I only broke one clutch basket (I tried it by hand, I now use air tools) and spent alot of time reading and rereading a manual. It never really ran great, but good enough for me, it was my first dirt bike and it taught me alot about how a bike works. We named the bike Frankenstein, for all the mixed parts that went in to make it run. I rode it for 2 summers and one winter when the compression dropped. The shock was totally blown and I put it to the side. I was going to sell it when I decided to give it to my brother because I couldn't stand looking at it anymore. He was going to fix it up in Texas, and that was 3 years ago. He brought it back up last winter, along with the 1985 rm250 (before restoration) so we could sell it, but we couldn't part with it. I fixed the 250, now I think its time for the 125