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Dunno if it's worth it tbh. I've been put off the idea ever since i saw some foreign kid who got a mick abbey tuned engine on his dt with all the works etc and it still didn't lift in his vids or look much faster at all.

I'd like more info on what the Portugese dudes do tbh. What do they do "right" that our UK tuners can't with these engines? They seem to know them like the back of their hand.

Just like the video that Mig posted up,a DT that can beat a honda crf 450 race bike supermoto and a yamaha banshee, both with more than three times the engine displacement and not a lot heavier either.

Baffles me how we can't just as easily get the performance over here, like they can.

I guess DT's are just in more demand over there with regards to tuning, which is why their engine mods are spot on, where as over here our tuners rarely deal with the DT engine.

 

Each to their own i guess. But with the two videos i've seen of tuned portugese DTs i'd beg to differ. They're rapid.

I'd also beg to differ on the RS statement, that DT in mig's vid would eat ANY rs alive haha.

I also beat my mate's RS up to 70 all day and he's got the polini 170 kit with full tune.

But yeah it's just a fun toy and get's you from A to B at the end of the day.

 

Rather my £225 650 then any rs any day i fking hate rs's with a passion no body listerns to me and buys them and regrets it 2 weeks later

I hate them as there is one little Scrote who lives near me blasts about on it at 2 in the morning the little rat that horrible rotax sound makes me want to punch an unborn child

Lol. Sounds like jealousy to me. It's a cracking motor. Pinicle of the two stroke engine.

Those days are gone now. All 17 year olds have now to look forward to are just the Aprilia 125F. Yay! Four cycle engine. In a 125. That does about 60 Mph.

Great crack. For what they are they're fantastic little motors. Just abused by teenagers.

Even the Aprilia Rs250 is a fantastic motor. Uses a suzuki RGV250 engine in it.

Thats the problem with the rs. They've all been ragged before you've had a chance to get on one. If you had one out the factory you wouldn't be saying they are sht.

Mine wants to lift in 1st, 2nd and 3rd without even trying.

It'll smoke my DT on bottom and Top end and through the twisties will keep up with 400's due to its lightweight chasis and quick accelleration.

Like i said, theres only two reasons why your mates RS is shít. Either they aren't riding it properly or you're a better rider than them. Or the engines nakered.

I know where you two are coming from though. My mate had an rs125 before i had one. And i based my judgement of the rs on it. My dt kept up with it bottom and top end. And i thought the same. This bike is crap. If my dt can keep up with it.

But even though it was slow as hell. The engine was solid. It must have been thrashed within an inch of its life. It had no generator and sounded absolutely gash. But even though the engine was failing when he bought it, it still lasted him over a year of abuse everyday. So you can't tell me they're unreliable because he did no maintenance what so ever.

Like i've already said i've had mine for over two years now. Paid £700 for it at a breakers yard. And straight from there on the ride home i couldn't believe how fast it was. How ruthless the powerband was. And then more importantly how slow my dt was in comparison. Even my 170 athena dt was a pile of wank compared.

Since buying it two years ago i've got a full arrow system. Polini 160 kit. 34mm carb and some other bits and lightened the flywheel.

Toy who's is that black DT with the red / orange frame? Looks familiar, isn't it a guy from here's project?

another photo of the top rs

first day on the dt this day was haha propper good day that was

My mate had an 06 YZ125 road registered with a full lighting kit on it, I had an 07 RM125K7 done the same from brand new " I fitted the lighting kits " its a doddle an hours work....

I used Proracing stators with lighting coils so no battery is needed, with Proracing looms and switches. You can use any headlights and tail lights that you want to be honest be they will sell you a full kit with everything you need loom hydraulic brake light switches horn regulator etc. For speedos we used the usual pile of s***e Trailtechs..........

My mate had L plates on the YZ with no probs, he even went to work on the thing now and again, he has a 2011 KTM EXC125 now with L plates on it.

As for reliability with MX bikes on the road like anything set them up right and look after them they are fine, I only used my RM for enduros and greenlaning but the YZ was used daily more or less, they were very reliable and never let us down from 2007 to 2011. All mine got was a piston kit every year and regular servicing with good oil and run on good 2stroke.

For use as enduro bikes all I did was run one tooth up on the front sprockets for some extra legs, used the standard main jet on the YZ and the RM, lifted the needle one clip on both and backed the mixture screw out an extra half a turn to help them tickover nice. This stopped the YZ from fouling the plug at low rpm but kept full topend power. The RM ran perfect on standard settings but ran sweet with the little tweeks smooth delivery like a DT but twice the power.

Here is a link to Proracing

www.proracing.co.uk/xc_lighting.htm

My RM125

The YZ its the only pic I have

-- Edited by scrimsmustang on Sunday 14th of July 2013 12:27:12 PM

There are a few exc's round my way and they don't look all that. Enny put up a video and it was fast as fck! But after reading up on it the guy had spent £1500 tuning it. So what are exc's new £3500 then another £1500. Thats 5K in total i'll put some serious money that Nev's bike will smoke it and engine wise i will say nev has paid less.

The few round my way are faster than my dt. But thats about it. Either they can't ride (like me) or they are not as good as said out to be.

Agreed, them katoom 125's are naughty, 200-300's will annihilate the DRZ, the 125 probably would too.

But those 170 kits are poo scrim! They are absolutely shìte! And the re is the slowest of the dts going. The cdi makes them totally restricted and what not. You can't compare what i said to a dtre. Nevs bike is not a dtre. Its a belgarda tzr/dtr which out the factory are claimed 30bhp. Then hes bored it out to 140cc with powervalve and 4dl cdi and 38mm carb. You can't tell me his dt wouldn't at least keep up with a ktm let alone smash it.

Just saying cause i've seen lots of exc's and am not totally impressed. Never seen nevs bike but read up a lot about his setup and they're suppose to be ruthless.

Nevs spent lots of money on powdercoating and body work. But engine work alone will be much less than what that chavey paid for his ktm.

And the guy in the vid i linked defo didnt spend 1.5k modding it mate, they're that rapid from stock. He's just had a vhm head insert and changed up the gearing and converted it with big breaking caliper and disc and sm wheels since his is an older model, all those visual things hes done probs added up a bit so h'es on about what he's spent on wheels etc aswell.