DT125R ARCHIVE

hsmith · DTR Respected Member

pretty big jump for a DT!

plebpl · Guru

ive jumped mine around 15 feet, takes it suprisingly well if you land correctly

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

where do you buy a new head from then when u smash it in to a tree......

i really cant understand why people dont wear helmets you only get one head

one of the kids in are school learned the hard way, and he got dragged down the road under a lorry it wore corner of his head away

brain dmage..dead ! !

the only injury he had whas his hed

needless to say if hed had a helmet on he would still be alive and his 2 kids would have a dad

any one riding with out a helmet on/off road is f*&KING BRAIN DEaD!

heres another one,

2 mates went riding off road, the leader fell off and follower hit him in the back of the head with the front corner of the fork and it cracked his scull & pierced top of his brain coma for 3 months,suffered brain damage and is now no more than a cabage in a wheel chair

1 last one

lad in one of the villages nearby went out for a quick blast up his lanes, had a bee or wasp hit him in the face,went to rub his eye, hit a bump and lost controll then hit one of them great big snad stone gate posts and broke his back

now has to wear nappys and get round in a wheel chair with carers changing his nappys which you can imagin is fu*ng horrible

all of the above because they didnt wear a helmet which you can buy from a carboot for a few quid

i have no sympathy for such people there there own worst enemy

now us working tax payers have to pay the price for these people been cared for and clasiming benefits for the4 rest of there lifes

not to mention all the pain and heartake they put there famlys thru

you may think its cool and looks good, but how willl u look when ur dead

so next time your off out just thing what iv said and it shows how easy it is

next time it could be U

tripr · Guru

i can count my helmet saving my head from a mashing a good 4 times. it aint worth the risk is it my sister real dads never walked or talked again properly either im 32 now an i was 6 when he had his accident

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

me 2 mate

the repacushons are life changing for all the famly

iv had 3 i can think off, broke my nose once over shot on a table top landed way to hard on flat bottomed out and smashed my face on the cross par...mx helmet btween peak and mouth guard sods law ha ha

dint half sting

evileye

the only way is YAMAHA DTR · Guru

hmm helmets save my brain twice,

1 time in italy, on a 125 hire bike, the front wheel bearings where knackerd and the front tire was the shape off a "V" and the rear was "square" shape, , ... front wheel skidded out about (45mph)and i skinned both nees most of my left side and part of the engine casing got stuck in my ankle which wouldn't stop bleeding and got infected , shoundnt have been wearing shorts and t-shirt, mate was on the back and landed on me (he only got a scratch on 1 finger ILMAO) but the helmet save my head, and managed to walk away,

and then it gets worse lol, i got infected in the legs and swelled up, the focking hospitals were so busy i gave up and got a private doctor, the skin on my shin healed and then i got in the back off a 1955ish fiat 500 and when i got out the car , a sharp pierce of metal ripped off the 10" scab and yellow puss came out < which made some people eating thier in the nearby cafe sick every where, the suns basicallly burned all the scuffs and when i went in the sea (which is very salty (OWWW) and the fish started ripping off the scabs which was nasty , so back to square one with the healing

but the skin grew back and can't see the scars to much,

soon as i got back to the UK i jumped straight back on my YZ,

with some limping LOL

but doesnt hurt to wear more than a helmet!!

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

helmets are for losers see i dont need my head beeing saved as i neaver crash =]

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

win

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

not a crash as i dident end up sliding down the road i was in shorts and a t shirt =] just put my arm down then stood right up and i was messing about

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

haha we know, still find it awesome tho dude hahahaha! such a lad

Energized · DTR Legend

LOL TOY HAHAHAHAHA piss myself everytime i see it

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

i did that on my mt5 once stood at trafic lights wi all the moped crew wen i was 16 and revving the tits off it

lights went green dropped the clutch and i was still in nutrel winhhhhhggggggggg clunk, nokked it in 2 1st and it just wheelied away from under me,,, all the piss heads thought it was funny, which it was i just managed to drop off the back and landed like i was having a **** ha ha ha

tripr · Guru

ohh that videos back lol its the only vid i have to watch if i come across it. lol gets me every time well funny m8.
hell toyman your famous m8 thats has some views that vid lol

xGINCATx · Guru

LOL @ Toy's fail

But on the subject of helmets and stuff, I have a old motocross helmet that I use for the field just incase!
And I must say if it wasn't for my goggles then I would be blind by now, the amount of times the guy riding in front of me has rode past a bush and the little twig has come snapping back at full force is unbelievable
I once got hit on the cheek (inbetween the goggles and the helmet mouth guard) and it stung like a royal bitch!

garytee · DTR Senior Member

Norfe I'm glad you typed all that out - saved me doing it. What a c0ck eh? Helmets etc are so cheap now so there's just no excuse - all my gear (helmet, goggles, boots, jacket, gloves, trousers and armour) stands me in about £100. You can get a BRAND NEW lid for £20 delivered FFS!!!
But still I suppose if someone wants to spend the rest of their life with their mum spoon feeding them and wiping their ar$e then carry on ....... ?????

