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Nathlaad · DTR Legend

RE: DT 125 RE/ UPDATED WITH NEW PICS

Reef · Guru

MDK wrote:
reef wrote:
I'm guessing no one like the idea of that amount of red?? What's your opinion?? ;) I'm thinking scrap the idea of red gear/brake lever and stay with silver to match the forks and swingarm?? What about the brake lines though, hmm?? :)
I love red and think those red bits could look great .. just have to be carfull not to go over the top ..... but if was me I would go as stupid as you wish with the red bits ? who cares what anyone else thinks . if you like it and your happy with it then screw what others think ... be a individual not a sheep

Yeah good points there MDK, ay pretty sure it wont look over the top, It will hopefully look like ive spent a lot of money on it but nto gone over the top at the same time regarding the colour schemes. Yeah defiantly sticking the idea of having some of it red :)

Haha PINK!! biggrin Guess the chavs would feel less tempted to rob it if it was that colour, **** that then ;) I'd love to have one of them try to steal it, they'd leave with less things in there hand for sure ;) ON** ;)

Reef · Guru

Ay lads, little update, bikes with bradders now, bloke doing the powdering has only one shade of red (red found on seans bike) but not feeling it on mine, does anyone know of any cheapish places where I can buy some powder from, ideally the same colour to the red found on my petrol tank, but if not maybe a vibrant bright red if it comes to it??

Thanks guys

Reef · Guru

Another update, been stripped down to the frame by bradders and top end off, pics to show

Rust on the inside, strange

Original Piston

and the Frame

everything Soon to be sent off to the powder coaters, top end getting rebuilt, all the bodges getting sorted, More custom bits going on to it, wheels have been stripped already as far as i know and waiting for the stainless steal spokes and new nipples so that he can rebuild them and get them painted, so yeah seems to be going pretty well, Cant wait to get it back :D

-- Edited by reef on Thursday 20th of December 2012 07:11:13 PM

-- Edited by reef on Thursday 20th of December 2012 07:51:13 PM

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

Penis barrel

DT-R_bradders · Guru

urgh.. my garage is such a mess! lol leave for few weeks n it gets filled with ****e! lol ps im not talkin bout ur bike j man lol

the barrel is well random tho?? was it sitting long before i got it? i had it running briefly aswell wen i got it. weired lol

DT-R_bradders · Guru

btw did u see pics of the pv??

Calum122 · Guru

That's bizzare. Looks like the head is warped then. That or you're using crap head gasket

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

Cal knows a thing or 2 about crap head, heheheheeheheheheheehehehehehehe

fused420 · DTR Senior Member

Or maybe the head gasket was just blowing?

@Callum Genuine head gaskets can fail aswell, they are not indestructable..

Calum122 · Guru

True lol.

Warped head then

eG x LoGiKzZ · Guru

whats wrong with that head? looks fine to me? piston rings look abit worn tho haha

Calum122 · Guru

Lol. You won't notice by eye that the heads warped. Can happen during overheating. If its warped even slightly it won't sit flush with the gasket letting gasses and water through. Hense the rust.

eG x LoGiKzZ · Guru

im with you now, yeah does seem odd theres rust inside, id have thought the rings would have removed it

Reef · Guru

Ill get some more pics for you in a sec lads once I get home, so if its warped what does that mean/need doing to it then?? With my mechanical knowledge all I'm seeing is parts and rust and therefore can't see what's 'really' worn etc, know its not me working on it I'm just intrigued to know haha, give us two secs and ill get up the pic of the power valve, guessing that's in bad condition as well from what you put bradders

DT-R_bradders · Guru

na m8 the head is fine no signs of it blowing it had original yam gaskets on the head and under tha barrel. dont think its ever been apart tbh. the pv is sound just alot of carbon build up iv clean up one half of it to show the difference ; ) nothong wrong with anything jus due a rebuild to gwt it all fresh again ; )

Reef · Guru

Awesome, yeah knew it was running original piston and never had the head taken off :) I'm glad to hear that though, thought for a second there that it could of needed another head pv etc haha, that's alright then

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

could always set fire to it reefy, fire fixes everything

Reef · Guru

Can't wait to get my baby back now

It's been tough not having it for these last couple of months, not much longer now touch wood :)

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

u love touching wood

DT-R_bradders · Guru

finaly got the frame back after a fcuk ton of agro with the blasting company.. proper messed my powder coater dude around but ne bother its here now! lol

Reef · Guru

Thats mint, in all honesty i thought i wouldnt have liked the tone of red but that looks decent, all of it looks good mate, im well happy with that :D

These pics especially have given me hope lol, its been a tough 6 months without it and these pics show not too long now till I'm riding it again haha, touch wood!

Cant wait to see the rims too man, get those pics sorted too after ya pick them up m8 :)

Mmmm im so chuffed, whats the frame numbers like, visible at all? Know you said you'd make a plate like steve had done for mots and that so either way I'm not fussed, where i take it they wont say anything anyway... :)

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^^^ Brad you got pics of the wheels yet?? And the frame numbers?? Any more progress with it in general too??

-- Edited by Reef on Thursday 2nd of May 2013 07:15:29 PM

Ralzy · Guru

Yeah they will do that no problem for you mate.

Get in touch asap to get the ball rolling as you what they are like beach long, long beach and all that

when it comes to their turnaround its not brilliant, that side of things kinda lets the company down disbelief

Shame really as they would proberly get more work if that side of things was sorted out

-- Edited by Ralzy on Friday 26th of April 2013 10:37:00 PM

Liam12 · DTR Legend

Dat frame!!!

Ralzy · Guru

Nice 1 I like it. Nev`s gone for the red i have aswell biggrin biggrin biggrin

Look forward to seeing it when shes all complete Reefy smile

Reef · Guru

Cheers guys

Same here ;) Ah yeah, you posting ralzy has reminded me into getting into contact with d and d again as you mentioned it to me not so long ago, gonna see this time if there make up the same graphics i got now but each sticker/s covering more of the panel so that it would be easier to keep clean and so that i dont have to replace some of the panels ;)

MDK · DTR Legend

loveing the red

Reef · Guru

Reef wrote:
Thats mint, in all honesty i thought i wouldnt have liked the tone of red but that looks decent, all of it looks good mate, im well happy with that :D

These pics especially have given me hope lol, its been a tough 6 months without it and these pics show not too long now till I'm riding it again haha, touch wood!

Cant wait to see the rims too man, get those pics sorted too after ya pick them up m8 :)

Mmmm im so chuffed, whats the frame numbers like, visible at all? Know you said you'd make a plate like steve had done for mots and that so either way I'm not fussed, where i take it they wont say anything anyway... :)

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^^^ Brad you got pics of the wheels yet?? And the frame numbers?? Any more progress with it in general too??

DT-R_bradders · Guru

picked up the wheels and they look amazing!

if anyone else wants there wheels rebuilt i can have them done for 250 quid. thats painted and rebuilt with stainless steel spokes and nipples, cheaper if u go standard galvanised

-- Edited by DT-R_bradders on Saturday 11th of May 2013 11:26:09 PM

DT-R_bradders · Guru

as far as i know hes having the old tyres on?? but the rear is on it limit but tbf hes spent a fuk ton of money on it so far i would of thought he'll replace the tyres at a later date wen funds have recovered! lol and no the stickers would of got stripped off with the prep but surly u can get new ones from excel?? or any mx place that specialises in selling wheels ect??

-- Edited by DT-R_bradders on Saturday 11th of May 2013 11:27:56 PM