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Nice one Nathan. Lookin' forward to seeing how the fine job progresses! Keep us posted! V.

'fraid so!! The product of an otherwise enjoyable Sunday ride to North Wales a few weeks ago! Cheers Blackhat. This time it was unfortunately 51mph in a 40. On an open NSL country A-road which went down to a 40 for about 300 yards!! And guess where the unmarked van was!! No excuses tho. I'll take my just deserts......... V.

Cheers guys!! The running-in is going well, but Ive a feeling it wont last as long as the book says!! Got it MOT'd and taxed last week, only to find the tax disc has flown away while out riding, the day after I paid for it!! Thats another 7 quid then! Squires is on my list, but I do have (another) speed awareness course to attend on the Friday! Mark me down as a maybe! Here's some further gratuitous photos taken while out and about...... V.

If your planning on sticking around Jim then why not let us know where you are? Why not edit your profile and post an intro, as others have suggested? For the forks, I used Rockrome Engineering Ltd, Liverpool. 120 quid for the pair as I remember. Good job! V.

Im with Airhead on that one. Grease or oil on the gaskets, primarily to try and avoid them sticking, so they might be reused again, is good practice. And an easy way of avoiding frustrating and time consuming scraping off of old gasket! In saying that tho, there's little chance of a thin smear of liquid gasket doing any harm if its used for "belts and braces" sealing. Or even do both (liquid gasket one side, grease on the other) for frequently removed casings, so that the gasket stays stuck to one side only, therefore avoiding it being torn when the casing is removed. But really if the faces are in good order then its not really necessary. I'd avoid the butter or jam tho! And Im not going anywhere near the suggestion of bodily fluids!! V.

Im surprised you couldn't get petrol in Tongue. There's a single pump station there at the Spar shop. Unless its a Sunday that is! I think it only opens for an hour on a Sunday!! Ive done the trip similar to yours on a bike that needed filling every 85 miles. Very worrying on a Sunday!! V.

Great trip!! With great write-up and fantastic pics. Well done and thanks for sharing! I rode a lot of those same roads over the last two summers. Great biking for sure! You were far luckier with the weather than I was when you went over the Pass o' the Cattle to Applecross. Couldn't see 10 yards in front of us when last there!! For your next trip go the same route, but in reverse. Its an amazing way to see all the great scenery you missed first time round, 'cos it had been all behind you! V.

Well, the rain has stopped long enough for me to take the bike out on its inaugural run!! 25 miles on the local tarmac back roads. Fantastic!!!! Big grin all the way, and it certainly takes me back to when I had my first DT all those years ago! Altho restricted to 4000 - 5000 revs while its running in, it feels smooth and full of life. Up and down thro the gears no problems at all. Brakes seem surprisingly effective and she handles a dream. All great so far! Cant wait to get her buzzing!! Here's a couple of photo's for good measure........... V.

Many thanks for the positive comments! Ive had to postpone the road test for now as it pee'ing down as usual! And there's absolutely no way this little beauty is going out in the rain!! For now anyway!! Ive set up the 2-stroke pump today and run it thro the gears a few times in the shed All OK so far. All the lights work OK, indicators and horn fine, and even the oil tank level light does as it should. Ive really enjoyed resurrecting the DT to its past glory, and am pretty proud of making sure it'll hopefully be good for at least another 33 years!! I'll certainly be treating it with a lot more respect than the one I bought in 1979. There's no way this one is going anywhere near the sand-dunes which wrecked the first one!! Im undecided at the moment what I'll do with her in the long term. There's a couple of local shows coming up in the near future so will certainly enter into those. Then who knows!!?? In 1976 I bought a nice blue RD250. Now there's a thought!!! V.

Well now!! After so much time, my very much stop-start project is now about done!! The final work has been completed, fluids duly poured into the various orifices, and the battery charged up once again. Fired up third kick and oohhhhh does she sound and smell like a gud 'un!! Here's some pics of how she looks today. Tomorrow its out on the road to start the running in process............ Cant wait to get her out on the road!! Not today tho, after already having one too many celebratory cans of the cold stuff!! And yes..... its all been very much worth it. Now what next I wonder!!! V.

Hello and welcome Phil. Looking forward to seeing your photos of the bike once you've sussed posting them. And well done on keeping hold of that DT for so long! Wish I had!! Would have saved me a lot of bother, over 30 years later! V.

Have been getting the same message over the last few days. Got it this morning on both laptop and iPad. Think you should cancel your holiday Alex!! V.

Cheers Noise! Wasn't so much of the missus letting me use the oven. Was more towards using it while she was out, and hoping she wouldnt smell hot paint when she got home!! Here's the paint. Tried, trusted and recommended by those who've been there before. Worked great, really easy to apply and excellent result straight out the oven!! ......... V.

Hi Stanners. Welcome to the forum. Lucky you being given a TY 175!! Lots of help at hand here to get it going good. V.

Engine is back in place now....... Lookin' more like a bike again! Almost there! V.

Hello Stanners Spanners, Welcome to the forum!! Lots of great info and advice here, but might be an idea to first introduce yourself to those who can provide it. V.

We're getting there, slowly!....... After a day of baking yesterday......... Of which the end results were spot on, I've now got the DT engine rebuilt and ready to go back in the bike. Seems that I have no bits left over either! But one thing I've "lost" on the way is the crankcase breather connection and pipe. Haven't a clue where thats gone, but I've ordered another from Yambits. Just need to refit the rubbers between the head fins once they're cleaned up. It turns over fine, seems to go thro the gears OK and kickstart mech does the business as it should. All good so far! So, next job to slot it all back into the bike. Not far to go now! EDIT: Just looked back thro the original photos of the bike before I started this project, and it never had a breather connection or pipe fitted to it!! And I wasted an hour and a half searching for the bl@@dy thing!! V.

Don'tcha just love oil threads!! Oh, and my dogs wouldn't stop at just the cat food. They'd have the fish and budgie food as well!! V.