hello, my name is michael, friends call me von_sieben.
i used to have yamahas when i was 16+, starting with a dt 50, dt 175MX and then yz 250 from 1979.
4 years ago i thought i need to have a yamaha enduro again.
you have to know we don´t have many options here in germany, dirt bikes have never been really popular especially in my area which is very populated and not a lot of space to go on a track.
well, i found this thing, a 1977 yamaha dt 125 e, very cheap.
as you can imagine, i didn´t really like the look of it and stripped it all down to build my own bike just how i wanted it by then.
i changed the engine to a ct-1 (got that from the states, never been sold here in germany), tank is from a 512 model, and seat dt-1.
ignition is powerdynamo.
the bike is running very fine and i after a year i thought about a new projekt, got me a dt-1 1971. i have 2 of them and since they have never been sold here, i have never seen any other in germany.
these bikes are rare here and i´m glad i found this place to learn more about them, i really enjoy working on them as well as riding them.
my 1st dt-1 is running now and to me its one of the best bikes i ever owned, i use it daily.
i only did some light modifications to it and plan to leave it stock more or less.
i have to rt-2´s now and these are very rough basket cases, but planning to build me a race-bike over the winter time.
of course, once you start you will come along stuff you can´t just leave, so there´s more, a ty-80 1976 and a yz-80 1978 plus 2 at-1´s that i just leave for the moment till i have some time to play with them.
the second dt-1 i owned was given to a friend, it´s a basket case too and he strated workin on it to build a custom dt that should run next summer.
we are pretty alone with our yamahas over here... so it´s really good to have some people to ask and i´ve seen already lots on this site that was really enlightening to me. :-)
