Sami
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i have the same problem with mine
check your back brake !
also there a hot running engine ... mine gets very hot ..like a little heater .. great for winter
also if you feel her die ... gear down and pull throttle , it helps get you to the side lol
then give it 2 minutes ..
it works for mine .. hope this helps a bit
it is a pain in the butt
but not much you can do ,
i've tried alot of things
also check your clutch and throttle
Raven
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yeh .. well least u could make a little by selling them .
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the DT is pretty much bulletproof, survived many of my newbie mistakes (running into a curb flat out at 40mph on a country road, pissing rain thinking the road was straight) and has kept going through the freezing cold and pissing rain.
the Jawa aint a mess, its erm... "under construction", it runs, everything is now wired in, all it needs is a new set of front forks (or rechrome the originals) and thats it.
and best of all... i done all the work on it myself
yep ..oooh mine hated the rain .. i rode her back in sleet and snow one nigth ... thats when she stopped lol
ah .. if there in good condition , keep the ones it has
rechroming isnt much , well ...it isnt if you know someone who works on that stuff -
oh my DT does 100 to the tank easily (£5 to fill it up usually) but im burning atleast £5 in fuel a week, and now that i dont have a part-time job im having to make do with the £5 a week i get from cutting the grass and doing oddjobs around the house.
so i can just about pay for the fuel each week, which leaves me nothing left for new forks on the Jawa or spare parts, anything that breaks on the DT has to be fixed with a welder, bolts, superglue and shoelaces
good job she's a hardy bike
ah i see ... not good .. dont supppose u can ask to have a little more , i get paid nothing for doing oddjobs around the house
hmm yeah ur jawa's a bit of a mess ?
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nah, RAF is the way to go for sure, can do a-levels and NVQs whilst your training and start on £12k a year, all food and accomodation is subsidised from wages, get to see the world, learn a trade, meet new people...
can't wait until i start in august ^^
but until then im siphoning fuel from the lawnmower so i can get to school in the morning... but Shhhhhhh
...hurf .. everyones going into there . yeh but you dont actaully get any of that lol .
lol that willdo your dt no good ...and she cant be that expensive to run ,mine does at least 100 miles to a tankful...which costs me a fiver!
or are you just a tight wad lol .
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probably because i dont have a job now and my only income is the £5 a week i get form doing oddjobs around the house and for relatives.
i need work
ah i see .. i earn £15 per week .
there aint many of those things about
stupid credit crunch , its why i'm going to college . fund the 125 fund -
the DT was the first bike i have ever ridden, and it doesnt have the power to pull the skin off a rice pudding... i dout a 125 would be much better. and why bother with one when i can take my full test and hop straight on the jawa?
obivously yours is a bad egg ... mine goes like hell , the 125's are fantasic even more if you like the bumps
and also its good experience. jumping straight on the jawa would kill you on corners.
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NEGATIVE!
125's are fantastic as far as motocross's are concerned. DONT EVER COMPARE THEM TO PEDS!
oh too right
.. though 250's off road are increased fun because you have a little bit too much power there . -
just seen your in Beccles, about 190 miles away from me, lol. would wear out a chain and back tyre just getting there.
i often go riding through town with some "mates", usually 2 Peugeot Speedightds, a Yamaha aerox, an Aprillia RS50 and a Gilera DNA and me on my DT (can outrun the lot of them, apart from the Aprillia 'cus thats a six speed ¬¬) and we get our fair share of odd looks,
in my opinion, 125s are just a step up from peds, so its still not as cool as a 400/600 bike. plus i want the power of an FZR400 Exup XD
yup =) lol , back tyre would be fine just the engine would go out.
awh cool yeah aprillas are great fun to ride .. still my dt's better =) .
nahh .. there tons of fun =) yeah they are but i have a 250 2stroke . and thats just hilarious off road
and on road x
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Blow up! Dt's! not unless you really try. They are real engines! 2 strokes so they just love to be ragged....
If they do blow up, its probably because your going 85 with mouth wide open and go "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" inside your helmet amazed at what that little 123cc engine can knock out, and forget to take the power off!
