Hi from SW UK
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Ez all glad to see this place still going was on here many a year back.
Just wanted to say Hi
And ask if anyone else from my patch would be interested in giving this old timer a hand with an old TZR 4HW and DTR 93 as since having a stroke im not as good with mechanical things as I used to be.I also have some spare parts like tzr panels n some bits of dt stuff i'll have a look through n put on here for any one in need.
Anyway thought ide best make a welcome post and wish you blue smokers a great bank holiday tc out there n happy riding see you round the forum
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Hey there!
Welcome to the forum.
I am sorry to hear about the stroke. There isn't a lot on this forum, it's all gone to FaceAche, although to be fair it was going that way when I joined 10 years ago
There may be someone local to you on here that can lend a helping hand. The few that exist on here do excellent jobs so be good to find someone more local.
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Thanks Calum still a wealth of knowledge on here glad is still going shame I cannot find my old account was an old dt I rebuilt on here somewhere no worrys got an unmolested by teenagers DTR now but shes showing her age so will check on here for advice n post some pics n updates as I get her back in shape same with my TZR only had 20mph out of her so far so will be fun to get her on the other side of the clock at some stage will post some pictures on here soon shame I didnt get more build pics from the boxs she came in but some pics on different phones n ipads so will get them in order n get a build post on the go at that soon.
All the best m8 will check out some of your posts when I can what you riding now?
I also have a 93 NSR125 to sort and a BWS 50 gota get rebult for my daughters CBT so if allowed might be a few posts about them on here too !
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Oh very nice, anything smoker related I enjoy
There are small pockets of knowledge. I can reset your password on the old account if you can let me know what it was and verify it appropriately. But if it was a long time ago then you might be thinking of the old old site which in reality is nothing to do with this site. @Seiki runs/owns that site and sort of let the maintenance lapse and we got hit with spammers and all sorts.
I moved to this site after setting up and the old site was put into Read Only mode.
Ohh cool, yeah will want to see those, spesh the NSR, when you get a mo. I was tempted at buying an NSR 250, but had to be the old school MC28...
But you're talking something like £15k and the spares just aren't there.
I've got a whole array of 125 two strokes, mainly Aprilias.
I've got my beloved 2005 Yamaha DT 125 RE which I've had since I was 17.
My cherished Aprilia RS 125 that I built from a box of scraps.
A Cagiva Raptor that is currently broken
An Aprilia ETX which is, well I don't know where it is, but it's having a third paint job as the first two just failed me
Another RS125 in the master bedroom that's just a long long long term tick over project.
Built from remaining bits I had from my first one.
And most recently, I've started another project using a Cagiva Planet with an RD 350 lump.
I think only the DTR/RS are running, although the DTR is having an ally arm conversion atm so is unusable and the weather hasn't been nice enough for the RS.
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Bless man a bit like me I have a bandit 650 and a keeway rkf125 in the yard im also working on them are some clean bikes you got there bigup on the rebuilds.
We had to import the nsr from poland as the tzr was to high up for my mrs then the day of cbt she dropped the examiners bike and never even got on the nsr shes had some mad panic attack and never done 2 strokes think she scared plus its a naughty quick lil bike.My stepdad then went and found the exact same nsr but its a limited edition one number 007 the lucky duck that hes still rebuilding after 3 years hes doing it propa unlike me had it all powder coated etc its gonna be a minter once done i'll get some pics soon of my lil convoy.
That Caggy 350 sounds like a dream build hope that goes well keep us updated i'll get on here n look for the build posts when I can cheers for the pics putting me back in my builders frame of mind so I can get all mine sorted.
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Oh and don't worry bout the deets for the old one managed to get back in there but I wasnt very active tbh n sold tht project I was working on to get this current DT he did do a cool bananaman build with it shame I didnt get no pics but then he went n crashed it and bought one of them 4 wheel things lol just happy I got a DT that hadnt been mangled by amateurs fitted a servo and done a lil down tooth up the front n she rides nicely just needs me to get better and get out on her more
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Not sure about html forum code anymore hopefully these pics will upload as it says they to big to directly upload.
DTR When I got her
Boyo stealing the 007
Help im nekked
Fed me to many 2 smokers
Bit cold out here
Its my bike now if she wont ride it
Anyone seen that cat !Sorted
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Yeh keeps me busy they spend more time being cleaned up after these gale force winters than they do on the tarmac keeps me sane though hopefully lot of miles on them soon and the nsr has been claimed by my daughter and the DT by my son so looks like im left with the TZR or the boys minimoto haha.
Hope made you smile m8 just shown the boy your lil collection he likes the DT the most
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The DT is cool and it served me well when I was 17, was very reliable, just not fast. I always wanted an Aprilia when I was that age but my brother had a DTR and convinced me to get one. The Yellow TZR looks very cool but I think the red white blue NSR is my favourite. It's just got enough classic 90s vibes in it for me.
Plus my Mum had the VFR400 back in the 90s in the same colour scheme so that's probably why.
