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!

Best place to store a motorcycle is indoors and if you cant do that a garage. I've had DT's parked outside chained up and been woken up in the night by the sound of rattling chains - had to sleep in the winter with the bedroom windows open just to try and hear if anything was happening to my bike!

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

@spookdog you try getting parts for a 1989 TDR125 originally made by Belgarda Yamaha in Italy then - PMSL

Parts are so rare that I swear I've bought most of the NOS stuff from across Europe and I'm still searching - I gave up looking for a 3SH inlet manifold and used a 3ET one with the oil inlet blocked off...

Still its almost as hard finding bits for my 3XP 200 - I must be bonkers and should start buying bikes that were originally sold in the UK

Fit fine on the 125 only need drilling if UFO or Acerbis etc

Put one on my DT200WR but had to cut the back of it down as it hit the rads

@arild no idea sorry - call them and ask

Try this place;

http://thediscdoctor.co.uk/

If you need a bigger disc on a DTR hub then you have to get one made for you. This is what I'll probably do with my 200WR front wheel when I can afford to go SM

@stevie-wonder Reeds?

@spookdog never taken them out to be honest but assume they are fitted for a good reason

@calum yes I think its correct - think I've heard these referred to as a silent block in scooter terminology.

Had to look at the engine out of my tdr125 and its the same set up in that as well 3SH / 3MB

What is it? Looks like a bush from this angle for the lower engine mount and if so needs to be kept in there

As mentioned the diamond shape fits the pulley with the square / rectangular end as well

The grooves in the power valve aren't for O-rings, instead these fit into the ends caps as you cant refit the valve into the cylinder with O-rings in the grooves

@jjay5947

Normally no but if you ride in very cold weather they prevent the carb from icing up, which in turn could result in the throttle sticking on