So Close!...
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You were right, I had a closer look at the crank. The inside of the small end has ‘damage’ to it. I guess I’m gonna have to save up a couple hundy pennies for a crank before dreaming about new rims
Them’s the licks…I’m seriously thinking about getting the tzr up and running. MoT it and use it, so as I can tear into the Dtr without time constraints. Get the frame dipped and painted and learn how to make a loom! It needs it. I want it to be a righteous little tear~about someday
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@SpookDog Shame about the crank but at least you found out the easy way
We're probably on for another heatwave after all this rain so keep enjoying the DTR for another couple of months and start stockpiling parts for doing a frame-off nut and bolt rebuild over Winter. I'd be interested to see the TZR project coming along though, always rated them just because IMO the DTR engine platform is one of Yamaha's greatest achievements. Nearly 40 years now since it debuted in the original TZR125 and still being manufactured under licence!
BTW have you tried Allen Performance for Mikuni Jets? https://www.allensperformance.co.uk/shop/
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Wicked resource! But they only start at .30
I need a .25
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I’ve just found a really wicked way of seating tubeless tyres onto the rims!
Unscrew the pfieffer (sp?) valve and give a quick squirt of easy start into the valve (I used the top & straw off a wd40 can) only half a second!! Then using a blow torch at arms length, light the end of the valve. There’s a loud pop! as the bead seats, then a long hiisssssssss! as the excess pressure vents through the hollow valve! It’s a bit Leary but it works a treat
Beads settled and tyres inflated, just trying the test of time now (till morning
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Showcasing the gates I spent the last month making for my Sis! Recycled crap and £20 worth of fence post wood! Just doing my JC thing
(carpentry, burning bush & beer!!)
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@SpookDog Gates look ace, very well made
I was cycling the other day, a wasp got stuck underneath my helmet and stung me about 6 times in the time it took me to stop and take my helmet off and tread on the flying yobbo. So assuming I can locate where they hang out, I'd be most grateful if you don't use up all the Easy Start
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I usually end up with them between my shoulder blades! It’s happened a few times in the last two summers! They must get sucked back there on a vortex and I end up doing ‘The Dance’ on the side of the road.
️️️Tzr125rr (4HW) The 1994 one that used a 3vx 250 frame…
PS They stayed inflated as well! It’s a handy technique I found on YouTube. I just refined it a little
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@SpookDog try KMT products limited. British made jets by a Northamptonshire company. Top quality too. Unlike the Chinese copies and they start at .10.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/273888042871?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=RUUIcrapSsS&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=7ztfcrwyt6w&var=573711906965&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY -
Hi guys sorry Abit off topic here
Just picked up a dtr from my mate, it had the ktm style front light on it, the wires are
Green = Ground
White = High beam
Blue = Low beam
Brown = SidelightI can get sidelight working when ignition key is turned and also the normal beam headlight but the switch doesn’t do anything, the wires have previously been cut, I’m just wondering if anyone has a picture of the wiring colours for headlight and the switch the switch looks like a Newer 2003+ one
I’ll put some pictures up if it lets me
Cheers !
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Waiting on the flywheel puller now. There’s some noise from that sides bearing, maybe. It might be the starter clutch ring though. I don’t have any experience of elecy start lumps. So I want to remove the flywheel and starter clutch-ring stuff and see how it sounds without all that gumpf.
There’s no (up/down) movement in the crankshaft apart from a bit of side to side, which I can’t say I remember ever seeing before. I don’t know if that’s normal?… -
Sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread. Meant to be in the Tzr forum…
I meant crank movement, only the tiniest bit
…Bendix? Sounds like something Uri Geller would do in the bedroom!
…While I’ve gotten some free time I’m gonna tackle the water pump seal on the dtr. I’ve been meaning to for a while now. The oil has an opaque milky look to it where it’s been emulsified with the coolant.
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One thing I’ve noticed from working on the Tzr are the handy bits of steel clip/bracketing that holds the wiring near the front sprocket in place. Even for the gearbox breather tube. There are loads of other guides and clips missing from my bike. I would really like to know where they all go so as I can try and replace them…
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Are they not itemised on the exploading diagrams?
https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/main/img/assemblies/large/016ee6130ef8ca51319e1cded43b55e0.png
As an example:
https://www.fowlersparts.co.uk/parts/4111561/tzr125-4fl1-1993-999-a/crankcase
For now you ought to just enjoy it.
