Hello All,

Introduction

So I know I keep spouting on about the updates to the forum, and yes these things take time.

I am not even through the first stages of these updates, but I've got plenty of ideas about what could be useful things to have.

I will take this opportunity to give a shout out to @Arite who has been spending time heading up designs for some of the systems more complicated features.

Scalar Vector Graphics

One of the things that I have been working on however, has started to take shape over the last couple of days.

The ability to view the parts diagram is no doubt an extremely useful feature, and it's probably one of the only reasons I use websites such as Fowlers.

I figured as this is the place for DTR's that we should in fact have our very own exploding diagrams.

Unlike all of the other parts diagrams available, I have instead opted to make these graphics Scalar Vector. Essentially what this means is that as you zoom in on the image, the image will redraw itself. This results in a crystal clear image every time.

Don't believe me?

Have a look at our Logo

Use Ctrl and the mouse wheel to zoom in on the image. Notice how it doesn't lose resolution

Integration With the DTR Forum

With that cleared up then, how is this going to be incorporated to the DTR forum.

I have created a dedicated section for these images to be stored.

Users will be able to navigate to this section, select the vehicle they're interested in, select the part, then explore the diagram in infinite detailing.

The beauty of having it in our community is that I have made it so that the parts are linkable to other members.

From the URL you can specify the bike and part that you are viewing, allowing you to help other members with the high resolution graphics.

This part is far from complete yet, there is still lots to do. I presume many users will be using their mobile devices, as such these high resolution images may impede performance. Work needs to be done to minimise the network payload too.

Since the SVG's total to around 120Mb per bike, I will have to ensure that alternatives are provided for those of you on lower power devices.

Conclusion

This is still very much in early days yet, the ideas will get revised and the layouts shuffled, but I feel that it's a feature worth investing time into.

I shall continue to make good progress on the extension to this forum, in due course time I will be releasing updates to this forum that should help keep the community alive.

Comments welcome.

Hi Everyone,

I just want to say that I hope everyone is self isolating, staying safe and keeping themselves busy through these trying times.

I know times are dark at the moment and we all have our demons to battle. We'll get through this and I am really proud that as a nation we have come together.

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tomswalkforthenhs

If you haven't seen the incredible charity of our nation as we collectively donated 10 million pounds for Captain Tom to walk his garden on behalf of the NHS, then please do check it out.

It's so heart warming to see that we can set aside our differences and come together for a fantastical cause. Big up to all you key workers out there. Maximum respect for each and every one of you.

My nan passed away to the virus early last week, it came as a shock to us all and she is dearly missed. She is just one of the many victims of the deadly virus.

Stay safe.

Calum

First time riding it since I built the damn thing!

Lots of teething issues to sort out!

I would like to announce that @Mightyman has now become a moderator to the forum.

He's been with us since the launch of the new site and is always quick to spot things I miss.

Hopefully he can help out around here.

Cheers bud.

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the recent outages I've been upgrading the machine and forum software, consequently something bad happened and the box refused to come back on line.

Some things during investigation grabbed my attention so I saw to them whilst fixing the issues.

We're now on the latest version of the forum software, but I can already see some potential bugs and what not.

I will keep an eye on them, and upgrade at the latest opportunity.

For now just bare with any bugs we see.

Kind Regards,

Calum

So unfortunately I broke my phone, but I borrowed a phone from a friend and took a few snaps of this little gem.

Two long years

https://youtu.be/n8NCG4xdbqY

Forum Update

There is going to be a forum outage at some point this weekend.

The forums software has become out of date and I may as well update the machine as well.

I don't know how long this will take, or when I will actually get around to doing it. Either way if you find you can't access the forum, that'll be why.

It will all come back up on Monday.

Emails

As has been request, I will also get around to setting up the emails on this server so that they actually work. I shall try and include this for the outage this weekend

Hardware Update

Also, I would like to note, there will be another outage in the next few weeks or so. The hardware I am using is going to be upgrade for a faster machine and just a general refresh.

