Thank you for all the comments and likes Guys , have a great weekend 👍.

Those Yamaha’s are tough. Imagine if people took care of them.

Awesome video. These old Yamaha bikes are some of the best. It didn't surprise me when it started. I have always loved the look of the dark black painted parts on them. Cheers! 👍

Fun to see these old bikes! Thanks, Jason. Have a great weekend.

I remember the 1974 Yamaha DT 250 enduro, it was a blast to drive, light weight with endless torque, the DT 360 and 400 had insane power back in the day.

You a mustie1 are my favorite youtubers bringing things back from the brink and make it run again on a budget and genuinely honest about things cant wait till the next video 😊👍👍👍😁

Awesome cycle nice to hear it fire up ! You are getting good at making videos.....Thanks for sharing........look forward to next vid

Glad to see people are realizing what a great channel/guy you are. Rack up those subs. YES!

Man, my second bike was an 80’ DT175, blue w/ white stripe and fenders, I rode that bike every where! The sound of yours brought back so many memories. Ah, to be a teenager again in the mid 80s

I was wondering where my favorite Saturday morning youtube vid is and boom, there you are!! Loving this bike content dude!! 🤘🤘

Do like your bike. Just bought 1980 DT125 yesterday in Colorado. Yamaha sure got it right on these Enduros. Have Fun !!

Jason great work you told me once " they all run" for sure that one does. BIG THUMBS UP

Seems like a fun project, can't wait to see when it's finished.

Every bike is different and being it’s taped in different places means that someone at one time had this bike as a special part of their lifes

This video brings back memories, in 1980 I bought the same bike brand new for $1000 I'm a Yamaha man Awesome video awesome bike thanks for sharing!!!👍

Nice video Jasón. This bike. Brings back so many memories.

Couldn't believe it not only started but didn't sound too bad on that crap gas and who knows what all going through it! Looking forward to the rest of the resto.

I had an earlier model 125 with electric start, but I never replaced the starter because I always used the kick starter. I bought new front fender with a mudflap to keep mud of the engine. A new expansion chamber high pipe for creek crossing, 21 inch Yamaha wheel, knobby tires, a real enduro tag holder with brake light, I had one mirror left side held on with a hose clamp. When I went down all I had to do was move the mirror back. Change sprockets regularly, new chains, plastic gas tank, several batteries, and several different needle valves with the pipe. I miss the bike because it was a blast in the back country.

Another Cool find, I had a all white one of those back in 1988, Swapped it following year for a Suzuki TSX125

Love the cooling fins on the head.

Cheers to another great video! Judging by the plate on that bike we are in the same state! Should link up for a ride sometime, ive got extra machines if you dont have a rider at the moment

hi.nice to see bike projekts too.a can just smell that 2 stroke smell,so good

Awesome it started. You should have done a little Happy Dance !!!!!! I subbed just to see the progression on this bike.

Reminds me of my 76, good memories. Thanks!

keep us updated love these old bikes

Sweet, one of the first bike's I rode was a Yamaha dt125 frankenbike with fantic forks and various Bits n Bob's ,great motor,seems so long ago the late 70s, we had 3 tv channels lmbo 🙋‍♂️👍

I bought a DT125mx in 1981. The model after this one, great fun and the one I learned to wheelie on.

Nice job getting it running, it sound great

These bikes are really cool man ihad the dt50 when I was at school 35 years ago keep up with great videos man I'm in the UK England like the karmen ghia👍👍

love this channel so glad i stumbled upon it!

Absolute beauty, been on the lookout for a reasonably cheap old 2 stroke as a project to take around the woods but it's all quite pricey here in the uk

300 bucks what a bargain you would get that for the clocks over here in the UK,great little bikes pretty much bulletproof should make the perfect project looking forward to following your progress.

Cool dirt bike! I like the Rusty chain! =) Nice job! Sounds good!

im waiting on the video where you clean the tank and. you earned a new sub cant wait to see this project done

Who was more surprised when the engine caught, you or me??!!

THAT IS NOT A BAD LOOKING BIKE COOL PROJECT YOU WILL MAKE IT LOOK LIKE NEW😉

Have fun, the monoshock DT's were and are grest motorcycles. I spent a lot of time in the Shawnee Forest before it was closed to vehicles on a DT 175.

Cool! That was actually my very first motorcycle! (not this exact one of course) I tore that thing apart and put it together many, many times.

Woah! Excellent! I had the 175 version and used it daily for 4+ years. Excellent bike! With the mono-shock rear suspension this is called the DT MX series in the UK. i've also owned a DT250 MX. I suggest you throw the exhaust in a bath full of caustic soda (lye) overnight. Then flush it out with a hosepipe. Shake it about and maybe tap the sides with a piece of wood to loosen up the crap inside as much as you can. Yep, clean the carb too. You can make up some side panels out of UPVC sheet/board and plastic edging, using the existing grommets. Fill the fuel tank with cola and leave it a couple of days. Allegedly this technique is works on old slot car track to remove light rust. Great fun restoring old bikes!

