footage that I've seen. How much of that is the camera and how much is the recorder? Seeing footage like that turns me back on to the helmet cam idea.

Sent it off to GSS today. $55 plus shipping and fast turnaround time, with a torque plate, beats the local guys' $50, no torque plate, 4 weeks turnaround.

So today I finally got around to stripping the cylinder. Got the classic stop sign going on. http://web.umr.edu/~rah9tb/stopsign1.jpg http://web.umr.edu/~rah9tb/stopsign2.jpg Piston comparison, old 89.5mm Vertex with new 90mm Vertex. Shows the smoothing work that I did with the casting flaws on the ...

Ported&Polished wrote:Hey I was gonna say go Rams, but you look like a KC fan.

Yeah, I'm from St. Louis and my wife's from the KC area, but I don't follow them much anymore.

I was prepping my bike to go riding tomorrow and I had to change my jets from coming back from the summer at high elevation. So I also decided to take a look at the reeds and the piston to see how things were going. Here's what I found: http://web.umr.edu/~rah9tb/crackedpiston.jpg It was a Vertex. I...

Here's a picture of me and my bike from last fall.


I've been on cr500riders for the last few years and have until now been a lurker here.

Hello,
My name is Alex Hofstetter and I have an '87 in Rolla, MO. I recently found out that my piston has a crack in it and will be posting pics of it shortly.