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Trying to source them NSR fairings is the test right now I might swag them for her bike and just fix them with some filler as she will probly drop it and break them like the black ones as I think the old man will likely get brand new ones for his restoration if he ever finds a source. I used to spin around on a bulletproof rsx100 back in the day so the DTR is just pure fun when I go on it as we used to offroad lots as kids on broken mopeds n the odd YZ or CR that used to come up the track I still used to do bigger jumps and leave them standing on a Suzzy GP100 that had so much wrong with it no idea how it didnt explode lol.
I like the Tizzer naked but its got a silly bat box and coolant on the sides which is a shame I prefer it black but as the post earlier Mr postman decided to break the rear black fairings so thinking about wrapping the carbon fairings now so you can just see the camel styling under the wrap just not sure what colour to go yet.
Best get it running right first as it cut out on me last time I took it out n never wanted to start again and only ran like a 50 was like it hit the powerband n choked i'll ask about it on a fresh post soon as I test out tht cdi thanks for tht wiring looks like I was correct about it being some oil light
Lol found a set will have to get the old man to fork out for them
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176059287020?_nkw=nsr125+fairing&itmmeta=01J65TCWRWPZJWQGDBCVFQ48CH&hash=item28fdf385ec:g:vPgAAOSwcwplO4Bd&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKmB72KZS8UNKtkCKDOFc%2BQRMZT7Qg4Ji4VRqUeAIyTb72o60UMBef7o6d0fm81BZwIutTgvuehr57DwKsbmlaIbvsozBRJe11XS8DjvucjUYzVFWHcso2XOJFL7yLZellPqF%2FNta80mhODKmoNydV1vJJ%2FJWi%2BG6egRS0ivoPgwSHNpZkhszCqXeFMFmDugVuTN1%2Fv%2BBX65IQaE5mzVdlLMPhRc0Dp5iIQI1%2FACWgeYFteIFaVTCAZ8JH9ZnAX8Zl3aK%2FyJeX57akKZvTRY3F6m99YX3dUn9F9cIetoo%2FPwsw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8bMs7qxZA -
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Looks tidy that nice one Calum making me a bit jealous cause yours look so tidy spent the day showing my daughter the DT n TZR n they both rusted up all the bits we striped blasted n painted knew shoulda just got them powdered just didnt have the funds. Getting me some ideas with your bracket as I want to move batt n coolant bottle on the TZR. On an upnote old man said I can have his pet tank off the NSR as hes got a new one hopefully that will fix my mysterious whys the no petty in the NSR issue every time we go near it as it aint coming out of the carb or leaking anywhere. And dropped a hint about those fairings I found so hopefully can swag his old set
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Those photos were taken like 8 years ago. This was the bike last weekend.
I'm fitting an ally swinging arm to take some of the weight out of it, but Jesus as I was cleaning to original arm, the AMOUNT of rust that fell out of it
Although Rust is lighter than Carbon Sounds good about your Dad mind you, could be onto a winner there!
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Isit shaft driven cant see a chain hehe still looks clean m8 yeh this rust is starting to really anoy me but compared to a 3 year old keeway in my yard my bikes are so much cleaner n less rusty glad there Jap and not chinese.
Gota get my swing arm done had a nice few rusty patches on it for years that I just grease up n seems to stop it spreading think its only surface tbh.
Did get the DT up on a stand today was gonna get shocker off but daughter wanted to get out on her bike so least its ready for when tyres come the old man said he could probly rebuild the shocker as he works in an engine rebuild place so will hopefully have tools to do it just hope it is rebuild able as couldnt see without removing it and already had the TZR half stripped to test that CDI.
So as for the TZR to keep you updated took a while to start ive made a post about that and the CDI I got here which I think is a Sachs it has a M printed on the side and missing that blue wire and looks like the black connector is female and the one on the engine is female and also didnt look like the wires would reach so sackd it off for today think I will have to make up an extension loom n worried that oil light being on might fail its mot. Least got to clean her up a little on some hidden parts
Mrs just returned with daughter and the BWS cut out a few times fml lol seemed to work fine for me bringing back in though that one of my next can of worms to sort glad she managed to get a few miles on it though and said there was a few learners down the industrial estate and managed to get a few rides with cars on the road next to her so she can get used to that.
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Aww that's good. Sucks that it was problomatic though
Feels like yesterday that was me, I was so lucky my Mum sold her Ducati Monster and bought me my 2 year old RS50!
And then a year later sold it and bought my boggo DTRE.
Yeah there is no chain at the moment as I'm working/designing the spacer/brake carrier etc. Designs basically done just need to get it CNC'd.
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Haha cool always wanted a Monster myself was chatting to the boy about it other day and what have I started coming on here all these lush bikes now my kids tryina blag me out my bikes lol been a great day thanks Cal for getting me back into the swing of things good luck with the carrier hope it comes out a solid upgrade
N got me wanting an RS now heard so many stories never seen one in person then again ragged one about happy days to come relive some my lost youth
What is the item just in front of the oil pump please? Looks kind of like a throttle cable splitter box with a window if that makes sense?