julien

Bike is a 1980....thanks for the help, just been admiring your Flattracker!....Got to watch Rugby now! Will try your solution tomorrow.

I bet David Attonbrough is crapping himself

Hi guys , Julien here , Things are going yamanuts at the moment ,yamahas are coming at me from all sides. Along with the 2 yamms i got recently , a friend of mine has got me tinkering with his xs250 . I'v sorted the carbs and now it runs sweet as a nut ( this bike is suprisingly good fun ) but after about ten minutes it starts to cough and splutter and has flattened the battery . It will do this even if you dont start it with the ignition left on . I know my mate has messed with the wiring as he has bobbed this bike so that could be it , and i will go over all the wiring when i get a mo' but does anybody know how to check the generator ? Probably a bit of a pain to explain to a numpty like me I know, but it would be much appreciated . Im crap at electrics . My parents are coming out to spain in a week with a suitcase of DT175 bits so I can make a start on my project . Will keep you all up to date with that as it hapens and try and get some pics of the progress.

thanks paul. i'll take your advice on the topic section , perhaps i can put some photos up before i start getting my hands dirty

thanks for the welcome blackhat,im based in cockermouth but spend my time flitting between there and a place in spain we have and have bikes in both places so come the summer when im back in cockermouth you will probably find im going on about my xs650 as that is there.

hi airhead, yes im a bit worried about buying second hand bits of ebay without knowing the year of my dt175 . im also unsure of the history and would like to put it back on the road but this "no history "stuff is all new to me and i dont know how you can get any where without some official help .anyway the frame/engine number is *k4-025482* . all help is much appreciated . my very first bike in 1982 was a dt50mx i loved it and was never of the thing , happy days. im guessing this dt175 is about a 1981 model . its a mono and has a square box section swing arm . its bean resprayed but i think the collor was white . cheers.

hello my name is julien, iv got a lot of bikes but recently iv picked up a couple of yamahas so thought id better join the "club".I had yamahas when i was a teanager but moved on to other bikes as i got older(triumphs and the like) but last summer a friend gave me a xs650 in a uncle bunt hardtail frame in payment for some worke i did for him and just recently i got my hands on a dt175 that had seen better days and was being used as a field bike. When i joind the triumph owners club thay had a service that told you the history of the bike just from the frame or engine numbers , i was wondering if this club did a simmilar thing? or is it more for the good crack ? T T F N.