Love that slightly burnt orange look. really nice.

Now that's a Bobby Dazzler
It's a good idea to sand back the top of the filler spout where the seal seals against it to bare metal, this stops the ethenol bleeding under the paint.

Hey Pete-RT1, that's a good tip. I just finished spraying the base coat on my DT400 tank (literally 10 minutes ago), so I'll have to do that. Thanks for the tip!

After spending the last part of December and most of January on my 2006 Pontiac GTO with maintenance, upgrades and repairs it's time to get back to the bike while waiting on car parts.

It's been almost 4 1/2 weeks since the parts have been painted, so the paint should be cured as hard as it's going to get. I polished the Oil Tank, the Headlight Bucket and Headlight Bucket Ears. I'll wait until the Gas Tank's on the bike before I polish it.

It's hard to tell in this pic of the Oil Tank I'd purchased, but there's a pretty good dent in the front of it. I had a local PDR guy pull the dent.


It came out really nice.


I attached all the new pieces onto the Oil Tank and plan to rinse it out and install it back on the bike today. The Headlight Bucket is all assembled again with, almost, all new pieces and a NOS Voltage Regulator attached and wired.




The original and the replacement

Patina's not my thing. However, I realize it is for some. I'm going to keep all the original painted pieces for the next owner of the bike incase patina's what he/she wants.

Looking great 

Looks great. Patina wasn't my thing either in the past. I wanted everything looking new, but over the last few years and after coming across the 2 DT1's i have now which are very nice originals i have grown to respect and try to preserve the original look as much as possible. Even if it means the bike not looking the best it can.

It's hard though. As i am currently completly going thru the 68 DT1, it's actually taking more man hours to preserve and clean every nut, bolt and part then just replace with new or sand blast and repaint things.

I too like restored but also like a low mileage survivor if it was stored properly. I’m currently working on a AT2 said I was going to do a mild restoration but I know it will probably be full bore or close 

Spent a bunch of time during the afternoons this week on reassembly.

Oil Tank's back on


I tore the front end apart, cleaned and repacked the grease in the Steering Stem. The top was contaminated with sand, but the race and bearings were in nice shape. The bottom was still pretty clean.

The freshly painted and assembled Headlight Bucket and Ears were installed along with a new set of Bars and new hardware for the upper and lower Triple Clamps. I also replaced a cracked Reflector on the left side.




I also installed the speedometer DEET rebuilt for me and a NOS Tachometer I snagged off eBay last summer. KDI Reproductions supplied the rubbers under the Tach and Speedo as well as new Grommets for the Reflector Stays.



The Triple Clamp Hardware came from Motordad24 on eBay. The bars I also got off eBay and they are almost an exact match to the bent OEM bars I replaced (without the bend LOL); kicul965 was the seller. The only difference I can see in the bars from OEM is the knurling, but the clamps cover that, so no one would be the wiser.



I've also scored a NOS left hand mirror, and that'll go on when I'm ready to start riding her again in the spring.

All the painted Pearl Yellow Gold parts are back on the bike.





The tank had a a bit of rust inside. I filled it with distilled white vinegar and let it sit for six days. Emptied half the vinegar out and put 70 deck screws in the tank. I shook the tank on and off for several hours then emptied it of the vinegar and screws and rinsed it out with clear water from a garden hose. Next filled the tank with about two gallons of water and a small box of Baking Soda to neutralize the acidic vinegar. Rinsed again with clear water from the hose and dried the inside with compressed air followed up with a hair dryer. Once completely dry I added 50ish decking screws back to the tank with a generous amount of 2 Stroke Oil and shook that around inside the tank to coat it with oil to stop any flash rust. This morning I rinsed the tank out with gas, drained it and installed the tank on the bike and filled in with 90 octane ethanol free gas. The bike started on the second kick. I took her for a short ride around the neighborhood.

A few bugs to work out but really glad she started right up. The tail light and brake light now flashes along with the turn signals. Might be a ground issue somewhere. I put new bars on and I'd have to guess the front turn signals are grounded to the bars, maybe even the flasher switch? That might be the problem...

Looks Super I know you are proud of the way it turned out!!