DT125R ARCHIVE

Seiki · Admin

RE: Not bad for £160, let the stripping commence!

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

will do later mate. Your just the man I need tho got a quick question. are your powervalve cables crossed or uncrossed? as I'm struggling to get over 45 at mo

Seiki · Admin

Uncrossed mate, damn if my old pc worked I could show you a pic.

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

kl mate that's all I need to know. I got the same problem with PC luckily my phone can pretty much act as my PC lol

Seiki · Admin

Let us know how you get on with that, would like to see it running

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Right, went to take her for a spin and noticed a puddle of coolant so think the ****ty head gasket has gone again, gonna get a proper yammy one this time as fed up with the patterns. Still took her for a spin and managed to hit 61mph lol heres some pics up farley mount (had to give her a clean wen i got there as she was covered in mud).

Havent got an onbord cam and had no one with me so decided to record it from my pocket on my phone lol not much to look at but you can hear the bike.

http://youtu.be/z3X9VQkt5CU

-- Edited by DangerousDave87 on Saturday 5th of November 2011 04:36:50 PM

-- Edited by DangerousDave87 on Saturday 5th of November 2011 04:40:10 PM

Seiki · Admin

Nice one mate looks really good, sounds spot on too

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

cheers mate I'm well pleased. there's still bits I wanna do/redo but that can wait for now. gonna order a gasket this week hopefully, then do rest when weather is too bad

Seiki · Admin

Yeah definitely stick to oem gaskets mate

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

yeah I've gone through 2 patterns already. might try Athena ones tho they look quite good

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

alright guys not been on for a while due to not doing much with bike. had a little fiddle recently to try n get her running again but not joy, so Ive made the decision to strip n sell it. If anyone needs any parts let me know as the whole things gotta go. only parts I wont be selling are the digital dash and the twin pipes as I'm gonna save these for my next bike(husky sms125), inbox me if you want any parts

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

dude fk sake =[ thats well gutting all that time and effert wasted =[

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

I know mate. I really don't wanna sell up as I love the bike to bits and have put so much money and effort into but the money sides of things are just getting stupid now. I must of spent about 1700 all in and I just can't justify throwing more money at when I can buy this husky for 1800

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

because a husky will not look so nice it will be quicker but will want more moeny spending on pistons rings and re bores it wont have that i build this bike from frame up felling a engine doesnt cost that much would be worth it to buy that if you split the dt u wont get 1700 back and will end up haveing to put a few hundred towards it anyway and insureance will probly cost more =]

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

I like the look of the husky personally. I know it will cost more in maintenance but I don't plan on using it as much now that I'm driving. I know ill never get back the money I've put into the dt, but I knew that from the start. I'm just fed up with problem after problem with it, and can't be doing with it stressing me out every time it goes wrong. I just want something I can jump on and ride and if the husky falls through ill probably buy a dtx anyway. nothings set in stone at the moment, my uncles interested in alot of the bits for his but I want to get out and have a look at the weekend before I decide for definate

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

you'll be happy to hear I'm keeping the dt. Bought an engine off eBay last night for 250 posted, its from an 02 bit perfect runner. only downside is I sold all my panels and seat so now gotta get all that stuff again

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

yay and ow dam who did you sell them to i have a seat that needs re covering so would be perfect for you to cut down then re foam if your intrested mate

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

sold them to my uncle so might just Nick his old ones for now till I buy more, sold them for full price though so don't really lose out. yeah ill prob have it off ya mate how much u after for it?

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

like 15 posted mate does that sound all right mate

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

yeah that's sound mate, ill sort it out with you next week if that's kl, need to put some money in my account

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

fine with me man haha im just gunna save it to pay for my mod 2 re take

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Engines all in and running, seeing as I sold my new panels to my uncle I bought his old ones for 45. All I need to get her on road now is, front mudguard as uncle didn't give me his, new headlight (got my uncles original but not gonna use it), recover n shape my uncles seat, expansion chamber as mines had it, new levers and taillight. Also this time, after seeing bradders and steves day out, I'm gonna go to the dark side n go all black but with bit of orange. Already cut the panels down n gonna start prepping them tomoz, will add some pics as I go

SUPERSTEVE · Guru

Welcome to the dark side Luke, I mean dave lol, we went out earlier for bait os mischief lol

Wicked news it's all running sweet tho dude!!!!

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Cheers darth! I need to find me a riding buddy but everyone I knows got sports bikes or ****y little 125 Chinese 4 stroke pieces of wank lol. Trimmed the seat base other day, thinking about replacing foam with memory foam but not sure if it'll work, might just top it off with some for that cushy feeling. Test fitted the Panels and you can see the expansion bottle so gotta sort that some how. Also been building a shopping list on eBay m heres what I wanna get so far:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380230922123

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150747957716

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140699456258

-- Edited by DangerousDave87 on Wednesday 22nd of February 2012 05:49:37 PM

SUPERSTEVE · Guru

All good man, use it as a topper, cut a chunk out where you sit and replace with better stuff, seen it done before.

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Kl I'll give it a go at weekend, hot some stuff that like 4 inches thick lol

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Alright guys n gals, im back with the twins. Pulled the bike out saturday and it looked like this

Done a bit of work over the weekend and got it here

Side panels have reacted so need redoing

Ordered a load of goodies off ebay so another update when its all here.

DangerousDave87 · DTR Senior Member

Thanks Energized, yeah the matt black may only be temporary till I can get new panels still undecided on that one. Got a couple of goodies today.

New seat cover, gonna have fun fitting that. Also got these beauties :)

Soz bout cam quality but I shake a lot lol

-- Edited by DangerousDave87 on Wednesday 14th of August 2013 04:44:45 PM

Energized · DTR Legend

Awesome man welcome back! I'm glad you've gone for a matt black finish, looks great!

Energized · DTR Legend

Niceeeee sport bike lever set??? And try keep it matt black :P!