Recent content by sycho1

Hey jaedavinci, Don't be put off by the shear size of the mighty Xs 1100, as others have said she'd a lot of the big bulky stock items and get a round head light slim the old girl down etc. I like your ongoing changes and planned changes stick with it mate My Xs 1100 goes like stink (1190 big...

My xs1100 how it was and how it is at the moment ...it still needs a bit of work too finish the old fighter off

Well, I took my front forks to my local bike wrecker down the road...Vlaster had one look at them and said straight away that they are off a XT Yamaha-250 79-80 so the guessing game is over now. I walked away with 2 new good second hand XT 250 rims F/R (Both rims on my bike have some major...

Hey mate, good to see a local dude as well ...bet you cringed when you saw what i did to that old Z250 tank when i dished it in ....it was covered in dents and i got it for $20.00 the inside of the tank is completely rust free thanks to a seized fuel cap and petrol tap once they were off i...

i have been to his work shop and had a look at the the type of work he does and every thing from what i saw fitted to the bikes he had there weather new bikes or old 2/4 strokes was quality i showed him the picture of the gravel works DT 250 i asked a bunch of questions he uncovered a old RD...

Hi, i recently scored this DT175 with the ambitions of turning it into a small cafe racer...anyhow the front lower forks on this bike are not the std DT ones ...so i guess the Pepsi challenge is to identify make, year and model bike these came from ...so any ideas??

Cheers i will try that as well :)

Thanks for your input guy's ...so if there good old fashion "Yamaha forks" can we nail it a bit closer TT, XT, MX bike etc... i will do yet another net search yet when i asked the Yamaha guy at the shop he said they werent yamy forks??? :o :o It wouldn't be the first time ive been told the...

Hey stroker crazy, yeah the plan is to get the DT175 engine completly rebuilt and may be a portting job as well ... theres a bloke here in Adelaide "Redline exhausts" that can make the custom underslung exspansion chambers like on the Gravel Crew DT 250 ...no probs ...the 175 cc wont be a...

I think i am gonna head in this direction for my DT 175 build at least on this bike any way Its a RD 350/400 that looks pretty tough... thats why i scored the bigger z250 tank then have a go at fibre glassing the tail seat combo ;D

Hey its funny how all the endruro bikes from that era look the same good luck with the build Here is a good pic... its from the "Gravel Crew" of a DT 250 flat track bike... see if this gets your juices flowing for the TS 250

Hey scrambled pegs you got any pics of your TS 250?

Bert Jan It would be nice to know when i start trying to get new seals, springs etc if knew what bike/year they came off

Hey guys, I would like a bit help identifying these front lower forks legs that came with my newly purchased (and very second hand) Yamaha 1982 DT 175 Cafe racer to be project!! As far as i can tell these are not Std forks for this model as the other 4 DT's i have dont look like this ...so...

Hey, scambledpegs... i live in Adelaide S.A ...you in Oz mate? Heres a mono'd shocked XS1100 fighter im working on atmo ;D why? "because if you need to ask you wouldn't understand anyway"