Tim Grace did you get your IT done? My first real bike was a 79 175 F , a lot of bike for a 13 yr old

completely different engine on the 175 that is more like the 125 mx . size wise. check out my latest video which shows the differences between the two machines

Andrew Round is it this same one or one like it? how’s i t looking?

@@gtisid yes the same one , rides lovely have done a fair few hare n hound enduros where the it always gets a lot of interest , gets totally stripped and rebuilt after every event , I currently have 3 IT 125s one a G model always looking for more ??

Andrew Round wow is it all still as it was as i saw the guy in torbay who bought it from me had a 125 for sale last week on ebay which was a mixture of 175 and DT parts. My friend i got it from had a neighbour that owned that 125 from new but it was seems too noisy and fast for my friend so it was left to rot under a fence panel in his garden for 30 years, only just caught it in time

i have stopped doing ITs for now as the prices are mental for complete wrecks although i’d like to do a UK 465 if you know of any. currently snowed under with a basket case of aprilia rs 125

@@gtisid still as good. Have added hand guards and just kept it as was it will never be sold .

wish they were still 78-80 prices too😀

they are out there just have to have a look every day

it actually has more in common with yz100 than a DT125 take a look at my what is an IT 125 video

haven't done a 175 yet i like the look of the K model but never see one cheap enough to do a full restoration on it

northrockboy It was crusty, a ultrasonic cleaner would have struggled with the carb. i ended up using some caustic soda stuff for rusty metal. that worked a treat on the rest of it. can’t remember the name of it . jet wash cleared the snails and cobwebs

I don't know the answer to the decal question, i initially thought it was a 'G' model but it had a few odd bits on it that indicated the 'H" model. it wasn't until yamaha owners club wrote to me confirming it was an "H" model that it became clear. These were bikes destined for Australia apparently but ended up in UK. The guy i bought it from got it from a local kid who had it since new, there was only 1 off in the local dealers shop. i remember them being on display back in the day at John Pease local bike shop (yamaha main dealers) he had a 125, 250 and a 465 for display...i knew the guy vaguely that purchased the 465.( flipped it first ride and broke his ankle and it sat outside his house for months and i saw it walking to school) The H model had a silver swing arm a different rear silencer and speedo and a six speed gearbox( can't confirm the different gearbox on the G. i managed to source an alloy tank for it too that was a stroke of luck as the plastic one split and in a lot of the pics in video it had a 175 tank on while i waited for the alloy one to arrive. decals all came from wicked tough in U.S.

A very very nice restoration. The IT125H is rare down here in Oz too, I don't think I've ever seen one. This is good motivation for doing the same with my IT250H that hasn't ran since 2004. Just getting all the parts (bearings, plastics, headlight lens etc) is a challenge. I hope I end up with something as nice as yours. 👍

thanks

antony sidney it looks like u put new tires on it what type did u use? I have a 1982 IT175 that I ride often and build on and I just recently blew up the rear tire and tube that it had on it when I bought it.

Michael Kastner blue with white fenders 1 yr only, nice catch, don’t ever sell it. What a dual sport she’d be

any luck on this yet?

@@gtisid yes, i ended up purchasing a new rebuild kit off eBay (head and piston) and also found some decent condition plastics on OfferUp. I wrapped the seat in a carbon fiber like woven material and had my mom sew in a bezel. The bars were bent but I had a set of used pro tapers and threw them on, the tires were replaced with some wide Kenda’s. I used a uni air filter pod with an adapter and an 01 cr125 carb with smaller jets, as well as repacking the muffler and cleaning the expansion pipe up. I sold it a month after finishing it for a total of $1700, and made $1400 in profit. Since then I’ve been flipping and trading dirtbikes around and in the end picked up an 04 tacoma extra cab with a manual transmission last week as my first car. I’m looking to build (lower) my truck as well as some aspiration mods. 🤟🏾

Yamaha Production no nothing like a DT performance wise, more like a YZ with lights . peaky two stroke watch the vids

Buy a new one from motocarb he will get you the right one and sort out all the jetting. Failing that you have to watch eBay for someone to break a 125 up

if you are in the U.K. it would be fowlers.co.uk or ebay although the IT125 is a rare beast in u.k. so parts are scarce. cmsl.com is also a good place to reference part numbers and if your in US occasionally people break bikes and parts are available

they were restored using sand paper of different grades. lot of work but worth it, company in U.K. sell DC plastic replacements called motoduro but not as good as original panels

Thanks Anthony.My plastics in good condition,tank not leaking but has been painted as has the other plastics.Aware of the hand restoration process but would it look like new when done or rather than DC Plastics who I also am aware of.Thanks for taking the trouble to reply.

hard to find these days but motoduro.co.uk. cmsl , fowlers and ebay for odd bits and bobs. company called gilmore in brazil make replica tanks for them or will be ion a few weeks as uk it owners club have commissioned a batch of them

meant to say gilmoto but spellchecker went wonky

Matt Iversen i purchased a better one from The U.S. but it wasn’t new and was the one thing i didn’t like on the bike. i did find a company in Charlron London that said they could do something with it but i sold the bike before that happened. i still have the original in my shed

@@gtisid Hi Antony. Do you still have that shock? I'm lookig for one of those ad they are hard o find. By the way do you know if they're the same as yz100?

@@lecalvezdenis1997 i believe they fit but yz may have more adjustment. i know i earmarked them when looking for a replacement but the IT one came up and i used that instead

Most of the parts come from fowlers of bristol. You would be amazed at what is still available. Cmsl is another place to get part numbers and parts. Ebay is the only source to get larger parts when someone breaks a bike in the U.S. But you have to be careful of rip off postage costs and import charges. This bike has parts from poland canada USA australia france malaysia china and a couple of bits came from the UK. Simply bearings are a good source for all KOYO bearings and any seal you require, It takes a while costs a fortune but it can be done on a budget

Awesome, thanks a lot. I plan to tinker at it for a few years most likely especially as I'm heading off to school, but the 125 was only made a short time so its pretty rare, and id love to take it to some of the classic shows around me

+benjamin reevie i read they were never officially sold in the UK. Did you get it off ebay recently? Because there have been a couple for sale in recent months. A 125 G and a H. Only subtle differences in the two models mechanically

No, it was recently given to me by my uncle, its been in my family for a number of years now. She's in pretty rough shape, but a challenge is always fun

Yz100 and yz125 of same year for parts

did you get it?

jesus had nothing to do with it my friend but i do remember saying that when i first saw the bike in my friends back garden and made the decision it could be saved

@@gtisid What's amazing to me is how things get this way in the first place too!

@@KingCast65 may friend had talked about it years ago and i vaguely remember seeing it years before i knew him. it was laid on its side on the ground with a fence panel covering it for over 20 years

@@gtisid Did you rebuild the monoshock? It's so wild I had totally forgotten there even was an IT125 just remember 175 250 400's.

DepakoteMeister you can turn the volume down if it’s not your thing.. silence is for deaf people

sweet i hope🫤