repairing 125m for poor kid

[oscarmayer]

I've been helping this poor kid i met by repairing and doing a top end rebuild on his 125m. here are some pics of the progress.

these are what i had to work with.

Just so you know, he lost his parents in a tragic accident, and lives with his granddad. He doesn't have any $, but this trike keeps him outta trouble. Poor little guy. His neighbor is forking over most of the $ for the parts, and I'm doing the labor. This truly is a story of a poor soul finding itself on a trike guys. he's a good kid and he just likes to ride it and have fun. It's always smoked like a train and never ran normal since he got it. he sued to use hose clamps to help keep the trike in the high gear as the gear box you see was shot when it got it. it'll be a whole new world for him to have a working trike. my goal is to get it running like new.

I'm re-ringing it (piston looks in decent shape, just rings are toast, so I'll use a bottle hone to clean the cylinder up), doing a basic valve job and new seals, replacing all the external seals i can reach, and repairing the broken sub trans assembly. it's getting a new seat (kid used to use a boat seat to rid it) and I'm going to fix the fenders too. when done, it should run like a top and be totally fun! he's already wanting to go riding when it's done and mine is too, so hey riding buddy!

anyway, here's the progress.

[oscarmayer]

This is where I am at now. I left the "old" seals in to repaint so i woudl not have to fight with cleanign the seal areas after painting. i'll remove hte old seals when i go to install the new ones. this also lets me ensure i put the seals in not only the right sized, but als the correct way, as some seals face different directions.

[83ATC185S]

thats super awsome to help someone out like that! looks like its coming along nicely, hes going to LOVE it!

[300rman]

that is awesome man, helping people who truly need it is what this world needs.

[firehart]

Keep up the good work. Sounds like you two will be close by the time you get done. Remember to pay it forward.

[mikesutphin]

where are you located ? I have two 125m atcs just sitting here, they dont run but if you need some parts i will give them to you. im in carlsbad NM

[greythorn3]

thats a good job man, glad we have good people still around.. when did they start putting front brakes on 110's??? i got a 85 and had a 83 and neither had brakes on the front!

Ray

[UlsterATCFan]

Fair play to you mate, the best therapy that poor wee lad could have is a nice trike to ride - if you need some cash for parts and have paypal, drop me your e-mail and I'll happily donate some dollars

- Gareth

[BigRed_Ryno]

Man thats a really cool thing to do :-)

[WaimakRydah]

Thats a good thing to do people now days are so stuck up. I have had help from someone I know with afew bike problems which is good it always feels good having a bike which runs better then before.

[SYKO]

hey man what condition is the tank in?? I will see if I have a 125 tank around here, I will paint it up and send it your way! pm me!

[dreadhed]

Props for taking the time to help this kid out, man. Along with the rest of you that said they will give parts or $. Lets hook the kid up. That would suck so much to loose both your parents @ any age let alone when your young.

I've got a bunch of extra 125 stuff, if you need something let me know. I could also PC it in a color that I all ready have for free.

[oscarmayer]

where are you located ? I have two 125m atcs just sitting here, they dont run but if you need some parts i will give them to you. im in carlsbad NM

i'm in arlington, texas. that's abotu 14 hours away. hrmmm road trip!!!!!! hehe

[oscarmayer]

sweet guys you all rock!!!!!

if you want to donate to the cause, my paypal is spcmouse99@yahoo.com

here's my address incase you want to ship some parts. the tank is in ok shape. it looks like they used that internal tank coating to help seal the leaks it once had.

addy: 4525 Grey Dawn Dr. Arlington, TX 76017

I totally appreciate all the help. if you have some larger parts, I don't mind trying to help with shipping charges. overall the trike is in ok shape for it's age. it jsut needs some tlc and some stuff. i've been buying parts no ebay and had to go to canada for a few 1-off stuff. let me finish up the gearbox repairs and subtrans reinstall and lets see what we find on the top end rebuild. the neibor guy si an old retired cop so he's trying to help out all he can $ wise, but I knwo the cost of parts is alreayd over what he expected, so it looks like i'll have to eat some of it but hey as long as the kid enjoys it, that's cool. I'm also working on getting him a pc as the current one he uses is very old and hardly does email. (he has issues trying to surfe the web due to the age of it and his dialup).

here's how i look at it. If the haves, help out the have nots, then everyone will be happy cause everyone will have something, even if it's just a little peice of the pie.

[BigRed_Ryno]

My g/f just read this and was fighting back the tears

here's how i look at it. If the haves, help out the have nots, then everyone will be happy cause everyone will have something, even if it's just a little peice of the pie.

Pity some people from this side of the pond don't have that attitude