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Needed to take front wheel out and had a bit of a job. Every single fastener had either seized or broken, had to drill most bolts out. Gave up with calliper bolts as severely rounded off. Thats the trouble with RS125's every young lad has worked on them with a mulgrip tool selection.
I wanted a decent front end an tis isn't it. Felt like one leg hasn't even got a spring in it.
Did a fair bit of research to see what would fit. Decided the best value were GRXR, lots of them are virtually identical so will fit the triple clamps. These are GSXR 750 SRAD and were advertised on eBay as "Horrible condition, worst on Ebay" Decided to have a punt at £29.99 inc post, and they came today. They are all there and straight, nothing broken or cracked, few broken bolts but nothing i can't fix. Need new seals and dust seals, they came today too. I cleaned one of the lowers up and it looks good, the sliders are good too.

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