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1998 KX 125 rebuild/restoration (tons of pics)
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[QUOTE="chicoman, post: 1148899, member: 73701"] As I was reading your post I kept saying no no don’t do that! You made all the mistakes I made my first couple of rebuilds. For your next rebuild: If your keeping the same color and using rattle-cans then there's no point in stripping off all the factory paint, in fact your better off leaving it on. If you clean and wetsand the existing finish with #400 before you paint, then it will look just as good. Also when your paint chips (and it will chip because spray-bombs are not nearly as good as the original paint) there will probably still be factory paint under it, making the chip less noticeable. Because your bike is 9 years old and you had it all stripped down, you might as well have gotten a welder to gusset the area where the bottom frame tubes butt to the linkage bracket, and complete the welds on all the seams and mount plates (This advice in this last sentence was taken from Eric Gorr’s book) Other than that your doing a great job. I really like what your doing with the swing arm, I’m thinking of doing the same thing to mine. Check out a bearing shop for chassis and transmission bearings, you may get them cheaper. Wiseco should make a connecting rod kit for your engine. Good luck, looking forward to seeing how it turns out. [/QUOTE]
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