Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Stuck in a Crack

G’day! It was foolish of me to think that my restoration plan for this mighty RM80X was going to go smoothly.

Here I was content that such a simple bike was going to be a breeze to restore, meanwhile I’ve got an RZV500R in bits that is twice as easy to sort out. Who would have guessed it? My issue has been finding parts. It seems I’m not the only 44-year-old that had an RM80X and now wants to relive those glory days of surviving by chance and luck…

In my

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