DT125R ARCHIVE

craigbulmer · Guru

RE: My 2001 DT125

fray · Guru

Yep will get it sorted!! LOL the yz stickers will be staying for the while :-p

Yeh im on Ls the pics were took before i put them on. Got a new set of rear indicators now and a smaller number plate with the L underneath so looks a bit different.

Should be going for a ride up to the Clee Hills with my Dad on his Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe the weekend (all being well!!) and he will be taking his photography stuff so hopefully will get some nice shots!! Wont be me takin em tho!!

fray · Guru

Another update!!! lol

Heard form the mechanics today, they said they fitted a 1.75mm oversize piston and it was still rattling so they had to send the barrel to a engineering place to be measured properly! The engineers have said it needs a rebore.

They have ordered a 2mm oversize piston kit and the engineering place are re boring my cylinder to that piston so hopefully when i get my bike back everything will be ok. They have said it should be ready on tuesday!!

Wont be using those mechanics again in a hurry!!!

fray · Guru

Got my bike back today after they rebored the cylinder and fitted a 2mm oversize piston, sounds sooo much better now and the kickstart is a lot firmer so more compression biggrin

Connected my PV servos back up aswell!!

It seems to pull way better from low revs and doesnt drop speed if i stay at constant revs on a slight hill! Havent taken it above 5k yet and wont be for about 300 miles!

Im thinking now that my PV servos were always backwards as its made so much difference and coz the old piston and rings were in decent condition the compression couldnt have been that low.

Im just glad they have got it right this time!!! biggrin

woll · Guru

Now you can get them feckin yz stickers off

craigbulmer · Guru

Good :D:D

bloody finally lol they charge you any more for the rebore?? a few mistakes like that could put the company under .. cuz obviously your never gonna go there again!

fray · Guru

Cheerz craig! Nah they didnt charge me anymore!! Your right in times like this you cant afford to mess your customers about, i won have any mechanic work done there but will use them for oil and bits

Im worried that if i rip the yz stickers off it will take the stickers underneath off and look a mess!! Will get some new pics up 2moz!

element · DTR Senior Member

cool thing is now your on your last bore.. wont think you can get much more out of it.. plus side is you prob got an extra 5cc.. could do the maths if I cud remember...

-- Edited by element on Tuesday 23rd of March 2010 09:46:02 PM

fray · Guru

Cant dt cylinders be re-sleeved then?

Yeh i was thinking bout the extra cc, would the bike need to be upjetted to see the effects of the extra cc?

Cant wait till ive done the run in!! Top speed i got before was 75, im gonna see if it alters at all with the fresh top end and extra 1mm bore on the cylinder, ive also removed the reed switch from the back of the speedo which should help!! biggrin

craigbulmer · Guru

how did you pull to 75 with the reed switch in hahaha ...

nah you wont need to mess with the jettings ..
it should pull of the clocks really ... mine did, with a big one exhaust lol

fray · Guru

Haha dow no mate that just what it did, it has got a full dep tho. Could only get 75 down a slight hill on a flat could get just over 70! Thats on the dt clocks tho not gps.

fray · Guru

Been out on my bike today with my mate on his yzf 450 quad, had a good blast around on road then went for a play off road!! Took a couple of pics!!

The day ended up badly for my mate tho, we had just come off a park where we had been ragging round back onto the road and my mates quad just dumped all its coolant/water out with a big hiss, we looked down to find 2 cracks in the cylinder from top to bottom!!! Luckily we was right by his house so we pushed it back.

woll · Guru

I refuse to take you seriously until you take off them fudgin yz stickers

fray · Guru

lol, why do you hate the yz stickers so much?

woll · Guru

Well mainly because its a dt not a yz lol its like the little chavs they buy a standard corsa and put vxr stickers on try to make them go faster lol

fray · Guru

lol i know what you mean! They were on the bike when i bought it tho.

