nets Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 My beautiful 41 year old bike before and after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted January 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted January 2, 2010 First class resto, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kishan Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 wow done a top job restoring it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted January 2, 2010 Moderator Share Posted January 2, 2010 very nice, good job there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Wow A gel with a DT ,, superb, Did u do the resto ursel ? its brillianto . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nets Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Wow A gel with a DT ,, superb, Did u do the resto ursel ? its brillianto . Yeah we did the work ourselves (mostly me) the chroming and powder coating were done elsewhere as was the overhaul of the crank, it took 5 1/2 months from start to finish, you need plenty of patience, warm clothes(it was winter) and a very deep pocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzoid60 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Lovely restoration job there, looks gorgeous, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerD Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hard to beleive it's the same bike. Nice work - well done! Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Now then did anyone notice the swinging arm is mad of rectangular box section Standard too , that was inovative back then in 1968 , wonder why yamaha dropped it to tubular, then in 1977 box swingers came back with the mono-shock models , Yz moto-xrs had em earlyier answer any-body .......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted January 23, 2010 Moderator Share Posted January 23, 2010 Now then did anyone notice the swinging arm is mad of rectangular box section Standard too , that was inovative back then in 1968 , wonder why yamaha dropped it to tubular, then in 1977 box swingers came back with the mono-shock models , Yz moto-xrs had em earlyier answer any-body .......? I'd go with cost. Its easier to make something from round section than square. Once the brit stuff was beat it didn't matter so much, then as bikes got faster the racers needed it. The DT175 got the square swinger cos the enduro lads were braking the round ones. So it came to be fitted to the road stuff because the customers wanted it. Same as now i suppose. BTW nets sweet ride. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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