1979 Suzuki RM125 Classic Motocross Review
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- This is my look back at Suzuki's all-new RM125 for 1979. At the time, the RM125 was one of the most successful machines in motocross and this 1979 model upheld this tradition.
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The 1977 RM 125 was a fantastic bike, good enough to win on right out of the crate.
Nice review Tony , l started racing at 16 yrs old on the 77RM 125B in the 'B' class , then a 79RM 125N in 'A' class , then a 82RM 125Z in 'A' class , what a fantastic time to be a kid racing Suzuki RM's .
Thanks for sharing
The 1979 RM125 was my first race bike. It ripped. Restoring a 1980 RM125 now.
I was 16yo in 1979 and I dreamed of owning this bike, this story takes me back to a wonderful time in my life.
The 1979 Rm125 was my first full size bike.
I was just turning 14 and raced it in 79 and 1980. What a great bike, every time is see one it brings me back to those days. I loved the styling.
My Brother and I bought two new ones in June of 79.We loved them.That is still My Favorite Motocross Bike.I loved that style of 79.
Purchased one of these brand new after having 3 YZ's and racing for a few years and I absolutely loved it. The Suzuki shop was new in town and they sponsored me providing shop credit for every time I placed any boy did I place a lot with this bike. It was a rocket-ship. Won the PA Farmshow arenacross and Philly JFK supercross B classes both with this bike running aviation gas. After blowing up the engine I moved onto a Full Floater which was also a cool bike but I always look back at the 79 RM as the best overall bike I ever raced.
I ran av-gas in my 79 YZ125, and blew up the engine too, (wore out a brand new bored cylinder actually). That is when I found out Castol-R (100% castor bean oil of the time), did not mix with av-gas. The 40 deg temps outside did not help either. After I burned up a fresh bored cylinder, I mixed some of the fuel in a glass jar, and immediately saw the oil separate from the fuel, and sink to the bottom of the jar as it formed droplets before my eyes. Live and learn. :)
Wow! back then in '79 the RM had magnesium ignition ang cluch covers!! Awesome!
I raced a YZ125 in 1979 and rode several RM125s that my friends raced. The 1979 YZ125 seemed to have a stronger engine but the suspension was much better on the RM. Hardly anyone was on CRs OR kXs- it definitely was a sea of yellow at my local track and almost everything was won on a YZ or RM.
Same here in aus 🇦🇺 it was either Yamaha or Suzuki
@@jaiteal5087 Were the YZs white/red in Australia back then?
bsrktm1 come to think of it u might be right the 70s yzs where yellow here
One of our neighbors down the road had one of these ‘79 RM125’s. He brought it out on occasion and rode with us but always had carb issues, possibly a stuck float as it would leak everywhere, it would still scream though all while leaking fuel, this was around ‘01 ‘02, and now that I think of it, the rear plates were both missing.
I see more old Suzuki MX bikes from the early days on the marketplace than any other of the corps, just goes to show how well of a bike Suzuki made. I hope more are restored in the future, fully rebuilt AHRMA bikes are so cool!!
Same here in aus still heaps of old rms around and still going strong 💪
Hi Tony, great review. I raced this bike in 1979 in Arizona. The powerband was so flexible that I could lug the bike in corners and stab the clutch to regain the revs on the motor without downshifting. I am now 59 years old and only have great memories left of this bike and other bikes I raced. All the best to you.
Thanks to you as well
In the late 70's I was 12 when my Oldman bought an RM125B (AUD$200) with a broken crank. We had it repaired for $50 and cleaned up the rest of the bike. It handled like a pig from memory with the bike going into tank slappers in sandy conditions and a 12 year old that didn't have the strength to keep it under control. The motor was a beast and had serious power with good torque for the day. We sold this when I was 14 and bought a mint RM125T/N? (Looked like this one). Handling was great... No more tank slappers and the powerband was a lot tamer so was a much easier bike to ride. I couldn't touch the ground on either bike and had to stand on Dads car bumper to start the bike! I think we paid about $500 and sold it a few years later for $700....
40 years on I have very fond memories of these Suzuki's. The excitement, the enjoyment and skills learned I still use today riding bikes. Great Channel BTW...
The 79-80 RM 400 best all around bike i ever had. Replace it with 81 CR450 might be why missed it. But even after got 83 CR480 still missed it. When got a 86 CR250 started getting over it. But missed horse power. Then 87 KX500 powerful didn't handle like a CR in the eastern woods. then injures and children change life. Will always be fan of the 79-80 RMs in any size. Thanks for the shows. keep it up.
