Migthy Mule

Ha that's quite funny I emailed this guy yesterday to ask if it would fit my bike, he wasn't sure and suggested i ask one of the forums. I was just about to post the link but you beat me to it. Cheers. Because my bike didn't have one I wasn't sure even what it should look like, Thanks again

What a friendly lot you are, thanks for the warm welcome Cynic has been helping me out all last night and today, given me some good insight and dispelled a few worries. I have spent most of today digging out the bike - took 2 runs to the tip !!! I gave it a quick wash and put the battery on charge in the hope it may still b ok. ill keep u all posted

Brill, - you the man Have ordered the carb kit, fingers crossed. Spent most of the day digging out the bike from the back of my shed - 2 runs to the tip. kind of forgot what a pretty little bike it is someone has spent some time and money on it at some point, looks to me as though the frame has been re painted (proppery) and it seems to have a new swing arm and the wheels have been rebuilt, im guessing that that owner ran out of time or money though cause the rest is not quite as nicely finished. any idea how much its likely to set me back to get the auto lube set up, bearing in mind I need everything, I dont even seem to have the oil tank.

Cheers you have been a great help, any idea where i can get the carb kit from? yambits seem to only have 74-77 kit and cant find anything on ebay and I dont have a local Yam dealer.

Yeah I asked them to fully re build bottom, seals bearings etc, may be that i was just asking too much of it, not relly sure of its history. as I say an ebay buy I didnt even get to collect it as I was working away, he dropped it at my house. possibly not run in fully and I killed it. do you think i should fit the 130 jet, Im sure I read somewhere that if you are pre mixing then you should up the size by a few points. Thanks again

cheers so the higher the jet number the bigger(figures) I have done my best to dig the bike out. and have taken photos, im going to have a look on the internet to see if I can tell what it should be. Not sure about the exhaust, is this any help? t It has an air filter and it looks clean but there are no markings on it ( strangely it only seems held in by the cover, should it clip on ?) the carb inlet seems to have been glued with clear silicone at the point it meets the airbox, with very little pressure i was able to expose a hole oil connection on carb seems ok if not very pretty The carb number just visible in this photo above oil inlet, cant find any other markings on it Sorry I cant remember how it ran, I only did 11 mile on it and that was around 2 years ago I remember it seemed to tick over ok and it felt peaky and a little bouncy but I was riding a cbr 900 daily at the time. Im going to see if I can compare exhausts visually on the net, thanks again for the help, the pictures show it in a bad light, been buried at the back of my shed too long. but ill get everything off it tomorrow and give it a good look over, and check the gearbox oil. Any suggestions/abuse greatly received

just re read my post, and was thinking back to the Simson, I had to go on line and check that It was how I remembered and for anyone interested thought id share this image :D :D :D :D :D

Hi, thanks for the reply. The oil tank is no longer there but looks like it was on the left (the airbox is filling the right hand side) so looks like I have the earlier model, but with a 160 main jet does the higher number refer to a larger or smaller size? carb definately a 2H501 would having the 160 instead of the 130 main jet contribute to the engines self destruction? Im not too fussy about how well it runs at the moment I just want to get more than 11 miles from my rebuild. I can tinker after Ive had some time to get acquainted with it

Thanks, yeah I guessed that and re posted in the workshop forum. Going to dig the rest of bike out the shed this wkend, I can just see the right hand bar and if I crouch down there is a little of the rear tyre visible so I know its still there

Hi all, I posted this in the new members forum. but figured it should be here, sorry for the duplicate post. Ive decided that its time to resurrect my DT. Ive ridden bikes since I was tall enough to get on one anyhow a couple of years ago I decided id like to do some off roading and purchased a DT off ebay. its a 1980 model but has a 175 top end on it. with memories of my old 125 DT field bike romantically filling my head I had the generator rewound, replaced the wheel bearings and it passed its mot - great.... then I got about 11 miles from the mot centre and it blew a hole in the top of the piston. Unfortunately the restraints of family life meant its sat in my shed for a couple of years but Ive just taken the engine to some local guys for a rebuild. Next is to try and figure out why it blew up, Im not very knowledgeable on 2 strokes but I have been pointed in the direction of the carb and its jetting It has a Minuni carb fitted 2H501 Throttle slide cut away - 2.0 Needle Jet 2490 0-0 Main jet 160 Pilot Jet 25 ive looked through the forums, seems that a 2H500 carb (im assuming its the same as a 2H501) should have a 249 0-2 needle jet and a 130 main jet can anyone please tell me if this could have caused the piston destruction seems I also need to check the air box and its type can anyone help with identifying it? Is it possible that it has the 125 box fitted, I guess this would restrict the airflow. Thanks in advance, ive been lurking in the forum for a while as a guest, sorry my first post is a question.

Hi folks, sorry my first post on here is a question but I have been loitering in the forum as a guest for too long. Ive decided that its time to resurrect my DT. Ive ridden bikes since I was tall enough to get on one I had a chopped down c50 at 6 years old, followed by a series of miscellaneous field bikes, until I was 16 when I got my first road bike - a Simson comfort... Wow Didnt I think I was cool. been through a few since then, a series of mopeds the tattyst CG125 to ever pass an mot, a cb 100 wich then became a CB/CG. First big bike was a Z550 followed by a cbr 600 then RF 600, 1996 Fireblade ( still kind of miss that one ) now the proud owner of 1999 GSXR 750 anyhow a couple of years ago I decided id like to do some off roading and purchased a DT off ebay. its a 1980 model but has a 175 top end on it. with memories of my old 125 DT field bike romantically filling my head I had the generator rewound, replaced the wheel bearings and it passed its mot - great.... then I got about 11 miles from the mot centre and it blew a hole in the top of the piston. Unfortunately the restraints of family life meant its sat in my shed for a couple of years but Ive just taken the engine to some local guys for a rebuild. Next is to try and figure out why it blew up, Im not very knowledgeable on 2 strokes but I have been pointed in the direction of the carb and its jetting It has a Minuni carb fitted 2H501 Throttle slide cut away - 2.0 Needle Jet 2490 0-0 Main jet 160 Pilot Jet 25 ive looked through the forums, seems that a 2H500 carb (im assuming its the same as a 2H501) should have a 249 0-2 needle jet and a 130 main jet can anyone please tell me if this could have caused the piston destruction seems I also need to check the air box and its type can anyone help with identifying it? Is it possible that it has the 125 box fitted, I guess this would restrict the airflow. sorry for the long post and thanks In advance. Once its up and running id be interested in meeting up with anyone local to Shrewsbury if they fancy a bit of green laneing or light enduro stuff. went to watch the Tough one at Nantmawr Quarry a couple of months back - inspireing stuff loads of clips on youtube Thanks again