James Fletcher

If you need it I may have spare forks/yokes for 175 soon.

Correct. And tbh if you've got a 350 back wheel the non-matching numbers won't matter too much, as IMO matching numbers is only worth anything when the frame has the original coat of paint on.

just buy a can and weld some pipe up accordingly. If you want to be _really_ perfect then get some dyno time and jet your carb up accordingly, but generally an exhaust for 1 bike with Xbhp with work fine for another bike that puts out Xbhp, I would have no hesitance in putting a can for an older TTR on a newer TTR. (I did it about 12 months ago for a friend of mine).

1) learn on a field, grass is more forgiving than asphalt. 2) use the clutch, don't bother powerwheelieng. I'm not sure about these new ones, but you shouldn't really have any problem power wheelying. I got a 78 DT 175MX, 350lc powerjet carb, some decent reeds, and a half decent air-filter/exhaust and that will power wheelie in 3rd if needs be. rev her up high whilst moving slowly, then let the clutch out more sharply than you normally would, then do it more and more until the wheel comes up slightly. Again with the compressing the forks thing, really can help, just pull your clutch in -> rev -> slam clutch back out (about 1/8" from full bite) and she'll come up.. Btw, keep your foot on the brake pedal, and if you've got any sort of instincts you'll hit it the first time your wheel comes up anyway. It took me a while to stop myself automaticly hitting the brake pedal at first.

I wouldn't bother with a 4stroke 125 if I were you. I remember not long back I sold a 600 bandit to a lad about 30 years old, who had just passed his test. His insurance quote on his bike he used before he passed his test (cbr125, similar type of thing) was about £700, whereas his quote for the bandit was about £150. I would imagine R125 are such a high risk because 17 year olds smash them up, and regardless of wether you're 17 or not, that bike is statisticly more likely to cost them. I would really suggest getting a bigger bike, the money you will save will pay for your licence if you don't have one allready. If you really must have a 125, the Aprilia RS125 is a much better bike anyway. I realised 125s seemed to cost a bomb to insure a couple of winters ago when I was trying to find the cheapest winter-hack, I could only get a CB/CG125 down to about £130 a year (third party only), whereas a GSX250 (quite a good bike actually), was only £23 a year.

Awesome, thanks lads.

Managed to find myself a nice 1978 DT 175 MX the other day, after a bit of bartering I got the bloke down to £120, she's a bit rough, but after swapping the crank (looked like it had been sat in water for 10 years), she ran like an absolute dream. Anyway, I'm just wondering what they fetch running & on the road nowadays, and if anyone knows any places to buy new old stock. I'm also thinking about parts, I seem to remember pretty much _everything_ on the DT 125 and 175's were the same, apart from the bores and the fact the 175 head had 6 nuts instead of 5 or somthing, and the 5 plate clutches on the 125 instead of the 6plate clutches of the 175. I'm wanting to know if the tanks are the same, and most exterior parts (plastics, tanks, wheels etc). If anyone can post any parts they know for a _fact_ are the same, or are different, please do let me know. Thanks.