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hi fellas

new here so go easy lol

heres my rs 125 recently fully restored

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specs when restored were

slight port work

34mm dellorto flatslide raceing carb

flat top ktm exc 125 piston

vhm flat top head

full arrow exhaust system

415 pitch raceing chain and sprokets

vforce 3 reedblock and reeds

fully adjustable sachs boge shock

brembo front disc from a rsv mille

here it is on the dyno (i have a friend thats just opened a dyno place so its accessable to me any time)

made 33.67 HP and 15.98 FT pounds of torque

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after restoreng it and having it running full power i decided to push the boundries and find out exactly what kind of hp and tourqe is possible from one of these bikes, as theres a lot of crap / misleading info around about them.

i wanted to keep the barrel bore size the same as it is stock (54mm) bolting a BBK on is kinda cheating in my book

so first on the list was to call a good 2 stroke tuner

after being advised and hearing lots of good feedback i decided to go with mr mick abbey

after a good old chat i decided to go with a cylinder tune (port work) and a custom fabbed pipe

these are curently in the post and will be with me by friday

some pics of the cylinder and the pipe

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i have a cuple of questions as im hopeing theres a cuple of 2 stroke gurus on here

i want to modify the air box to let more air in now should i mod the airbox (if so how?) or go with a open filter such as a cone filter ?

the reason i ask is i dont see many 2 T race bikes with cones on

also im using the stock CDI with the environment dip at 5/6k removed would i benifit from the likes of a zeeltronic programmable ignition ?

i know its only a 2T 125 but i want to see what i can get out of it before i move on to the likes of a rd 350 or rgv 250

ill keep this thread updated when i receive the stuff from the tuners

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Looks like a great project.

Look forward to seeing the future results. I would love another 125 myself.

Hopw it all goes well.

Dave

thanks mate

its been a cracking little bike to learn basic mechanics on

soon as im done with the hp chase ill sell it and look to get an rz 350 or rgv

im hooked on 2 stokes now

ill keep the thread updated for all those interested :thumbsup:

needless to say ittl be going back on the dyno once the pipe and cylinders back :D

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Removing the snorkel will cost HP and over rev, let alone the whole airbox. The Zeeltronic will be the best investment you make. Do you live anywhere near Santa Pod? What sort of compression ratio is the bike running?

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Removing the snorkel will cost HP and over rev, let alone the whole airbox. The Zeeltronic will be the best investment you make. Do you live anywhere near Santa Pod? What sort of compression ratio is the bike running?

the squish is set at 1.1 mm the head volume is 11.60cc with the top of the piston at BDC level with the bottom of the exhaust port

the exhaust port timing is remaining stock with all other ports worked

it pumps out 160 psi compression when warm

ive never actually measured the compression ratio im thinking of doing it tho when i refit the cylinder is the easiest method the syringe and oil method or is there another way ?

this is the same setup as the above run except with the airbox completly stock (with a smaller main jet) the other run (above) was with a cone filter

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Use a compression tester to test the compression, it just screws into where the spark plug goes and then it gives you a reading. I dont own one myself as I borrowed one from my neighbour

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Removing the snorkel will cost HP and over rev, let alone the whole airbox. The Zeeltronic will be the best investment you make. Do you live anywhere near Santa Pod? What sort of compression ratio is the bike running?

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No point having a ported barrel and performance pipe if you cant tune the PV and iginition to match :)

you could even go bigger with the carb once you've got the rest set up...

Im not sure what your 34mm carb has, but the PWK38 from an RM250 has TPS sensor which is very handy to have with a programmable ignition :)

Some say the 38 may be too big, but it cant be too bad as the 125mx bikes run them.

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I know Darrell Taylor (50cctuning) did quite alot of work on this type of engine when he tuned them for the 1 make RS series a few years ago. I think he got quite a bit more power out of them.

Dave

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No point having a ported barrel and performance pipe if you cant tune the PV and iginition to match :)

you could even go bigger with the carb once you've got the rest set up...

