Projects

l picked up this FZR from a general auction (mainly farm equipment in Western Canada) on Thursday, lt has under 3000km on the clock lt is complete, apart from mirrors and fan, i just took the rest off for transportation. lts in pretty good shape dirty mostly with some light corrosion. l spent yesterday going through it, i found missing fan, oil overfilled by 2.5L (fortunately it was spotless) and some minor bodging at the engine cut-off wiring. l managed to get its running, it has one weak coil and needs the carbs syncing l thought long and hard about what to do with this bike (friggin 10 day auction) and have gone from complete nut and bolt…

I have looked inside my existing silencer and it is full of wadding. Is the big boy silencer better for silencing that sharp crackle from the tail pipe?

Welcome to the diary of my XS250 restoration. It's my first full blown project and so as I go along any suggestions, advice or encouragement would be gratefully received. I do not have a timescale for the project I just envisage it being a labour of love and discovery. If I knew how to upload the photo's I have taken in my newly opened Photobucket account I'd put them here too! Watch this space!

Thought I'd get round to starting a thread on my progress with my little DT! No pics as yet, I'll stick those up later. I have next week booked off work so I'll hopefully be rebuilding it then, provided I get all the parts together! Jobs done so far: Frame, swingarm, handlebars etc all powdercoated matte black Polisport halo headlight Braided brake lines New cables Carb ultrasonic cleaned (getting that back this week) Engine side cases powdercoated dark grey (getting those back next week) New fixings 2nd hand rear shock Jobs still to do: Paint and rebuild rear shock linkage Buy some new plastics/stickers New chain and sprox Install head…

Hello Yamaha DT175 friends. Can the small silencer on my 1982MX be dismantled and more sound muffling put inside? At the age of 74 and living in a quiet area it would be nice to reduce the sharp crackle. Any suggestions please. CRJ

ive got a yamaha dt 125 i bought it as a non runner, im fairly good with mechanics but this carb has threw me right off. any help would be appreciated. i need to know why these parts are not there or what needs to be there etc. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk

low oil pressure when i first start up bike , light stays on untill engine warms up. comes on on a long up-hill climb ??? Bob

So, today I secured a fairly old (J reg) XJ900F. I'll be collecting her during the week and then starting a tlc project. I've just retired so am in no hurry to complete so this thread might be a bit slow to show progress. Anyway, I'll post an update when I collect her.

Sad story to this one, my mum n stepdad just lost their house they had it on a mortgage years ago but after being laid off they couldn't keep up the payments so they sold it to a bloke who rented it back to them. 8 years forward to today he has now told them that he's selling them so they are having to down size to a 2 bed cottage with no garage so being the best mate I could ever have he has just gave me his project bike which is a 1996 600 bandit. As it sits now in the shed Gotta go out there during the week and sort through it all. The motor is perfect, all new stainlesbolts I have basically just got to buy a few more bits,paint it and assemble her.

fork pitting is an issue with older bikes, i put mz gaiters on mine, see before and after - not sure if the look is worse or better before after

Well winters near,, I"v got my project, owned one in 1979....

Hi all, Im currently in the middle of restoring my IT175J and i am going to be needing a new clutch basket as the one that was on it is broken. However i cannot seem to find one for sale any where in the UK so i have two questions. My first question is does anyone from the UK have a basket i could purchase off of them ? If not.... My second question is does anyone know if the basket off a DT175 was the same as the basket used on the IT apart from the gear on the back, if it is the same i would be able to purchase a DT basket as they are much easier to get hold of in the UK and remove the gear from the IT basket and re riviot it onto the back of the DT…

Ive just got hold of a 1990 rx100s? Or is it rxs100 Anyway i just wondered if anybody coukd give me advice on this project ir amy info on the bikes at all? I plan to totally rebuild her, new shocks. Adjustable hopefully. Dual purpose wherls and the really hard part. Getting a dt type pipe for it.....if i cant find a way to make a dt pipe fit or find a craftsman to build one for me i will attempt to do it myself...... Any help appreciated TIA. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk

Hello there! I've posted in a couple of different sections, but as the bike is now officially a project i thought i'd create a "proper" project thread. Short history of the bike... Bought 18 months ago, it had been off the road since around '88, i bought it from the original owner, so an owner number 2, which is nice. The wee Yammy was and is in a bit of a mess, but passed an MOT last december after a bit of tinkering and some new tyres and a fuel tap. I then decided that the speed wasn't up to much even by my standards (riding on CBT, but been driving cars for a decade) so i bought a V80 to put in it's place. The little thing is much nicer with that engine, can do …

Well its M.O.T.ed , and ready to rummble,,, Holmfirth run [DT forum] is first outing,,,

toying with photoshop today and particularly like the Gulf colours. So I got the FZ and this is what I came up with what do you think?

Hi all, I've got another clue to the mystery of why my DT250MX won't start. I have spark, I have air, I have fuel (spark plug gets wet and I have to clear the fuel), I have compression but for some reason it won't start. It will however, roar into life for a second if I spray carb cleaner in the air box (as you'd probably expect) but then dies again, throttle on OR off. So my question is what does it mean? Does it go any way to eliminating reasons why it won't start? or does it simply prove that air is coming through the air box and into the cylinder, and that I have a spark? Cheers

Hi guys! I recently bought a non running Raptor 660,the primary issue would be the starter clutch that should be no problem to resolve, the secondary issue would be the flywheel that was removed by an idiot and bent the "position sensor thingy" as you will be able to see in the pictures.What I was told was that the engine came from a Tenere (injection model).The problem is I am not being able to find anything on the web remotely close to this flywheel and I am hoping someone knowledgeable will give me some insight on the matter.

Well I'm having a little but thank you in advance that you pass by the blog and you look a little because I chose this bike and what I'm trying to do By assport at 2011-08-07 MY BLOG greetings

Wel it aint summer, , but here we go , thanks to drewps for the research, [Manchester purchase,]