My 125 LC's Story.

[LC'Adam]

In case you were wondering or are very bored, please read ;D


This is the first 125 that my dad got me for my birthday in May this year (D reg Mk2 with matching numbers and Micron).









I soon after acquired another 125 LC, which I slowly chipped away at. Then my D reg had a bottom end failure (we all know how that feels ) so I stripped it of any parts that I needed for my rebuild project and the two bikes started to merge together. Also got my hands on a nos 10w carb





Took my micron, gave it a polish and added a silly end can.





Then, a few orders from Norbo and eBay and it go to this.









Then I finally got it on the road.









I was loving it.







Then I got a new seat





Then my nos Nikon.





Managed just over 1000 miles before it over heated (got carried away with my Nikon pipe fitted and revved it to 12,000 rpm in 5th at 85 mph with another gear to go) and blew the head gasket. I don't think that the fact I had no temp gage working, a rentec rad grill and only 1 jet size up from standard running Nikon and premix helped tbh .

But plug chop looked OK

Any way, it got to winter and I was out of ideas on the cooling system

So I got my Kenny Roberts stickers on









Got my spare (straight) head, cleaned it up and painted it in BBQ.




Fitted it and the cooling system is still pressurising (not due to over heating as coolant is still cool when it begins to leave the radiator)





Got a list as long as my arm of jobs that need and that I want doing to the bike before the weather warms up.

Would like to know that it is actually ridable before I start splashing cash on it though.

Plan now is to take the barrel and head into college and machine .25 of a mm off both sealing surfaces to ensure they are flat and to reduce the squish to 1.2mm.

We will see if it works

Adam

[twostroker]

did you break the mint b reg one just because it needed a bottom end rebuild? it looked lovley in the pic?

[LC'Adam]

It was very nice, still got it mate.

Bottom end went and ruined the crank, piston, bore and head.

Had a 12a carb and a 10v dt 125 barrel, was very slow lol, could only manage 75mph.

Forks needed doing, rear shock was like a pogo stick, frame/engine paint was in very poor condition, brakes needed doing, clutch was slipping, tires were knackerd, loom was butchered etc, etc.

Was a hard decision to make but I think it payed off cause my 125 looks OK for the amount of money it cost lol.

Might sell it as a matching numbers project, v5 in my name, D reg, 1GU mark 2.

[drew1967]

did you break the mint b reg one just because it needed a bottom end rebuild? it looked lovley in the pic?

I thought that too.