got some stuff back from the powder coaters very happy with the results looks incredible itching for get it back together now! Tank still in progress

engine back from the Powder coaters, happy with the results looking forward to rebuilding it up, just got to mill the writing on the custom ypvs cover as masking it wouldn’t look right

I also need to spray the plastic covers because these can’t be powder coated

Busy life = lack of progress, however have blasted last couple of bits for the engine ready for powder coating and plastics to be rattle canned

I have vaqua blasted the plastic parts as it leaves a nice key like you would get off shot blasting metal perfect for spraying

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.

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.

@declan aluminium yes done a little more tonight tbh since last picture still not perfect

See linked image comparison of original dt cover to one I’ve designed

started to prep my work space ready for the build, taps ready to go over the powder coat also lined up the steering stem to see how the colour contrast against each other , loving the look!

Seat refurb- cleaned up, pulled old cover off and removed old staples.

also added a layer of foam on top of existing to add some riding comfort, from what I remember on my old dt the seat was abit uncomfortable on the old arse

Re foamed the base of Seat for vibration

New seat cover as seen in previous post

Cleaned up some bits bolts and hardware to see what they will turn out like,

I Vaqua blasted them

some to paint/powder coat and others are to to get zinc plated will be replacing a lot with new ones too

Most Of them turned out great
Zinc plating makes them look like new again

Deep pitting where rust and been and scratches in the bolts does show up tho

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.

@andyjack got a picture of your existing one

Having forum issues, iPhone Safari, when I load the site up it will I have my notifications on the top right and top left won’t let me click anyone of them sometimes it does but more often then not i can’t click them and get the drop down menus

@SpookDog ah great thanks for the opinion Might give one ago for a tenner

@declan ahh cheers for the heads up will stay away from the eBay ones then

@Calum it’s just getting hold of a genuine one , a nos one like may look into the ones you’ve just tagged tho cheers

Just curious what people think of the after market clutch cables for the dt, have you used any ? If so what do you recommend

@declan worth a try With the ybr sprocket hopefully works for you buddy

@Calum dam like the ideas , titanium bolts and lithium battery , really good ideas makes the wallet more empty tho

@HOTSHOT-III thanks for kind words about the build, I have read before the 200r engine has plenty of low down torque, pretty popular for the green leaning and enduro too wonder what Yamahas idea was for the design especially for it only been targeted towards certain country’s

@mhbikesnbits I’m In Talks with a guy in Australia who owns a 200r give me some really nice info on it and it’s general handling and stuff.

He also has a load of parts and I’ve got all the important parts for the engine I need, the loom, cdi , servo all the electronics, the split pipe for the radiator and saving me a load of parts for the future spares ect I might need.

Really big step forward to completion as it could have been months before I found these bits for sale