UltimateJames

Ha ha no mate not at all, the tires have been the least of my troubles with it lately !! Had a run of bad luck 1, got puncture while out but luckily was outside a Kawasaki garage who kindly charged me £56 to fit an inner tube !!! then they have taken the wheel weights off the rear wheel so i got a nasty wobbble on between 50 - 60 mph. 2, on my way back to the garage to tell them about it i traveled 2 miles down a duel carrigeway at 50mph when at the end the piston decided to try put itself through the exhaust port !!! so after a long 4 mile push home and strip down i needed a rebore + 1mm new piston, rings, little end, gaskets, circlips, gudgeon pin ect ect. £100 all in tho which i recon is pretty good apart from the labour as iv done that myself. 3, 2 days after while trying to be carefull running in the new bore the head nut nearest the thermostat decides to strip itself and send boiling coolant straight into my leg leaving me once again a nice push home and a bill for yet another head gasket plus 5 head bolts which i pick up tomorrow !!! So it still needs the wheel sorting out and no idea what caused the piston to hit the exhaust port/powervalve ? The tires tho lol are great and pretty good on the surfaces iv been on inc road, gravel and slag (coal pit waste) not sure about wet mud or grass yet ? Rant over, cheers james.

They are excelent totaly transformed the bike, before i had lost all confidence in it after a few scary moments as the rear tyre was awfull. these have so much more grip and it corners like a dream now. not been off road yet but im heading to the quarry and slagg heaps at the weekend so i will let u know.

I do go off road every now and again just hard to find the time really, plus i just like this style of bike rarther than a TZR style. Im hoping to do the full bike test in the next few months and ill no doubt get somthing similar, iv been looking at at KTM 520 but iv heard they are expensive to maintain ?

Just ordered some conti escapes £80 delivered for 2 not bad me thinks moto-tyres.co.uk.

Thanks they`re exactly the style im after just need to find somewhere that stocks these and the prices

My MOT is due and its booked in for wednesday and im worried the tyres wont pass and tbh they are rubbish anyway (cheng shin ditchfinders !) so im after a good set. I very rarely go off road much so looking for somthing with more grip on the black stuff but cant seem to find much info ? also the sizes dont seem to add up when looking on tyre sites the sizes on the tyres say 4.00 x 18 rear and 2.75 x 21 front . So what do you use ? Cheers, James.

will he even be able to get an mot with no docs ?? id keep looking unless its just for the fields

Check the sparkplug too, i had a few field bikes that lost there exhausts and it caused the plugs to foul up after a few days. worth a look.

I quite like the sound of a nice 2 stroke with loud pipes, must be geared tho not a scooter they are bad i agree. My DTR is very loud when giving it some but is pretty quiet at low revs so best of both worlds, thats with a full dep system.

Have you tryed photobucket.com for the pics its what i use and its free. also take pics of everything and where it came from belive me it`ll help when you come to put it all back together. If you find a company selling the bolts n screws let us know as im looking for them too good luck

Padgetts Ltd - www.padgetts-motorcycles.co.uk 234 Bradford Road, Batley - 01924 478 491

Just to let you know my expansion cap blew off a couple of times ! god knows how i didn`t loose it lol, also when the bike has been run and cooled down try taking the rad cap off and if it blows pressure out its not good and looks like the gasket i reckon also smell the water does it smell of petrol ? . Also my bike was running fine with no loss of power at all. to remove air locks loosen the carb heater pipe on the thermostat side of head until the coolant runs thru without air, I tryed the glass with wet n dry but it didnt work for me and for £25 to have it skimmed you might as well get it done as it saves buying another new gasket if it dont work for you (wish i had skimmed it to start with cos it cost me 2 gaskets and 2 litres of coolant). iv done quite a few miles now since and everything is perfect now just need to put the thermostat back in as its taking ages to get it up to temp, cant win lol. One other thing i wont be using cheap gaskets again either, use gen yamaha ones was only £9 + vat.

Hi mate yeh it is a 3BN and im gonna have a proper look at the carb another day, i did take that jet out and there was a number but didnt look like it said 2?? didnt have time to check it properly today tho ill save that job for later ill just be happy if it stays cool without blowing the coolant out for now lol Cheers everyone for the advice.