Still had a PE 175, and it's a bulletproof ! rode a 79 RM 125 too, very easy bike for the beginners and I learnt mud-riding with it, then I had a 77 RM 250 to ride in the countries, 365 days/year. Never rode the big one 400, and I wanna say to you that it's my Grail !!Congrats man !!
My first race bike as a teen. Thank you!
as a teenager i raced owned a 1975 rm125s and 1977 rm250b and as a 60 year old fart am restoring an rm125c with wisco piston, and man after 40 years just fanging this little bike and hitting the power band in my short back yard and drive way is such a buzz, i luv these olds bikes , wish i had kept them all, last bike was a cr480, those were golden times days of MX, just the best bikes and racing along with screaming 2 strokes, so glad i lived it, thanks for your videos
In '88 I had a CR125 '80 and my brother a RM125 '79. The RM was way more agressif than the CR. I remember at age 15 I had to hold on strongly to the bike, and whatch out with the gas in order to not loop out or to end up in a tree. In 88 a twin shock was an old bike you could buy for almost nothing. A pitty we didn't had money to buy a good bike, or even go out riding on a decent track, as our parents didn't care about mx. My CR125 got taken off by the police for riding illegal in the woods. My brother sold his RM before we would break it, and have no money to fix it. We hardly had money for a bottle of bellray and a tank of gas. Man we loved the sport like nothing else. My brother could have been quite a good racer, if mom and dad would have given some imput at earlier age.
I'll say it also- TONY BLAIZER's Motocross Vault is absolutely the best and most informative channel on the world of dirt bikes !!!
I finally bought my first Suzuki in 2020. It is ( I still have it) a 2018 RMX450Z. Best dirt bike I've ever owned.
Enjoyed the 1979 rm125 and the 1981 rm125 back in the day. Still have them in my cellar.
A GREAT review that takes me back to racing these late 70’s Suzukis. Well written and wonderful photos. Great job!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@TheMotocrossVault I guess if people do not remember reading the mags 40 years ago,--they would not know you were reading from the pages.
You should not take credit for those writes. You have made a great channel though, rehashing the great past of this sport. Thank you.
I've always liked the way RMs look, even today.
In June 1978 my dad bought me a new 1978 RM125c for $950 otd. Excellent bike! It did everything well.
I had one of these as well as the unchanged 1980 version, the drool worthy 1981 and 1982 as well. The 1979 RM 125’s were absolutely AMAZING in the day. The bike was so good at the time. Things changed so quickly back then, literally year to year the bikes were drastically changed. The ‘79 RM125 though was a real bad ass machine. I even liked the quirky square rear fenders😂👍
Kudos!! Yes bro', best looking OEM machine. This quirky square rear fender was the RM signature, as her front fender too, really in advance on its time... in my opinion, this RM had a very tasty look and what a pity, Suzuki didn't continue that on the 80 model !! I had one too, and I rode a 250, so it had so good torque and was really fast when you found the manual to drive it...Now I still have a PE 175, and i'll keep it til the end of life. But I'm still looking for a RM 79' model. My Grail is a 79 RM 400...
I’m partial to the old RM370 as far as holy grail bikes go. I think it would be a lot of fun to build a 1979 or 1980 RM125 frame up with the 81 watercooled motor,it would be as close to that trick Harry Everts and Akira Watanabe works bikes in late 79- early 80’👍 twin shocked and watercooled!! I drooled over those works bikes in the magazines!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, absolutely the best channel on UA-cam.. Thanks Tony for all the time and work you put into your videos!!
Wow thanks
Great review...i had many suzuki's over the years.loved them all..hope they can get back on track
Me too 👍
People dislike the 79 RM back finder but I've seen it with stickers and if done right it looks pretty cool so I have A original 79 RM400 and it's going to stay original
Adding more mate I have a brand new RMZ450 2020 with a Rekluse auto clutch I'm 45 years old I love this bike (I'm from NZ). My local dealer races them strictly in super moto and they are 75hp (with thier head work, cams and fuel management work) on the dyno at the wheel and they want me to bring it in for a tune but I keep saying to them I can't handle 50hp let alone 70hp LOL. I did get my 1988 KX250 recently rebored and re nickle coated barrel it's now 280cc in capacity, force three reeds, fmf pipe and heavy porting it put down 54hp at the wheels on the dyno I new it was pretty insane but that surprised me. Good work mate keep it up.
Thanks for the info. I just picked up a built 79 RM125.
