DT125R ARCHIVE

i have the chain go up and over still but with the padlock on the footrest bracket and the chain so they can't get anything in there to try and pry it, also has a 120db alarmed disc lock so shouldn't be going anywhere

Also been doing alot of work on my next top end, its +2mm (133cc) ,taken back the scavenge to tzr 250 'sp' spec which lines up nicely with a 4fu base gasket and got a piston with a correct size skirt to suit (wider gap on the scavenge basically), taken all the defects out of the casting, reshaped and blended the front legs for good flow off the reeds and good opposite flow to the boost port. just need to finish up the exhaust flow, improve the port map a tad and get another head to match up and set the squish band on that.

yeah, its not the pansy harley mt 350 :P it was a amstrong mt 500 with a ccm 604 race motor jammed in it!

had 110 mph out of it (44mm carb, long stroke etc following the supermono tune) probably could have got a tad more but never played around with tall sprockets for long as used it alot offroad, not too hard to convert them to electric start (if you can weld) or you can just set a armstrong up properly so its easy to kickstart but 99% of their riders club seem to fail at managing that! lol, stick with the dtr, with a bit of work they are a way better bike

-- Edited by fuggie on Sunday 15th of May 2011 03:29:48 PM

rd as in yamaha twostroke? would be a bit of a waste putting that in a mt 350! with the porky ole frame on them things, would be pimp in the dt though, been thinking about using a tzr 250 engine as similar top end to what we have exept two of them! making spannies to fit is the challenge with that though

the tzr's a twin, i did build a suzuki x7 (250 twostroke twin) and styled it like a armstrong, put the front end on it, tank and seat, far lighter but looked the part, the mt's frame is like putting a rd engine onto a pylon lol!

how shes lookin now, the paints getting a bit ratty now but guna be a while till i can be bothered to strip it again, probs go for a powder coat next time.  got a set of oxford heated grips on it now, they are awesome! ridden so many winters without them lol also managed to squeese a second radiator on there from a wr 200, definatly needed as gassing it down the duel carriage way when late for work it gets way too hot!

-- Edited by fuggie on Thursday 9th of June 2011 06:25:12 PM

cheers man, yeah kinda got a proper 80's look to it now! 

-- Edited by fuggie on Thursday 9th of June 2011 09:24:01 PM

Made a start on the parts that aren't at the engineers, first up is the seat which isn't too bad from when i last recovered it except for a bulge in the front and a couple of creases at the rear. so took the front off and cut the foam to suit, then took the rear off put a patch on it and restretched the vinyl to remove the creases as best as possible, deffo not the easiest material to work on a seat shaped like this but not looking too bad now.

then thought i'd get the rad guards off to respray them...found the brackets to bolt them on were semi mullered and the screws seriously rusted up, (one of the few things left that havn't been apart). Since the brackets were unuseable i cut them back and have attempted to get creative on it as seems a total waste to get a new radiator for the sake of a silly little plastic guard.

Next I cut out a plate of aluminium with holes to attach the guard to

Then dug around the garage, was hoping for liquid metal but the best i came across was grab adhesive

Guna tidy it up when its set, bit of a gamble as to whether the grab adhesive will work with the heat from the rad but fingers crossed

-- Edited by fuggie on Wednesday 14th of September 2011 12:32:35 PM

I do love them headlights on the bike but what a pain to fit! had to drill and rivet mounts onto the lights so they'd fit onto the lugs on the top yoke where the speedo and rev counter went and get the mounts spot on so the lights would be at the right angle! think I may have to make a extra brace for them as they have a hard life mounted like that and can loosen the rivets over time.

a small update on what i've done which isn't alot as the engineer still hasn't finished the engine mounts :s sprayed the panels and tank which have come out fairly good despite mamoth amounts of sanding, spraying and resanding etc deffinatly not my area of expertise which is why I normally pansie out and go matt black as its hard to make it look bad lol 

also made a cover for the airbox roof, tuning for slightly less power atm and trying to claw back some fuel economy as origionally I didn't plan on doing quite so much mileage on the bike! in theory this and a couple of other bits i plan to do should increase the velocity of air flow giving a better signal to the jets so could actually work better with the tdr carb as I was getting to the point of running over a 400 main jet which is rediculous...in theory anyhow lol 

another bit that looks grim but its hidden under the seat so not too fussed and guna give it a tidy up when its set

well overdue its back in one piece at last, just needs a bit of tidying up to finish off, and that front mudguard has to go!

-- Edited by fuggie on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:30:36 PM

weh hey! ur back lol looking good m8y