sumner2k3
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Registered: 12th Jan 06
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right, buying a bike off a mate but need to get a few parts for it and have no idea what year it is.. could anyone tell from this picture?

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Jez_B
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Pure guess so no real help... 99?
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Mobby
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id stay away from that!!
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Ellis
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Warren G is in the know i think
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sumner2k3
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quote: Originally posted by mobby
id stay away from that!!
why?
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Ellis
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What is it anyway RM125 or something?
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sumner2k3
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yeh mate
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Ellis
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quote: Originally posted by sumner2k3
yeh mate
My best mate just bought one yesterday co-incidentally, it looks newer than that at a glance and his is an '01
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Daniel_Corsa
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I would think thats an early 90's model
Looks like similiar age / style to my first CR85R can't think what darn year it was though
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DaveyLC
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Looks like a really early RM frame with the later forks?
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sumner2k3
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one of my mates recons its a 94-95 model
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Jakey
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Does the person your buying it of not know what year it is?
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Eck
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If the person who's selling it doesn't know how old their bike is, how do you know they've looked after it?
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sumner2k3
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nope he hasnt a clue about bikes
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sand-eel
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give me the chassis number and i can tell you
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sumner2k3
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he only bought it because it was cheap, needs engine work.. hes only had it about 3 or 4 weeks
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sumner2k3
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quote: Originally posted by sand-eel
give me the chassis number and i can tell you
ill try get it tomorrow mate cheers
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sumner2k3
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looks the same as this i think..
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RM-125-1992_W0QQitemZ260305424770QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260305424770&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
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Jay
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quote: Originally posted by sumner2k3
quote: Originally posted by mobby
id stay away from that!!
why?
Probably the fact its got a cardboard box for an engine.
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sumner2k3
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the engine is underneath in a box ready to be rebuilt.. that box just contains bits and pices for the engine
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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Get a KX
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S@M
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yes its an early 90's model....
no worth much more than a cupple of hundred quid in bits.
you can pick up running ones for less than 500
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Jamie_Hastings1
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93 Model Whats the chassis number? Located on the part of the frame the forks go through?
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Flip_GSI!!
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Its a 1990 rm125, stay away!
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Jamie_Hastings1
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I had one about the exact same as that,musta blew it up 3 times in 6 months lol. Get a four banger,my yzf400 was a machine
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