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hey young man welcome the internet is like everything else now days ... a breeze if you 7 years old !!!

hi andy ... glad you came to your senses and got a real bike again lol welcome

hi kyle...been pondering your ? 1st of all ive been checking google doctor and there seems to be no fairing only the radiator shrouds attatched to the petrol tank and the light cover. are you referring to that? how are you planning on obtaining the new plastics ? ie: going into a dealership , over the net , etc etc .

thanks 250 ....if its got wheels or a skirt (any make or mode) itll give you .............. but Yamaha first choice after my wife of course

ok will do ... wont waste my time checking it ... I got an ' e ' for science and that was many moons ago ... things have only got worse since

I was admiring that silver thing yesterday pondering its role. is there anyway of checking its " health " or are they just worth replacing? the bike has had a rather hard life judging by the odo reading 47 000 km / 29 204 miles and prior to getting here going quiet a few wires seemed to have suffered heat wear and had broken under the petrol tank.

just pulled all the bulbs and every single one is fried. so before replacing them am I better off getting a new battery to give the system a fall back?

ok ill get a replacement asap just to ensure . thanks

10:30 to be on the safe side ... worked well ... only throws condems at us now lol

thanks guys. ive got the battery that was in the bike. took it in n tested it ... needs to be replaced but in the mean time should I reconnect the " dead " battery once ive figured out the lighting issue in the hope that the battery even though dead will still act as you put it as a sinker and absorb voltage spikes or would connecting up a "dead" battery do more harm than good?

ok ill have to google that and check . my father in law is a horder of note so I should find something of that nature. once google doctor has explained it

oh by the by ... what are the warning points under ones profile pic?

Sweet like a lemon

Arrived to pick my girlfriend (now wife / boss ) from her dads place , not really knowing the family too well ... took a deep breath rang the door bell . my lady opens and says lets go quickly. all of sudden " dad " shouts ... turn round and he throws a shotgun round at me , he then calmly says ` after 11 itll be moving a lot faster ` and closes the door.

thanks guys. somehow the "boss" always seems to know what im planning before ive even started.

ill check today sometime. seems to make sense bout the bulbs blowing but would every single bulb have popped? so one would assume not running any lights without the battery to be on the safe side? ill report any findings. I sux at electrics though so it might take sometime.

hi all. just thought I would intro myself as seems the norm for newbies on this site. Call me M. from R.S.A (yes we have electricity and internet ) started many years ago with a red/black dt 50 watercooled.,served me well. Eventually upgraded to 86 it 200. went to college came back and my folks had sold it off ( only a 3 month course ) very annoyed. a few years later shared a 1996 FZR 750 with the old man...sold it off because one of us wouldn't be here today. Finally got a 2000 Honda CR250 2 stroke. scary bike but awesome. Started a family sold the toy and found a 1999 dt 175 rotting away on the family farm. so apart from having a wife , child and a car I thought I would spice things up and attempt to restore the dt beast when the wife allows me the time and money ;-) just a heads up not very skilled in the nitty griity of the bike work but know enough to get by. so expect a few or more questions and banter P.S : this is the closest ill come to going on face boooook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyways...looks like most members have one thing in common ;-) Enjoy the end

hi cynic thanks for the reply and explaining the workings of this site. will def go to the new members portal. I have no intention of posting and running. took me a while to find a note worthy site and join as a member.

hi all New to this place. Been having a look around a lot of very helpful topics and advice. Thanks to all concerned. Anyways got a dt 175 1999 maybe. everything was running well without a battery installed. All the lights etc worked fine. One day I started the bike and switched the lights on. noticed the high beam light indicator was on but no head light working , stopped and started and now no electrics work at all but the bike runs fine. Checked all the connections are connected barring the battery cause it aint present. any help will be highly appreciated. I tried searching for a similar topic for quiet sometime with no luck. if there are direct me if you could be so kind. many thanks m