DT125R ARCHIVE

sebamax2 · Guru

RE: My 1994 dtr facelift and supermoto conversion

georgen · DTR Senior Member

Well managed to get down to bike and do some work on it today, continued to strip it down for powder coating. then It came to the point of removing the suspension linkage from the frame, Jesus Christ took over an hour with a club hammer, 1x 12" half inch extension and a punch are now toast and the offending bolt, had to use heat and still had to club it to death. here's a couple of pics.

Heres the offending bolt

And it bent making it a right **** to get out as socket no longer fitted over

-- Edited by georgen on Sunday 9th of March 2014 06:44:21 PM

sebamax2 · Guru

hahaha we all know whis fker :D hahaha.
btw mate, i had a deposit paid in on my dt today, and he aint a big fan of the headlight himself. so do you want to swap your original one? well it would have to come with the fender. so buy this one and sell him yours?

georgen · DTR Senior Member

I have the original one complete but to be fair is in poor condition, frames very poor, and I have the newer shape fender but nothing to go with it. sorry to here the Dt is going, looks sweet

DT-R_bradders · Guru

Another usd conversion with rs wheels ; ) liking it m8 keep it up.
N yea thos linkage bolts are always a pain in the dick! Lol. Jus dunk the new one in copper grease...copper grease the the **** out of it! Just incase u have to take it out in a few years time

georgen · DTR Senior Member

Just took delivery of a new fangled copper grease at work biggrin , impregnated with Teflon and in a aerosol. on the standard copper grease front are you aware its carcinogenic so you should wear gloves or some kind of protection on your dipping finger. wink

DT-R_bradders · Guru

Oh really??!! Hhmmm well my hands will probably fall off then coz iv been covered in it many times and worked for hours at a time with it on my hands! : / i love the smell of copper grease tho smells tasty..

georgen · DTR Senior Member

Well your young and as long as you have not tasted it lol, Im old used it for donkey years and also being covered in it and only found out its dodgy a few weeks back lol.

sebamax2 · Guru

hi bud i was just wondering how does the rear brake sit with this conversion. the rs has a 220 and the dt has a 230 discs if im not mistaken?

georgen · DTR Senior Member

sebamax2 wrote:
hi bud i was just wondering how does the rear brake sit with this conversion. the rs has a 220 and the dt has a 230 discs if im not mistaken?

To tell you the truth aint had the calliper on yet but it fits in the carrier fine, I think mine might be the same but there are differences in the rs years in the wheels.

sebamax2 · Guru

i see, well im putting the gillera sc wheels and they have a 180 disc, ordered a rs4 disc thats 220 hopeffuly it will fit :)

DT-R_bradders · Guru

Iirc wen i trial fitted the 5 spoke rs rear wheel to mine the disc was spot on dia wise. I just had to make custom spacers to get the wheel centered, i never fitted the caliper but i did slot the brake pads in and they covered the disc perfect. Same as the dt rear wheel + disc. Think i had to shorten the spacer between the carrier and wheel to get the disc in the center of the carrier too.

georgen · DTR Senior Member

DT-R_bradders wrote:
Iirc wen i trial fitted the 5 spoke rs rear wheel to mine the disc was spot on dia wise. I just had to make custom spacers to get the wheel centered, i never fitted the caliper but i did slot the brake pads in and they covered the disc perfect. Same as the dt rear wheel + disc. Think i had to shorten the spacer between the carrier and wheel to get the disc in the center of the carrier too.

Yeah I got a shortened one made for the disk side and a new larger one made for the sprocket side.

sebamax2 · Guru

where did you get them made? i will need some for mine

georgen · DTR Senior Member

I use the engineering company I use for work, he is a good lad and I return the favours when he has machine problems, any engineering company will knock them up for you.

sebamax2 · Guru

dont have any local im in london lol :D guessing ground is too expensive for enginering shops they rather to stick a mcdonalds down. if i needed some made up do you recon you can get him to make me some? would it be expensive?

