DT125R FORUM

They are all my bikes and all duplicates for now....easier to keep looking/buying over here in Europe than restoring to mint, and cheaper!
I've been collecting since 2003 when these bikes already seemed quite old, add another 15 years, wow where's the time gone.....A little bit of a pension sorted anyway. Loads of regrets not buying certain bikes over the years and I remember them all, originally too expensive when I was skint not working, then eventually not enough space. Mint blue DT200R for 1500 euros in Belgium back then. Several CRM125 cheap. My TS250X was only 800 euros about 4 years ago.

These came out of the garage when the sun finally appeared the other day to have a tidy up and get an RD on my new Sky-lift ( I'm getting old) which is an excellent piece of kit. I sold a vintage exhaust on ebay for nice money so didn't feel guilty.
I would never keep this many bikes in England though, let alone publish them.

So despite the very low miles. I'm going to be looking for a NOS Blue seat cover or at least the strap if anyone has any tip offs.

NOS decals and carry rack would be nice too.

Excuse the TZR in the foreground (still looking for the better pics before it went back in garage)

A nice low miler for my collection. Been trying to import one with as few miles as possible, so I wont have to restore now (loads of work on other bikes to do)

Picked this up personally from near the Italian/Swiss border with my sons. If I can hold on to it it will be good memories for them, even though weather was crap and spoilt the views.

we took the train from Kanderstag through the mountains. Stayed in 3 hotels after starting in Belgium. Knackering trip in a short space of time.

This is the bike it will be replacing, doesn't show in photo but has a few niggly cosmetic jobs needed. 1988 model which would be my preference to match most of my other bikes. The Black/Blue one is 1990.

They should throw all the aggressive and unsporting riders/drivers into their own race series not ban them

I've got 2 DTRs to offer for sale if a mod could add me to the section, as Facebook and ebay don't deserve these bikes :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes:

@NINJA

thanks for the comment, see above, I do my bikes without restoration work. I keep so many bikes it would be too expensive to restore them as such especially paint jobs. I collect original low mile parts or break clean bikes and then fix the lower mile bikes as they are recommissed.

I do sometimes do a slight custom/special look which will have new paint and coatings. Like these ones. Nothing clever just subtle cosmetic changes.

@Calum said in Accidental Museum:

Lovely bikes. That blue dtr has to be my favourite colour scheme!

Welcome to the forum. Pics of your rds?

Thanks for the comment. I'm not a restorer (I have done in past) My way of working
now has evolved into hunting down original well looked after bikes and then correcting any faults, damage etc with similar age parts. I seem to prefer the natural look with patina, and enjoy the story the bike tells. This is mostly with my RDs, but I travel a silly amount of miles all across Europe so always pick up other bikes I know well from the 1980s.
Here's about 1/4 of my RD body part spares, about 1/20 of all my RD spares. Even then, rare stuff is very low on stocks now. Like good shocks, cranks, original bore barrels.

If I had just a few bikes then I would probably go for the 'better than new' restoration look. But a big collection with all new paint jobs is for people with a lot more money than me

I will try and keep this updated and more readable plus add links. By all means shout out if anything is wrong or it's out of date.

NOVA

1. Get receipt with yours and sellers name on it, plus date and amount paid (preferably without the high transport costs and agent fees )
   Note: at the moment the date can be old (I've done receipts 18 months old, there are no fines like with the EU bikes done online)
2. If the bike doesn't have the foreign logbook, get a dating certificate ordered early but remember VJMC say theirs are only valid 1 year)
3. Download the form C384. Just google 'c384 import gov.uk' and fill it in.
4. Scan or photograph, your filled in 1) C384, 2) logbook or dating cert and 3) receipt.
5. Send an email to ecsm.nchcars@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk with the attachments from step four. Title your email something like 'Application for Nova joe bloggs' then give it a 'Dear Sir or Madame please find attached bla bla bla'
6. You should get confirmation email saying wait up to 10 days (they are busy)
7. Eventually you get a quote of duty and VAT to pay. Reply saying 'I agree', then sooner or later you get a bill from another department with payment instructions.
8. Once paid, it should appear on DVLA's database within a few days and you get emailed a final 'satisfied' letter in your name. DVLA have never asked me for this but you could print off anyway and send with your V55/5 application if you want.

Registration with DVLA

Order yourself a V55/5 form here https://www.gov.uk/dvlaforms

You will only be filling in about 1/3 of the form. The rest is for modern cars.
The reason it's easy for our bikes is DVLA don't require an SVA test for vehicles over 10 years old or require the certificate of conformity like other countries do
So on number 11. You write 'Exempt' and on the final page where it asks for the reason, you write 'over 10 years old'

This is where I live.
My current run-around is the TDR Belgarda on the right. The best compromise for the little lanes around here that sometimes turn rough.
My friend has the Yellow one.

So I sold my own DTRs

The Blue one went to a Yamaha mechanic a few years ago and recently came up for sale again. Can't remember the reg.

I collect RD125LCs and have OCD, so have a mini Museum of 80s 2strokes. Based in Antwerp Province Belgium.

I buy a few a year and often sell for people I know abroad who've seen UK prices on ebay