Airhead

the easiest time to get in neutral because you know you're coming to a stop...is when you're going slowly in 2nd gear

charge the battery and try again, it's an electric starter bike and so the battery needs to be in good condition and fully charged, if in doubt about the battery...get a new one

good news but why not share the info of who wound the coil, and the cost? maybe post a link

yeah a sheared key is quite common, caused by not tighnening the rotor nut to the correct spec, you'll need to get a grip of the rotor to tighten it properly

because it's a 2 stroke the transmission oil is totally sealed from the crank and piston (unlike on a 4 stroke) this means that it stays clean and has a long life, you can put just about anything in there so long as it's motorcycle oil and not car oil. some motorcycle oil will be labelled 4 stroke oil...this is fine to use in a 2 stroke transmission as for the 2 stroke oil, yeah it's a DT and that makes it not too fussy and will be happy on cheap mineral or expensive fully sythetic, your call really, if you think about it when this bike was made all there was available at that time was mineral oil

it's fast enough, enjoy it for what it is...gain experience...stay safe and move on up to bigger bikes

Greetings James, good choice is the YBR

best check the resistance values of the coils in the stator, you'll find specs in the haynes manual, if they test as good it's probably a duff ecu?

Greetings Alex Thats a very clean DT you got yourself there, has it been restored or just stashed away in a cozy place?

the usual way to clean up the for sliders is to use wet/dry paper, it replicates the original 'brushed' finish (cut some strips), needs to be quite a fine grade and keep wetting it

Greetings chunche, yeah the old DT has a lot of following on here you'll get all the help you need I'm sure.

yes just switch them all chunche, greetings by the way you seem to have bypassed our 'New Members' section?

I'll be there John, not sre about the DT though?

Greetings mitch in

greetings Gav, thats a bummer mate hope you get sorted.

if it only runs with choke ON then isnt the pilot jet clogged...going off what you said I wouldnt be surprised, or maybe the silicone sealant has got somewhere else? yeh tommy i'm to kind also mitch you seem to have bypassed the intro bit in your quest for knowlege...its not too late to redeem yersen dude

There are filter screens both in the gas tank and the petcock, what is the fuel flow like?

you've been to that big shoe shop av'nt ya!

very nice indeed, she's in great shape by the looks of it

have a look if any of the plug/socket contacts are dirty/corroded wud=would

Greetings Andy, That bike sounds a real good buy, they're a cracking bike and at that mileage you can't go wrong eh?

could be a number of reasons of course,damaged gasket, bolts not torqued evenly to specification, a crappy gasket (your is a genuine one I know), faces not cleaned properly before the gasket was fitted, warped cylinder head, even a cracked head.

nice pics jimmy

Greetings Steve, thats a lovely special RDLC you have there...Oohh I see you've got yourself a DTMX Ped