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I thought you were dealing it for a Sherco? GS seems cheap but then it's the difference between what someone is willing to pay and what someone ambitious might advertise it for.
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Its had an interesting history. :lol: Your the first to mention the rear swing arm.
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I thought it looked like a DT125LC swinging arm painted silver? But it looks too tight fit a 4x18 trials tyre that used to fit in mine ok.
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John F wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 12:37 pm
Drum wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 12:19 pm
Cba wrote: Wed May 13, 2020 5:44 pm My 1978 DT 125.
Looked good on the ebay listing, not so much when I started digging at it but it's all part of the fun. :shock:
As it currently sits and some older pics.
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Alloy rear swing arm must be off a later bike? I had a 1979 DT250 35 years ago.

I need to get myself a trailie or trials. Sellers remorse kicking in after selling this too cheap last week. 20200511_141430.jpg
IIRC the monoshock rear end was fitted from the mid-70s, it was one of the first trail bikes to have one. If not the first.

I'm going to regret asking this, but how much did you let the GS650 GT go for?
The DT125A (1974) was twin shock with the exhaust high level by the riders right knee.
Not a big seller in the UK, I only ever saw one in the Bike Shop that I worked in part time when a student.
The next model year they went Monoshock with a steel swinging arm and the exhaust high level threaded thro between the air box and the oil tank. Marketed as the DT125MX.
Better seller but not as popular as the DT175MX, we never had any problem selling them.
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You missed the DT125E from about 1976, twin shock electric start model. I actually had one, woefully lacking in power for no apparent reason, the DT175MX was a big step forward
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Your quite right, my mind had successfully erased them from my memory. :?


IIRC we only ever saw one, they weren't a popular model.
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DodgeRover wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 2:38 pm I thought it looked like a DT125LC swinging arm painted silver? But it looks too tight fit a 4x18 trials tyre that used to fit in mine ok.
One of the only things that hadn't been painted, someone did have a half arsed go at polishing it though.
Lots of paints been removed so far from shit that didn't need painting. Who paints a carb?
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DodgeRover wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 2:26 pm I thought you were dealing it for a Sherco? GS seems cheap but then it's the difference between what someone is willing to pay and what someone ambitious might advertise it for.
Yeah, I thought the deal was done on the sherco, but he backed out unfortunately.
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MLOR wrote: Sun May 17, 2020 4:47 pm Your quite right, my mind had successfully erased them from my memory. :?


IIRC we only ever saw one, they weren't a popular model.
One of the many trail bikes which I wish with hindsight I hadn't sold, mine was actually really original.
I also had an original 1976 TS250 - the pre ER model, really shouldn't have sold that!

However when I think about the ones I sold I also remember the RD250DX which I wish I never ever saw for sale in the first place. Looked lovely, genuine low owner low miles bike, even had the standard exhausts, poxy thing was never reliable even after 2 engine rebuilds and riding it gently I never ever had any faith it wasn't going to randomly lunch something.
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On the subject of unusual models, I had a Suzuki TS125N.

From what I heard at the time, my TS125N was part of a batch originally intended to be sold in Iran but diverted to the UK after the Shah was kicked out in 1979. It didn't have the modern motocross-style side panels and rear end of the contemporary ER model, so looked a bit old-fashioned. Mine was first registered in 1984, which suggests it was a slow seller.

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