Great bikes the old DT125/175MX's I had/built a succession of them around eighteen years ago I ran adds for DT parts wanted and ended up driving for miles on occasion picking stuff up like panels tanks wheels mudguards/fenders engines and rolling chassis. Over time I built up out of parts sourced quite a number of them before selling them on to people I once built one using a DTMX chassis and engine and early YZ125 forks wheels plastic tank and panels etc rebuilt the motor with all new parts and fitted Hi Tek racing reeds up jetted the carb and put a Fresco tail pipe on it it went like the clappers. In the end when I started moving on to other bikes I had half a large shed full of parts just for the DTMX and sold them off for a few hundred pounds and who'd have guessed it NOW they're worth a fortune and most of them hard to get when you want them. Your bike looks very tidy she's pretty clean on the whole chrome looks good as does the paint on the tank and the seat is in good nick too so that's saved you a few dollars the seats on these old bikes usually need recovering so that's one less job needed. Side panels can still be picked up on eBay for 20/30 bucks (pounds here in the UK) but NOS stuff will always cost a good bit more and the mudguards for these can still be picked up on occasion. Strip the top end off it put in new rings and little end bearing and a piston if needed fit a new top end gasket set and that'll sort the compression out remove the carb and give it a real good clean out and replace the reeds with either new originals or a set of race reeds like Hi Tek etc give it an oil change and if the motor in general is good that should be all it needs to bring it back up to scratch ... quite fancy another myself now looking at yours ;) Just a side note, you'd be better removing the jubilee clip from the carburettor inlet rubber and replace it with a standard clip as these wider clips tend to "bite into" the rubber and either help to cause small splits "or, help to open up age old stress cracks that will then suck air through them as the bike is running and these inlet rubbers "do crack and split over the years so would be worth examining just to make sure its good.

This was my second bike growing up! I went from a Honda Mini trail 50cc to this baby! Had to push it up to a hill to get on it and start it. Ah. The good ole days. 🤣

Great video looking forward to part 2🇬🇧👍

new subscriber here! looks like a great bike! amazing how those bikes have changed.

The broke plastic side panel,it would be neat if you went to HF and got one of there plastic welding kits to see if you could salvage some plastic peices. Nice project.

Man I use to have a 79 DT 125 and I loved it . I been looking for another DT 125 or 250 but there hard to find around here . I wish I could buy that one from you well anyway I look forward to seeing you do the work on it.

Had a 1981 model when i was teen. That one had an aluminum rear swing. In sweden, these engines was tuned down due to law regulations. It made only 80km/h. With help of an die grinder, i grinded off the restrictor in the exhaust port, got a bigger bend for that exhaust, and pulled off that end silencer. It was a new bike! Made over 130km/h! Great bike! I soon overhauled the engine with new bearings and seals. Then a sold it. If I'm not totally out, you can fit the 175cc cylinder to them. They'll run like hell.

I love small old simple bikes like this.. big reason I ride a rebel250 is because it's basically 70s tech but was made in the past decade

Bought one of these brand new when I was 15, same color and everything, cool!

Sparkerooski sounds like Mr. Ripishes shop teacher at Enfield High 1979 nice going good sound!!!; )

love it! my first bike was a 1976 dt 175. took it all apart , got a nos piston and rings , used to take it to work . my wife was bullshit when I bought it !! it was only $500 with a mass tilte!! I miss it but I have the ktm now.

My first motorcycle when i was like 15 was a 1978 Yamaha DT 125, but it was yellow , this was the first video i saw on youtube when i looked im 53 now, i raced dirt bikes & had several motorcycles since then , i now have a 2018 Kawasaki Concours 14, 2nd one ive owned also had 3 Yamaha Vmax's, had a Honda V65 Sabre 1100, several dirtbikes, had a LTD Kawasaki 650, all of this seems like just a few years ago too, crazy...

I drove 40,000 kilometres (21,600 miles) on this Yamaha as a teenager, traveling the length and breadth of the country.

Have you ever looked inside the silencer/ muffler before? The larger part of the silencer(under the silencer's bracket), is it hollow inside?

This is going to be an awesome project!!!

I see what's going on...you're getting the CR125, your boy gets the DT125? LOL Amazing how nice the paint is on that tank!

Dt 125MX... i had the M... the M had the shocks come down at the rear left and right with separate shocks coming from the frame down to each side of the wheel, the MX had a Y frame just for the mono suspension that was under the seat... good bike, lot of happy memories and not hard to work on.. Oh, because it was a single pot 2 stroke, these bikes were famous for shattering the pistons, not going to say now often i changed pistons but it was a lot.Pro Tip: always carry a spark plug spanner under the seat, these things loved to foul the spark plug with crap.. take out spark plug, tap the crap out, carry on your way...don’t ask me how I learned to carry a plug spanner, lets just say I’ll save you a few miles walking ..

