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    My DT125 80s Yz style DT200 build one to watch!

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      mhbikesnbits last edited by

      Hi all fairly new to the forum and I’m currently rebuilding a dt125r which I wanted to share with you guys and hopefully give you some inspiration, share my knowledge, get some ideas and feedback of you guys and to just share my work.

      I have Owned two DT’s in my life, 1 a dt50r which is a rare bike hard to get hold of which the owner you can see below

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      And dt125x which obviously is quite common which can also be see below

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      Owning both of these bikes I have to say they were both amazing to ride which is why I’ve decided to take the plunge to fully rebuild one of these bikes in my own style.

      I love a challenge and work In engineering and have good resources available to me so this isn’t going to be your bog standard rebuild I plan on making this a incredible-looking machine one of the best you’ll ever have seen is my goal.

      So here is my starting for the bike I picked it up for a nice £500,

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      Some inspiration for the bike is to take the style of a 80s yz 125

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      The plan is take the bike into the current age and get a bike that looks the part, handles better than the original and add some power, which is where the 200cc engine will into my play.

      Simple right ? We will see.

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        Bananper @mhbikesnbits last edited by

        @mhbikesnbits Looks interesting!

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          declan @mhbikesnbits last edited by

          @mhbikesnbits I’m sure I’ve seen your dtr somewhere before 🧐

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            mhbikesnbits @declan last edited by

            @declan that many about might be one similar

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              mhbikesnbits @Bananper last edited by

              @Bananper will certainly be an interesting project for everyone and certainly interesting for myself

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                declan @mhbikesnbits last edited by

                @mhbikesnbits did you buy it off eBay I must have saw it for sale the past few weeks

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                  mhbikesnbits @declan last edited by

                  @declan brought a while ago tbh back end of last year

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                    NINJA @mhbikesnbits last edited by

                    @mhbikesnbits Looks like you have a lot of work to do, but I'm sure that the result will look amazing. Keep us updated with your progress. :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:

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                      mhbikesnbits @NINJA last edited by

                      @NINJA yes I’ve definitely got my work cut out ,already started the project tho so can drip feed my progress in but also have a 1980 rm 80 I need to finish off so will be also doing that when funds come available but that’s not too far off engine is the main job for that!

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                        Calum last edited by

                        Looks brilliant!

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                          mhbikesnbits @Calum last edited by mhbikesnbits

                          @Calum she’s getting there will be a nice bike to stick in a show once’s she’s completed

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                            declan @mhbikesnbits last edited by

                            @mhbikesnbits it’s very nice

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                              NINJA @mhbikesnbits last edited by

                              @mhbikesnbits Now that is old school indeed!!! :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:

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                                mhbikesnbits @declan last edited by

                                @declan very nice and very expensive to restore was abit of wreck when I got her !8F78D52C-5F40-474A-889E-1BBB75F226F0.jpeg

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                                  mhbikesnbits @NINJA last edited by

                                  @NINJA you can’t beat the old school bikes

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                                    mhbikesnbits last edited by mhbikesnbits

                                    the bike is a runner it ran well but this doesn’t matter too much because I’ll putting a 200cc engine In replacement of the 125cc one anyway

                                    One of the the main Issues found when stripping the bike down is that it had be turned into a motor cross bike by the previous owner,which mean that it is missing a few vital parts that it needs to be road worthy for a MOT.

                                    But Shouldn't be too hard to source what I need.

                                    Another issue was the wiring loom had also been butchered which mean getting a new one to replace!

                                    Why people feel the need to butcher looms
                                    I don’t know!

                                    Other than that the bike just had general ware for a bike of this age

                                    I will replacing most of he components on the bike anyway to achieve a show room look.

                                    Few pictures to show the bike been stripped
                                    Ready for a good clean!

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                                      mhbikesnbits last edited by mhbikesnbits

                                      Cleaning up the parts, I have access to a shot blaster and vapour/Vaqua blaster so this is what I used to clean up the parts and prep them for powder coat.

                                      Shot blasted some parts

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                                      Vaqua blasting the suspension arm

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                                      Rear Master cylinder Vaqua blasted

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                                      Have more to clean so will post my progress accordingly.

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                                        NINJA @mhbikesnbits last edited by

                                        @mhbikesnbits WOW nice job!!! :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:

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                                          Calum last edited by

                                          Very nice. Comes up a treat in the shot blaster!

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                                            mhbikesnbits @Calum last edited by

                                            @Calum yes such a good tool

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