Meant to add that my original calliper was glued on with one of the mounts, so god only knows how it 'passed' its last MOT.

This will teach me not to bid on ebay late at night with the old "I'll never win that...."

Hi All,

I've recently purchased a restored Italian TDR from ebay which I must commend the previous owners guide dog on giving it his best shot, but man its a dog itself. Note to self don't bid on ebay at midnight...

I'm posting this from work so cant upload anything from here but in all honesty I'm too embarrassed to show anything until I'm at least ready to start rebuilding it from the ground up. Main issues (lol) at present include rough body kit, rusty forks / broken calliper mount and no YPVS servo. The bike did run (now in bits) but judging on the rest of the bike I'm not sure how 'rebuilt' its actually been so am reluctant to waste any money on it. My current plan is to drop a DT200R 3ET engine in as I'm off to France next month on holiday in my van if I can figure out their free-ads in Brittany.

Anyways if anyone has any TDR stuff let me know as I probably need it!

I'm also on the look out for a WR200 or DT200WR but wont get one from here as they are too highly sought after (ie expensive) but have owned a 200WR before along with numerous DT-R's and really regret selling the light and nimble 200 even if it did come with a moped size kickstart!!

Cheers - Ben

Two strokes were once the bike of choice for people on low incomes, in the UK they are rapidly becoming the preserve of folk with lots of cash to spend on rare parts now

I was looking for a 200R lump to go into my 3SH TDR125 but have pretty much given up as they are impossible to find over here right now.

Unit 5 Moto's had a rough one up a few weeks back for soemthing like £2200 which sold in days - there are no bargains to be had with anything DT related at all it seems

@andrewj1680 said in Hello All:

My rgv250 was a animal i find hard to believe a rs125 would come anywhere close to it

I've owned TL1000S, 996, Tuono 1000 etc so I know what animal bikes are like to ride

RS125 was just a really nice small capacity sportsbike that's what I was getting at. Obviously an RGV will be quicker, but sometimes there's more fun in maxing a tiddler

@Big-Col tbh I'm looking forward to using the 200 more this year as the 1200 is good but the little wr is scruffy so it don't matter if it gets dropped off road. Got to laugh the Multistrada has an enduro setting - like that's going off road lol!

I hear you dude!

This year is getting the DT200WR onto the road (its scruffy) then over the winter doing a SM rebuild. Trouble is I've also got a TDR125 Belgarda I want to make a 200R and my 900 Monster in bits ready to build with lots of carbon and full Maxton suspension.

Next project is going to be a Suzuki SJ with replica Willys Jeep body mounted on top

Quality looks great - can't say I agree with the colour choice as I'm more of a black with added black kinda guy

Your project is like mine - restricted by cash flow or lack of.....

Ben

Both WR's are rare. The 250Z was made for quite a number of years but it was only iirc France and maybe Australia that got the road legal ones as seen in blue / yellow. The 200 in both guises, the WR was sold here along with the USA etc. The DT-WR version seems to have been an Asia only market bike.

Both are rare but in my own personal opinion the 200 is the best blend of reliability, power, suspension and looks you can get with a road going trail bike. I'd make the 250 into a mental supermoto

Take it to a furniture shop and get them to do it for about twenty quid whilst you sit in the cafe / pub

As mentioned they are a sealed unit

I've gone down the YSS route for my TDR125 (same as DT125R) and it cost me approx £200 all in. Seems good quality and is adjustable too.

Depending on how bad the crank threads are you could use a thread restoring file on them which may restore it enough to use.

Yamaha just refer to both of them as Air Chamber on the parts diagram's - I still say its not a performance item and its just a bolt on for emissions / silencing etc.

@markus-w said in Carb to filter rubber:

@SpookDog
Yamaha DT125R Boost bottle yeis chamber 2 DTR DT125 DTR125 YPVS TZR GPR SC125

The YEIS chamber sits on the inlet manifold above the reed block

The chamber on the side was only fitted to the later models and I'd assume was some kind of intake silencer rather than a performance related part

I needed an mph one for my 200WR and ended up fitting one from a UK DT-RE/X which was a straight swap for the JDM kph one it came with. Not sure if these are any good for the older DT's or not though

@Phil-k dont worry my Belgarda 3sh looks worse than yours right now

DT200WR only claims 33bhp so the 125 with milder porting and less cc's isnt going to be that close

@oldman said in Dt 125r dyno:

I can do French though!

When I buy a place over there I'll get in touch for help

Surprised you havent started up a business like Unit 5 or Franek importing DT's

Look up BAR racing on Facebook

Only real options are 200R and 200WR cylinders or complete engine swaps with either

Not heard anything that great about the Athena kit so far and at £500 I'd look for a 200cc motor or as suggested tune the 125 one

Hazard Graphics in Nottingham make loads of DT decals - look them up on Facebook or Ebay

@Stevie-Wonder said in WR swing arm:

@Nottsbiker said in WR swing arm:

@Calum there is a guy on the WR200 forum in the States thats putting a WR200 motor into a YZ125 rolling chassis

Easier to sell DTR and buy WR or DT200WR - the 125 will probably fetch the same or better money than the 200 which ironically is by far the better bike

Not to mention the £1000’s fo pounds you’d save buying parts from that bike for your 125.

I’m doing my bike license soon and I can’t act like I haven’t considered going to France and buying a WR200, just like you said itd make a lot more sense

Make sure you get the Carte Gris (v5 equivalent) and pay import tax for the NOVA declaration

Download the Leboncoin app on your mobile as well - you may need a vpn to allow the download