This 2001 Suzuki RM125 project found its way into my garage thanks to Daniel Schmid. Daniel is the owner of DSC Motorsports, a suspension shop in western Montana. Daniel is not only an expert suspension tech – but one of the fastest racers in Montana. In fact, he’s aiming to race some Pro Nationals in the 250 class later in the series.
This RM125 was a customer project that was abandoned years ago, and ending up Daniel’s possession. Daniel asked if I would like to finish the build, with the possibility of raising some funds to go towards his pursuit of the Pro Nationals.
I said hell yeah, let’s do it.
Early January the bike appeared in my garage while I was down in Arizona for Christmas. I got home in the New Year and began planning, reaching out to sponsors, and ordering parts.
3 months later, I couldn’t be more proud of the outcome. We ended up raising $7,000 for Daniel, which covered the cost of his race engine being built by Twisted Development.
Tasha from Colorado ended up winning the RM125, which worked out perfectly. My friends Casey and Nellie had moved to Denver, and we were already planning to go to the Denver supercross race! With 9 days between the drawing of the winner and the departure to Colorado, Daniel revalved and resprung the suspension for Tasha, Steahly Offroad provided a flywheel weight, and DeCal Works got custom number plate graphics for Tasha here just in time! Check out the recap of this incredible trip here:
This bike build had no expenses spared and cost over $8,000 to build. Here is a highlighted list of parts used on this build:
- Fully built DSC Motorsports suspension with ti-nitride coated tubes
- Every single bearing on the bike replaced
- Shinko 546 series tires
- All new SmartCarb SC3 (unreleased product)
- 2SM Performance custom clutch and ignition covers – save 20% with 2SMKP20 through 5/20
- 2SM performance axle blocks and master cylinder cap
- Ride Engineering split triple clamps custom anodized purple
- Warp 9 Elite wheelset
- Phathead Racing cylinder head
- SmartCarb SC3
- Garage buddy engine rebuild kit – save 10% with KP10
- FMF Factory Fatty header
- FMF Shorty silencer
- IMS Pro Series footpegs
- Dirt Tricks rear sprocket
- CRF450R front brake
- CRF450R rear master cylinder
- Pryme MX Honda rear master adapter clevis
- Galfer braided steel brake lines
- BOLT hardware fasteners
- Velocity Components carbon fiber case saver
- Custom Cerakoting
- Myler’s oversized radiators
- DeCal Works custom graphics
- DeCal works custom seat cover
- Gray Polisport restyle kit
- Wiseco clutch
- ProX inner clutch hub
- Titanium sprocket bolts
- IMS pro series footpegs
Watch the complete build recap video here:
