1988 rebuild update

[Nottsbiker]

Something so satisfying about building your own bike from the ground up.

My Monster cost me £600 from a mate but once built will be a keeper and tick the big bike box nicely.

Currently awaiting the start of some building work at our house which will include the concrete base for my 4x8 garage. Never had a garage since I left home 23yrs ago so cant wait!

On the subject of keepers I still regret selling my DT-WR so next year's bike will be a WR200 methinks...

[Calum]

That's looking so sweet!

[oldman]

That's the exhaust on and the rack fitted, looks better with the rack imho! Lack of wheels a serious p### off now, can't think of anything else to do, desperate to get on the road.

[Calum]

@oldman Yes, I'm really loving this!

[Minia]

Looks absolutely gorgeous, good work mate.

[Louis-DT-WR]

Excellent work there, if I did another project I want to do a red one

[scrimsmustang]

Thats a sweet bike, I think for anyone to restore a Red one would be difficult to find the plastics. Fowlers would laugh at you If you tried to order them.

[oldman]

They did! Tried ebay in various countries, cmsl, various phone nos, etc, but the search continues, have to be positive

[scrimsmustang]

@oldman said in 1988 rebuild update:

They did! Tried ebay in various countries, cmsl, various phone nos, etc, but the search continues, have to be positive

Its because the Red is a one year only colour from 1990, you might find the od new piece here and there. It took me 2 years to find a full set in Purple because of the same thing one year only 1991 colour. The Red plastics and tank I have I got from someone on the old forum, save for the tank and headlamp cowl I got from ebay years ago. Best thing to do is google the part numbers. I have brand new sets with decals for 88 in Blue 89 in White 88 and 89 in Black 90 in Red

[oldman]

Thanks, will try that, the red is eye-catching and want to stick with it. Just picked up a nos cowl so that's one off the list

[scrimsmustang]

@oldman said in 1988 rebuild update:

Thanks, will try that, the red is eye-catching and want to stick with it. Just picked up a nos cowl so that's one off the list

Get the cowl from France ? there has been one on ebay over there for ages

[oldman]

No, from Kent, have not looked on French ebay for a couple of weeks, must have missed that one.

[oldman]

Thanks for all the positive comments btw, encourages me to go that extra mile!

[NINJA]

@oldman There's a couple of DTR groups on Facebook, have you tried any of them???

https://www.facebook.com/groups/170562822956918/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/147941378583517/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/441387576250003/

[oldman]

I have joined 2, waiting for my post to be approved on one of them, trouble is there are panels about but not good ones, will keep searching and keep the faith!

[NINJA]

@oldman This dude is an admin on one of em, plus he breaks DT's and other bikes for a living. Add him and send him a msg, maybe he can help ya out???

https://www.facebook.com/tommy.keane.98?hc_ref=ARQK4YxnmnHX-uO7Eg_4CTGNOCKS_dEbpEkeod9oXt6iyz3J1Mdv9dRRHlyjiwqI558&fref=nf

[Louis-DT-WR]

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.fr/itm/401274391592

Not sure if this helps,don't forget a good spray shop could get the right red

[NINJA]

@oldman Maybe you could get this bike cheap, keep the panels and anything else you want, break the bike and sell the rest as parts for spares???

https://www.gumtree.com/p/yamaha-motorbikes/yamaha-dt125/1262156828

[scrimsmustang]

Whats up with the plastics anyway they look new ?

[NINJA]

@louis-james That's Team Phillipe dude, so not originals. They would however be better than old knackered ones for-sure.