Nearly done therefor some info & fotos of the near-finished bike.
Paid for the bike with up-to-date book & insurance THB 30k.
Spent on all parts needed, most local, some from Ebay-AUT & USA around THB 45k.
So in total I spent B 75,000.-.
Bike is approximately 1979 and the first model with a rear mono-shock.
Model is called DT125G or H.
Difficult as the Thai frame/engine numbers are not shown on the international sites but the bike was manufactored here.
Generally the bike had already xx owners and xx Somchai's working on her, so I found Honda-Kwaka-Suzook parts on her.
It was heavenly neglected in both repairs and cleaning. The electric system was a total foul up as were all frame parts, wrong or no sealrings, wrong bearings, wrong nuts//bolts and many bolts broken off with the threads still in the nuts.
It took me at least 30++ weekend & holidays each around 9-10 hours to come this far so in total around > 300 hours.
As this is my Hobby, I do not mind the financials or time spend as it gives me time and opportunity to clear my mind of any problems from my work.
So let's start with fotos of the bike in general:
front
left
right side
top side
I know that the colour red is not matching fully but that cannot be avoided as I could not get the original front fender anymore. The paint used for tank, rear fender and sidecovers is the original one for this model. To paint the frontfender is absolutely a no-no as through the permanent movement the paint will peel off sooner than expected.
As mentioned in an earlier post, rims are new as are the spokes with original lenghts which puts the backwheel back into the swingarm center and not offset by 1 inch. Paint on hubs was removed and hubs polished. Still used from old bike: brakeshoes, hubs and tyres - quite new.
At the front, I still might get a shorter brakeline as not original lenght and it hangs out on the left side over the front blinker.
A big foul-up was also the engine with paint everywhere and nowhere, leaking oils everywhere and the piston shortly before seizing. Only the carbs are new as fitted before; some aftermarket crap anyway but useable. The only two technical details I need to fix later on is the engine-fresh-oil-pump which was repaired but once I get one needs replacement. Another one is the kickstarter assembly which was repaired by Khun S. in a very hmmmmmmmmmm way and I will keep on looking for one for replacement. Both current parts work but I'm not happy with the shape of both.
Unfortunately the housing and cylinder plus head which are made from aluminium were both seriously oxidised and scratched so I did not dare to polish them to a mirror finish as I would have taken off too much material already.
Still need to do: fit the front footpegs, mount the PVC storage tube, fix the gasline, balance the backwheel through spoke adjustment, find the little glitch at the headlight.
One more foto from the front:
Got both a screwed up speedo and tacho from Thai websites and managed to rebuilt 2x2 broken = 2 working ones, most difficult to get was the rear black PVC chain guard and the subframe below the rear fender both of which cost me B 10k from Ebay US. Handguards although not original have been fitted to protect the levers and my fingers. Mirrors are not original but do their job. Tank cover I got in the EU which is now lockable.
As for electric, all is new, the only old/original parts are: ignition coil and charge coil, sparkplug and kill-switch and that's it; everything else is new, all light, lamps, battery, coil, overload, rectifier,.........
Things like the chain tensioner were not wroking and I had to manufacore and fit a new brass bearing to get it going again. Rear muffler I got in Lampang and so on and on........
Must also mention that I outsourced the frame/tank/covers/fender paint job to Pistonshop and Nut made sure that the work satisfied me. Stickers are under a clear coat of paint.
In the end the near classic bike looks fine and I look forward for finishing everything and then firing her up again for the first time since work started.
Might get another one and remove everything and build a competition bike for offroad use only....5555555
So now I will make a small pause and maybe end of September start on my 2 DR250's........cheers, Franz