Im not sure what your 34mm carb has, but the PWK38 from an RM250 has TPS sensor which is very handy to have with a programmable ignition :)

Some say the 38 may be too big, but it cant be too bad as the 125mx bikes run them.

hi i have a 39 pwk sitting in the garage its been bored out to 41 mm i dont trust it tho as ive holed a piston in the past with it fitted :eusa_wall: i may get it out clean and have a look at fitting and jetting it tho

the vhsb 34 mm flatslide is the raceing flatslide they use on the aprilia raceing bikes theres no tps no powerjet just a flatslide

defo looking to get a zeeltronic for this bike :thumbsup:

how would i go about tuning the zeeltronic would you suggest running the preintalled maps or makeing one from scratch ?

how would you go about it ? advance the low rpm and retard the highr rpm ? i have no clue when it comes to ignition maps

ive downloaded the graham bell book of 2 stroke tuning ill give that a good read i think

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Use a compression tester to test the compression, it just screws into where the spark plug goes and then it gives you a reading. I dont own one myself as I borrowed one from my neighbour

it pumps out 160 psi when warm

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I know Darrell Taylor (50cctuning) did quite alot of work on this type of engine when he tuned them for the 1 make RS series a few years ago. I think he got quite a bit more power out of them.

Dave

yeah 40 hp he got from what ive seen

im aiming for around that if i can

as said ittl be going back on the dyno with the new pipe and port work and ill take things from there once ive got a new baseline run done

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Looks as though the Arrow pipe swaps mid for top end, the RS is a difficult one to get useable HP out of, I think the case volume is too small to get serious HP from, that and you will need to have peak power at 12,500 not 10,500 with a TYGA pipe. But the TYGA pipe makes it joy to ride on the road.

With the Zeeltronic it comes with 1 or 2 pre installed maps, best is you go to the dyno and play around every engine is different.

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Welcome mate, bike looks great. :thumbsup:

Is that the 1st Abbey pipe that lost power, or a new one? :icon_blackeye:

thats a new one, the first one made hit 32 hp and was lower then the arrow exhaust

ive just been out on this after fitting the cylinder and zaust to my bike today

all i can say is WOW

how and why its produceing power all the way to 14000 rpm is beyond me

the power seems to come on song at 10000rpm and dosnt drop at all till 14 000 rpm

ive slapped a big main jet in there till tuesday when its goin back on my mates dyno

all i can say is MR ABBEY has worked his magic :D

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14,000rpm with a stock CDI and an unbalanced crank....,,,interesting:)

its an early sp cdi and sp rave contoller (dont know wether that has anything to do with it?)

ill get a vid of the bike rideing with the cam on the rpm dial tommorow

crank been balanced and trued and recently rebuilt by paul at pjme

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That'd be interesting as you said you were running stock exhaust timing, if it's making Peak power at 14,000 I'd of thought the pipe was about 150mm too short!

Never seen an RS rev that high before.

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That'd be interesting as you said you were running stock exhaust timing, if it's making Peak power at 14,000 I'd of thought the pipe was about 150mm too short!

Never seen an RS rev that high before.

when i got the barrel back today from the extra porting work that had been done it looks as if the exhaust port has been worked so i dont think its stock timeing any more

next to the arrow chamber the abbey fabbed pipe is a lot shorter then the arrow also

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To be honest the Arrow pipes are pretty good on the RS.

In fact they actually work better with the longer manifold!

yeah i always used mine with the longer manifold seemed to run better

i was told the shorter one would give more tourqe higher up the rev range then the longer one

after trying the 2 i found the longer mani the best as you say :thumbsup:

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Get some spacers made up for the dyno test, it always amazes me how much differnce 5mm makes on the header.

I also usually make a trombone style belly (dwell) section so that can be dialed in as well.

Look forward to seeing the results.

Dave.

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Good stuff!

Mick is a top guy too, can talk the arse off a donkey mind. Made me some pipes for my lc many, many years back.

Excellent project!

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