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swanny
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PostPosted: 11:18 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: get the feeling you have bitten off more than you can cheW ? Reply with quote
hello!!

Just bought myself a tzr125 G reg for 170 quid, 25k miles, absolute bargain, aside from one small issue..

its in bits...

yup, im going to have a go at a project, everythings there bar side panels and fly wheel, so im going to get it pristine then rebuild the bugger,
oh and it has a POWERVALVE !!, doubt it will be as quick as my ole vtr1000 haha!

id rate my bike knowledge at about 4/10 so should be a good giggle and ive no doubt i'll have loads of questions in the workshop section.

Any bits of advice before i get started tonight ? I'll post more pics when i get home.. very excited as i havent had a 125 for about 10 years !, lovely pong of two stroke soon !

The one plus side it has brand new tyres !!
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PostPosted: 12:11 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Make a thread in Show & Tell to document. Thumbs Up.
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swanny
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PostPosted: 12:15 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
good call, although it will probably be show tell and get flamed for being rubbish Smile, i'm going to take many pics tonight,

hopefully ill get my money back by selling the extra parts !
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PostPosted: 16:50 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just remember it was taken to bits for a reason, so check over all the bits before you put it back together only to find the crank is junk Wink
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PostPosted: 19:58 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
DaFrostyOne wrote:
Just remember it was taken to bits for a reason, so check over all the bits before you put it back together only to find the crank is junk Wink


ive had dealings with the guy before he's genuine and used it as a doner bike at first for his beloved DR125r, realised that not all the parts were the same, and so left it his unit,

should be sound ( I hope), work starts tomorrow on cleaning the frame up....
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PostPosted: 20:06 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
swanny wrote:
DaFrostyOne wrote:
Just remember it was taken to bits for a reason, so check over all the bits before you put it back together only to find the crank is junk Wink


ive had dealings with the guy before he's genuine and used it as a doner bike at first for his beloved DR125r, realised that not all the parts were the same, and so left it his unit,

should be sound ( I hope), work starts tomorrow on cleaning the frame up....

If the Chap bought a two-stroke Yamaha TZR125 race-replica as a donor for a four-stroke Suzuki DR125 dirt-bike, thinking that the parts would be the same, then I think I'd be VERY careful to check what was what before trying to put it together!
https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2071904844_900f9a8593.jpg
Suzuki DR125 ^ Yamaha TZR125 V
https://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/1989-tzr125.jpg
It would sort of suggest he knew very little about bikes, and probably less about mechanics!
Would explain why it was in card-board boxes though!
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swanny
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PostPosted: 20:16 - 15 Nov 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote
haha, it was a dt125r he had, i just got a little muddled up there,

easy mistake to make.. i would worry if he was trying to fit yammy to suzuki,
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