Posted May 19, 201212 yr Well its M.O.T.ed , and ready to rummble,,, Holmfirth run [DT forum] is first outing,,,
May 19, 201212 yr Author Aye Newmee" its like a new bike, i" didnt do the engine bottom end, just barrel & piston, its a little rummbly on over-run , ; The storey about the 1975/6 colours is , In june 1976 i went to dealer, put deposit down on this model, he said better wait till August 1st,[ R reg] so when i went to pick up bike, it was the White/red stripe model, [ as in Nayruff"S avitar] So 35 years on , I got me Red/black DT175,
May 19, 201212 yr Moderator Not bottom end rumbles again. It reminds me of Squires. Great story mate. In '76 I was riding about on a TS90, soon after changed to a GT250 Ramair. Oh happy day's!!!
May 19, 201212 yr Really nice just like the bike I first learned to ride, would love mine to be that good, Is that a piece of hose around the side stand? gona copy that, will stop the stand from bashing the passenger foot peg,
May 22, 201212 yr Looks great John, When i seen it in your shed you had a lot of work left to do. You will enjoy pondering round on her in the summer evenings.
May 22, 201212 yr thats looks superb John bet your well chufed with it , you at blackpool this weekend Al
May 30, 201212 yr Author Not bottom end rumbles again. Well found the cause" its the rivvits on clutch basket , thers free play,,, yeh lots,,,, can you rerivvit them or just buy another basket..?
June 11, 201212 yr A cracking job on the bike John, nice one, as for the clutch basket you do get a little play in the base cog plate as it has cush rubbers sandwiched inside, 2mm would be classed as normal play any more than that would be classed as excessive, can't re-rivet either new/second hand basket needed mate.
July 17, 20168 yr On 19/05/2012 at 7:17 PM, blackhat250 said: Aye Newmee" its like a new bike, i" didnt do the engine bottom end, just barrel & piston, its a little rummbly on over-run , ; The storey about the 1975/6 colours is , In june 1976 i went to dealer, put deposit down on this model, he said better wait till August 1st,[ R reg] so when i went to pick up bike, it was the White/red stripe model, [ as in Nayruff"S avitar] So 35 years on , I got me Red/black DT175, Hi mate that was the first bike I ever bought 1976 great bike hottest summer on record I was a apprentice welder 2 year I missed some days off work that summer on my new bike ha
July 17, 20168 yr Author Remember it well, . hottest Ever in the Uk,, not been good up north this year.. wet & cold, bah,,
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