MIGHTY RED
WHY’DYABUYIT?
IracedmotocrosswhenIwasa
kidandraceduptothelate
90s.Itwasthebestperiodin
motocross,inmyopinion.I
lovedthecolours,thestyleof
thebikes,thegear,theriders
andtwo-strokes.Itcouldnot
havebeenbetter.Igaveitup
becausemybeautifuldaughter
wasborn.Ihadanother
daughterandwhilethey’ve
bothhadbikes,theyaren’tas
interestedinbikesastheywere
whentheywereyoung.
IthoughtIwouldgetback
intoitagainin 2007 and
bought a Yamaha YZ250F. I
kept that for seven years then
bought a 1999 Kawasaki KX250
because I missed the two-
stroke sound. I saw a vintage
page on Facebook and went to
check it out. My brother and I
got hooked immediately. He
bought a 1984 Kawasaki KX250
and I searched high and low for
a KX125. I didn’t fi nd one, but I
found the CR125 and I fell in
love with it straight away.WHAT YA DONE TO IT?
I’ve fully rebuilt the bike from
top to bottom. Everything isnew or has been replaced. Mark
from Pioneer Finishes blasted
every bit of alloy and did an
awesome job. The bike is still a
standard 125 with just a little bit
of tidying up of the ports, a
genuine Honda crank and
Vertex piston from Italy. It runs
VForce3 reeds and a full FMF
Gold Series exhaust system.
The footpeg mounts were
completely fl ogged out, so I cut
and welded some CRF250
mounts on and now I can use
wider Torc1 footpegs. The front
and rear suspension is Ohlins.
The rear is a period-correctshock that I rebuilt but the fork
is a factory TM model. I
modifi ed the Brembo front
brake caliper bracket to provide
the correct spacing for the
anodised hub and axle. The SM
Pro Platinum rims were
designed to suit an ‘06 CR125. I
run a 270mm front disc and a
240mm rear disc so it stops
really well. Both discs are
Braking wave rotors which my
good friend Pat sourced. The
triple-clamps were one of the
hardest things to chase down. It
is a CRF Factory Pro Circuit
clamp. The bike has new UFOREAR GUARD
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