Cynic

ok this will sound daft but it has made a big difference. My dt has the traditionally poor headlight. Your ok if its just you but oncoming cars, esp new ones with the stupidly bright dip beam destroy your night vision. Leaving you blind for a bit. My helmet has one of those built in tinted visors you can slide down. Din't know why but i used it this morning when a car came at me lights blazing, there i am 4am with a tinted visor. Fuck me what a difference. So much better. It saves so much of your night vision its amazing. You really can see far better even with having to faf about moving it up and down. You will all think i'm nuts unless youtry it.

Here you go. Shifted to projects.....

Ha i love that weather on the bike. The amount of stuck cars i have ridden round. Not to mention the epic traffic jams 2 flakes cause.....

My first question....... Skid stops and wheelspin? 1600 mile to knakerd has had abuse. You can get supersport tyres for R1's and they do that kind of mileage. My dt175 is good for 6000miles normal use. With care that could go as high as 8. Hell my tdr250 has done twice that (3000mls) on its bridgestones and they are only just starting to go off.

Strange. Rubber pegs on a dirt bike. My dt has steel jobbies that will outlast the bike.

Same at my place. 6 weeks ago you couldnt spit in the bike park. There are 2 now.

Its something that i said at work and then wondered what everybody else thinks. Having finally broken and put the winter lining in my jacket i accept its cold. Thing is i would far sooner ride in a dry 0 deg c or less, than 10 degrees and rain. What about you lot?

Love it, seriously its London believe it or not. I'm not being cheap, why chop out the oil every 6 months. Nothing wrong with it, when did you last swap out the brake fluid or change the coolant. The brake pads are 20% worn better change them too. Hmm had to adjust the clutch better change that as well. Where does it stop. Oil today is good for minimum 6-8k miles without any problems so long as its good quality why swap it. Every 12-18 months or whenever you do your 'annual' sevice is fine.

You would never guess the place in the world most people die from hypothermia. As to the oil change....... cmon, why change from one oil to another just for winter, run the same stuff all year, 10/40 10/30 5/30, their temp ranges are all well across the uk's normally low temps. In 2 strokes its even more ridiculous as the oil works nowhere near as hard.

Steve you can be a bit dim sometimes, you junk the normal mini fuel tank and fit the gas tank there, prob get a 40L torroidal in, then just have a tiddly 2 gallon jobbie in the boot. Thats still 60 miles or more in a lil mini if your stuck with just petrol.

Me too for my 90l I am looking at adding another 100l tank as well

Nah, even money says he's doing it wrong, its not just drop the oil and refill it has to be done a certain way.

Different again for the ally framed bikes. They have a gauze in the tank return too.

You do know how to change the oil on one of these....... Its not simple. Its as big a pain in the arse as my TDR.

Yours is newer than mine nev. I adjusted mine for better gas performance. As far as problems. I had a sticky injector 2 years ago and changed the lot for around 150notes. I figured 1 going could mean the rest going too. As she is a caravan tug, and seeing just how fast the petrol gague drops towing. Its spot on otherwise. Like you say people only remember the bad. The poles have it sussed i have seen mini's with lpg from poland.

I know your pain i have the same thing with the rear light switch on my DT. Its a plastic insert on a metal pin and it slips. Cheap shit, i fix it for the mot and it lasts long enough for the ticket. One of those banjo's is the way foreward or buy a gen one.

Bang says ig to me, either bad plug or ig timing set wrong.