As soon as political correctness goes to the next level of madness and allows us to marry machines, im going to propse to a dt125!
very true
hehe . i could see me doing that ..i ceased my dt50 up like that ... except at 50 lol ....
hmm i shall step up to the madness if i can find a cheapy
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same here, im taking my full test in october... i sure as hell aint riding through another freezing cold winter on a 50...
oh no ... me neither , have my eyes on a pretty 125.. though not the dt .. because i hear they like to blow up alot more than the 50's =/ . dont fancy a winter and summer of constantly repairing the bike again lol .
shame your not a little closer could of had a DT50 mx ride out , every other person i know round here has either an apprillia or a twist and go scooter ... no fun to ride out with .
although riding with a 1200 bandit behind u is fun =)xx
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whey, another DT owner
i've had that problem before, first time it was the jets needed changing up a size and the second my carb was loose and leaking air. so:
1: check your fuel system for loose fittings, leaks, perished seals e.t.c
2: run it up and down the road a bit at full throttle, then cut the engine and coast to a stop, take the spark plug out and check what colour it is on the end (should be a chocolatey brown, but i suspect it will be white and chalky indicating a lean run)
3: take the carb bowl off and tell us what size the main jet is.
also, list any other engine mods you have, the age of the bike, its mileage and preferably a bit about its history, most likely case is that the jets are not big enough causing it to run lean, heat up and ceise
these bikes are extremely hardy and it takes a lot to kill them, i've made some mistakes with mine in the past and ceised it up, blown a big bore kit e.t.c, but with the help of the Yamaha Owners Club i have managed to fix most problems quite quickly
hey oh yeh i love her to bits
.. we have problems with the carb anyways , but it seemed that the back brake sticking on and too hot a spark plug was the cause.
we've managed between 5 of us kill one DT
someone droppped it and it just wouldnt start after that , though it had been modified up to the hilt. lol. hoping to have a good summer with her before i take my bike test in the winter
.thank u .
xx
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I was plodding along the m25 at 60mph and I had to go onto reserve but as I went to do this my engine made a weird clunk noise and cut out. I had to pull onto the hard shoulder where it started first touch of the button but has now started a rattle from the engine which rattles faster the more you rev. Does anyone have an idea what it could be as it felt pricey
this sound simlar to my 50 ...
it doesnt cause a major problem , but it would be a good idea to have a look at the piston if your really worried my dt50 rattles well only if she's running differently would i worry . -
Sounds like it`s seizing. Try increasing your 2 stroke oil ratio. Also if it has an oil injection pump it could need to bled
thank you .. i think it will be our next try now , though we bled the pump when we did the kit. but wont hurt to try it again.
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Presumably you've gone through the haynes manual and ruled out all of the simple things it could be.
Sorry if it seems patronising but ive had friends who have done this and its just been, lack of petrol, tap off or not on reserve, etc.
Does it sound like its a fuel problem, eg coughing and dieing?
If you just fitted a big bore kit to it have you altered the jets to match? Im not too sure what im talking bout on the subject of big bore kts but i seem to remember reading a forum similar to this and someone replied saying it would need bigger jets. Sounds logical to me as your gonna need more mixture in the barrel to create a larger explosion.
we have , she runs hot , but she has done ver since we had her .
she doesnt cough or splutter , just dies . so we ruled out fuel problems first off =/
it had a big bore on it before it seized up , so the jets should be the same but i assume my dad would of checked them after my dad fitted the kit . we just hae little idea about what it is now .
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hey
looking for some idea as to what he cause of the engine problem on my bike is .
heres her story
i bought her off ebay , stripeed her down like u do , to refurbish her , as i had her sitting about for a few month before i was 16 .
ran perfectly afterwards up and down the tracks , when i got her on the road it was winter but i still had 3 onths of bliss . then trouble started. i first had to replace the fuel filter as fuel was leaking from the old one
she had another tap put on the petrol tank too , we cleaned the carb after the first time she droppped revs and this seemed to solve the problem
however riding her home a month ago in the puring rain she cut out and wouldnt start again , thinking she'd seized up i push her home and sat her in the garage to be fixed , but she started on second kick and ticked over perfectly the next day.
last weekend she died and siezed up in the hot weather , we bought a bg bore kit , fitted it and it seemed all ok when i was riding her round the block.
but now the problems back .. she slows down theen stops likes the engine seizes , but then 5 minutes after she kickstarts and goes for another 10 minutes then cuts out and does the same .
anyone think they can help ?? please ?
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I recently bought a 2005 DT50 with a bent and split side stand mount.
Im thinking bending it back and then welding up the split in the plate. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Does anyone know if there is a centre stand available for this bike or for another that may fit? I see it has mountings on the frame.
I cant think of any other options so would like to hear if you have any other ideas.
Thanks
Rob
hey , i recently had to replace the stand on my DT50
its alot easier and better to get a new one . they're cheap to buy and you havent got the fear of the metal being weak and finding your bike on the floot and the engine knackered . this happened to my old one . it also gie you a chance to look for a center stand , though i dont think they have them =/ .
hope it helps
Sami x
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in my experince with my dt is is just there little thing
mine was rebuilt and within 2 hours she cut out like that
winter i find she doesnt cut out as much unless its raining ><
the high revs are a bugger to get right , mine just ticks over with out the choke on since my dad altered the clutch and stuff .
CDI .. optional? i'd take it out if it is.
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