@Darty Not much to tell as yet - ran the mic' over it and put it on the surface table to check true / balance...so far so good. However whether it's chocolate, or had poor heat treatment, etc...time will tell. I'll post as I learn about it.

@SimonR22 Welcome to the club!!!

@shultz Hello and welcome. Nice looking dt there mate. What's the plan for it then a completely original as it left the factory restoration or a 'restomod' with a few upgrades? And yes, those guys from BAracing do some seriously impressive work.

@NINJA is the attraction of the dark side...[image: ?imw=637&imh=358&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=true]

@Ronnie hello and welcome Ronnie. If it's been laid up in the garden for a few years my guess is the carb may need a good clean. Take the float bowl off to get to the jets, take them out and blow them through. Maybe just with your mouth and wash with petrol or get a can of carb cleaner or if you're not confident to take the carb apart you could try some fuel system cleaner that you add to the fuel tank but if you get yourself a Haynes manual you can't really go wrong and you'll almost certainly use the manual again and again, definitely a worthwhile investment. As for the powervalve, that may just need a clean to stop it sticking. I'm sure somewhere on this forum there's a link to download the manual for free. Good luck and when you get a chance share a few pics of your new ride.

@markus-w just move the reeds switch from the Rev gauges and tape it up about 6” away from the Rev gauge. Don’t cut it out. Took me 15 mins to do And makes a great difference. Because it used to rev up to about 7500-8000rpm and stop. Now it will happily rev to 11000rpm

@Calum true

Welcome! Throw up a picture of your ride

@NINJA thank you and yes I will as soon as I've worked out how to from Android phone. I have read callums post on embedding images so will have a go this evening when I get home from work. It is the blue one in my profile picture.

That was the Kickstarter I ended up spraying the break peddle black and anodised blue to match ,

Did you get your carb problem sorted out?

@declan cheers mate..

@NINJA Defo mate, cheers! will do-counting down the days lol..

@pedrobatista10 Thank you! I hope it’s as good as everyone else says! I can’t wait to get it in the road now.

@NINJA I will post pics when I'm home hope to have some history about the bike

Thanks for the kind words guys! It's difficult to go for a unique look these days but I like how it turned out!

I remember back when i first got my dtr and the first thing i did was take the sticky old tape off my wiring loom, and replaced each bad wire one at a time, and removed all traces of the indicators, as i use my arms and i used to go off road alot, lookinh forward to seeing your progress!!

cheers everyone, going to order some gaitors today.