Dude, you are on a different level of talent.🎉🎉🎉

Great work again, and at a bargain price for a change😂. You could sell that at a handsome profit but i know you won’t. Looking forward to the next RM project from this batch.

Wow amazing. £1025 hate to think of how many thousands of man hours. Amazed at how many different skills that are needed to take on a project like this. Great work.

I am completely envious. This 250 is the legend of the early 1980’s!! You could holeshot a moto against factory bikes no problem. Great job on the restoration, it came out magnificent!!!

I was already missing the updates, but now this masterpiece of a video restauration made me very happy. Greetings from AN Austrian fan!

It’s all extraordinary, but man, the plastics, again, outstanding

Absolutely fantastic well done for saving it👍👍

Brought back a lot of memories here, amazing work well worth the effort in saving the bike and its parts

I’ve restored a few ‘80’s and 90’s bikes over the years and know the cost and time they take. To do this for around $1900 AUD is incredible. Certainly helps having a well set up workshop and great diy mechanical skills. Absolute credit to you mate!!

It is therapeutic watching this bike come back to life,a great base to start with, also your skill set is very broad also a great education on how to go about saving one! I had a 83'125RM fond memories from 40yrs ago, Saving one bike at a time,well done!

Mr Suzuki would be so proud 👏, well done, incredibly outstanding work, regards from Australia 🇦🇺.

Wow Absolutely fantastic. Had one in 1982 best MX I owned. It was a rocket :) Whit JT silencer . Great job.

Used to go and watch these race against Yamahas, Hondas, KTMs and Kawasakis and the odd Maico at Hawkstone Park UK back in the 80's they were always a favourite, it's fantastic to see one so beautifully restored on a budget. What you did with those plastics was nothing short of a miracle. Can't wait to see what's next on the agenda

Wow,brings back memories. I brought one brand new in 1982 from my local dealer for £1299. It was an absolute rock out of the gate. I got many wins and holeshots on it. Well done on the restoration. 👏👏👏

Smashing job mate, your skill set is to be admired thats for sure,the bike looks fantastic, roll in them 125's😀 i will be sure to tune in to that series👍👍

FANTASTIC! - i hope this gets you a million views!

Another Great build on an interesting bike. Love the detailed work and how you film and show that to us. A lot of hours and hard work, genuinely saving and restoring parts. What's next? Looking forward to it.👍

BEAUTIFUL BRINGS BACK MY YOUTH. that's all I Did was Ride and Wrench. I'm getting back into the bikes. I've loved taking things and putting back to perfect. You Do Great Work My Friend Awesome!! My best friends Grandpa bought him a brand new 1979 RM 125 I Was 14 years old. I Love how much work and time and Care you put into saving them original parts. BEAUTIFUL BIKE. LOVE IT!!!

Amazing job. looks brilliant love the RM

O boy just in time ❤❤❤❤❤

Once again Rob an outstanding restoration !! Well done buddy ☺️. I’m looking forward to the 82 125’s and I’m hoping to follow and use your advice to restore mine at the same time but it won’t be as good as yours 😂.

The master of restorations at work!

Superb. Your patient methodical work on every aspect, but especially the plastics, is a wonder to behold. Loving each of your restoration projects, which seem to start from a more and more ruinous base!

my first dirt bike was a 1983 rm 250 which I used for trail riding, and enduro racing.(lights run off a battery, and made up number plate). looking at the tank, and rad scoops on that one, i think mine may have been a 1982. it looks like I got conned back in 1987. anyhoo... i've had lots of dirt bikes since, and raced enduro up to 2006. I never experienced suspension as good as that one. I had one kx 250(1987),, three cr250's,(1992, 1996, and the beast 1998. Also a gas gas ec 250 2001( road legal finally). None of them even came close to the suspension of the old RM. great job with the restoration.

Wow, what an awesome restoration job you've done! So good to see a Saffer doing such great work overseas!! You are a master!! Warm greetings from South Africa! 👏👍😁

Your work is amazing to watch, to see you restore so many parts instead of throwing new parts at it ( although not sure i woulda used that crank and rod ) Amazing work!!

Your work is absolutely flawless! Honestly you are a one of the real deals mate!

I love this! Great to see a master at work. I learnt heaps off this video.

Spectacular job. I am restoring an '81 KX250. I hope it comes out at least half as nice as this one!

would have definatley cut the silencer to de carbonize it , get that factory fresh sound !

Best looking bike ever made

Very nice mate. I'm just doing an 81 RM465 from the frame up. About 14 months into it. Full nut and bolt part number correct job. I saw a couple of 82 RM250's on Ebay over the last few weeks. I want to do another 465 but an 82 and then maybe an 82/83 RM250.

wow totaly impressed by the build

Well done!!!👏

Truly incredible sir you are a master of restorations amazing

Brilliant job, well done 😄👍👍👍

It's one thing to limit yourself with a £1000 investment but don't sell yourself short - your time has an incredible amount of value. That's a huge investment that has paid dividends. Beautiful job!

Lovely job

Awesome job.

Remember my cousin gettin a new one of them back same time £1200 quid how times have changed

Great video Rob and another brilliant restoration.I need to catch up on your latest projects as I’ve missed a few of them. Guzzi’s going well👍🏻. Just hope some better weather’s on the way.

👏👏👏👏👏 Extraordinary!

The 1982 RM250 was a monster of a buzzbomb! I raced a 1982 YZ250 and wish I had the RM.

oh yeah

That is an RM250D. AN animal powerband and i broke many rear mudguards going off the back at high speed 40 years ago. Shredded my mx pants to ribbons and my mother had to take all the stone debris out of my gravel rash ass with a pair of tweezers. Wouldn't change those experiences as they are memorable. Couldn't sit down for 2 weeks 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Jhave you hot the link for the warning labels? I got a set from the USA only they were rather expensive. I've scanned them only the chrome fork one is a pain.

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Love the video mate. Would enjoy it a bit more if the edits weren't so quick. Feels rushed. Would love to see a bit more of your process rather than 2 second clips. Would happily watch a much longer video

We're these the 1st single shock full floater water-cooled versions, I had a 83 125 and a mate had an 80 which still had twin shock and air cooling.

This video mildly depressed me I did exactly this in the in 2002 only for it to disappear with my quad damn I miss those bikes but great video I'm gonna subscribe

What is needed is a cost breakdown. 1025 quid is good if true but I reckon somethings not right. Some things like bearings and seals re-used are a false economy.

Rob, you do some amazing work and are very resourceful at coming up with solutions to repair parts that most people would scrap. I was wondering if you re-zinc bolts etc. after blasting/wire wheeling? I havent seen you show that process so was curious if thats something you do? Great to see the old RM back up and running and looking so great. Cheers from Australia

You've not got a spare airbox for sale have you by any chance? The 250 upto 83 shares the same airbox with the 465 and 500.

That rod bearing sounded rough...

if more people restored motorcycles, there would be less crime, just saying...

Blasting with bearings still in place... Painting over bolts and nuts... I think you cut too many corners.