Hello everyone

After buying a 1979 dt175 on eBay to use for winter I found myself getting a little carried away with it. Instead of the usual new bits to make it road worthy. I have spent (and am still spending) a deal of time and money on a full nut and bolt rebuild frame powder coated, engine rebuild (except big end)etc,etc,etc, whilst trying to convince my wife that bikes really are cheap to run

Needless to say I have gleaned a great deal of info from this forum. There are some pretty knowledgeable guys out there especially in the dt175 area

So hopefully by registering I may be of some assistance to some one else. Oh and be able to post my own questions

I have been riding bikes for over 34 years with a brief 4 year bash in clubman’s road racing (expensive but good fun)

Previous bikes include TS125, TS185ER, CX500, Z1100R1 Eddie lawson rep, GSX1100, RG250mk3, RGV250, and YZF750R, KLX250S

and I have loved them all including the CX

Current bikes are a husaberg FX450 road legal, super moto wheels but still using motocross engine map (really good fun)

and the DT175 (getting there)

Thanks for your time

Welcome nobby" [ stiles] great intro, you"ve got the restoring bug then, and you had a Dung beetle[ CX]

Yes I had a dung beetle, maggot, but I had just passed my test and a “friend “!!!! Sold it to me

I hit the side of a van on my 3rd outing quite severely, but unfortunately the insurance repaired it and I had to ride it a little longer

the dt is up and running ( wish I had taken more pics now ) but is looking a little worse after all the snow and salt, but got it to use, so there you go

I don’t think it is running quite right though so I maybe posting a few questions on the other part of the forum

Hopefully some one may help

thanks for the welcome

to the YOC!

Greetings nobbie, I'm old enough to remember him lol

Great another DTMX

Thanks for the welcome everybody

and I am glad my photo wasn’t wasted (dammed good representation of Britain’s dental health care in the early days) I do actually resemble him

If it’s not too presumptuous I have posted a question in the workshop section

If anyone has any suggestions. It would be very much appreciated