Nice bike. These Yamaha DT bikes are reliable bikes. They are not low on compression but they got a special gear ratio for the kickstarter.

Awesome, it runs but it started up and idled which is a great sign. :)

I love these videos so much. Thanks.

hey guys i don’t know if anyone looks at these old videos , but my buddy has an identical bike he just picked up , he compression tested it at 125 pounds but the kick starter is so easy to press down you can use your hand. it starts good when you bump start it though . Any thoughts?

should keep you busy for a while. use benol pre mix and you’ll love 2 strokes even more😀

Nice bike bud keep up the good work!

My most favorite bike,my dad had one when he was a teen, it was a 79..but he sold it 20+ years ago..now I'm still searching for it..

Bargain for 300 they sell for silly money here in the UK. Great to hear that engine note again I had two DT 175's the first I bought new in 1980 and cost £640. Looking forward to more videos on this bike 👍

j and b weld works great on fixing those side covers FYI. then sand and paint it

hello from Vietnam, i'm currently own a DT175 the last gen. Great fun bike for travelling and city daily riding looking to upgrade it to make it have a bit more punch, anyone have any tips for it? I'm thinking a Vforce reed but not sure which one will fit YZ85 or the Blaster 200 one

“Tape theme” Laughed till my side hurt!

First of all, i absolutely love the DT125MX bikes, it's my dream to have one of them at some point! Yours doesn't seem to bad, it sounded good! I don't know about the 125, but the DT50MX has basically no compression either, it's a combination of just original low compression, a very long kickstarter, and a low geared one at that. So i don't think yours necessarily has very bad compression! Also it might start a lot easier if you use the choke, my DT50:s does at least, if you don't use it you can kick forever without result but if you use it it starts up right away, it's that black "button" on the carb, you pull it out for choke

DTMX's - Incredible little bikes!

I´m from COLOMBIA, i have dt 125 1994, its a monster, that´s bike is awesome.

Another great project 2 stroke 👌

I never saw soo much duct tape on a motorcycle especially the tire - haha! Great for you that she actually runs!

I recently just got a 1987 yamaha warrior for $300, already got it running and it goes through all the gears

got an old orange yamaha here from the late 60s, 2 cylinder 2stroke..havent really checked it out yet..like a110 cc or something odd.. its in the waiting line behind all the junk found in the barn 😂

Talk about lucking out! Great find.

Suzuki PE,. Honda XL,. Kawasaki KLX,. Yamaha DT,. All very old but look great .

It's different to a UK spec bike as it's got the mono rear same as a 175 mx , we went from twin shock to single mono not a framed mono swing arm

I’d look up picks of these parts and build the body panels out of metal for real cheap. And also improve the bike better then the factory ever did cosmetic wise

This was my first bike I bought in 1983 except tank was black. Only had it for one summer and sold it.

Those old DT YAMAHA are bullet proof engines. They're incredible tough. It can take a lot of abuse and will always run.

Love that mx rear swing arm, very modern 😀

Sweet project buddy!

My first bike was a green DT 125...memories...

A nice buy jason👍😊

You've got yourself a nice bike there, that front tyre has seen some abuse hasn't it!

I learnt how to ride on one of these, great memories.

My 1st 2 wheeled vehicle...Paid £30 for it and it never stopped..👍

Missed these great content videos they’ve been slow for other KZfaqrs as well

I’d totally sport that enduro, nice find dude! Get the little kinks worked out and it’s a keeper!!

Really beautifull bike. The front suspension is it special or just the american's is not the same as the european's ?

Beauty bike.... Have had all of the DT's... the old 400's were fun beasts!

My very first motorcycle I bought was a 1972 DT125. I paid $1 for it. Cost me almost $700 to get it running in 1980

Great bike use to have one very similar to that 😁 thanks for sharing

Smells like victory!

That Tape is DOT approved. Its good.

Poor thing. She sounds great.

Don't laugh to hard Jason even I had once dragged home a 1974 Harley Davidson sx125 I bought for a hundred bucks that had more d-con mouse poison hidden in every place you wouldn't think possible. But found parts got it running and just as I remembered when I was a kid riding one it went like a little rocket ship. Great find on the Yamaha and certainly hope your not giving up on Volkswagen's 😁👍👍👍

Nice Score!

Enjoyed the video bro is this bike for your apprentice. All the best

Você tava pedalando com a gasolina fechada, kkkk depois pedalou com ela sem se na reserva, acho mais fácil na reserva de ligar, quando tá muito tempo parada e n quer ligar melhor da um tranco pq jodeia muito do Kick