Got My First Bike

[RockstarMentality]

I wasnt sure if members rides meant "members mustangs" or if it was any members rides so feel free to move this one.
1976 Yamaha DT 125 Enduro. just a lil 2 stroke thumper. Got it free.
Got it home and it was locked up. Not surprising, no big. Got it all torn down, the head and carb have been sitting in a gas bath for the past day.
i dont think we used the Yamaha reccommended method of breaking loose the engine lol. We took the head off and stuck a screwdriver through the wrist pin and i pulled up on the piston (it was at BDC) while my dad jumped on the kick starter lol.
Tried to go online and order a gasket set and new rings, but whoever set up the web site no shpeak engrish, cuz the only gasket that lines up is the head gasket, and i got 2 compression rings and an oil scraper ring even though theres only spaces for the 2 rings. So pretty much sealin gaps with RTV.
Just gotta get the gas tank cleaned out and a new battery and she'll be about ready for re-assembly

this is my first real project, so its good thats its a simple engine. So far i've spent about $50 in parts, and since im a broke high school kid im tryna keep it under 100.

 

[duh09]

Pics or ban.

I want an old bike like that to do a sort of lowbudget restomod deal to.

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

yes pics or ban, i have a 78 DT 175 there great bikes lol

 

[Win]

Yeah man throw some pics up here. I think it would be nice to have a old Duo. The first bike i learned to ride on was a 86 Honda 450 Duo. That thing was fun

 

[RockstarMentality]

well my camera (along with my internet) decided to piss me off today but heres a couple cell pics

 

[pp_puncher]

I see you are one of those "bare-bones" riders...J/K

 

[RockstarMentality]

I HAVE COMPRESSION!!
i got the wrong rings, so i had to file them down. got the head put on, now i gotta figure out how the hell this carb goes together/fits on the engine.

 

[got5.0]

cool man, sounds like a good project to learn more.

 

[RockstarMentality]

then just now, 30 seconds ago, i broke two head bolts.
God im pissed. all that hard work...

 

[got5.0]

I did the same thing to my car when I took the head off yesterday lol... I'm gonna drill em out though.

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

any update

 

[RockstarMentality]

Update: i got pissed when i broke the head bolts so i hit it with a hammer and posted it on craigslist.

 

[BruhBrahBrad]

lmao, sad...

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

thats funny as hell

 

[98green5.4]

i hit it with a hammer and posted it on craigslist.

haha. sounds like something i have done before.