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topgunmaniac


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Hey Guys Im Rebuilding a OLD DT Into a Motocross bike, thought id keep u posted as ill probably need some help along the way,, 

This Is The Old Bike,, Runs But Badly With SOooo MAny Exhaust Holes




This Is The New Frame Im putting it all onto,,


Tank With Primer


Plastics With Primer (Front is standard- Back is UFO KTM 125 SX,,  little bashed But Dosnt Show when its on the bike)




-- Edited by topgunmaniac on Saturday 31st of October 2009 11:23:23 AM

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Cool nice project ... but how come the pics say 2006 ?

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the date on his camera might not be set up right

looking forward to seeing more progress :D

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Yeah I know , that's why I asked lol

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hehe thanx for the interest,, i changed the batterys lol and couldnt be botherd to change the time, your an observent lot,, btw the who ever did that 15 page rebuild with pics turned it into SM well done to you,, just cleaning the rust off the frame at the moment,,,   also anyone wishing to find out a bit bout me and where i live and stuff, its in the noob catagory just look for the only post by topgunman2


-- Edited by topgunmaniac on Saturday 31st of October 2009 02:18:52 PM

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What colours are you going for man ?

Cant wait to see it painted

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black frame, and sparkly green plastics,, dont have the side plastics yet,, hard to find,, and black tank,, shud have more pics on tomorow

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nice , update when you can

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Bit Of a lazy day today coz it rained alot,,

took of the swingarm,



And Sprayed it after having a go with the wire brush and sand paper


heres the finished plastics,,, they glitter at difrents points when the suns on them



Def need knew exhaust system,,, old one has 2 many porbs..



These are the paints and primers i used


And heres my makeshift garage,, lol i cant use the kitchen my mum wont let me hehe,,,




Things are a bit slow,,, just doing more framework until i got my hamorite,, guna need new exhaust all through but its hard to find for this year,, and side [plastics? any ideas,? i think there push on


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looking good so far , im sure plastics are on Ebay , if not yamaha will still do them

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cheerz m8,, i will give ebay a look, and the exhaust i can prob buy from shop here,, what is the best thing to stop them making holes and rusting?

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Constant cleaning mate , what year DT is it ill have a look for bits too

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i hav e a feeling its a 1983, somehwhere round there,, aircooled drum braked model

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It's not a uk bike that model was never available here, was in Australia and several other countries...it's been imported



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wish I had a shed with that sort of space to work on my bike good work too by the way nice little project comming along smile.gif

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Sorry for no updates,,, but its winter here and weather has kinda made me lose interest at themmomnet,,, mabe a new girlfriend has somehing to do with it hehe,,, plus xmas and bday's left me with not much money, thanx for all the help so far though

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No work done to it yet ;-(( shoot meno ,, been lazy yawn, hehe, comments on where to start? (p.s waiting to get nitro mors for the frame smile)

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Did Some More Work Today,, Got Some Hydro Solver to Get On with the rust/paint removal, and it worked quite well, but still need more sand paper work to finish it off,  

Before

After

Real Happy With Top Bracket





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looking good mate, keep going. just keep sanding haha

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tell me about it blankstare hate sanding, its the most anoying thing EVAR,, It wouldnt be as bad if they were all new and shiny parts, wink

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hmm acid bath?

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Wouldnt know where to be able to do one here in cyprus :// i might be able to get my dad to talk nicely to the dudes in the RAF base, in the workshop, see if i can get it sandblasted,, but, otherwise im not sure of the best way to do it

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ah right, yep woudnt have a clue in cyprus. :/ hmm throw sand at it? :D

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Yeah i guess :P Got plenty of it out here HAHA

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haha put it in a big hoover that can blow as well as suck ... (sounds dodgy?) ... and blast it at the frame :D not sure what use it will be though :D

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Probably no use, but it might look nice if u record it then play it backwards :P, and yeah that totally sounds dodgey, do you own one ?? :P

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lmao, no i dont haha .. unfortunately .. lol jokes

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electrolysis ;) youtube it (Y)

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I read about it earlier :) But thank You for thinking ,,But i wasnt sure how i would be able to do it to something so big :S

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they have huge tanks for it :)

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