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That reminds me! I meant to drill and tap holes in either side of the swing arm to fit grease nipples over the spot where the bearings and bushes join. I think some of the earlier ones had a grease nipple but only on one side...
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I know a lot of people in dt125 scene like the renthal bars but I like the protaper i think their sleek.
Think they look nice on the build and a added bonus they have updated the design alot since I last owned a pair
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@mhbikesnbits That's looking mentally smart!
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!kick starter (nearly finished)
The C Clip sprung off and think I may have lost a ball bearing inside the starter where it turns I got one but I’m guessing you need 2
Decided I want to keep the silver pipe housing as I think the 3 look good together (the hangers kick, star and housin)
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1 spring 1 bearing IIRC
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You are on about the kick start, where it swivels?
I can’t remember if the spring sits into the kickstart ‘arm’ or through the middle of the ‘knuckle’ bit that bolts to the shaft on the engine. If it’s the knuckle then it will be two bearings and a spring in the middle...I think the spring is recessed into the ‘fat part’ of the kickstart arm, with a bearing facing the swivel part of the ‘knuckle ‘...
You’re gonna have to excuse me! My memory is like my virginity: I used to have one but lost it a long time ago
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@SpookDog that’s the bit I’m on about I didn’t notice a spring when I took it apart, but by sounds of it the it’s sits in the knuckle that’s bolts to the engine as the hole is quite deep on that end and the arm has a groove for the ball bearing
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Getting use to this forum again it’s becoming like a daily blog to me
I’ve got some of this really nice braided mesh loom stuff I decided to do away with the plastic rubbish on the switch gear and replace with this I think it’s a much improvement
What do you guys think ?
Will be doing most of the wiring with this when I get round to it
Also has anyone done much to to make the switch gear plastics look better only thing I can think of really is just plastic polish
(Obviously photos don’t show it as well)
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@mhbikesnbits yes I really like that. Where can I get some from or what is it called? Also does it go over the plastic or did you strip the plastic sleeve first?
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@mhbikesnbits thank you I will take a look.
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Added this for a little protection where the triple clamp hits the frame
Picked up a dt200r alloy swing arm from Australia should be a nice edition, bit lighter weight and going look nice once I’ve done the lovely task of polishing and shining up
Also got offered some discount on a all balls bearing kit £35 for the restoration of the swing arm, not bad can also take the sizes and look at building my own kits to sell along with the suspension arm joint bearing and seal kit.
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Bud! That won’t last five minutes.
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Sorry for the lack of updates been busy with some other stuff, not really done much to the bike, come to the stage where I need some parts, The alloy swinger is here looking forward to getting it shined up should look the part on the bike.
This is my next task get this cleaned and polished was curious about the weight difference in this and a 125 steel one turns out it’s between 700-800 grams lighter according to my scales
