DT125R ARCHIVE

Bit difficult as it looks like I've had a few rounds with mike Tyson!! Been advised not to drive...

You about next Saturday/Sunday???

As I've had no luck with the spindle it looks like it could be a cutting disc and using a spare swingarm!!!

i was determined so try and get this bloody thing out so i went back down in the garage...

It's totally seized on the bushes/collars, definately going to have to hack the swingarm and the spindle etc to get it off, luckily i have 3 spare swingarms!!

I will also need a Relay arm if anyone has one spare!!

Right Guys & Girls...

Been a Month since i've done any work on the bike and hadnt got any further until This saturday when i popped down to Nevs!!

Over the 7 hours I was there, I managed to eat Bacon Sarny's, drink plenty of Coffee and smoke a few fags oh and spent an hour on his Carb rubber lubing it up!!!

Has anyone heard of the saying, Why have a dog and bark yourself?? well i'll let you work that out from the pictures if you dont know the saying... (sorry Nev, just had to!!)







After a few more Coffees and a couple of fags, a little persuation to the good man Nev, armed with a drill, snips, screwdrivers, hammers, cutting tools, and wire wheels, he took to my dep tail pipe and made it about 4" shorter whilst i sat and watched from the comfy chair in his workshop!!!





I thought it was wrong of him not to Buff it up for me aswell!!! - Only Joking Nev, I suppose I've gotta do some work myself!!

I went in the garage the other night and decided to strip the barrel and head to see what lurks beneath and i was quite suprised, wasnt to bad considering it was covered in crap and it's still on the standard Bore - it has had a new set of piston rings recently by the looks of it!!

I did notice it had got warm, sometime in it's life as theres some blue shiny scorch marks on the crank weights - Only 2 though, theres no play in the conrod so i may get away with only a piston kit!!!

Theres no marks in the Barrel itself either and looks pretty clean, Heres a few pics from the other night..

Heres a pic of my CDI, as i've know the last 3 owners of this bike, all of them have said it's a bloody quick bike, my CDI says 3rm-30 which i was lead to believe was a restricted French CDI unless my maths are wrong, i thought you needed a 3rm-10 or a modified cdi 3rm-00??




I also received my Expanny from Harry today, over the moon!! The last picture is the one from Harry (shiny) and the one that was on the bike when i got it closest to the camera!!




Hope you enjoyed the Read, Pictures and Apologies to NEV for posting the pics of him!! Just had to!!!

Bout bleedin time innit?
Btw I got quotes back from both Revills and First Choice for doing all the powdercoating, £345 at Revills, and First choice came back at £290.
That's for 2x 3 spoke wheels, Frame & swingarm, fork bottoms, top & bottom yokes, suspension spring, sidestand, radiator & oil bottle brackets, suspension knuckle, engine mount brackets, front water pipe on engine. And you don't want to know the price I got from one place for Hydrodipping it all afterwards.

Aye do the crank Shaun, and when the gearbox gives up the ghost, you can pick up the lads from school like a Mumbai family

I'd get the solenoid on yer gearbox sorted out first mate,

thats what i was thinking anyway... oh well, another 250-300 gone and another month without the DT then!!!

will be worth it in the end though!!

i will probably send it to PJ as he's well known and only £30 + Parts for the rebuild

http://www.pjme.co.uk/acatalog/Crank_Shaft_Rebuilding.html

Nooooo!!!!

That now means I really gotta pull my finger out with this bloody bike!! Will see what I can do!!!

All my stuff will be off to the powdercoaters at the end of this month, that will give me some space and will be able to strip the engine down for the parrafin bath ready for the rebuild!!!

Not yet shauny, been busy trying to sort out my Volvo, that has now gone to another home and a new car has been bought..

I really wanted to get this sorted and up and running by the end of this month but at this rate it's going to be another month..

All the parts will now be ordered next weekend and the barrel is being sent to PJ's he can bore it out and send it back with all the parts, I really want to get this up and running by my birthday.. 11th..

I've got a few days off from the 6th so will be working on it hard then!!

Will try and do some more work before then though..

The SM setup is sitting in my garage waiting to be fitted an i got the forks off nathanH so I'm just waiting on the powder coating and engine bits..

Fingers crossed!!

Well not much of an update, was going to hopefully have this up and running by this tuesday!!

unfortunately this is not the case now as we have got another house and we get the keys on thursday!!!

I will be prepping the swingarm and frame myself so i can get this up and running and in the winter months, they will be both going to the coaters..

So, i've only got the crank bearings and the headstock bearings arrived!!

This is one looooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnggg project..

I've now got a week off and have to pack and move, i will be stripping down the engine and prepping it for the main parts then the crank will be off for a rebuild locally and the possible rebore.. will update hopefully mid week with a few more pictures!!

Sorry for the delay in updating!!

Frame looks really good dude. I'm going down the powdercoat route cause I AM SHOCKING WITH RATTLE CANS.

Also I want longevity. But that looks proper good.

thought it wouldnt take you that long to reply Nevwin!!!

yep, it's had 2 coats of Primer - both were Hi-build primer, waited till the first primer was tacky and then applied the 2nd coat, let that bake for a few hours then used the silver as another primer, very fine grade wet and dry after a few hours just to get rid of any rough spots & running, primed the few spots up, then recoated again with the silver and let that bake.

I've now got to tackle the small area underneath which will take about 2 hours to finish then to apply sh*t loads of laquer (i've got about 5 cans available)

I've also now primed up the swingarm using a mix of hi-build and normal primer - first the hi-build, then over it with the white primer to so i dont miss any spots.. just need to fine wet and dry it then apply the paint.. didnt think the colour scheme would work but fingers crossed it will!!

Right, just a small update, havent had much time to do any work as i have been moving and trying to sort out my broadband.. Anyway, now it's all working, I have managed to start putting the bike back together, i've only got about an hour or 2 this week so, Headsotkc Races, Bearings etc have all been put in and started mocking up the front end..

as you can see, my garage is a mess as i've been using it as a storage area for boxes etc but it's now looking better than that picture!!

I've got to re-adjust the front end correctly but i've now sprayed and laquered the swingarm, fitted the shock, just need to sort out fitting the swingarm, putting the new wiring on etc etc..

will update when i have a bit more time!!

After speaking to Yamaha, it was built for France but was registered in the UK from new!!