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

mhbikesnbits

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

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

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,

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

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.

Bananper

@mhbikesnbits Looks interesting!

declan

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

mhbikesnbits

@declan that many about might be one similar

mhbikesnbits

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

declan

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

mhbikesnbits

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

NINJA

@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:

mhbikesnbits

@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!

Calum

Looks brilliant!

mhbikesnbits

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

declan

@mhbikesnbits it’s very nice

NINJA

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

mhbikesnbits

@declan very nice and very expensive to restore was abit of wreck when I got her !

mhbikesnbits

@NINJA you can’t beat the old school bikes

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!

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