DT-R_bradders · Guru

**** seb theres gotta be firms in london!! Haha im jus out side of london n i work at one!
Yea thts the one geo i sold the set i made to somone on here but still havnt recieved payment for them!!

georgen · DTR Senior Member

DT-R_bradders wrote:
**** seb theres gotta be firms in london!! Haha im jus out side of london n i work at one!
Yea thts the one geo i sold the set i made to somone on here but still havnt recieved payment for them!!

MMM I wonder who that could be, hope you asked for cash and not paid in kind lol. My wheels off so I have no problem measuring them and posting sizes but there has to be engineering shops in london, that bald guy and his Indian friend use them in chop shop after all. Also my spacers wont fit on the later rs wheels.

DT-R_bradders · Guru

they went to DOPPA but that was ages ago and he said he'll paypal the funds but ****all recieved... only wanted a tenner delivered for them not a big loss..
thik i still have the drawing i made for em with all the dimensions

georgen · DTR Senior Member

DT-R_bradders wrote:
they went to DOPPA but that was ages ago and he said he'll paypal the funds but ****all recieved... only wanted a tenner delivered for them not a big loss..
thik i still have the drawing i made for em with all the dimensions

Dog ate mine lol, he is a **** furious , he ate my side panels, seat, drawings, carpet, manual glasses and loads more.

the dog

NEV · Guru

Aye 'tis a dog too not a bitch, it's lipsticks out, plus put yersen a couple of hundred quid aside for when he eats something he can't sh1t out again, I had that problem with my staffy when he swallowed a lamb bone.

georgen · DTR Senior Member

NEV wrote:
Aye 'tis a dog too not a bitch, it's lipsticks out, plus put yersen a couple of hundred quid aside for when he eats something he can't sh1t out again, I had that problem with my staffy when he swallowed a lamb bone.

Lol his lipsticks always out, Just been hit with a £600 bill for 5 months of problems with his elbow, I thought the insurance was paying it until they sent a letter saying he was not covered as i said 5 months after treatment started. I reckon its cost me about 1K so far in damages in the house so far but he is getting better, that pic is a few months old and he is 1 next month.

NEV · Guru

My eldest gals got one that's nearly one, a right barmy thing it is, he's a good looking dog but got ADHD am sure of it, going through the moulting process at the min. chuffin hair everywhere.

georgen · DTR Senior Member

on these its called blow, dogs once a year bitches twice, they reckon you get carrier bags full a day when happening lol, my Dyson is shot to **** now.

sebamax2 · Guru

well i guess there must be something around the area but not sure what to look for, not even sure how to go about mesuring anything

sebamax2 · Guru

How did you mesure yours to get the spacers made up ?

georgen · DTR Senior Member

put wheel on with original spacers and see what happens, on mine disk side was too big so pushed rear brake mount into disk, so measured by how much and then deduct that from that side spacer, on the sprocket side was too small so measured by how much and add that to that sides spacer then use the same OD and ID sizes of the originals,(outside diameter and inside diameter), done with a small 150mm steel rule.

sebamax2 · Guru

alrigh i see, they are deffinitally going to need some work as the dt bearings sit into the wheel when on my wheels they are just on a line with the hub, im not getting to the spacers just yet as the rear disk has not arrived yet, stupid aj sutton shouldhave paid that extra 5 quid and wouldhave had it straight away instead of waiting up to 14 days they say ;/ . but if the disc wnt fit i would have to get a different calliper to fit onto the 180mm disk so different spacers would be required

georgen · DTR Senior Member

Well the newer style shock arrived today, the only differences I can see is its slightly shorter and thinner and the top mount width is wider, nothing a grinder wont correct if need be.

georgen · DTR Senior Member

Well change of tack boys, I am going to break this up as I am going to buy another 4x4 and cant afford both really and the 4x4 will get more use, plus the money I will plough in getting it the way I want it on top of what Ive spent plus the man hours to finish its prob better to sell in bits now as its in bits, will photograph all up and advertise here and ebay, prob be a week before I get everything sorted.