DT125R FORUM

Well almost another year has past and i have finally got this thing on its wheels, been waiting for the really hard to find stuff like a mint un butchered 88 wiring loom like rocking horse poo they are as the 88 DTR uses a separate full power YPVS controller from a TZR, its the only DTR model that does. Genuine Yamaha cable ties mint original black hub wheels with mint original spokes.The hardest of all the bits to find believe it or not the lower fork gaiter clamps that are also 88 model only, Yamaha done away with them 89 onward. Well should be ready for an mot by the end of the week hopefully. Will stick some pics up then as now its just a rolling chassis covered in grubby oily fingerprints.

@calum said in What would you do in my situation?:

I never found those things any good. I just used carb cleaner and some elbow grease.

Me to Cal, plus a bit of compressed air and a new pilot is pennys also

@DanRacing will send you a message mate, also wise choice with the BMW, recently picked myself up an E36 325i, 6 cylinders sound is unbeatable 😉

Yeah that is the flip side how much is too much coz I will never get it back
So far I paid £600 for the bike I've done about £1400 getting it to where it is now + I have more to spend I would think by the time I've finished it will stand me in at about £2500 and it will prob be worth about £1600 on a good day , but I didn't do it to make money just to have something different and learn a bit on the way . The yzf750 was prob the best 750 of its time it still rocks by today's standards of 600s it more bike than I can handle

@Calum said in How quick should a dt be?:

@tdrgreg2 Super teen was a racing series for teenagers to enter. Due to their age and experience, the series was designed to race 125 two strokes.

Teens would predominately race Aprilia RS125's, Honda RS125's and the Occassional Yamaha TZR 125 RR

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The engine in that bike is a direct fit into the Yamaha DT125R.

I fitted that into my DT.

may i ask what u did with the rest of this 4dl please im fond of these and would buy whats left if u have any tyvm

Distinct blueing of the small eye or bearing. Lose needles or other wise damage. I think a new small end bearing is like £5 so it's no hardship to simply replace if in doubt

Most 4 stroke bikes use the same oil for engine and gearbox, so any bike oil will be fine.

But car oil is a no no as it has additives in that will make the clutch slip.

@Darty The sad fact about all this is such a wonderful bike, lovingly built and very well restored, will hit the scrapheap well before it's time. And once the dust has settled, I'm sure that the outcome of all this will be valuable experience and a hard lesson learned by @Biker_123. As I'm sure from now on he will vet any potential buyers and protect himself much more in the future!!! 😉

@SpookDog
Usually 2-3 days plus customs, and maybe another 2-3 days depending on the carrier and if it’s a Friday when it lands. I’ve been tracking my bit of Japanese exotica for the past week and waiting for customs clearance, not like an impatient parent at all 😂

@Calum

Sheet, my bad! I still think it’s the kickstart throw out gear. If you hold down the kickstart and it doesn’t make any difference to noise...

@SamDrizzy Wheeling bikes has little to do with performance, all about technique.

2001 DTRs are the worst for restrictions mind you. If you want more performance, you'll want to ditch that CDI and get yourself an aftermarket one. Easily best bang for buck. That and a good exhaust and you'll be laughing.

and i flipped the bike while doing a wheelie today. bent my front forks and got the rear plastic banged up. getting new ones tomorrow though

@brian-stephens True, the blue is also hard to reproduce, i got side panels reproduced a while back and red was ok but the blue stood out more. If your doing the whole bike you wouldn't notice it though

Hi all

I have just purchased a dt125r sm 2006 looking at doing a full rebuild so any advice would be much appreciated starting with powder coating and were to get new fairing and if possible any recommendations on who can do an engine rebuild .

@andrewj1680 said in Hello All:

My rgv250 was a animal i find hard to believe a rs125 would come anywhere close to it

I've owned TL1000S, 996, Tuono 1000 etc so I know what animal bikes are like to ride 😉

RS125 was just a really nice small capacity sportsbike that's what I was getting at. Obviously an RGV will be quicker, but sometimes there's more fun in maxing a tiddler 🙂

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That's the barrel. I'm sure I saw you had one with it fitted to the DT knocking about

6mm for these carb coolant pipes.

Also got me thinking about that high mileage bike you had maybe it had a slightly diff sprocket setup or something or just a blessed engine my current one pulls so nice with a larger front sprocket I took the Keeway out for a test drive today and man its slow af compared to my DT rid it like a 2t lol trying to get it warmed up but rekon it only hit 40 max on my street my DT would happily hit 60 here hehe can't wait to get her mot'd but really itching to get the TZR running right and having a proper go of her before I decide to keep or part with her do really want the hat trick with a 90s TDR as well though a French import like you had would be the icing tbh

@calum yeah I do mean new new just figured I'd try a used one first

@rking7888 the 125x/re are very similar to the 230 with a few changes like ally swingarm, twin rads, headlight etc. I think that the 230 is the top of the range if you like

Regarding the frames the dt200wr was meant to be a soft-enduro and so the frame is borrowed (not 100%) from the yz's where as the 125/230 is a trail bike and used the dt frame from around '88 with only minor mods across its life span