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[NINJA]

@Darty Man where do you find all this stuff? You must spend hours searching for it???

Good job though.

[Darty]

@CYBER-NINJA lol Not much, find this shit by accident mostly.

[Darty]

Bought a cool advertisement from 89'

[NINJA]

@Darty Man even nearly 30 years old, those bikes look awesome when new.

[Darty]

KTM in from the mid 80's were pretty werid and poor quality. Some of the best looking MX bikes of all time I think. And in 1985, KTM's were coming out with (White Power) WP nowadays,.. USD forks and front AND rear discs.

For the late 1980s KTM's were pretty tech, but not very good by most accounts.

Just a cool and very forward thinking piece of engineering from 1989, I thought I would share MXA's Write up, the only Magazine to get to test it, for the KTM 125MX AMP Prototype.

http://amp-research.com/wp-content/files/MXA_AMP_KTM_May2013.pdf

A really interesting time in Motocross development and the beginning of real refinement of the 2stroke for off-road racing.

[Darty]

This a crackin build btw, check out this Rotax (123), that's right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU5bFu5eo0g

[Calum]

@Darty Yes darty! That video is quality. The rotax 123 is inferior to the 122 engine.

Great video

[NINJA]

@Darty DAYUM!!! That looks like a whole heap of fun and some serious leanage there from the rider. He must know those roads very well and I bet he's caned em loadsa times for-sure? Sweet looking RS125 he's putting through its paces, it sure looks and sounds like a race bike???

Great vid @Darty - thanks for sharing dude!!!

[Darty]

Legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AgB0hhnlzg

[Jens Eskildsen]

That would be me

This is also me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE3AazMEo6A

[Mightyman]

@Jens-Eskildsen awesome fail man!!! Submit that to failarmy and you'll probably get $50.

[NINJA]

@Darty said in 125 - 2 Stroke stuff:

Legend.

@Jens-Eskildsen said in 125 - 2 Stroke stuff:

That would be me

Love the Santa outfits!!! LOL

[Calum]

Embed it properly

This topic of embedding pictures has been talked to death. Mightman has created a very simple guide on how to do this. It's mind numbingly simple and it's getting extremely repetitive going over it and over it.

[Mightyman]

Just trawled through this thread and embedded all the images I came across (couple of images no longer exist).

[Darty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28x6_BlscB8&list=LL5qGGE0mJaCm9BMMu7reYUQ&index=3

Not a bad run.

[NINJA]

@Darty COOL vid, that must have been a DTX or RE, as some on those leans were pretty sharp.

[Mightyman]

@CYBER-NINJA looks like an older style model by the looks of the tank, probably just in sumo trim.

[Darty]

I'll just leave this here.

[Mightyman]

@Darty WOW that is unbelievably nice..

[Darty]

From Germany... on to the 1997' 125R. Love that riding gear.

Then came 1998. The last year to use the original Oil pump design. The last of the real DT125Rs. You could still get 11,500 RPMs when you wanted it.

This is the end of the DT125R, 99-03' models are completely sanitised and the heavier Generator design that followed make these engines even more soulless.

So quite enthusiastic I own a 2001...

Oh well.

If your are looking for the most refined 125 2stroke ever made, it would be 3RME DT125R.

I found quite a rare copy for the 2005 DTRE 'Stefan Everts Edition'.

No love for the DTRE at this point, fatter and confusing ergonomics, It's amazing Yamaha stretched the DT125R from 1988 to 2007. The everyday 2stroke market was finally dead.

Production of the DTRE completely moved into Europe to.

The RE borrwed dimensions and design from the 1997' DT230 Lanza, Yamaha's last attempt to keep selling a 2stroke relic at that point.

No offence to you DTRE owners. Be assured!

To a great bike, that is actually best when you leave it alone and original..