DT125R ARCHIVE

yeah they have been covered alright, seems only the last 5-6 numbers are readable. Have to find a way to undo that powder coating without damaging the vin! :S was going to save that till tomorrows update.

as for the wiring? i have no idea, that picture above is from the underside of the rear fender where the wiring should live. I havent had the panels of yet so i should have a better idea tomorrow. We can prey they left somthing to work with

Also as for your VIN numbers you only need the final six to be on show. Don't worry about the rest. Final six are unique to each bike, as long as they match your logbook, you're good to go.

It will only become an issue with MOT'ing if they aren't clearly visible/readable. Only the final six digits.

Don't worry about engine numbers, if they don't match the logbook it really isn't a big deal as most bikes have switched engines. Although there is a small chance of the engine being a stolen one if the numbers don't match the logbook. First thing I check on a motorbike before purchasing is that both numbers on the frame and engine match the logbook, if not I'll write them down, walk away and ask the local police station to run it through or walk away and not even bother.

Also your rear tail light actually looks wired up. Your indicators aren't a legal requirement in terms of MOT etc. But you cannot have pillions and will need to cover the switch with duct tape. And just use hand signals. I rode around without indicators for a little over a year. Mainly due to laziness. lol

P.S you can get a VIN number plate made up by someone in the metal / engineering industry then just tac it or weld it on to the frame near the headstock. 

Something like this: 

OK so I finally got to have a good look under the ladies skirt!
Seems my front indicator wires are there ready to go! thanks god for that! but it also seems someone has bunched the rear indicator wires so I'm going to need to crimp that **** back up.
I also sorted out the lack of idling, it just couldn't keep an idle originally. so I recharged the battery and adjusted the idle screw and patched up someone's crap attempt at joining up the expansion part of the exhaust to the rear silencer. now it seems to be running a hell of a lot better.
during my check I have found 3 things I don't understand:
1) Can anyone tell me what this is on top of my cylinder head? can't find it on the parts breakdown diagram?

2) Any idea where this connection has came from? don't like wires that don't have homes.

3) and finally seems my back tail light (sidelight setting) works but the brake light doesn't come on neither when the front brake or back brake is pressed. bulb seems good though? I also tried to adjust the brake switch linkage but that didn't work.
looking at the expansion chamber, looks like its been de-restricted. would you agree guys?

PS Found out that thing in the orange box from my last update was a neutral relay apparently.

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Im thinking of re-wiring the bike. I was looking around the old dead and buried threads on the lighting section and found similer sytoms on my bike to the threads of old. Think somone ****ed with the electrics and didnt wire it back up right. For instance the back light is on but no break light, no front light either. Plus the loom wire colours change and miss-match at a few points... electrics, the part I know least about :(

Should have seen me taking off the battery, rubber gloves, insulated screw driver, arms out streched, looking away, expecting a electrocution. Looked like i was taking apart a high voltage transformer with a metal spoon.

Don't understand how the thieves can mess the loom up that bad, tbh. All the wires they need are behind the barrel, they won't need to go any further than the barrel to get it running. The only time I can understand them going further is to find out what colour the CDI wires are, but even then they shouldn't need to cut / snip them. A lot easier to do the barrel in than to mess around hot wiring.

The DT doesn't even run off a fuse, in terms of the engine so they could mess around connecting each and every one up before finding which is which and it wouldn't matter. Could put too much power into the CDI and blow it or anything else electrical, but I doubt it. 

If I had to mess around re-wiring my bike behind the barrel, I'd swap wires around for when thieves try it next time. 

Although I've said it before, and I'll say it again, if my bike gets stolen I don't want it back. Had stolen recovery's before, nothing but unreliable heaps after. Of course, I'd love to know who took it to get them back in some way. I find most thieves have parents with vehicles, would ruin their world if someone say, interfered with their parents cars, hahah.