DT125R ARCHIVE

sebamax2 · Guru

RE: DTX PROJECT AND REMODEL

sebamax2 · Guru

would the older dt linkage fit the dtx?

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

suspension linkage yes it should i fitted a 125 shock and linkage onto my 230 when i had it might even have one in the shed if you intrested

sebamax2 · Guru

yep i would be intrested, is it in a good usable condition?

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

should be cant be 100% sure though i bought one for the lanza for £20 from ebay then bought a box of random parts for £60 and there was one init

sebamax2 · Guru

yep im deffo intrested, how much ur asking for it i will deffo have it :) i hope it would be better condition than mine heheh :D

sebamax2 · Guru

just bought a set of yz fairings for 11quid :) well its front and rear fender, rear side panels, front cover fork guards, and what looks like seat cover, it was 1 quid plus 10 for postage :)

ToySoldier · DTR Legend

hahaah nice one pal

youll have to collect it is the only thing pal as i cant get to postoffice with my broken leg if you can collect hows £15 sound

sebamax2 · Guru

pm me your details so i can see how do i go about getting there by the amaizing tfl since i have got no bike :P

sebamax2 · Guru

Orange paint on the way :P i will get some pictures of the progress today and post it up :)

slob · Guru

Everything and I mean everything was seized on my bike whilst stripping.

Most of the times I roasted feck out of it with my blow tourch, worked every time.

sebamax2 · Guru

yep mate it looks all like that on mine too, everything seazed up just getting anooyed, got to get a jar of grease when i reasemble it :)

sebamax2 · Guru

so i got the yz panels in today and hmmm its not fitting at all so i cut the rear fender in half and planing to fiberglass the middle in later, but im not sure if im liking this tail, here is a rouch mock up of the tail, whats your opinion guys? it will be much better once its done, but i think i shouldhave just bought that hpires or whatever it is for the tail it wouldhave fitted with less hasle or a ktm tail hmmmm what do you say guys

sebamax2 · Guru

if anyone wants some plastics from the yz for the front for their dtr or something let me know, a also got a seat cover for the yz if anyone wants it.

sebamax2 · Guru

here is some progress from the last 2 days, got the tank painted, still need to strip the back side panels and paint them, do the forks and get ktm rear fender, the frame needs couple more coats, it just happends that i have run out of paint grrr

sebamax2 · Guru

so i hated the orange :) so i went to halfords and got ktm orange mixed up, check this out , not finished yet just letting the litle compressor coold down :)

MDK · DTR Legend

lol 5 mins tapeing up back break and system alsostand switch = 2 mins just to remove them sprayed the yolks also ?

sebamax2 · Guru

the brake is taped up :P and i 4gt about that switch my bad,tried to remove them when i 1st got the bike but it was all seazed up and the yokes i did on purpose im jjust hoping it wnt look too bad.

MDK · DTR Legend

sebamax2 wrote:
the brake is taped up :P and i 4gt about that switch my bad,tried to remove them when i 1st got the bike but it was all seazed up and the yokes i did on purpose im jjust hoping it wnt look too bad.

maybe not the way I would have gone but it may look ok . but even with a diy spray job cutting corners and spraying around things or over them realy will affect the end result .

you removed the yolks at all to even check and fresh grease the bearings .

wilst you have it stripped down you should have taken the time to totaly strip it even if some bolts was seized spraying over them is not going to help and just make things worse later on what if you get a real dick mot guy now after all your work say FAIL needs those bearings changing ?

sebamax2 · Guru

i will be looking at them before i start putting stuff back together, i didnt want to do a diy job its just i cannot find a powdercoaters nearby and money is short and i havnt even gone to the engine yet, as for a mot guys im not worried as i know them well as i worked for them couple of times, i did cut some corners im afraid i just like to see some progress soon and i need the bike on the road in couple of weeks, it might not be one of the greatest projects ever but should be better than what it was when it has first arrived :), its not finished yet so lets wait and see how it is going to look once its done,

sebamax2 · Guru

ok so here is a rough idea what it is meant to be and yep you was right these yokes wnt look too good, they will have to go black, and all the other bits that were on the frame have to come off now and get blacked out aswell, cutting corners always makes the job twice as dificult at the end :) lesson learned :P 3063_Yamaha DT 125 X 04-06 Full MTH 1.jpg

MDK · DTR Legend

yeah dont get me wrong I am a Massive diy person and would not think of paying anyone for something I can do my self .

as seen here all diy on small budget for fast profit and sale 8 days in and out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNvSUR07KQ

but know trying to spray over stuff is not good and you will look at the end job and always look back and wish you had just done that bit better .

sebamax2 · Guru

yep i understand, thanks for showing this up to me, i will be removing the stuff and doing it propaly , just waiting for the penetrating oil :)

sebamax2 · Guru

that was great in 8 days mate good job

sebamax2 · Guru

and what do you think with the wheels, im going ot strip them down and repaint them propely but now the question is how to go about it, the spokes need some paint, the hums look fine but a paint wdnt kill them, and the rims, so im thinking to do half black half orange rims, as for the hubs im still deciding if to go orange or black, and than the spokes orange or black. or split paint the spokes aswell, where black rim there orange spoke and vice versa, or do 1 spoke black 1 orange going around, or orange hubs black spokes, and where there is black on the rim niples in orange and oposite on the other side,

MDK · DTR Legend

to do them right your goan have to fully de spoke them and althou not a fan of the half and half look sure they will look ok .

sebamax2 · Guru

i just love the half and half :) the other way would be just mask the rim out and paint spokes and hubs orange but not sure how would that come out, i guess i will have to strip them down, will have to take them to my garage and ask my mechanic mate if he could do the truing for me :). the reason im cutting some corners is that im only going to be keeping the bike untill i got 1yr ncb and geting a wr or something like that :)
but the bike might even look nice just with an orange stripe going around the wheels :P7
headlight arived today not sure how its going to look but will have to wait and see and decide if to go for it or keep the standard on

Energized · DTR Legend

Omg that headlight looks sick, just like a KTM one, defo been styled from one for sure. I'd love one on my bike, what bulbs do they take and what's the wattage?

Can't wait to see it on the bike!

Got a link for the headlight buddy?

-- Edited by Energized on Monday 16th of September 2013 09:19:33 PM

sebamax2 · Guru

had to strip and paint the frame once again as there was something wrong with my compressor and the thick paint dried before it hit the frame and started to come off, so i got soome ford electric orange paint and started painting again, need to touch up in few parts but its looking good for now, got hpires for the back, i will need to modify it and post a guide for that aswell as i have seen alot of people wanting to put that on the newer dts but said it wnt fit hehe. i need to get this bike sorted asap

sebamax2 · Guru

also bought a rusty DEP for a 10 :) just need to weld it up and it would be as good as new :) here is the frame