Hello
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Hi Folks,
Thought I’d introduce myself to the forum. Slowly getting around the site. Starting to realise theres quite a bit of knowledge out there and before I decided to buy strip and rebuild “For the Bairn to pass his test on” French import DT I should have looked on here 1st.
But it gave me something to do over the winter and now I’m just waiting for UK plate to come back from her majesty’s finest admin dept to get him out on the road.
In between then I bought myself a 1984 DT200R. Apparently it’s a Japan only spec bike with Kmh clocks and only exported to Aus NZ and Canada. But found it’s way to the UK.
A good old stroker to revitalise my youth and something I can go out on with my son until he gets bored finds his feet and his own scratching roads and trails. Now this is where my problem lies the DT200 is running 13/49 on 520 chain and far too under geared for the road. Hitting the red line in every gear, wheelies for fun in 1st and 2nd off the throttle. Fine for the 18 year old outside the school gates, but a pain in the arse for the mature 50 something who doesn’t want to attract the attention. Can anyone recommend/ supply the correct gearing in the UK ? I’ve seen loads of variations for the 428 but very little in the way of sprockets for the 520.
Thanks Scootjockey -
@Scootjockey that's extremely low geared, front is way too small and rear is way too big. Should be 16/43. There's a set on eBay from an Australian seller which I'll link for you. They're hard to find in UK as they were never sold here officially. Maybe try fowler's Yamaha of Bristol.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272601326406?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pQu6pH5bQuC&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=7ztfcrwyt6w&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY -
@Scootjockey yambits have the standard 43 rear for £17.99. Check them out they may have the front too.
EDIT. Something else just dawned on me, maybe why you're having trouble finding parts. If it's 1984 then it's a dt200lc not dt200r. The 200r was made from 1989 on. -
Hi Markus I thanks for the info, you may be right with the LC and not an R as I am struggling for bits when I search with the year. I’ll check with Yambits as I’ve tried Fowlers, the chassis and engine is a 37F ****.
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@Scootjockey hello and welcome!
Sounds like a machine, not familiar with that variant of bike myself, but hopefully someone can help you along your way!
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@Scootjockey 37f is dt200lc. Here's another good Yamaha parts supplier.
https://www.bike-parts-yam.com/