URL Change

I also intend to move the location of the forum to dt125r.co.uk/forum and instead have a home page not related to the forum software. This change is going to be massive under the hood, as all of the links are going to need to be changed.

When I actually do this latter change I don't actually know. As said I will have to buy a new computer and stuff so it's whenever I got the spare cash.

Website Upgrade

I do want to shake the web site up a little bit and offer more content, this will come over the course of the year, but in order for these changes to be accommodated, I must first invest in some new hardware.

Ultimately the majority of this work is not going to happen overnight, significant time is going to be invested to ensure that we do not lose the hard work we have put into this forum.

If there are any questions be sure to let me know down below

Regards,

Calum

There it is ladies a d gents, The DT Forum. And above it the bastard thing that burnt out earlier lol.

Wow, there is always something else am I right?

This forum is really suffering from instability issues at the moment I have no ideas why.

I can't see anything in the logs to suggest that there is something wrong with the machine but I will continue to investigate.

I have ordered a new machine and new hard disk, so I will look to migrate the server to this very soon. The machine is also slightly faster so should be able to handle more concurrent users.

Sorry for the inconvinience guys I will do my best to try and resolve the issues we're having.

Kind Regards,

Calum

@mhbikesnbits I had it running sweet on my Mick Abbey Ported 4DL Barrel with the Rotax Setup. But it's been overfueling like mad since I increased the displacement by 50%...who'd have figured the 170 would be better on fuel than the 125 lol.

After finally pulling my finger out, you seriously don't want to know how long I've been riding it over fueling lol, I decided to spend the afternoon rejetting lol. Feels like a different bike.

To be fair, I had only just built the engine and was just bedding it in, so I didn't want to be thrashing the balls off of it to test the jetting. But now it's run in, I was finding that off idle was fine, but 4-6k was a mess and then 10K is the limit lol.

Ah... Yeah this is making more sense now.

Once upon a time I had two VHSA's and I made one "Good" one from both. One was confirmed from a 4DL and the other "Blue Printed", although thinking back now that's just a con.

As it turns out, the two were not equal and swapping over jets wasn't enough. I seemed to have ended up with the Rotax Version of the carb and not the TZR one that I actually wanted.

http://tzr4dl.com/dellorto-vhsa32.html

There are subtle differences between the two which is probably why jetting one from the other isn't working as well I'd hoped for me.

@mhbikesnbits Is it not a tapered thread on those? So it's self sealing.

I can't remember but I thought the thread on those are tapered.

@declan You watch I will put money on it snapping by the clutch perch. Been there, done that, buy genuine.

Are you using the bike daily? Either it snaps or you'll be forever adjust the clutch cable. Trust me, genuine all the way

@declan It's not not working, the IP address changed so I had to reconfigure the DNS entry, then that takes time to replicate across DNS and then your computer has to refresh the entry etc.

That said, I only changed the DNS entry last night. Was still up though, if you knew where to find it.

I am sure anything is possible with time and money. But no they are not interchangeable. The rear light clusters are different, the radiator brackets are different and the airbbox might be different?

@SpookDog And it's definitely the head that's causing the problem and not some other underlying problem.

For example, I am merely hypothesising here, what if the coolant expansion spring on the radiator cap has failed and the coolant is expanding, adding pressure to the coolant system and eventually so much so that the only place the coolant can go is through the gasket?

This is really not a hard job and I simply can't see you doing anything wrong here (other than putting the gasket on the wrong way up).

@Stevie-Wonder I wouldn't exactly call them Sumo and no I'm on stock DTRE transmission.

Aprilia RS 125 wheels and DTRE transmission. So it's a considerable change from the stock wheel setup and I think the gearing is fine. Tops out at about 70mph though but I'm not 17 anymore and weigh considerably more.

Rides lovely though and for zipping to and from town it's a perfect little bike.

Is it not possible to get genuine anymore?
Fowlers still list it and it's in stock.

3BN-26335-00

@markus-w That's good to know.

How did they know what specifications to wind it to I wonder?

How much did that cost you just out of interest?