Yes. That's the reason I didn't pay much attention towards what my mech said; anyway, he also nodded for Glad's frontal forks.

Oh!!! But JD, I would loved to get them chromed; Actually desperate, love to see the chromed axles & front hub (disc brake hub) will look with those nicy shiny, chromy look (inspired by Harley) without running into issues. But will chroming them increase the size to such extend? I cannot scrap of some metal too.

Nice idea, but should fit, let me check.

Also JD, appreciate if you can give me an into on difference between powder coat paint VS high heat paint. Thanks.

The hub can be chromed... with regards to the axles the only parts that will be visble are the axle head, and nut on either side.


High heat paints - Hi-Temp Auto Paint - Net4Sale - A division of Global Internet Business Solutions, LLC

Stove Paint - High Temperature Stove Paint


Engine Enamel & High Heat


In NCR i found this listing -

High Temperature Paint Supplier




Powder coating - Powder coating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pradeep was able to source std size ART piston for me.

So Sriram, did you feel any difference between stock & ART?
Has anyone here found a marginal difference between ART & OE pistons? Requesting your inputs pls. Tks.

- I'm getting what you're trying to say, but, sorry JD, I'm like, either do it completely or don't do it; I'll chrome the existing ones on my bike & preserve what I've bought. Let me see how it goes & if something goes wrong, I still have the OE's with me, if not, I'll stick to the chromed ones. How does that sound?

- Thanks JD

Deto. +10 with that. The company guys does not have any clue what they are saying. Probably too much for them to think about a bike that was last produced 15 years ago. Had enough of these crap with TVS and Yamaha.

Look for some friendly dealers, or members here in xbhp who can source parts for you. Do not expect a bill in every case, because most rare items demand a premium and they deserve it. I just restored my 19 year old RX and found almost all the parts I needed. Took some time and patience, but I was able to get them. Not impossible.

If you want to get some extra enthu for the restoration check the finished pics here, it is possible to make a factory roll out RX even now also.

That's always available , besides I'm not in the mood of impossible; I'm already seeing many of our friends helping me & I'm really indebted to them. Taking time for me is atleast 1 year but not a overnight or just a month of waiting; As I've (B)logged before, I'm not in hurry as I already have a new OE 132 CC 4 speed barrel bought in Aug/Sep 09. I feel that's the main part, anyway, here's a restoration that I started as rebuilding an RX100 turned out to be different one for various practical reasons & the support I get from XBHP is immense.

Anyway to make the long story short, I've an option to throw away money right now & get the rebuild done OR buy part by part, know what parts are they, where they fit in, what should look good, what needs to be changed to give different look, what goes into quality paint job, chroming, wiring, jetting & what's best than an OE part gives me immense strength. I'm more interested to learn on what goes into the bike rather than getting the bike rebuilt & post here to show my accomplishments to folks here.

I don't intend to offend anyone, but the base point is, few years from now, it may be hard to find out a 2 stroke mech & at that point in time, if I don't know the DNA of my bike, believe me, either the existing 2 stroke mechs are going to see me as an object of business or learn 2 stroke mechanics using my bike. Hope you got the point my friend

Last but not the least - every week I find atleast 1 beautiful RX on the road & most of the times, I request them to stop & ask them how they carried out the rebuild; all the time their response is - "I don't know Saar, my mechanic did everything, how is the work?"; I'm still hoping to find out a different answer atleast from one person in the city.

My vision is different, when someone stops me to ask how & where I did the restore, my answer should be - "I did it all by myself, takes about half a day to explain the work, call me or visit this URL to know how the work was carried out". Tell me, now isn't that what you would want to hear?

The points that you have said all comes down to your personal preferences. There are 100s of possibilities, specially with a RX. What you foresee, might look good today, you might find it complete crap later (if you are drifting from the OE specs). Regarding the painting etc, you would be looking for the right professional who does a serious job.

But yes, your points are perfectly inline, and it is a part of rebuilding the bike.

^^^That's why I take time, find the right set of things to do the right things rather than hurry up to things & mess up later; as you see, I started off for an Rx100 rebuild & found that's not the thing I'll like in the long run; then it turned out how to build the best on the specs; once I'm convinced on that, now its turning up to the paint & chroming job.

Exactly. I'm glad you got the point

BTW, @Swingarm - as your handle states, if you're some expert in swing arms, can you help me with this project? I'm finding to source out an OE swing arm; if you have some experience on making one, can you shed some light pls? Thanks.

Regarding my question on Chroming & Painting Rossiter had provided a valuable input on a different thread; I'm learning more about the painting technique now.

Link that Rossiter pointed - http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/superbik...erhauling.html

LOL, no I am no expert on swingarms, it is just my id. , I can look for you the OE swingarm for RX100, probably it is available. Regarding paints, you can go for the DuPoint 2K paints. Atleast that is what I prefer.

Ok, no issues.

Todays learning - Its all DuPont the primer, the Base, Hardner, Lacker all are form DuPont
^^^ What's the difference between the primer & base? I thought both are the same.

In order of application:

Peeling of older paint.
Rubbing with water paper.
Putty (If required)
Rubbing with water paper.
Apply Primer
Apply Base Coat
Apply Top Coat
Apply Stickers
Apply Lacquer

2k paints are not glossy themselves, their finish highly depend on the lacquer used and applied.

Thanks man; this is giving me a good idea as how to carry out the paint job & the difference between base coat & primer; however I like to add 3 coats of paint like how Sunil did, 1 base & 2 top coats; in my case, there may not be any stickers, may be XBHP, if I can get one by then .

BTW, some questions to you...
1. What're 2K paints? You mean Rs 2000 or something else?
2. What is water paper? I'm aware of only emery paper & sand paper. Shouldn't I be using an emery paper here for the metals?


If I were to use anti rust coating from 3M or so, at which stage should I do that?

Appreciate your tip on Lacquer quality, I'll keep that in mind.

- Sure to go for Gladiator front forks
- I bought 3 axle rods that are bronze in color; I was just thinking how would it look if I chrome them - I'm still thinking what to do, I love to do this, but practically its not adviced. So I'm sitting on this one.
- Also was planning to get the side stand chromed!!! - May be I'll go in for TBT's or get this chromed; its simple here though.
- The final outcome I'm seeing is a Rx100 look with Rx135 4/5 speed barel with 5 speed gearbox & 5 speed sprocketing.
- Painting is an area that I'm learning now; Thanks to JD, hisunil, swingarm, rossiter, Iamvik for sharing their knowledge on painting to me; I'm still learning, but now feel confident that I've some basics; still need to learn more on 3M's anti rust, clear coat etc.
- Wheel spokes - I don't wish to change to alloys & hence considering the spokes from Honda or Herohonda from Unicorn/CBZ etc & those wheels should be of 18 inches.
- Backlight the speedo console, Neutral, Highbeam & turn lights with LED, probably white (JD will be angry if I don't do this & sorry JD for not mentioning it earlier; But I like this idea)

If you are plonking a 5speed gearbox then run it on a 5speed barrel also. 4S barrel and 5S gearbox Whats the fun?