DT125R ARCHIVE

Nathlaad · DTR Legend

RE: 2000 dtr - bit rough at the min. but it will be class lol

doppa · DTR Senior Member

aye i like the look of them, but the do handle crap.. plus one of the good points about havin a dt is there's no where you can't go. spoils that with sm on it

BigPhil · DTR Senior Member

Any updates ?

doppa · DTR Senior Member

aye been cracking on the last week or so. got some time off work.. il get some photos up in next few days. its nearly ready for the road again :D

BigPhil · DTR Senior Member

That's what I wanna hear ! Haha.

DT-R_bradders · Guru

AAAWWWWW YES!!! lovin this dude so far u done a proper job looks awesome!!! love the colours, blue on black looks wkd and the white jus makes it look so fresh,
like the over braid touches aaswell. aww cant wait to see it with the rims!!! keep up the good work m8y!

thos polished bits came up really well did you do them yourself? n i bet they took some graft i know cast alloy n steel is horrible to polish but they look spot on

-- Edited by DT-R_bradders on Friday 11th of January 2013 12:38:40 AM

doppa · DTR Senior Member

been a while since av added photos but here some for yas.. not far off done now.. waiting for some more bolts off ebay, my wheels need sorting. and my forks polished..

top clamp sanded with 400 ready for polishing

some of these photos my bike is a bit dusty. everything ends up like that in that garage

DT-R_bradders · Guru

defo gotta sm this dude have it interchangeable with dtx set up n caliper bracket for front ; ) black rims blue hubs blue rim tape and jizz in our pants o_0

doppa · DTR Senior Member

cheerz mate :) aye the cast ally was a bit of a **** like.. had to file the cast lines off first with a small file and then sand all the little sand cast sort of pits that are all ova it off with 400. few hours and blisters for that haha. then i pass them on to me father, he does the bizz. look even better in the daylight ya can see ya face in them :). hes busy doing me rear can again and my caliper bracket for the back.. then iv gotda prep me fork legs coz hes doin them aswel :) the wheel spacers an that are a chrome powder coat, as are the brake brackets. the overbraid shud look cool when its all back together like. only £8 a meter. had to give it a go.

iv been lookin for some cheap rims but enduro. i was gonna relace my hubs on to some ally rims. and do them exactly like you said.. black rims blue hub ha. not too sure bout sm tho :/

slob · Guru

Looking great. It's amazing when you get to this stage and it finally starts coming together. Going to have to get my finger out and polish my snail shells as I just cleaned them up.

doppa · DTR Senior Member

Aye am just starting to put new stuff on instead of things av just cleaned up lol. Them snail have been chrome powdercoated mate

slob · Guru

Will ask my coaters I am sure they will do that. Never away from the place lol. Next time should be my last trip.

doppa · DTR Senior Member

aye deffo mate, there not like polished chrome but they are shiney and reflective .. plus look a whole lot better then the standed way

dread123 · Moderator

LOoking to tidy my swing arm. Got engibe out at present. Is it a bitch of a job to remove and powder coat? Disown soon looks a pain to sort? Any tips would be good.

Calum122 · Guru

Looks wicked mate :P

doppa · DTR Senior Member

swinger was piss for me mate a just sprayed it. some of the lads on here have pwdered theres tho and its ment to be a bit of a **** on getn every thing out

doppa · DTR Senior Member

cheerz bud

BigPhil · DTR Senior Member

looking good

slob · Guru

Getting the crap out the swinger is easy with a blow torch and a punch prior to handing it in at the powdercoaters. It is the £220 on bearings, sleeves, bushes, oil seals ect you need to build it all back up including the linkage.

Apart from the bearings everything has to be yamaha genuine parts and we all ne they cost £££'s

If your bike was trash like mine I would say do it, but I wouldnt like to do it if the current parts were in good working order.

the only way is YAMAHA DTR · Guru

Wemoto do the swinger bush kit for like 12£ , looking good btw biggrin

slob · Guru

I got that kit off wemoto all it contained was two bearings and two oil seals FLOL. Only 18 more components to buy lol. You could probaly recycle some stuff. But all in all its a ball breaker to do the job right. One of my biggest outlays on my project was buying that shiz.

DT-R_bradders · Guru

slob wrote:
I got that kit off wemoto all it contained was two bearings and two oil seals FLOL. Only 18 more components to buy lol. You could probaly recycle some stuff. But all in all its a ball breaker to do the job right. One of my biggest outlays on my project was buying that shiz.

+1 i spent loads on all the rear swinger parts on the first rebuild. barings, bushes, baring tubes, seals all genuine yamaha parts aswell. worth it tho as long as grease is pumped in there every few months (on older models with grease nipples)

dread123 · Moderator

Cool thanks for tips. Shall not be stripping it for powder coating then. Don't forget if you can post them pics of your halo install that would be great! Got mine in post other day.

Any ideas on what's best way to paint swing arm. Already been painted black but looks bit faded and chipped

Slinky · DTR Senior Member

Just been looking thru the pics - looks really good. What paint did you use on the rear shock and on the engine?

doppa · DTR Senior Member

Cheerz mate. Used engine blue enamel for rear shock and aluminium high temp engine paint both from halfords

doppa · DTR Senior Member

How ya getn on with urs slinky mate?

Slinky · DTR Senior Member

Technically homeless just now - in the middle of moving house and have exams so not much going on just now, hopefully at the end of the month i'll get the engine rebuilt. Sucks, so much to do,no time at all.

DT-R_bradders · Guru

dont worry we still got a bit of time before the summer meet! lol ; )

slob · Guru

That would be good bar the 300 mile ride for us lol.

doppa · DTR Senior Member

yal get there mate. it'll be worth it in the end