blackhat250 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 The DVLA have been kind enough to release the V5C to me! turns out my new donkey is on an F-reg! and has been off the road since 1998! Got my log book today for the DT250MX,,,,,DVLA rock,,,, 1
wild foamy Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah ive thought about drilling a hole through the shaft but for the price of a shaft (which is easy enough to slide out) i may aswell do it properly
wild foamy Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 Got my log book today for the DT250MX,,,,,DVLA rock,,,, oh they're still money grabbing bastards, but atleast im getting something to show for it!
dt502001 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah ive thought about drilling a hole through the shaft but for the price of a shaft (which is easy enough to slide out) i may aswell do it properly But have you been able to check all the gears to make sure they all work properly before spliting it appart to change the shaft?
wild foamy Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah i used a set of mole grips (locking pliers you may call them in canada?) to use as a make-shift lever for my test ride, all checked out fine, but dissapointingly it doesnt 'feel' like my old one used to, maybe its because i had some imitation renthal bars originally.
Moderator Airhead Posted March 22, 2014 Moderator Posted March 22, 2014 But have you been able to check all the gears to make sure they all work properly before spliting it appart to change the shaft? dont think it's a full strip dt...just the clutch case off maybe?
wild foamy Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 Clutch case off, clutch basket assembly off, gear change lever off and then just slide it through the cases IIRC oh, and look what i got (for '82 project FUCR and the '88 DT respectively) icing on the cake
blackhat250 Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Are they replica discs ,,,, it will be legal to display one after October,,,
wild foamy Posted March 22, 2014 Author Posted March 22, 2014 replicas indeed, and thats what im planning
Moderator drewpy Posted March 23, 2014 Moderator Posted March 23, 2014 where did you get the old style tax disks from foams?
wild foamy Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 found them on google, but the 1982 one had a watermark on it which i had to photoshop out then printed them both on some photo paper using a standard inkjet printer. There's a US company that sells them (LINKY) for $14.99, but im too tight to shell out that kind of cash for a piece of paper Can also buy the .jpg templates from eBay, but you still have to print them off yourself.
dt502001 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 We just call em "vise grips" as they are the best ones brand wise and most have them. Whats the big deal about the tax discs? do they add value to a bike somehow?
dt502001 Posted March 24, 2014 Posted March 24, 2014 No Air you don't have to split the main case but you have to pull the clutch basket so I thought best he check the rest of the tranny in actual use..no need to pull stuff appart 2x.
wild foamy Posted March 24, 2014 Author Posted March 24, 2014 clutch works perfectly tbh, i may treat it to a fresh set of friction plates and springs whilst its off though. As for the tax disc i doubt it adds any value to the bike at all, but seeing as the bike was made in 1988 and i want it to look as close to brand new as practical its a nice finishing touch that makes it look as though its in its first year of tax currently its illegal to display an out of date tax disc, but after October the government is getting rid of the tax disc and doing it all online to screw more money out of us so tax discs will no longer be required, which means i can show whatever the heck i want on the side of my bike
wild foamy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Posted November 25, 2014 Peeps, DT is coming up for sale soon...
slice Posted November 25, 2014 Posted November 25, 2014 Time for a photo then Foams and a price, haven't had a good laugh in ages
wild foamy Posted November 25, 2014 Author Posted November 25, 2014 I aint ready yet... gonna get drunk and put it on eBay
wild foamy Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 Dragged it out into the sunshine today for some happy snaps, let's see if it makes it into Practical Sportsbike magazine! 1
slice Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 She looks nice mate you must be well chuffed. Lots of work in that one, if you don't get at least a mention in their paper then I don't know what will?
wild foamy Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 Yeah man, would be nice if it makes it into the mag, first time it's been out of the shed for almost a year.
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