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So funny you must watch this....

Huh ...... waddabout me

Hi everyone, I am a, as we speak, 24 yo motorcycle enthousiast. At the moment I own two oldtimer offroad motorcycles, a 89 dt125r and a 85 dt125lc. I prefer oldtimer motorcycles of this erra and really enjoy working on them. I've fully rebuild my two motorcycles from the ground up, the dt125lc was actually a hobby restauration project, I picked it up as an old wreck as a fix-her-upper. Anyway I am here to learn and to expand my knowledge.

Thanks, Sacha!!

Oh bad luck Andrew, what a pisser mate. insurance will take an age to pay out, as usual. Was it on the street or inside when they got it? Your next bike needs a tracker fitted and every sticker you can find to say it's got one, won't put off the "steal to order" mob but will discourage the random scum fucker. Don't bother looking for it just move on and hope the thief dies badly.

It's looking like September then John. I'm taking it to rivington later just to clear it's throat.

What else could it be? I have been on this forum long enough to have seen that question followed by. 'Doh found it it thought i had (insert something simple) but didnt.' A lot more often than you might think.

Battery. Has enough grunt to turn the motor but not for a spark. You give up. Let off the button and the coil finally gets enough energy to discharge. (Spark). Batteries can be tricky buggers. Lights and horn is no guide to battery health. 10v will turn the motor as well as lights and horn but the cdi will sulk and wait for 11, even 12v before doing anything. See what the voltage is cranking. And immediately after cranking.

Hi Noise, Thanks for the reply...(him indoors was in the 1st RTR, has a divvy and likes metal etc!!!) Don't know what made the fuses pop in the first place... We've changed the CDI unit, battery seems fine,, put in new plugs and tested against engine and checked the HT leads and caps Maybe I should get a new battery and see what happens Today we're going to try coils from another bike even though the ones on the 125 seem OK It's baffling!!! Thanks, Sarah

Ta meat, Me and the missus (yes I involved her she's a great scrubber) spent hours days even , on the front forks getting all that gold shite off using scrub pads and t cut. She even got on her back to wire brush under the engine case "bless her" as I fecked off to the pub ,and she had done it when I got home.