The Wooller

Cheers Paul , The DT Doctor ! No flies on airhead !

Hi Poalo , the thundercats are not the same bike as an r 6 , I had an R 6 2001 , the last carb model , all I can say about that bike was fukin fast , it's a big step up from a 125 , I don't know your riding history or wether you have risen a 600 before , it took me a while to relax on it and ride it properly , I toured all over Europe on it and can say it was totally reliable , I only ever changed the oil and filters and chain sprockets and spark plug after doing over 22000 miles on it , my advice would be to go to Dand K in Newcastle under Lyme , you can drop the guys there a £ 10 and test ride any bike you want ( they have everything from super bikes to tourers ) , for a good two hours or more , I'm sure they will have a thundercat and an r 6 or three ! The thundercat would be more forgiving over to you !

Haha nice one black hat , I'm in the road to Squires no doubt ! Up the Dt boys !!

Hallelujah !! We have power ! And a sweet running DT back on the streets ! Airhead was spot on , filed a bit off the stator , refitted the Electrex coil to the stator and hey fookin presto , fired up first kick !! He should post a new nickname Doctor DT lol , nice one Paul , can't wait to take her for a spin ! Happy New Year everyone !!

We got a good spark but inconsistent , it's not wanting to start , these things are sent to try us ! Paul reckons its a case of filing a bit off the stator to accept a new electrex world ignition coil that seems to be shorting out on the plate ! Massive thanks again to Airhead , if anyone can fix it ... My money's on him ! Thoughts anyone who may have had similar issues fitting a non Yamaha coil to the stator ?

Massive thanks to Paul aka Airhead , did all the tests with the multi meter and we find the brown power lead coming from the ignition stator coil was giving next to nothing , stator removed and a new coil will hopefully provide the missing spark !! Ill keep everyone posted and upload some pics of the bike when we get her running !

It was 7 wires but for some reason someone has cut into one of the black leads and added another female connector ?

Thanks for the many replies ! Airhead I live in Hyde Tameside , the Cdi was off a 1978 Dt American model , I've looked inside through the gaps in the cover and it looks fairly clean , I can put the other CDI back on , I can only see the faintest of sparks with the cap off the plug and a wire pushed on to the end of the coil lead grounded on the cylinder head , the air box has some holes drilled in that shouldn't be there but the filter looks ok ? Why would it just stop like that , I can only assume its an electrical fault somewhere ? Would the oil stop the stator working ?

Should have added a little intro , my names Steve and I live in Manchester , I've always been into Yamaha s since I learned to ride on a blue and white Dt 175 mx aged just 9 , I've owned an FS1 e my first bike that I paid £8 pounds for off a mate !! I was only 13 at the time and remember the the bike looking fantastic in with yellow speed blocks on the tank and a little race pipe ! It was good for over 55 mph , how I wish I had kept that bike ! I then owned an RD 125 LC Ypvs which I loved before I sold this and spent all the money watching man city in the banana army season ! My next bike was a 2001 R6 , what a step up from a 125 ! I thought I had made a mistake it was so fast but after several European trips I got used it . I sold the R6 , ( I know I shouldn't ) and bought a K7 Gixxer 750 .. I love the Gixxer but it hasn't made me lust after it like the R6 .. And now I have my Dt that is in very good condition but obviously not wanting to run just yet !! Steve

Hi all , I'm Steve a new member on here that is close to clinical depression because my Dt won't give me a good spark! . I bought the bike off e bay and it ran fine in in the howling rain and wind for about 35 miles . I indicated to pull off into the services and the bike just died. It was pulling well in every gear and compression seemed good. I have since replaced the coil , plug and cap , checked all connectors and cleaned them , and fitted a used Cdi box that had 8 wires . One of these was linked into a black wire that I have since cut off so I'm left with 7 wires. Still I am getting the faintest spark that dies not even shock to touch . I noticed some leakage from the flywheel cover and when I removed it a fair amount of whitish / clear liquid came out ( no jokes please ) , I think this was a combination if petrol and oil ? I have yet to source a flywheel puller which is on order but want to ask if this oil could be responsible for damaging the stator coils stopping a decent pulse being made to the CDI box ? Is this a crank seal that is leaking or gearbox seal ? I have read loads of posts on here where Paul airhead seems to be the genius of all things DT related , and would also like to know what parts may be broken on the stator , I know replacement coils are available from Electrex world , thanks Paul , please help its driving me too despair. I will post some pics of the bold which is totally original and in blue , with a round swingarm. I learnt to ride on one of these aged 9 years old when my feet couldn't touch the ground . I was never allowed to ride it properly alone without my big brother on the back and always wanted to own mg own to reminisce and see what the bike could really do , I still think the bike looks shit hot ! Steve .