Cynic

I had a cb125t do that years ago and it was the ignition, the stator plate had slipped and the ignition was miles out. Moved the 'flame front' :(D get me cleverclogs), onto the exhaust instead of in the cyl head. Put the timing right and every thing was good.

Is that not the tumbleweed special...........

Mine has been pretty good, was originally a brunette but the sun does damage things and so some touching up is needed to remove the greyer patches from the trim so has some red go faster stripes added in and it does have some extra padding for those long distance rides, getting wet or cold seems to be a real problem though now. I have had little trouble otherwise. It has been central to the creation of two next gen models for the future.

Hmmm, whats more likely to hurt you. Juggling old sticks of dynamite with a blindfold or riding that....... Giz a go

Yes, they made them, 2 cylinder 2 strokes didn't send them to the states though cos the emmisions killed them. The lc's were europe only. Except for possibly some private imports maybe? I'm not aware of anything 3 cyl outside of the race track.

Did the japaneese idustry wonders, one of my dad's favorite bike stories (yawn) is a 69 Honda 175 blitzing his 650 Bonnie in a straight line. I'll have him in the corners thinks my dad, i know this road well no one gets through the Sands faster. Nope busted there as well. He blew it up trying to catch this little 175. They impressed him that much he's got one himself now. Took him a few years to find one to do up mind. Funnily enough he's never wanted a Triumph.

Some old brit junk judging by the RH chain run. And the brake stuff on the LH side of the Fwheel.

Oh no, Blackhats being ruuuuude

Thought you said it was Nets

They are black plastic with big round lenses, around 2-3 inches acrossand yes the front ones do mount on the bars. Look ok work pants. Personally, well i literally binned mine INCLUDING the frame brackets thanks to a smarty pants mot man. They are dim and slow and a waste of time, other than that there are LOADs of them on the bay.

And don't forget a bike that has 33hp because it was designed to will always ride better.

OOOps, sorry vez oldfarticitus i'm afraid. On my dt they are separate i thought these were the same .

But thats easy just drill the b'stard off. I got confused to with the pivot thing. Bet its stuck in that damper assy. So its stuck the same way but it should be easy to get off. Just ask Black and Decker for assistance.

Don't work Vez, the bolt is siezed in a sleeve inside the sw arm and thats ally, and unfortunately it dissapates heat far better than steel so the sw/arm would be practicly melting out of the frame before the bolt had any worthwhile heat where it matters. Had the self same problem with mine and had to saw the f/ker out, the only real option would be a drift and an air gun. Not so many people got them in their garage though eh.

Patience imagination and a hacksaw will get it out. You may have to persuade the blade in but cutting it will be the only way if brute force has failed. Lubrication the spindle runs in a sleeve. The sleeve rusts to the spindle and it dont matter how hard you hit it it wont move. Air gun might have done it, using it as a hammer. Otherwise its just graft and cut fingers.

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i was trying to be positive

Before you get carried away are you sure the choke works?

Welcome to the boards, not sure on ATF in the forks, why risk having to do it all over. Just use fork oil? Otherwise enjoy, any pictures?

Calculated gamble mate, some places don't bother others, Linconshire being high on the list, will have you.

That makes it another DT50mx engine then, afraid you don't have a lot of options. As far as 125 engines in a DT50mx, with those brakes . You had the skills and knowledge to make new stronger studs to secure the head barrel combo, sounds like the head skimming was a step too far for the bottom end especially with the loud crack. Still worth taking it to bits, if for no other reason as to be certain why it failed. There was such an animal as a DT80 that may well fit into the same frame but they were rare 20years ago good luck today. Why not strip and rebuild the lump you have.

Little johnny is in school when the teacher asks for a story with meaning, Me me me says litle Johnny. Ok whats the story then say's teacher. Well, my uncle Bob flw fighters in the war, he got shot down in a battle but bailed out just in time. He had a hip flask a gun and a knife, nothing else. He drank the whisky on the way down in case he got hurt on the landing. When he did land he was surrounded by Gooks, got 9 of em with the gun but ran out of bullets. Clubbed some more with the but till it broke off. Did yet more of em with the knife but it snapped after 5 or 6 of em. He had to do the last few with his bare hands. The teacher, totally shocked asked with a shakey voice. 'What have you learned from this very traumatic tale?' Never, and i mean never cross uncle Bob when he's had a drink..............

Sort of, if you look at it from the point that the DT125lc grew FROM the DT175. The very first LC's do share a lot of common parts. Its in 88/89 when the LC got mono cross fully floating suspention that the LC broke its links with the aircooled bikes properly. Mitch's bike is firmly stuck in the late 70's early eighties as far as mechanical design goes.

Don't get carried away looking at Moto Cross rubber the little DT hasn't the horsepower or the wheel clearance for them to work. I used my DT for a few years as a green lane/off road tool and tried all the tyres. Best one that seemed to suit the little old DT more than most off road. Bridgestone Trail Wings, they clean ok and work on just about every surface from sand through mud to snow (found that one recently ). Here's a link, http://www.nationalbiketyres.co.uk/motorcycle-tyres/bridgestone-motorcycle-tyres/trail-wing/cat_48.html There are probably fancier surface specific tyres but these are cheap and work well enough to go anywhere.

Are you really that daft. Vez knows these bikes better than his own todger, WHY are you ignoring him. I also completely agree with EVERYTHING he has so far suggested.

This advice from someone trying to construct a ram air/positive pressure system for a 125