De-snagging an SL125

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

do you honestly think that average Mr plod could tell copper from anything else let alone if its legal or not.

[Tim StevensParticipant @timstevens64731]

I can offer guide to 'How quiet the SL125 was when new'.

Back when the bike was new a friend had one, and got it stuck in some very soft ground in Wales. We took perhaps 20 minutes struggling to get it out, and then, as it was put on its side stand om firm ground, there was a cry of astonishment. 'Well I'll be blowed – the jolly little device is still running'.

So yes, it was a really quiet bike at tickover at least, when new.

Cheers, Tim

[John OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

I recently acquired most of a 1978 XL125 from the scrappy. Missing the back wheel, the petrol tank, and the gear and kickstart levers. Pretty much the same bike as the OP's SL125, except this one has the two piece head, It also has a bit much play in the camshaft bearing, so I might have to build that up with a bit of TIG. Not the only work it will need, but having owned a CB100 back in the day I couldn't resist rescuing this one. The CB100 was also the same engine, apart from the bore. The experience back in the day was that the 100 was just as quick as the 125, mine was even quicker once it got a hot cam, a bigger carb, and a 125 barrel.

John

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