DT125R ARCHIVE

pea · DTR Respected Member

RE: 88 DTR Part 2

Seiki · Admin

lol cheers guys , it's more the cops im worried about and the fact I've coated over the frame numbers lol .

Will have to scratch it off at one stage ,

Will be finishing this soon , had enough of it in the house furious

-- Edited by Seiki on Tuesday 22nd of September 2009 08:29:30 PM

.... · Guru

sweet mate good job, lovely bike

ben350 · Guru

On powder coated frame numbers you could try warming the plastic slightly with a heat gun then 'writing' the numbers again by tracing the old ones with a byro pen.

I did mine without heat and they came out 'ok' with some heat and a steady hand it should be better.

-- Edited by ben350 on Friday 25th of September 2009 08:34:44 PM

-- Edited by ben350 on Friday 25th of September 2009 08:35:05 PM

Seiki · Admin

hmm good idea , will give that a go !!

Seiki · Admin

Right , I'm back to finish what I started :up:

Took it out the dust sheets and managed to bungle it outside . Still needs a few bits doing but the wheels are in works for those .

Still needs

Brake hoses
Indy's
Vapour
DEP
Ignition barrel
License plate

And that's about it . I've sourced all the parts just need to afford them but tbh I've been giving it a break . Needed to pay bills etc .

Anyhoo

A few outside pics near finished as I didn't take any proper ones last time around . I'd like to say a couple weeks and it'll be on the road but I said that last year too lol

This is how you get a bike over a large step , on your own

before and after

Tomorrow or later tonight I'm going to take apart the rear caliper I bought and get it painted or ready for painting . Need to do my carb now as well .

And yeah I still have the white fender to put back on it

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

RE: 88 DTR Part 2 ( FINAL ROUND !!! )

Seiki · Admin

Prob pinned mate , until I can find one for this year bike ... they're VERY rare !!!

craigbulmer · Guru

wont a 89-03 one fit?
you shoulda bought one a year younger haha :)
looks so mint tho!! better than a new dtx!

Seiki · Admin

No idea mate but my model ran from 88 to 93 so it should , seen one ?

thanks btw guys

craigbulmer · Guru

oh right thought it was 89 but gdgd :)

are you looking for a servo motor or the whole lot? im sure i saw at least a servo motor on ebay .. do you use ebay at all?

craigbulmer · Guru

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-DT125-1999-Power-Valve-Motor_W0QQitemZ290355440244QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item439a886a74&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1197wt_1165

snaggle · DTR Member

Stunning job mate .. Jut read all the 15 page build hehe

Quick question for ya . Im rebuilding my sons bike atm (although not a frame up rebuild) Did u respray the plastic panels ? If so was it with plasticote ? and if so what exact type did u use and what laquer did you use if any ?

Many Thanks

Snaggle

Seiki · Admin

Thanks mate , tbh for me painting the plastics was a complete waste of time mate . It just doesn't look like new and is too fragile . I ended up scratching and chipping everything I painted so ended up buying new or keeping them faded .

The actual plastics I bought all new but before I did I was mostly using Plasticote paint with plastic primer and lacquer . they sell it in BQ , Wilkinsons etc .

I'ds say weigh up the costs mate . Each can was about £6 each and I'm sure I spent about £100 on cans alone , whereas all new plastics cost the same .

Painting bits works , for a while but then the parts become fragile which I didn't want

craigbulmer · Guru

its not me being silly, the rear side panels arent standard are they? they have more of an edge to them dont they? where did you get all the new panels from?

i bet your going to scream when you go through a muddy puddle lol ouch, i scrubbed my bike til everything was gleaming, then it rained over night and my work was ruined within 2 minutes lol

-- Edited by craigbulmer on Thursday 15th of October 2009 07:03:23 PM

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

they are standard panels cut down ;)

Seiki · Admin

Yup yup , standard

Ryan22 · DTR Respected Member

what happened to the DEP that came with the bike?

snaggle · DTR Member

Seiki wrote:

Thanks mate , tbh for me painting the plastics was a complete waste of time mate . It just doesn't look like new and is too fragile . I ended up scratching and chipping everything I painted so ended up buying new or keeping them faded .

The actual plastics I bought all new but before I did I was mostly using Plasticote paint with plastic primer and lacquer . they sell it in BQ , Wilkinsons etc .

I'ds say weigh up the costs mate . Each can was about £6 each and I'm sure I spent about £100 on cans alone , whereas all new plastics cost the same .

Painting bits works , for a while but then the parts become fragile which I didn't want

Yup i feared as much :( The panels i have arent bad but there not good . (black) And not found a way to polish them to remove scratches etc . Dont get me wrong they clean up okish but i wish i could find a product that returned the polish from worn/rubbed areas as no wax/polish i have found does it .

The original panels will do for the moment but i plan a frame up rebuild when i move and then i may look at new panels as will no doubt supermoto it .

Snaggle

Seiki · Admin

I've heard of a method that bodyshops use on plastics , they call it sweating the plastic but I have no idea what they do .

How about covering them up with some grahics ?

The DEP on the bike is there mate but I need the end can , it was a standard one on the bike when I bought it .

Seiki · Admin

Anytime you guys want plastics go to this guy , cheapest around and OEM quality

All plastics and colours are in his shop

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/filed7071/

Seiki · Admin

craigbulmer wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-DT125-1999-Power-Valve-Motor_W0QQitemZ290355440244QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycle_Parts?hash=item439a886a74&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_1197wt_1165

Thanks mate but that's the wrong one , I need a 2 wire motor

snaggle · DTR Member

Seiki wrote:

Anytime you guys want plastics go to this guy , cheapest around and OEM quality

All plastics and colours are in his shop

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/filed7071/

Looks good but thats only the old plastic . Do you know anyone that does the new shape stuff (For 04 plate)

Ta

Snaggle

Seiki · Admin

Hmm no mate , but iirc my mate at Yamaha said they were cheaper than older plastics so maybe get a quote mate .

Seiki · Admin

Started to do rear caliper today but then got distracted with something that's been annoying me . The headlight was still sitting too far forward and was annoying me . Also I didn't like the route Yamaha took the loom through , It meant cutting a huge hole in the fender which I didn't like .

So the headlight bracket had to go completely , this will cause a couple issues later on , like where the hell to put the flasher relay . Anyways it had to go . Bit annoyed though as I cut the headlight months ago so it would fit around the damn bracket . Now it turns out I needed the part I cut off !!

Anyways

Front off again

The route I'm taking the loom ( it went underneath before if you didn't know )

The bigass hole I had to cut to allow the loom to pass through

And now the headlight sits a bit better , still room for the wires , ignition barrel and headlight to fit . I personally think it looks a lot better even though it's only moved an inch ( literally )

The gap before

Here you can see where I cut the headlight plastic at the top . So the bands holding it on are too close now . easily fixed though since they provided extra brackets . Not really what the brackets are meant for but it'll work fine

.... · Guru

88 DTR Part 2 ( Update )

.... · Guru

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Panel-Edge-Trim_W0QQitemZ200395064726QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_BoatEquipment_Accessories_SM?hash=item2ea87a0596

Seiki · Admin

cool man , use it where ? lol

craigbulmer · Guru

have you sprayed a white front fender black lol? .. looks so nice n clean haha

.... · Guru

for where you have chopped the headlight, use the trim to make it look like it hasnt been cut

or just get the dremmel on the beast lol