Guess what followed me home

[dcarver]

2015-08-31 Look what followed me home - Bumblebee









Look what followed me home courtesy of old blue and Uship.com!



1978 DT125 E



Pretty clean, a tad over 7k miles. Has compression. Carb supposedly drained prior to storage. Some stinky fuel in the tank.

...and guess who claimed it? Geesh.

 

[LKLD]

That'll be fun...congrats!

 

[FJRay]

Shauna looks one hell of a lot better on it than you ever could

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Put the plug wire back on and it will run better.

 

[Niehart]

And electric start .... nice.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

Carver, you are a contradiction. On one hand you are The Most Interesting Man on the Forum. On the other hand, you are a ******* and a glutton for punishment.

Either way, you are My Hero. I can't wait to see how this one turns out. I remember when that was a Big Bike and I was too small and too weak to even think about riding one.

 

[dcarver]

..now if I could only find someone to work on it...

 

[escapefjrtist]

^^^^ ...bet you know someone who can take your greenbacks.

Nice find DC...now stop with the pics! I'd hate to get the itch, want to relive my youth and add one of those to the garage.

--G

 

[majicmaker]

FJRay...... FJRay....... Please pick up the white courtesy phone.....

 

[Fontanaman]

^^^^ ...bet you know someone who can take your greenbacks.
Nice find DC...now stop with the pics! I'd hate to get the itch, want to relive my youth and add one of those to the garage.

--G

If I was to relive my youth I would go flying over the handlebars at 40+ mph once again. Ouch. I don't bounce so well anymore.

Congrats Carver.

 

[FJRay]

..now if I could only find someone to work on it...

Plenty of room in the shop. That would be a quicky.

 

[dcarver]

Had a couple of hours today. Decided to see if the old gurl would run or be a bitch. The original owner, a great guy buy not necessarily the best wrench in town, did a GREAT job in preserving this bike for future care. The tank was mostly drained... the petcock turned off, the bike run dry. Of course, that's really just a start. But the PO lived in dry climate and the bike was stored indoors for years. What would I find?

On the OR table and ready for inspection.


Looking closely, it appears the right and left external covers have been removed for work. The silly 1970's pan head screws are slightly rounded, I see traces of excessive silicone on the mating surfaces. The inner cases looks unmolested.


She IS cute!


All of these pix are AS-IS. No polish, nothing. She is very well preserved.




Molly dawg sez what the phook, play ball with me!


Pulled the plug.. Kicked her over.. strong blue spark across an old plug!


The real purpose of this series of pix to document the As-Found condition. But will she run? What of the crank seals? Or top-end noise?

Hmm.. need a couple more miles before the reg process begins...

Air filter clean but falling apart. Glad I didn't crank it over and suck filter element into the engine... and the battery cost me 19 dollars. The previous battery was 9 dollars. Progress, I guess.

Yuck!


Thank You, no, don't need foam into the engine..


Petcock story.. Stuck. Kroil and time. Got it to work with out destroying the o-ring...


Filter in good shape.


Carb bowl pretty clean of varnish too..


Main, intermediate, air bleed all gunked up. Hint. a wire strand from a wire brush works great in a Creston pinch..

So here she sits..


Wanna here her run?

 

[FJRay]

Looks cool Don. I'll bet it will run just fine. Those old Yammie's are hard to kill and it doesn't take a whole lot to fix them if needed.

 

[dcarver]

https://vimeo.com/140005773

 

[BigOgre]

! Flashed me back to Junior High and riding the trails after school. <sigh>

 

[ericboutin]

That's awesome!! Congrats!!!

 

[Niehart]

Dang it, out of likes so "LIKE".

 

[Torchsport]

My first real motorcycle was a 1978 DT 175. Bought it with my paper route money in 1980 for $700.

Rode that bike everywhere. Then took my MC test on it in 1981 @ the age of 16.

Thanks for the memories!

 

[juniorfjr]

Yep, sounds like a Yamaha.

 

[painman]

Nice score Don. Vintage is sweet. Had a Yamaha TT250 and a 360mx.