'72 Yamaha DT-1 what should I do with it?

original restore then ride it to circle K.

[quote="justpinit":624b4]Do the old school conversion like everybody did that had one...you know...pulls the lights (already gone on this bike) and strip off any of the extra crap, knobby tires, gunnar gasser throttle, maybe a Petty front fender
I'm thinkin' an MX style restoration and race it in local vintage class MX and Offroad events.

or...

Strip it down and part it out on eBay

I'll get some pics tomorrow...it's stuffed behind the boat under a huge pile of boxes, camping gear etc. etc...it's 99% complete and I got the usual story "it ran great when I parked it" when my buddy gave it to me (100%FREE). Looks like some cables and a throttle and it would actually be ridable!![/quote:624b4]

I say finish the restoration, get it tagged and ride it... work, store, wherever. Don't strip it down.

Wanna sell it??

MR

[quote="justpinit":1e5b1]So you guys are saying a full original resto?? I don't have the lights, signals, wiring, etc...interesting thought...it would be kinda cool to go to the beer store with it.[/quote:1e5b1]

Hell yea, ride it! You can find the parts if you're patient. Pipe will help you.

MR

An original restore would be the coolest, it'll just take a while with all the lights and stuff you'll need. Stripping a bike like that for ebay would be cruel! You're other plan sounds cool too, except for the racing it part...that sounds kinda painful .
I'm gonna make me a grocery getter out of this - just got the seat fixed and it's ready for the tear down and rebuild:
[img:57136]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/GOOD120/1970%20HT1%2090/MVC-019S…]
[img:57136]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/GOOD120/1970%20HT1%2090/flyer.jp…]
Check this out:
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Damn, i remember seeing a lot of those.

That bike was responsible for the dirt bike boom of 68-72, it deserves a total restore.

[quote="Larry":99973]That bike was responsible for the dirt bike boom of 68-72, it deserves a total restore.[/quote:99973]

Totally agree.

Tag and restore! The only way I wouldn't do it is if you decided to race it in say AHRMAevents in which case I'd try to find a GYT kit for it and strip and restore it like they used to be raced. That's a bike I'd love to own. I'm still kicking myself over a missed CT1 deal.

The 71 DT1-MX was essentially a GYT kitted DT1 enduro with close ratio gearbox.

72 was the first purpose built MXer. It was a one year only model.

In 73 they introduced a new MXer which used a new motor configuration. The 74 mxer's were the same other than BNG's.

The DT-1 enduro's were essentially similar thru 73. They ran up thru the F model in late 71, early 72 then added a reed valve and called that model the DT-2. 73's were DT-3's.

The DT-1's were pretty evil handling bikes. Companies made a mint selling fork kits, aftermarket shocks, frame lowering kits etc etc.

In 74 they finally scrapped the chassis and adopted the MX chassis and motor for the enduro bike.

I raced a '70 DT-1 with a GYT kit and Koni's. Kept breaking various parts in the forks and the handling was a bit iff to say the least. Then I got a DT-2 MX in 72. Never got to the YZ.

sounds like a '72 DT-2.

[quote="project racer":72e87]sounds like a '72 DT-2.[/quote:72e87]

ditto

Put it in here !!

[img:c362a]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/CrazeZ7/dumpster.jpg[/img:c362a]

Did someone say "Yamaha Enduro"?

Now here's a [i:7fe7d]RACE BIKE![/i:7fe7d] " title="Laughing">

[img:7fe7d]https://www.yamaboy.com/gallery/albums/userpics/72CTI175s.jpg[/img:7fe7d]

[quote="G-man":9382a]Did someone say "Yamaha Enduro"?

Now here's a [i:9382a]RACE BIKE![/i:9382a] " title="Laughing">http://www.yamaboy.com/gallery/albums/u ... TI175s.jpg[/url][/quote:9382a]

You and Steve Stackable.

MR

Short Stack rode one!!??

My question is, is he still riding the Playboy Centerfold model? " title="Razz">

This was my very first MX. They ran a "street" class and that's a bone stock '70 DT-1 with my number taped to the headlight. Goining into a turn everybody's brake lights would come on. Took a 5th place trophy.

Stipped it down later and it looked a lot like the one G-man had except I painted the tank black.

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BTW, those grooves on the pic are tire tracks. I rode the same bike to the drug store to pick up my prints. Dropped them on the way home and they got run over. My girlfriend's brother had taken the pic's but at that same race she hooked up with some guy from Iowa City (big city dude) while I was doing my moto and dumped me the next week. The pic's getting run over kinda fit.

Ahh the memories.

[img:e9276]https://www2.yamaha-motor.fr/actu/IMG/jpg/ym50_doc_p-08-dt2.jpg[/img:e9…]

[quote="maicobreako":d3c4f]http://www2.yamaha-motor.fr/actu/IMG/jp ... 08-dt2.jpg[/url][/quote:d3c4f]

Wow... we were a year late. Looks like a '71 then?

1st raced the mx125 73, re-mod'd dt1 with a silver paint job. moved up to this sweet machine after a few months. thing kicked ass til the elsinore hit the track 3 weeks later...
[img:26aab]http://discount-poolsupplies.com/74yz.jpg[/img:26aab]

"71 was the last year for the piston-port engines. "72 up were reed motors.

First bikes to have a chrome bore I think. The YZ125 and 250. $999 for a YZ 125 and I remember since Yamaha was also selling the 125MX for like $750 "Was the world ready for a $1000 125 from Japan?"

forks ,wheels and tank are not correct for '72 250 DT-2. I would go ahead and sacrifice that one to the track, no resto.

[quote="project racer":4ce57]forks ,wheels and tank are not correct for '72 250 DT-2. I would go ahead and sacrifice that one to the track, no resto.[/quote:4ce57]

I think we already determined it was a 71... and these pictures confirm that? No?

MR