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Offline odd1

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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2012, 11:04:59 am »
Don't waste your time! It's only Dave stick the bolt back in and tell him it's got two wheel steering if he questions it. Besides he is to busy at the moment trying to find a make up artist to pretty up the Can-am
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2012, 11:17:52 am »
Quote from: GMC on April 25, 2012, 10:18:42 am
Quote from: Canam370 on April 04, 2012, 10:52:17 am
Best way? Buy an SWM, pull out the wheels, bend the forks, ride on the sprocket. It'll still be better than anything you'll do to a DT to try improve it  :P

After having ridden an SWM at Denman I’m inclined to agree with you.
Apparently Dave may have felt the same way because a CanAm has snuck in during the middle of the DT build.



Yep, quite a nice one at that 8). It was a favour to Drakey really 'coz he didnt want Dave riding his bike again :D
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2012, 03:27:39 pm »
Quote from: Canam370 on April 25, 2012, 11:17:52 am
Yep, quite a nice one at that 8). It was a favour to Drakey really 'coz he didnt want Dave riding his bike again :D


Well judging by what Drakie did to his own bike, not to mention himself I think Drakie is the one that shouldn’t be allowed back on Drakies bikes.
Drakie must have taken quite a bump on the head too as I swear he was about to submit to Dave’s desires, but what happens on the Vinduro trip stays on the Vinduro trip.

So, anyone know where to find DT swingarm bearings?
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2012, 05:40:27 pm »
Geoff I got mt DT175 ones out of england. To be honest I'd make some bronze ones my are on there way out and they haven't done much work. Curly
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #34 on: April 25, 2012, 05:51:00 pm »
Quote from: GMC on April 25, 2012, 03:27:39 pm
So, anyone know where to find DT swingarm bearings?


Single backbone frame with plastic bushes? I thought they all had rubber.
Brass or nylon would be a worthwhile upgrade.
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #35 on: May 21, 2012, 08:31:29 pm »
I scored this barn find recently. As far as I'm aware it's 1974 DT 125 A. Engine number prefix is 444

Not bad for 200 bucks hey?





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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #36 on: May 21, 2012, 08:37:21 pm »
Shoulda been 666 ;)    Not a bad score at all, and cheap.
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #37 on: May 21, 2012, 08:52:11 pm »
You country boys have all the fun!  :D

I suppose you'd go through a few houses in a day's work and it would be worth asking if there's any old bikes kicking around, eh?  ;)

Good work!
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #38 on: May 21, 2012, 09:43:01 pm »
Good find, Dave would have snapped that up in a flash, secretly keeping it out of view of his missus, then claiming he needed it to round up the sheep (which he doesn’t have) and then it could have gone into rotation roster with his other DT’s  for the Vinduro’s.


I only get to see small pieces of his go-fast DT on different occasions but his build seems to be coming together nicely.






Works replica forks, special light weight forks to help increase acceleration.
Steel rims to help keep the front end on the ground.

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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #39 on: May 21, 2012, 10:25:02 pm »
Quote from: Tony T on May 21, 2012, 08:52:11 pm
You country boys have all the fun!  :D

I suppose you'd go through a few houses in a day's work and it would be worth asking if there's any old bikes kicking around, eh?  ;)

Good work!

Yep, always keen to check out the shed!
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #40 on: May 21, 2012, 11:26:00 pm »

found this the other day.
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #41 on: May 21, 2012, 11:33:13 pm »
Did he waste the stock fork legs on the lathe ?  he must like his scotchbrite wheel :)
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #42 on: May 22, 2012, 07:39:56 am »
Its just the photo (Light) Freaky, very original and not tampered with. A good clean YZA
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #43 on: May 22, 2012, 07:51:07 am »
Quote from: Green Machine on May 22, 2012, 07:39:56 am
Its just the photo (Light) Freaky, very original and not tampered with. A good clean YZA

Dave I think Freakys talking about the DT  ;D But good score on the YZ  8) very original  :) where do you keep finding them ? is this one a keeper  ;)
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Re: How to make a DT 125 go fast and handle good
« Reply #44 on: May 22, 2012, 09:56:31 am »
l think the fellow with the dt 125 is doing a nice job on that bike.
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