Cagiva wmx 125 1987

That costs alooot of money over here, at least to get it done right. And they take ages to get it done. I've blasted a couple of cars and they leave them out in the rain, blast them, put som primer on and they rust up again.And used two months.

If somethings going to get done, you have to do it yourself

at least you can blast, I have to send it away and pay money and waiting waiting ..."cupala days mate."...

I've been wanting to build my own cabinet, and I think this is the winter to do it. Large enough to hold a full-sized motorcycle frame.

a tin of paint stripper goes a long way.... no mess, no sand in hair, ears and other places - not keen on outdoor sand blasting any more..
as for sandblasting and paying for it - $$$ or someone taking away way too much material - frame "blasted away" hate that! - unless they're motorcycle friendly - then they can be great!

the local blaster here is a "hog man" and has done plenty of old bikes so he does a reasonable job and is pretty cheap for what you get ...depends on how his weekend went a lot of the time

A good working moisture separator is key when blasting, also some types of sand (or what media you use) is prone to clogg up. Sodablasting is fine when removing paint, its not taking away steel, hence it does not take rust either.

Also you would have protective film on your "looking glass" that can be changed out.

Btw, Frame is now primed and drying. Painting tomorrow. Forgot to take picture when i was done. To focused on cleaning the gun and get outa there

excellent, cant wait to see a pic

remarkable how much the 80s cagiva stuff looks so much like the newer ones. the last dual shock swedes look very much like the first single shockers. that swede single shock style was carried for a looong time by the italians in the four strokes. very cool

So I been working my ass of the last days to make this happen. Found out after i cleaned out the crankcase that my main bearings where shot. Local bearing pusher had bearings and seals so i was realy happy about that After some frozen cranks, hot cases and fighting I put the piston on. After carefully messuring the old bottom end gasket (there are 3 sizes) I put the cylinder on. Sweet I thought...

Then this happend.

WTF! this is TDC



THEN I saw this

Notice how the water thingy dont match between cylinder and case.



And that sucks! Now i have to get my spare cylinder replated and to do that i have to ship it to the states because no one do that here. But the worst is i was reeealy hoping to ride it around the block within my vacation (one week left) And that aint gonna happen!

Besides that the local machine shop went on vacation before finishing the cylinder head for my project motorcycle (they had had it for over a month!) And thats why i started on this thing, to have something fun to do.

And to top it of i read on facebook today that an old friend of mine (havent realy seen him for alot of years now) had died. He was the guy who found this bike for me back in the day.

So Im realy starting to think that this cagiva curse aint ever gonna go away!

Sorry for the rant, guess i needed to vent a little.

there is always a "hole" in the resto process where the best laid plans of ...stuffups happen.. welcome to the hole.

Yeah, kinda been in that hole some years now

Edit: Maybe a bit brighter tomorrow

I always watch romaniacs utube clips to brighten my day...always some poor bugger in trouble there!!

Had to put some plastic on. Waiting for triple trees to arrive so i can fit the correct USD fork

I sent a barrel from Australia to the UK for replating - cheaper in the UK by far..
looking good

Most people use Lancourts over here, for plating

+1 for Langcourt I used them for a KDX200 barrel a couple of years back, came in @ £200 (GBP) & that included a new Wiseco piston and head gasket. About 5-7 day turnaround IRC. A local bikeshop/racing outfit used them and they said Langcourt has reclaimed racing Suzuki RGV barrels that had bits of piston ring embedded in the bore

Don't get discouraged. Most of the 25 vintage husqvarnas I restored were non runners and I scoured the USA for parts. It was impossible to find new parts. But all that has changed lately.

I hear very positive rumors on how fast the '80's 125cc cagivas were here in the hare scrambles. Great looking job your doing, looks awesome.

Thanks for the tip guys, will check into that!