Lucky you and I bet that you will never sell it!! That was my first Motocross Bike and is still My Favorite.I was 19 years old at that time.My Brother and I could out run 250's back then on our practice track.I'm 64 now but will never forget that Suzuki RM 125N,a very fast bike back then!!!❤️👍👍
great to see the rms restored
This is by far my favorite channel on UA-cam. Keep up the great work Blaze!
Wow, thanks!
Love your videos I LOVE RM S I STARTED ON A RM 80 THEN A RM 125 THEN A KX 250 ALL LATE 70S EARLY TO MID 80S
Akira Watanabe was the world champ on it in the 78', we cannot forget it !! And still the only japanese world champ...
I inherited a '79 RM 125 with a completely blown engine. Since it would have required megabucks to replace the engine, I installed an XR200 Honda engine in the frame. I had to cut and relocate one piece of tubing and fabricate motor mounts that would line the front sprocket up with the rear (the most difficult part by far). What a wonderful machine it made with the little 4-stroke motor in a state-of-the-art chassis. It floated over bumps as if they were "painted" on the terrain and proved to be extremely nimble. It would drive guys nuts to see a 4-stroke "Suzuki" until they really examined it. I wish I'd never sold it as it weighed about as much as a cigarette butt and you could climb hills so nicely with it.
Sounds like a fun bike to ride on most stuff, (I would want more power in sand for sure), but it was not going to get any hole shots or climb big hills with 12hp.
Yea, you should have kept it for nostalgia and something fun to jump on. It was part of you.
I have never seen a totally blown engine, but that sounded like a fun build and a fun ride anyway. :)
I had the RM 125 1978
RM 125 1979
RM 125 1980
Loved everyone of them 😅
Love your videos mate, thanks for the effort you put into these 👍👍
Glad you like them!
I'm loving your channel! I'm 55 now and still cant get enough of these dirt bikes. My first bike was a 1974 kawasaki KD 90 and I'm still riding the green machines. Thanks for all the work you do . I'm subscribed and will be watching faithfully.
Thank you!
And......All the bikes you comment upon, I either raced or fixed or race mechanic enjoyed.....
My 1st bike was 1979 Suzuki RM125
My first Motocross Bike was a 79 RM125N.It's still My Favorite bike to ride.Would love to still have one,even at 64 years old if I had a good place to ride!!!👍👍👍
Superb video. I really appreciate your intelligent critiques!
Thank you kindly!
I love me some RM😮
Aparte el secreto del RM y sus fabricantes para el moto cross x su diseño q era más corta , era muy Rapida en ls remates y curvas , para recuperar distancias especial hoy
I found a complete 79’ RM125 on top of a dumpster, I should have kept and restored it apparently
When we gonna get to see a 93-95 rm250 review
Una moto q en esa época era muy livianas increible verdad si muy Rapida y la preferi delante de la yz yamaha xq era más Rápida y duradera , de vnzla recuerdo a esa clásica cn nostalgia, teng 6o años y todavía ando en moto , monchobuggypasionQnosUnen gracias x este video q es un viaje en el tiempo
Cool! I had a 79 RM125. Found it behind a dudes garage and gave him 100 bucks for it. It kinda ran. I was just a dumb kid lol. It needed a top end and crank seals I never knew any better.
Another informative review 👍
Thanks! 👍
Really like the looks of that bike
Love your work Tony , keep em coming mate . Would love to see a review on the 85’ kx125 as I’m building one now which i had as a kid . Also the 83’ kx80 which was so good it was considered a cheater bike . Hope you’re hip comes good so you can get a ride in 💪🏻
Thanks I appreciate it!
My 79 yz125 was a rocket , had it in 83
Bought a left over, but new from the showroom floor in 1980 for $850.00,---as a 14 year old kid making $1.00/hr part time at my dads rural highway side store.
How many kids like me could never afford a bike today? Millions. But we will blame every thing else for the decline of the sport except the outside interference of the sport that made bikes to expensive for a kid to buy. Today, it is a upper middle class sport, with almost 100% funded by parents who bought their own bikes when they were kids, and that population decreases every decade. I really liked my 79 YZ125 too. I bet I have the most good memories from that bike.
Loved it tony, another great review.
