Winter Project - 1999 Aprilia RS125 restoration - Page 3

wayne. · #41 6th December 2011, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by 2strokelover

Well I finally got the fairings off to reveal more corrosion, rust and surprises.

1] Oil pump/Powervalve leak
2] Exhaust needs some serious TLC
3] Intake manifold is perished
4] Engine casings are very corroded
5] engine mounting sub-frames well rusted

Next is engine out and forks off, these need to be re-chromed.

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im rebuilding an rs aswell at the moment
my forks were very corroded, i spend a week or so watching ebay and im after buying a new set from a breakers cost me €60 including postage
the same fella has another set for £35
would work out alot cheaper for you than re-chroming

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ron keyes · #42 6th December 2011, 09:38 PM

hi 2strokelover,
i would be able to help ya out with alot of the parts ya need,
save ya alot of time and money but ya would have to drive to me
and im in offaly
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johnny b · #43 7th December 2011, 01:40 AM

Sorry forgot about this, text me they our address and I'll pop them in the post.
08 seven 9 seven 47 four 8 9
John.

2strokelover · #44 7th December 2011, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by ron keyes

hi 2strokelover,
i would be able to help ya out with alot of the parts ya need,
save ya alot of time and money but ya would have to drive to me
and im in offaly
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no probs driving to Offaly at all ! what part r u in?

2strokelover · #45 7th December 2011, 09:41 AM

Thanks wayne. - i'll certainly have a look!

Johnny b - cheers!

2strokelover · #46 7th December 2011, 09:43 AM

thanks highsider and touch-me, yea it could very easily run in to big money!

ron keyes · #47 7th December 2011, 11:03 AM

im in edenderry, give me a ring 0863477two67
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2strokelover · #48 8th December 2011, 09:49 AM

Well its down to bare bones, hope to get the engine out and fully broken tonight.

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Dub Duke · #49 8th December 2011, 11:36 AM

That's a big milestone. Keep it up!

2strokelover · #50 9th December 2011, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Dub Duke

That's a big milestone. Keep it up!

This is a bigger one !

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2strokelover · #51 9th December 2011, 12:47 AM

anyone know how to release the allen head nuts holding on the rear brake disk?
I snapped an allen socket trying to release them.

I suspect the front is gonna be the same.

Impact driver?

2strokelover · #52 9th December 2011, 12:52 AM

Some closer images of the engine.
There seems to have been a leak at the powervalve area and water/oil mixing in the engine somewhere, seal or gasket gone somewhere?

Hopefully the blown powervalve gasket is the cause of all the goo but I think a engine rebuild is definitely on the cards?

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johnni · #53 9th December 2011, 08:25 AM

[QUOTE=2strokelover;2550433]anyone know how to release the allen head nuts holding on the rear brake disk?
I snapped an allen socket trying to release them.

I suspect the front is gonna be the same.

Impact driver?[/QUOTE

had bother with this before. Few raps with a punch and the socket with a big lever turned it. You've already gone down that road. Impact next, then heat I presume but I've not much experience with this

2strokelover · #54 9th December 2011, 11:59 AM

tanx johnni.

another question regarding alu polishing.

im toying with the idea of polishing the frame and swingarm ant other bits and bobs to a high mirror type finish - would it be ott or should I just go with an original type finish of kind of brushed alu?

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dobo · #55 9th December 2011, 12:25 PM

Jeez it's rough enough for such a low mileage bike isn't it! Will be all the sweeter when you get it back to it's former glory
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To free the disc, drench it in WD then a few belts of a mallet on a punch?

I think the polished frames look well on them alright, personal preference I would've said
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Looking forward to seeing this finished, and enjoying the thread
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2strokelover · #56 9th December 2011, 11:42 PM

tanx dobo - glad you're enjoying it
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Had to get the polishing out of my system tonight.

Had a 2 hour stint at a section of the frame to remove the pitting and corrosion, oh this is going to be tedious.

I used some wet and dry sandpaper rough enough to get some of the pitting removed and then used a polishing kit to TRY and get a shine back into the frame. It worked out ok but still needs more time spent at the sanding stage. Starting with a heavy grade of paper and finishing with the 2000 grade paper ready for the polish.

Here is what I have done tonight. I wont be posting any images for a while now as there is just hard tedious graft ahead of me for the next while.
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Anyone know where I can stock up on a 10 gallon drum of elbow grease and a shopping trolley of red bull?

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addicted to rage · #57 10th December 2011, 12:01 AM

ahh god ur gonna polish it. looks great but my god its a pain in the ass to do an then all the maintenance brave man u r :) keep up the thread loving it

scorpy · #58 10th December 2011, 07:38 AM

No on the elbow grease, but I can recommend a drill mounted polishing kit that I used on my CR. About 40 bucks on fleabay but you would get one reasonably local.

40000 rpms of tender loving care beats wet and dry any day! Good job so far.

2strokelover · #59 10th December 2011, 07:31 PM

tanx rage and scorpy, yup gonna got on a polishing buzz.

In me dads place this evening and he has some power tools
I can use, happy dayz.

I got one of them polishing kits all right and yes I need a lot of RPM
which I wouldnt get with the elbow grease.

On my trek over to the east coast today I swung by to drop into
RON KEYES' place to pick up some much needed parts.

BIG BIG BIG tanks to Ron, had all the parts I identified on the break down
and will save me a lot of time and save on the overall expense of the project.

Ron had some lovely machines and a pure sound man to deal with!

Thanks Ron
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ron keyes · #60 11th December 2011, 02:03 AM

no problem 2strokelover, i was happy to help
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. i didnt want anything off 2strokelover but as my young lad races aprilia's he left him enough to cover a race entry
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looking forward to seeing your rs back to herself again and it was nice to meet you
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