Good news i think iv fixed it, got the head back today from Neil`s Auto Service Centre in Ossett, really nice guys and the first time iv used them for anything. Took the head in at 2pm tuesday and they rang me at 1030am this morning so massive thanks to the lads there for the fast work and only charged me £25 !! Put it all back together this afternoon filled up with fresh coolant (again) and iv been out for an hour tonight n all seems well cant see any leaks at all and temp stayed down. One problem is for the first 20mins i had a massive flat spot in the revs but it could be due to not having a thermostat in at the moment and its quite cold tonight plus iv had the carb off to have a look what jet was in but didnt find out yet. Will know for sure in the morning on way to work.

This is the head the first time i removed it to change the gasket This it today (blown again) Head gasket you can see how bad it is from the carbon blown into the water ways not bad on barrel side apart from one small bit but hopefully thats due to the other side going ?!! marks in barrel ( should i be worried ? ) should there be a screw in this hole on the carb anyone know where the jet is lol ??

Well it was definatly the head gasket !!! think the head is warped so its on its way to be skimmed as we speak, iv been to Padgets in dewsbury for a genuine gasket and its a bit thicker than the pattern one i had last so fingers crossed .... Have some pics iv just uploaded to photobucket so once iv figured it out il post em up cheers, James.

Ok i put the coolant in and guess what, yep by time i got the 17 miles home from work its all out again!!!! The rad cap iv changed so its not that either and when i did the gasket i followed the haynes manual and used a piece of emmery paper on a glass chopping board to lightly smooth the head surface in a circular direction. it was then tightned down and tightned again after a run out. in a diagnal Looks to me like the head maybe warped a bit so im gonna get it skimmed to make sure then get a gen yamaha gasket ( where can i get one ) hopefully fingers crossed it will be ok and hope its not the barrel.

Well iv been to Startrights in leeds and got some Putoline Organic readymixed coolant to try so ill see how that goes and find out what jet iv got. Hope it dont throw it out tho cost £12 for 2 litres and it cant be mixed with water lol.

Hi Vez cheers for the info mate, it is tap water thats in there yeh as im having to top up before each trip ? ill try getting some proper coolant in there see what happens, is it special coolant i need or is the stuff for cars the same asin antifreeze / summercoolant ?. Im also thinking of checking the thermostat and could the water pump cause this and is there a way of checking it ? I will try take the carb off and see what jet is in there, i was told it had been done but im not convinced am i right in thinking it should be a 240? if not where can i buy one the right size ?? the reed switch i removed it from where its fitted to the speedo and tucked it inside the speedo housing still wired up and its working fine with 60mph + easy now ( naughty yes i know but shhhhh lol ) Also its not pink one its blue with werx stickers Im loving the bike and happy with the speed its got now just need to get the cooling sorted so i dont have to carry a bottle of water everywhere i go ! Does anyone notice the difference using super unleaded petrol as iv tryed it on both and i think it makes a massive difference to the power imo Cheers James.

Hi im james from Wakefield and im new to the site and to the DTR but iv had mine a couple of months now after doin the cbt its roughly a 2000 - 2003 model (on a q plate due to being stolen recovered) Firstly iv been reading all the threads about de-restricting the bike and i think mine has been done to a point in that it has a full DEP exhaust and snorkal removed and iv been told its been re jetted and has a new piston and rings fitted although im begining to wonder if thats true as im having some problems with it. Iv taken out the reed switch from the speedo so im now getting 60mph + (iv had 75 on the clock) wich is nice lol. The main problem is its loosing water from the expansion tank overflow (from the pipe that runs into the frame)causing it to overheat, more so if i give it full beans, iv since fitted a new head gasket but its not made any difference so not sure what to do now ??. Also iv read a lot about earthing the wire to the speedo but cant find the plug with 4 wires going in and 3 coming out anyone got a pic ?? Changed chain n sprockets today £36 off ebay for powerlite cogs + DID chain only thing is the rear cog was 55 tooth and new one is 57 so looks like im gonna loose a bit of top end ? not sure how much difference its gonna make tho ? any advice welcome, cheers James.