Yamaha dt125re rebuild
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The original DTR headlight with better bulb is one of the best stock trail bike headlights I've come across. I used to ride for hours at night,
I tried to be cool with a WR400 headlight... because I couldn't find a Blue DT-RE unit.
It's terrible.
Better off riding with a BIC lighter in one hand.
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As @Darty rightly said "The original DTR headlight with better bulb is one of the best stock trail bike headlights."
Stick with the stock headlight and just add one of these bad boys, for a top quality bargain upgrade and your good-to-go!!!
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Few last bits to clean off and dismantle of the frame ready for prep and primer over the weekend
https://i.imgur.com/dQ9xQP5.jpg
Not in bad shape all straight etc but of rust round the rear off the frame but nothing to serious
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@vishanj ,thanks mate but mine is a 2005 bike,i think it has had a bit of a hard life,well cosmetically at least,it could do with a full new set of plastics aswell as the lamp,i will get round to it eventually but stowed under at the minute.i just do little bits and bobs with it when i have the time,shame really but i have rode it less than 30 miles since the start of december!
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@calum sorry for late reply been busy
Iv started doing this rebuild because few things was wrong on the bike quiet a lot of dodgy wiring quite abit of rust on the frame etc
Also boredom and a very eager friend has just had a bad split from his partner and needs something to keep him occupied while she took his bike from himAnyways down to bare frame now going to start grinding away tonight and start spraying tomorrow
Might have been clean but it wasn’t perfect and little niggley bits and hodge jobs sets my ocd off so one little job leads to another and then bang the bikes in bits lol
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@bonus ahh I know your frustration. Mine is a 1991 DT125R and it too has had a life of being neglected and thrashed around. All the bits are still in one piece and working order thankfully except for the front head light unit. Got to find a replacement for it.
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Tbh I never thought about shot blasting at first until I sent all day yesterday grinding and sanding down shot blasting would of been a lot easier and not as painful
But anyways most of rust is gone few little bits and primed the back end yesterday this was the most effected area from rust
https://i.imgur.com/OzPv7aL.jpgMaybe another sandover and few stickers to remove and replace and will prime the rest and get the paint on
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Fine looking machine there, the rust on the subframe isn't too bad compared my '02 R. Regrettably a younger version of myself opted for the grinder and hammerite bodge fix which has made it a devil to sort without proper blast/powdercoating. For the love of all thats holy if youre going to this much effort do it right and save headaches down the line.
I found my standard headlight to be complete garbage, in fact I used to refer to it as the "Prince of darkness". Don't recall trying any of the fancier bulbs out there but I've yet to be impressed with any bike headlight out there with the exception of the '02 ZX-6R. Oncoming traffic was always a case of aim-for-the-lights-and-2-feet-left with the DT.
Is this going to be a full nut/bolt restoration or more of a seriously deep clean? As for colour IMO you can't beat the yammy blue. Also saves the faffery with V5 colour changes.
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This more of a deep clean and things getting replaced if needed
The colour of the frame is going gloss black for now as need to stay within budget and wasn’t keen on the blue frame and black hide dirt well
Same for the swing arm and forks there going blackThe tank plastics etc are staying blue with decals yet to be decided
95% of the rust if off the bike with grinding I know it won’t be the first time this bike gets done as this is my first attempt at the rebuild but next time will definitely be getting shot blasted and powdered coated
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All primed ready for paint tomorrow
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