My DT125 80s Yz style DT200 build one to watch!
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@mhbikesnbits I’m sure I’ve seen your dtr somewhere before 🧐
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@declan that many about might be one similar
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@Bananper will certainly be an interesting project for everyone and certainly interesting for myself
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@mhbikesnbits did you buy it off eBay I must have saw it for sale the past few weeks
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@declan brought a while ago tbh back end of last year
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@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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@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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Looks brilliant!
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@Calum she’s getting there will be a nice bike to stick in a show once’s she’s completed
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@mhbikesnbits it’s very nice
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@mhbikesnbits Now that is old school indeed!!! :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:
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@declan very nice and very expensive to restore was abit of wreck when I got her !
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@NINJA you can’t beat the old school bikes
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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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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
Vaqua blasting the suspension arm
Rear Master cylinder Vaqua blasted
Have more to clean so will post my progress accordingly.
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@mhbikesnbits WOW nice job!!! :thumbs_up_medium-light_skin_tone:
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Very nice. Comes up a treat in the shot blaster!
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@Calum yes such a good tool
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@NINJA cheers bud
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Will be replacing the wheel rims with gold anodised aluminium rims and orignal dt hubs so I took the tires off and cut spokes to save time as I plan to used stainless steel spokes anyway,
Hubs to be Vaqua blasted to clean ready for the powder coating they will be going Matt black.
