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Got around to putting the engine in today, bit of a squeeze but managed to get it in, looking like the air filter is possibly going to be a problem, but will see better when the rear shock goes on. But other than that all bolts up nicely.

Yes they do need oiling, K&N actually sell an oil just for that purpose, but any light oil will do the job, also a point to note, is that when cleaning the foam filter, never use petrol, always use a warm soapy water, as petrol will rot the foam, and it will disintigrate over time, dropping rotted foam particles into the carb.

It's a good site if you're a member of the Flat Earth Society, and believe that they stopped making DT's after 1988.

Got the frame, swingarm and wheels back from powdercoating last week, so project is back on track for a bit. Not sure about the Grey colour on the wheels, thought it looked a bit darker in the RAL powdercoat code list, may spray them a tad darker. Had a word with a place in Exeter that does the Hydrodipping, it'd look lovely with the wheels Graphite Grey carbon weave dipped, but at £200 plus the already £80 to powdercoat them it's pushing the budget a tad, and I'm having problems sorting out the wheel bearings to take the bigger DT front and rear spindles, so may put that on the back burner until custom bearings are sorted, as I don't fancy a White Graphite Grey Elephant. Infact I'll put the wheel bearing sizes I need on here, just incase anybody knows where I can purchase them from? Have tried Simply Bearings and another place I forget their name. but no joy. Front wheel L/H side 15mm x 37mm x 12mm Front wheel R/H side 15mm x 37mm x 12mm Rear wheel L/H side 20mm x 42mm x 13mm (DTR rear L/H is 20mm x 42mm x 12mm [6004]) so could use that Rear wheel R/H side 20mm x 35mm x 11mm Sorted a few bits out on it today, the looms on it anyway, swingarm bearings arrive Monday, so can get that all put together, and then drop the engine into it. Got the swingarm bearings in finally, forgot what a palaver that can be, banged the bearings in the freezer for an hour or two, so as to contract them a tad, 11/16 socket with an M6 penny washer between the socket and bearing, extension bar through the pivot sleeves and a nylon mallet to drive it all home

All these use the same dust seal £5.36 each at AJ Sutton. yamaha rd125lc 1986 front fork yamaha tzr125 1987 1987 front fork yamaha tzr125 1989 1989 front fork yamaha tzr125 1990 1990 front fork yamaha tzr125 1991 1991 front fork yamaha tzr125 1992 1992 front fork yamaha yp125r majesty 1998 steering yamaha yp125r majesty 2000 steering yamaha yp125d majesty 2001 2001 steering yamaha yp150d majesty 2001 2001 steering

Yes Jake you can, but it must be the earlier 3 wire servo, not the later 5 wire one

Talking of nice clean FS1E's, one of the lads in the DT125R forum has this 1975 bike up for sale on Ebay right now

Go the other side and take out the Neutral switch, next to the front sprocket, that will drain out the oil if needs be.

Surface is flat within 0.008mm, and mirror finish (going to try to decrease squish by not using head gasket) You sure this is wise Dan? Also looking at your piston, has it been hitting the powervalve? Is that an oversize piston, as it would make sense if it was, because before it was pinned open, it wouldn't touch the powervalve, but then you say you sorted it so it was servo controlled, and if its an oversized piston and the powervalve hasn't been shaved to suit, it will keep hitting it

Fair do's the part number for the standard piston is 4TP-11631-00-A0 oh and my error!! the rings are 4TP-11610-00-00

The Yamaha parts number for the standard piston rings for the 230 Lanza are 4TP-11631-00-00

Cynic, have a butchers at the Lexus RX300, its a full time 4x4, kicking out 200 bhp as standard,from the 3.0l v6 vvt-i block. and with lpg fitted you can get back the equivalent of around 50-55 mpg, I've had mine for nearly 5 years now, all trouble free, last year was a bit expensive mind, as it was time to change the timing belt and water pump on it, obviously Lexus wanted a small fortune, to do the job, but managed to get a local garage to do it for half the price. So I'd look for one that's had its belt done. A couple of lads in the Lexus forum swear by them for towing a big caravans too. I'm upgrading mine next year to the RX450 hybrid, and just hope that I get the same out of it that I have the RX300, it's been a cracking car. You can pick up early mk1's at a decent price, and if lucky with the LPG conversion already done, 1999, 2000 Toyota Harriers are pretty much the same car too.

A Jaffa cake (or twenty) dunked in hot chocolate, mmm nom nom nom

Cheers bud, appreciate that, just keep at it, you'll get there in the end, when ya stood back, arms folded and bikes ticking over nicely, you'll know you've done a proper job.

Well where else could it be?

Just you wait till the quarter Pandas hit the shelves

99% of people in the UK say they haven’t been affected by eating horse meat. That's according to a gallop poll

Their veggie burgers contain Uniquorn I'm so hungry I could eat a Tesco burger Horse walks into a bar. Barman says 'Why the long face?' Horse says 'All my mates have been made into Tesco Value Burgers' A tesco burger, a tesco burger, my kingdom for a Tesco burger A German supermarket are bringing out a new range of burgers- My Lidl pony. Writing in the Times, food critic Giles Coren bemoaned the public's lack of knowledge about what is in their food. "What on earth did you think they put in them? Prime cuts of delicious free-range, organic, rare breed, heritage beef, grass-fed, Eton-educated, humanely slaughtered, dry-aged and hand-ground by fairies...?" "You get what you pay for," wrote Felicity Lawrence in the Guardian. "The only surprise about the latest adulteration scandal, in which beefburgers at rock bottom prices turn out to contain horsemeat and traces of pig, is perhaps that they contain meat at all."

Good luck with the project Dirty, be nice to see that looking like new again, This any use? http://www.cmsnl.com/yamaha-ya6-1966_model8299/partslist/

" 100% Pure Beef Hamburger " it's been going on for years.

Goes in like this mate

ha ha ha Tried the nicotine patches, but couldn't get them to stay lit

Started on my new project recently, so thought I'd post up in here my progress so far. The idea is to put a 1992 TZR125R 4DL2 Belgarda engine into a DT125R frame, an idea I've had for a while now. I've managed to get hold of a 1992 DTR frame, just need to send it off to the powdercoaters, along with 3spoke TZR wheels and swingarm. DT124R frame TZR 3 spoke Wheels Managed to get hold of a bottom end TZR125 4DL2 Belgarda engine Searched high and low for a TZR125 4DL2 Barrel and Cylinder head, but no joy, so now banging on a 3MB Head and Barrel, which comes a close second best. After a good clean up and paint job on the engine, and finding a 38mm Keihin carb, the next job was to get the 3MB Cylinder re-sleeved and then re-bored to take a 4mm over sized Wossner DTR piston which will take the Cylinder volume to around 142cc. Re-sleeved 3MB cylinder 4mm oversized DT125R Wossner piston Could have gone with a 5mm oversized Wossner piston, but would have had to pin the powervalve fully open, whereas with a 4mm oversize piston I can still use the powervalve servo. 38mm Keihin Carb Engine all cleaned up, painted up,and rebuilt with Keihin Carb fitted Have fitted a kickstart assembly and rev counter gearing into the engine, bearings and seals are all ok with a visual inspection, fitted new EBC heavy duty clutch plates and springs. Engine is with Brian Loram Motorcycles at the minute,sorting out the powervalve clearance, and getting the barrel gas flowed and ported, to stage 3 specs, hopefully should have it back any day now.

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