Im not leaving them on so ppl think its a yz i just think the red breaks the blue and white up a bit!

craigbulmer · Guru

besides that they say YZ .. not DT, they are pig ugly haha

fray · Guru

Each to thier own and all that! Its my bike and im not fussed what you lot think ov the stickers

craigbulmer · Guru

haha fair enough. We will let you look like a donkey :)

btw, its a nice quad ;)
and dt..

fray · Guru

Hehe they will come off one day!! When i cant take the jip no more!!! lmao..

Yeh the quad is a beast, my mate wants to make his mind up on what he wants tho!! He had a 02 YZF 426 supermoto (on road converted from off road), swapped that for a 98 R1 then swapped that for the 04 YFZ 450 quad!! Think hes gonna keep the quad for a bit now tho. Hes had to take the engine out and take it somewhere to be repaired after mullering it the weekend!!!

Im having a new back tyre fitted 2moz just gonna get the Bridgestone Trailwing 302 replaced with a new one, then gonna fit the rear brake pads ive got within the next few days.

fray · Guru

Couple more pics of my bike and one of my new rear tyre!!

Awaits comments about the yz stickers wink

lol

woll · Guru

:P would look loooaaaaddddddsss better with hpires rear fender + no rack ;) but if you want a standard rear fender i got one better cond than yours few scratches and some stickers on it pm me if you want it and ill get some pics ;) new tyre looks sweeeeet. Im jealous my panels arent the same colour as my tank (i think some fecker did a bad paint job on it imo)

ps. get them fudgin stickers offf :D would looks miles better

fray · Guru

I no it would look better without the rack but i use it to strap my fenderpack onto to carry my almax chain. Are the hpires rear fenders the sort of pointy ones? Have you got a link to one? Im pretty pleased with how it looks at the moment the only thing i would change is the rear fender as i think it looks a bit short and droopy!!

Cheerz about the tyre, it bloody cost me enough. £97 for the tyre, new innertube and fitting to the bike! The old one had worn square, there was only about 1.5mm left in the middle. Went out with my mate on his quad the other day and couldnt get any traction neither could i stop so had to bite the bullet and get it changed!!

Has someone sprayed your panels then or has the tank been resparyed?

dtrcruzer · DTR Senior Member

£97

for a rear tyre and tube i paid 90quid for front and rear maxxis tyres and two innertubes :)

Seiki · Admin

fray wrote:

I no it would look better without the rack but i use it to strap my fenderpack onto to carry my almax chain. Are the hpires rear fenders the sort of pointy ones? Have you got a link to one? Im pretty pleased with how it looks at the moment the only thing i would change is the rear fender as i think it looks a bit short and droopy!!

Look in the framework section , all the info is there in a sticky .

woll · Guru

I think the tanks been reprayed imo its almost a purple colour, when i got my hpires fender i compared it to the panels and they were about the same colour but the fender against the tank there was a massive difference it really did look like a bluey purple

fray · Guru

dtrcruzer wrote:

£97 for a rear tyre and tube i paid 90quid for front and rear maxxis tyres and two innertubes :)

I no mate! The tyre i had is a dear one tho. I had a look into those maxxis tyres you got and i cant find out for defo if they are road legal. From what i can find on the internet the Bridgestone TW302's which ive got last agesssss. I think the one i just took off is the original tyre so done 10,000 miles. Doubt the maxxis will last that long.

fray · Guru

Cheerz seiki ill have a gander!!

Maybe the plastics or paint on the tank has faded in the sunlight woll?

-- Edited by fray on Saturday 3rd of April 2010 11:38:04 AM

dtrcruzer · DTR Senior Member

the tyres are defo road legal mate a couple of my mate av got them aswell and have got through the m.o.t with them on and it said road legal motox tyres on them as for how long they last my mates had his on for atleast 4-5months and there nearly dues a newe set

the tyre you have i uset to have them on mine carnt remember how much i paid when i had mine done but i dont think it was anywere near that

woll · Guru

not the plastics i got a new hpires rear fender new a few weeks ago and it was almost exact same colour as the other plastics and i doubt the tank would fade to a darker colour but who knows lol i dont care about it anymore i have a bad feeling the clutch is almost knakered :( and if it goes before ive got another bike who knows what will happen to the bike :@