Your not in the same league, how about the thought of 350 mile trip to lands end at 10 to the gallon in a 5L rangy. THATS when you appreciate lpg the puter on the rangy is set for lpg too so its better on gas, no performance loss. More galling is the fact that when i started using it lpg was 28p a litre......

uh oh, your not gonna like this............. So you want SPECIFIC bad points, not content with knowing every arrival is a bonus huh. First off, they rot like cheap fruit, i'm not kidding not uncommon for uk bikes at this vintage to have holes in the frame under the seat, the tank thickness is measured in microns too. It is complex, small, bloody expensive to replace and rots from the inside out. Little bubbles in the paint is a good indicator. While were on about the tank. Make sure you have a 2stroke bottle with a filler tube. The castrol 2T is pretty good as the position of the filler makes it impossible to fill otherwise. The plastics are equally nasty, they will crack if abused, even the slightest spill will wreck the bodywork, even overtightening will do it. The seat is not good either after 60 or 70 miles. Ah 60-70 miles, ridden properly thats all you will get from a tank, restrained cruising will get you nearer 90 maybe 100 miles from a tank but thats about it, works out at about 45MPG absoloute tops. You can get down to 25mpg if you really try. As were on MPG we may as well get to the engine, ALL the usuall 2 stroke worries here, not so many as the suzuki's though with their self destructing power valve. The TDR engine has the waterpump seal for that, when it goes the resultant goo gets sprayed over the rear wheel from the vent! The powervalve needs to be in good nick and set as well as the carbs having to be set just right for her to fly. Do not never ever let the exhausts blow, if you can hear it it will kill the motor. The gear linkage falls apart too, a 600 divvy set up will swap without too much stress. Wheels, if still on the spokers they dissintergrate unless you get them rebuilt, they also rot from the inside out (heard that before). Alloys make the steering lively but are generally ok. So long as their fitted right as the bike was only ever sold with spokes. Front disk can warp and overheats pretty quick. Suspention is pretty good esp the front end, that is divine, feels weird to start off but you get used to it, they generally sit a bit low and soggy on the rear, jack up plates are a common mod. Jap stuff had an ally sw arm and damping as well as preload on the shock. Electrics are ok, a good battery is usefull. She will run without it but it can make some odd things happen with the PV and will stress the charging system, the headlight by the way is fucking A for a bike of this age. Thing is all of that goes away on your favorite road as the bike has a tiny hessitation at 5500rpm then hit six wide open and hang on. The top 4 gears are spread across 50 to 100mph so she will sing till you get nicked or run out of talent. That by the way is the biggest problem, there ain't many left cos an awful lot got smashed. Red mist, dangerous, performance bikes reconed Cliff Richard could get points on a tdr, well ridden avoiding the flat fast stuff anything 600cc and under is fair game. Bring it........

I take it you have whipped the carb off to check the jets inside? Next for me would be the fuel pump. Check the delivery. C'mon steve these engines make your old DT seem modern.

Noise, were kindred spirits here. If they took the game and dropped it off the side of the planet it would affect me not one spot. Bunch of over paid over pamperd fairies. Take any motorsport, F1, moto gp or if your a real nutter the X fighters. Most of the people there are paid far less, work far harder and quite a few of em are litterally risking mortal injury. Moto gp riders having injections to carry on with broken bones FFsake. Crutchlow IIRC got 6th with a busted ankle, most of em are splinted by the end of the season. They are proper hardcases, run around on a pitch for 90 minutes, oh with a half hour rest in the middle. Jenson Button does iron man and triathlons FOR FUN. As well as his regular training. Must stop now, must stop, football, must stop.........nursey is coming with the needle.....

Sometimes they are ok, this afternoon i was, authorative with my riding through the towcester gridlock that is kiddy kick out time. (busses and mum and dad taxi's) and got a quick flash of the blues and a wagged finger. I took the hint and eased off, i wasn't doing anything wrong by the letter of the law but i was definitely reading it from my point of view if you get my drift.

HA, no the oil goes in the oil tank, the gas will still have to come through the carb as you will need the throttle slide to control the engine. So the oil will go in the same way. Getting an injector ring for a DT carb on the other hand? And the DT having enough draw without loosing power, and the engine generating enough heat to keep the lpg as a gas and....and...and...

The only negative and its every underslung TDR is nobody ever mods the sidepanels to blend them in to cover the airbox.......Odd with the amount of work some do...

Same as any other engine, the tricky bit is finding an evaporator that works with an aircooled engine....