-- Edited by garytee on Sunday 22nd of January 2012 09:03:12 AM

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

yes mate well said....mine is about the same price which is **** all

makes me laff they can spend 600 on a bike but not 20 on a lid, i love it when thre scrubbers round my end go flying round the streets with no lids or shorts and vests on in the summer, im willing them to slide down the road cant stand it

tripr · Guru

norfe m8 you forgot to mention the scrubbers are also pizzed on 24 cans of carling by 11am playin in the road with nothing better to do wif there lives i had one on the end of my road on an old cr250 that he couldnt ride for shid

after so many drunken crashes with no lid either the div finally did himself a favour an got rid

NEV · Guru

Just reading on this thread and how important it is to use a helmet whilst rising your bike, I'm a big advocate of this, having seen many people both who I knew well, and some I didn't, have some nasty injuries that could have
been prevented had they been wearing helmets, obviously wearing any old helmet is better than nothing, but theres also some cheap helmets come on to the market, chinese imports mainly,that just are'nt up to the job of protecting your head in any event of an accident. Years ago when I was rallying we had to have an R.A.C approved helmet, with also the british kite mark, these were marked with stickers on the helmet, and if they werent on, you'd be scrutineered out, and therefore couldn't compete, nowadays the kite marks gone, and replaced with an E.U aproved sticker, which is what you look for when buying a helmet. and you can still buy helmets from about £20-£25 quid which are E.U aproved, personally I use the WULF MX as it has a visor built in to it, and its pretty much middle of the road when it comes to price, I think I paid about £60 new. Another thing with helmets that not too many people know is you're best to replace your helmet after about 4-5 years , due to the hardening of the polypropylene construction making your helmet brittle, and therefore unable to be of any use if given a hard impact, which it's meant to do. I always change mine after this time, cutting off the chin straps so that it can't get used again,by someone down the local recycling centre where it will more than likely end up, thinking they're getting a bargain at a £5 helmet in good condition from them.

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

Hmm, personally i go with price = quality but that's my opinion on it, i've had £30 helmets and can't fault them but the sizing isnt going to be perfect as its manufactured for a wider range of people and my new AGV lid fit's perfect and was only about £100 so thats how i'm seeing it personally

NEV · Guru

I reckon £100 is still middle of the road for price, £250&£300 helmets I'd say were top end of the market.

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

Yeah definitely, it might even be a placebo effect but it just feels safer!

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

most of the helmets on the market have to be approved for roadf use any way, so aslong as its a well nown name and has approval marking then i would wear it

plus no mater whet helmet u wear anys better than none !

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

Amen to that, aslong as the cannister is protected its job done

garytee · DTR Senior Member

Norfe stop typing and get on with that rebuild - there's a lot o' people waiting to see that thing finished

xGINCATx · Guru

The funny thing is that all these helmets £50+ are all just for the design/brand name
I bought a £50 helmet brand new and it fairs better in the helmet safety scheme then the one's at £300!!

http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/

Check your helmet out and weep that you paid £100 a star and I only paid £10 a star wink

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

:(, 4 star's on mine so not too bad, i trust AGV as it's motogp/wsbk recognised and my old £30 was a nitro thing!

garytee · DTR Senior Member

xGINCATx wrote:
The funny thing is that all these helmets £50+ are all just for the design/brand name
I bought a £50 helmet brand new and it fairs better in the helmet safety scheme then the one's at £300!!
http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/
Check your helmet out and weep that you paid £100 a star and I only paid £10 a star

Haha get in !! Just checked my road lid (Caberg Trip £60) ..... 5 stars !!!

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

ha ha yeah ino mate me 2. mrs is doin my head in moanin u in garage again ha ha ha

fk me work 60 odd hours a week cant have a bita time to me sen grrrr

had a good stab at it today tho

going daylight mot to much time messing about with the job lot had it all connected up today

new loom 3rm & cdi, horn worked, no lights no spark

so wired old cdi up to it sparking now, so day light mot it is lol

i only get the odd few days out any way so will suit me fine

NEV · Guru

Tried swapping stator and give it a go again, worth a try mine kept chafing wires at magneto, could be a broke wire? mine had to wriggle loom from magneto then it started, then when running wriggled loom and it died again.
just a thought mind,

NORFE · DTR Trusted Engine Builder

its all wired and fastened up now mate ,the mrs has pissed me off cant do nowt without rushin so juust gonna get it on the road and do it bit by bit the bits that need doing

got left to do

clean re-pack & fit exh

fit ignition switchf

reflector

plastics

clocks

wheel bearings/shock bush

so not that much to do really

then bits n bobs when i can

ill keep all the newish loom spare and maybe collect all the other bits over time then chuck it all on 1 weekend, makes no difference to me as it will only get used in day, shunt be long b4 shes out tho few more hours

then a top tobottomn re-check,torque up then off 4 the mot

taxed n insured alredy to goo smile