Is this a rare DT125?
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Pretty sure I've seen one of these before on sale on a french website. One of the best colour schemes for the DT in my opinion, but as you said almost impossible to find. I think I've only ever seen 1 on sale...
Thanks @minia this sounds like the site where unit5 purchased from, the bike supposedly only had one french owner from new and was kept on a holiday park hence the low millage at roughly 500 miles per year which is not too bad. I must admit i'd never seen this colour before purchasing but very happy I did
Owned: Yamaha DT125LC, XT125, DT125R, YZF R125, CBR125, RS125
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Thanks @minia this sounds like the site where unit5 purchased from, the bike supposedly only had one french owner from new and was kept on a holiday park hence the low millage at roughly 500 miles per year which is not too bad. I must admit i'd never seen this colour before purchasing but very happy I did
@rollzy101 I'm often in france so I keep an eye on things, I generally use leboncoin.fr which is the equivalent of gumtree. Keep in mind the french are much more enthusiastic about DTs, and are generally in much better condition and cheaper. A few crackers for you to nibble on:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1408528729.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1404200987.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1426242873.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1434949719.htm/?ca=12_s -
@rollzy101 I'm often in france so I keep an eye on things, I generally use leboncoin.fr which is the equivalent of gumtree. Keep in mind the french are much more enthusiastic about DTs, and are generally in much better condition and cheaper. A few crackers for you to nibble on:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1408528729.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1404200987.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1426242873.htm/?ca=12_s
https://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/1434949719.htm/?ca=12_s -
Hi all,
I recently purchased a Yamaha DT125 1998 Model which was first registered in 1999, from Unit5 (Imported from France)
I know this is an official yamaha colour as i've located the 1998 Yamaha Sales brochure however I've not seen anyone else online or at bike events with this colour scheme.Has anyone else owned this colour scheme or have any photos they know off?
I'm really keen to know if this is rare, My first DT125 was a 1987 Blue & Yellow which I regularly see online for sale, however this colour scheme never seems to come up.
I've no intention on selling the bike as I enjoy it too much, when I get to drive
I'm also weary of wrecking such a beautiful bike through daily wear and tear.Cheers
@rollzy101 said in Is this a rare DT125?:
Hi all,
I recently purchased a Yamaha DT125 1998 Model which was first registered in 1999, from Unit5 (Imported from France)
I know this is an official yamaha colour as i've located the 1998 Yamaha Sales brochure however I've not seen anyone else online or at bike events with this colour scheme.Has anyone else owned this colour scheme or have any photos they know off?
I'm really keen to know if this is rare, My first DT125 was a 1987 Blue & Yellow which I regularly see online for sale, however this colour scheme never seems to come up.
I've no intention on selling the bike as I enjoy it too much, when I get to drive
I'm also weary of wrecking such a beautiful bike through daily wear and tear.Cheers
Either it's a completely black bike or I can't see picture? I'm hooked now to see it!
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Look what just popped up.
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Look what just popped up.
@minia I'm amazed, i've been searching for months and you've found one, thank you
Last night I managed to locate the original owner in France on Facebook, hopefully he's going to send some original pictures, the bike was only really used around a campsite in Calais so not too hard life.
Owned: Yamaha DT125LC, XT125, DT125R, YZF R125, CBR125, RS125
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@minia I'm amazed, i've been searching for months and you've found one, thank you
Last night I managed to locate the original owner in France on Facebook, hopefully he's going to send some original pictures, the bike was only really used around a campsite in Calais so not too hard life.
@rollzy101 Well of course you didnt find it in the last few months, the ad only came online at half 6 this morning lol. But there you go, as soon as you find one, you find another haha.
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@rollzy101 Well of course you didnt find it in the last few months, the ad only came online at half 6 this morning lol. But there you go, as soon as you find one, you find another haha.
@minia lol yeah i see that it was early this morning, as you say when you find one, typically another pops up
it's not a bad price for the condition and still pretty low millage for it age, all decals are present and looks completely original, just needs a little TLC from someone on this forum
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Thats rare in the uk they were never sold here, common in France and Switzerland though.
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Thats rare in the uk they were never sold here, common in France and Switzerland though.
@scrimsmustang Thanks, I thought this might be the case
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I have a couple of new genuine yamaha decals for it if you damage yours in the future, headlamp cowl and the rad shroud.
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@Irongamer727 It wasn't mint when I got it, it had some slight rusting and was missing a couple of decals which I was really fortunate to find.
I stripped down through the winter, sandblasted and removed the rust etc..
I paid just around £1800 and that included a new set of tyres and MOT from unit5, She's only done 9k in km (roughly 5500 miles) and runs sweet
@rollzy101 can I ask you where did you get the graphics you said you were lucky to find them. I have the same graphics on my DTR125 and I need the full set. This is rare there are only 4 or 5 of them in the UK I got my one from unit 5 as well.
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@rollzy101 can I ask you where did you get the graphics you said you were lucky to find them. I have the same graphics on my DTR125 and I need the full set. This is rare there are only 4 or 5 of them in the UK I got my one from unit 5 as well.
@brian-stephens I've not used them myself but Adi hullah @rebound Mx graphics seems to be highly recommended for custom/reproduction graphics. Check out his Facebook page.
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@rollzy101 can I ask you where did you get the graphics you said you were lucky to find them. I have the same graphics on my DTR125 and I need the full set. This is rare there are only 4 or 5 of them in the UK I got my one from unit 5 as well.
@brian-stephens I've only found 3x original NOS decals online since 2017, your better of getting them reproduced. I managed to buy some second hand tank fairings with the same decals but they just don't come up online. A few weeks back i managed to get one of the side panel graphics but as i say only 3x NOS found in the last 4 years, they just didn't make many of this colour i reckon. Keep looking online and eventually they will hopefully come up mate.
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@brian-stephens I've only found 3x original NOS decals online since 2017, your better of getting them reproduced. I managed to buy some second hand tank fairings with the same decals but they just don't come up online. A few weeks back i managed to get one of the side panel graphics but as i say only 3x NOS found in the last 4 years, they just didn't make many of this colour i reckon. Keep looking online and eventually they will hopefully come up mate.
@rollzy101 the problem with getting them reprinted is when you look at the red of the decal it has a very small amount of glitter in it hazard graphics on Facebook have told me they can do me the full set for 60 pounds but they won't have the glitter in the graphics.
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@rollzy101 the problem with getting them reprinted is when you look at the red of the decal it has a very small amount of glitter in it hazard graphics on Facebook have told me they can do me the full set for 60 pounds but they won't have the glitter in the graphics.
@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
