New purchase 1990 dt125r
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Had a lot of owners, but I would guess garaged, yeah.
Was def kept in a garage from the bloke I brought it from for the last 5 years.Still has some niggles that I will tackle one by one,
Got hot again today, so going to check coolant levels (only changed 2 weeks ago)
Back brake's pretty rubbish and spongy
Poor electrics mean that the headlights pretty much useless in dusk/night time
Badly resprayed tank means petrol lifting paintI don't know anything about Engines/electrics but I'm practical enough to learn - Haynes manuals arrived to help me through
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Bike getting hot could be headgasket.
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Yeah, the head gasket is on my radar.
The oil looked ok when I changed it - so did the coolant, but I will check the consistency tomorrow.
How big a job is it to do the head gasket for a garage? Ball park cost? I think that may be a stage too far for me to do yet.I actually put the power valve back to original position as the exhaust got very hot very quickly (smoking from end after I stopped after a 5 min blast)
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@ukchad said in New purchase 1990 dt125r:
I actually put the power valve back to original position as the exhaust got very hot very quickly (smoking from end after I stopped after a 5 min blast)
haha I would say leave it open its boring closed I could fall asleep riding if it was not wide open but I will say I have seen threads where there is a bit of controversy so think it's best you know how your bike runs first so you will tell if it rich or lean through the rev range
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Here's one I prepared earlier !
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