Do you have much info on the Honda MR50? I’d be interested hearing what you have to say about it
I don't really have any info on that model sorry
Hey Tony I've been twisting the throttle on the motocross vault channel for a couple years now. But i haven't got any merch yet and have seen a couple shirts that really struck a chord with me and my nostalgia almost sold me on a couple. But I still drive an old mini truck and am wondering if you could do a mid 90s ranger lowered with your hated (my loved) 99 cr125? Lol thats what I moved to big bikes on and it still holds a place for me and I honestly loved it but I've always been a novice really.. so not super fast or super slow.. anyway have a great weekend keep it up because I love the content i am a fellow moto nerd for sure!
Sure thing I can make that happen!
Would love to see a review of Scott Boots, I loved them
Hi love your vids
Give me 88 RM250 review, pleeese!
Toni it's very simple mate the Suzuki Jimini 4x4 is sold out one year in advance, thier out boards are very solid and have a good reputation, there is little too no money in motocross bikes unfortunately Suzuki are not in hard times by no means. Unlike euro bikes brands they will not invest into a dead egg ie motoX thats not to say they might not. They took on moto GP and won in 2 years which is unheard of so if and when they want motoX they will take it with ease over Husky and the euro brands.
In RM daze: RM's rule...all others drool!
If a suzuki had electric start I'd buy one tomorrow
How about a ‘79 YZ 250?
Interested in the KX500 or the K10-K30 CHEVY
Loyal subscriber, love all your videos! My impression is a two-stroke is nearly 50% faster than a 4-stroke, but I have no idea, is that true? & what do you think of the power of this vintage Suzuki 125?
It is not necessarily that much faster because torque figures and power deliver greatly affect the acceleration of an off-road machine, but a two-stroke does make a great deal more power per cc of displacement.
I grew up riding, racing and modifying my bikes. Then I earned 2 engineering degrees, but have made a living porting 2-stroke engines for the last 15 years, and I think I have this topic figured out well today. The reason why, in reality, a 2-stroke engine is suppose to make twice the power of a 4-stroke of equal displacement is because the power stroke, (spark, burn, down stroke power), happens for every full rotation of the crank instead of two full revolutions on a 4-stroke. In the MX field, that had been true since the beginning of the 2 engines, (when finally tuned well), and it still is probably true for the engines themselves today, but not for the application of MX.
What has surfaced in my mind is the fact that a 4-stroke engine just hooks up to the ground more effectively, allowing it to be used while making more HP than you can handle on a 2-stroke, (which is the only positive of the 4-stroke bike, but all a racer needed to switch in the 8 years it took to fill the pro gate with 4-strokes after Doug Henry). There are 250cc 2-stroke engines that produce 90hp or more naturally aspirated, (road race engines and drag race engines), but can you imagine trying to ride a 90hp engine on a tricky MX track with a power delivery of a 125cc 2-stroke? That very valid observation of physics you made is still correct IMO,---but not on a MX track anymore.
I also say the tracks got faster because the 4-stroke engine is faster, (which makes sense if you think about it), and if we went back to the 2-strokes, (which will never happen unless we can put the industry destroying communist epa in jail), the track would evolve back closer to what we used to race on.
Doug in Michigan
Earth Surfer Performance. (No longer sold in CA. after 2024. Industry destroying regulations---also cost us a lot of money)
Can you do the 1986 ATC , tri z 250r tecate
Where have you been lol
I was not aware I was missing?
Have u made a video of the rm85 just wondering
Not yet
Some mini and super mini reviews would be great agreed, I believe there already is a CR80 review and a KX100. RM80s and later 85s were super fast!! Rms were late to get inverted forks on their 80s not till 03-04 I think 😣 but their powerband was unmatched.
Yes a 85 rm review would be great
Love this channel by the way
The '79 wolod have been a better bike if they had kept the '78 engine with just a few mods, made 2 more HP than a '79, otherwise a great bike.
The 79 kx125 was the best for 79
Definitely Not.All the fastest guys on the East Coast rode Suzuki RM'S and never got beat!I was there,had one and saw it at all the local tracks.If you weren't riding a Yellow Bike you weren't Winning.
38mm 🤟
Was this RM125N ?
Then it, as progress dictates, there's always a flip-flop continuance.....Improving the breed.....
Toni where's your patreon account I want to give you a few dollers to keep going mate.
Thank you. Here is the link - www.patreon.com/themotocrossvault?fan_landing=true
They were slow
You know, your presentation s Re quite good but your perpetual comments of "weird styling/odd looks", etc., indicates that "looks" play an important part inregards to performance: save your subjective presentation to yourself......Att tomes, I really can't take you serious enough except for historical documentation.....Not a deterent but leave your personal inputs to you and "fashion" buddies.....Ciao