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    • Museumman
      Museumman last edited by

      I collect RD125LCs and have OCD, so have a mini Museum of 80s 2strokes. 🙂 Based in Antwerp Province Belgium.

      I buy a few a year and often sell for people I know abroad who've seen UK prices on ebay 😆

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      • Museumman
        Museumman last edited by Museumman

        This is where I live.
        My current run-around is the TDR Belgarda on the right. The best compromise for the little lanes around here that sometimes turn rough.
        My friend has the Yellow one.

        So I sold my own DTRs

        Sold
        The Blue one went to a Yamaha mechanic a few years ago and recently came up for sale again. Can't remember the reg.

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        • Calum
          Calum last edited by

          Lovely bikes. That blue dtr has to be my favourite colour scheme!

          Welcome to the forum. Pics of your rds?

          Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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          • NINJA
            NINJA @Museumman last edited by

            @Museumman Some lovely mint bikes you have there bud, do you restore them all yourself???

            SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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              oldman last edited by

              Hello, enjoy

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              • declan
                declan @oldman last edited by

                @oldman long time no see?

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                • Calum
                  Calum @declan last edited by

                  @declan My thoughts exactly.

                  Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                  • Museumman
                    Museumman @Calum last edited by Museumman

                    @Calum said in Accidental Museum:

                    Lovely bikes. That blue dtr has to be my favourite colour scheme!

                    Welcome to the forum. Pics of your rds?

                    Thanks for the comment. I'm not a restorer (I have done in past) My way of working
                    now has evolved into hunting down original well looked after bikes and then correcting any faults, damage etc with similar age parts. I seem to prefer the natural look with patina, and enjoy the story the bike tells. This is mostly with my RDs, but I travel a silly amount of miles all across Europe so always pick up other bikes I know well from the 1980s.
                    Here's about 1/4 of my RD body part spares, about 1/20 of all my RD spares. Even then, rare stuff is very low on stocks now. Like good shocks, cranks, original bore barrels.

                    If I had just a few bikes then I would probably go for the 'better than new' restoration look. But a big collection with all new paint jobs is for people with a lot more money than me 🙂



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                    • Museumman
                      Museumman @NINJA last edited by Museumman

                      @NINJA

                      thanks for the comment, see above, I do my bikes without restoration work. I keep so many bikes it would be too expensive to restore them as such especially paint jobs. I collect original low mile parts or break clean bikes and then fix the lower mile bikes as they are recommissed.

                      I do sometimes do a slight custom/special look which will have new paint and coatings. Like these ones. Nothing clever just subtle cosmetic changes.


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                      • NINJA
                        NINJA @Museumman last edited by

                        @Museumman Your bikes look amazing dude, just like they originally left the factory - kudos to ya. Obviously your system clearly works, time consuming no doubt, but at least you get to see some nice parts of the world on your travels!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

                        SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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                          oldman last edited by oldman

                          Good looking bikes, saw an rd 125 at a vjmc summer show and brought back memories! Have been following the forum Declan/ Calum, just been busy with new shed. Almost complete, just skirting boards to finish and CCTV to install. Have been collecting parts ready to rebuild the endurance blue Dt as well, need rear mudguard, left rear panel and front right scoop to have complete bodywork if you have any museum man?
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                          • Mightyman
                            Mightyman last edited by

                            Some lovely looking bikes here! Personal favourite is your friends TDR

                            TDR 125 - 2001

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                              oldman @Mightyman last edited by oldman

                              @Mightyman said in Accidental Museum:

                              Some lovely looking bikes here! Personal favourite is your friends TDR

                              I will take one of those rd's myself!

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                              • Calum
                                Calum last edited by

                                I like the colour scheme on that Red & Black RD 😄

                                Always Originate, Never Pirate!

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                                • NINJA
                                  NINJA @Calum last edited by NINJA

                                  @Calum Yeah that bike looks mint, in fact I might say it looks very NINJA-ISH!!! :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

                                  SEDUCED BY THE DARK SIDE!!!

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