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fellas,
this is sammys DT175…..weapon!!
(must tell her about the mr sheen trick too:) )its got 825 original km’s on the clock. sam has only done about half of them.
i brought it for a gorilla off an old bloke out in the country about 2 years ago.
he had brought it brand spankin new in 1989,for his son to thrash about on, on their property.
one day, the kid was roostin about in his front paddock, when a telecom (showin my age there) van drove in looking for directions as he was lost.
somehow the van managed to t-bone the poor kid in his own driveway.
the young bloke got messed up and ended up with a couple of pins in his leg as a result. (his dad asked me if i wanted the pins from his leg as they were in a jar, when i went to pick up the bike…ewwwww!!, no thanks i said, you keep them in the family mate).anyways, i took it home got a new h/light surround, set of bars and a front wheel and it was all good….i thought.
notice the alignment of the wheels.when she took it for a ride up the street, i noticed it crab-walking. the frame was bent. i pulled of the tank etc and noticed the frame part where the shocker goes thru the middle of looked like a xmas bon-bon. twisted. it didnt worry sammy though, she is only a learner and happy to putt around. if i ride it, it wants to understeer tuning right and oversteer turning left.
the wreckers wanted to extort me up to $400 for a second hand frame!!!!:unsure: , then the other week on ebay i scored this one for $20 bucks.
ive gotta paint it red but at least its straightso after easter its off to get sandblasted……
she still cant make her mind up whether to paint it pink or the original red…..i reckon red;)im told it MUST be finished and running and all shiny by the xmas party at louee. or im in trouble!!
end of part one….
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Anonymousboony wrote:
Quote:sell it and buy yourself a DRZ and let her ride a Kato it would be safer for her:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Sammy says……..
kiss it boony boy:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
safe distance?
Dont worry TB I am doing all the crawling in the world to the minister for funds and finance/ activity organizer. Bit hard with the tin lids as she who must be obeyed isnt into bikes:(
menace wrote:
Quote:fellas,this is sammys DT175…..weapon!!
(must tell her about the mr sheen trick too:) )its got 825 original km’s on the clock. sam has only done about half of them.
i brought it for a gorilla off an old bloke out in the country about 2 years ago.
he had brought it brand spankin new in 1989,for his son to thrash about on, on their property.
one day, the kid was roostin about in his front paddock, when a telecom (showin my age there) van drove in looking for directions as he was lost.
somehow the van managed to t-bone the poor kid in his own driveway.
the young bloke got messed up and ended up with a couple of pins in his leg as a result. (his dad asked me if i wanted the pins from his leg as they were in a jar, when i went to pick up the bike…ewwwww!!, no thanks i said, you keep them in the family mate).anyways, i took it home got a new h/light surround, set of bars and a front wheel and it was all good….i thought.
notice the alignment of the wheels.when she took it for a ride up the street, i noticed it crab-walking. the frame was bent. i pulled of the tank etc and noticed the frame part where the shocker goes thru the middle of looked like a xmas bon-bon. twisted. it didnt worry sammy though, she is only a learner and happy to putt around. if i ride it, it wants to understeer tuning right and oversteer turning left.
the wreckers wanted to extort me up to $400 for a second hand frame!!!!:unsure: , then the other week on ebay i scored this one for $20 bucks.
ive gotta paint it red but at least its straightso after easter its off to get sandblasted……
she still cant make her mind up whether to paint it pink or the original red…..i reckon red;)im told it MUST be finished and running and all shiny by the xmas party at louee. or im in trouble!!
end of part one….
seriously (this will hurt) you got a darn cheap,good bike there, the good ol DT was always a reliable bike,I take it sammy is Mrs spidy??
she is gunna have a ball when you get your finger out, get off the computer and start the rebuild so she will have a bike at the x-mas party.:woohoo:boony wrote:
Quote:menace wrote:Quote:fellas,this is sammys DT175…..weapon!!
(must tell her about the mr sheen trick too:) )its got 825 original km’s on the clock. sam has only done about half of them.
i brought it for a gorilla off an old bloke out in the country about 2 years ago.
he had brought it brand spankin new in 1989,for his son to thrash about on, on their property.
one day, the kid was roostin about in his front paddock, when a telecom (showin my age there) van drove in looking for directions as he was lost.
somehow the van managed to t-bone the poor kid in his own driveway.
the young bloke got messed up and ended up with a couple of pins in his leg as a result. (his dad asked me if i wanted the pins from his leg as they were in a jar, when i went to pick up the bike…ewwwww!!, no thanks i said, you keep them in the family mate).anyways, i took it home got a new h/light surround, set of bars and a front wheel and it was all good….i thought.
notice the alignment of the wheels.when she took it for a ride up the street, i noticed it crab-walking. the frame was bent. i pulled of the tank etc and noticed the frame part where the shocker goes thru the middle of looked like a xmas bon-bon. twisted. it didnt worry sammy though, she is only a learner and happy to putt around. if i ride it, it wants to understeer tuning right and oversteer turning left.
the wreckers wanted to extort me up to $400 for a second hand frame!!!!:unsure: , then the other week on ebay i scored this one for $20 bucks.
ive gotta paint it red but at least its straightso after easter its off to get sandblasted……
she still cant make her mind up whether to paint it pink or the original red…..i reckon red;)im told it MUST be finished and running and all shiny by the xmas party at louee. or im in trouble!!
end of part one….
seriously (this will hurt) you got a darn cheap,good bike there, the good ol DT was always a reliable bike,I take it sammy is Mrs spidy??
she is gunna have a ball when you get your finger out, get off the computer and start the rebuild so she will have a bike at the x-mas party.:woohoo:ok, ok, ill get to it straight away…..
after easter;)
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