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'99 Yamaha DT230 Manufacturer Specs
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[QUOTE="bailz, post: 1225544, member: 80088"] I have a 99' DT230 and love it. I have clocked over 15,000klms and it has never skipped a beat. I stripped it down to replace piston & rings recently and broke the power valve trying to get it out..you have to twist the power valve to remove it..take note if you intend to remove yours to clean it damn! They only ran the model for about 4-5 years in Australia, so secondhand parts at wreckers is pretty much non-existent, however there is guy in Japan who will send you Jap motorcycle parts and save you a fortune. It seems to be a bit of a curiosity with other riders who want to know "what bike is that?". Stock exhaust weighs more than the queen mary and it made a big difference to install a DT200 Pro Circuit muffler, sounds a lot better too. Suspension lets it down though and heavier riders will put the suspension onto the bump stops on sketchy sections of track, but it will handle abuse all day long, I have punished this bike brutally in the Victorian high country and never broke anything, apart from indicators dropping it... Seat is way more comfortable than a highly strung enduro bike like a WR450 and you sit in the bike, not on it. it's got a cruiser feel about it... It has plenty of power, around 40 horspower from memory, my friend and I went on the blue light ride in Noojee Victoria and were leaving WR and KTMs for dead in the tight stuff, funny stuff. You can easily touch the ground, so on steep hills you just hold her flat out, hang on and she will do the rest...it's awesome fun and recieved a lot of comments from the bigger bikes like "gee that goes alright!". I bought a WR450 in 2003 and to be honest for all round versatility I prefer the DT for most rides, much much better on the road. I rode the WR from Melbourne to Geelong for the day and would never do it again. The DT would easily cover this distance, albeit with a sore bum. Bottom end is DT200, brake pads and wheels are TTR250, so keep that in mind when buying maintainance items. Anyway i have a heap of links for anyone interested in parts or info on the DT230, but I get a Spamkiller error when trying to post the links, if anyone can help it would be appreciated. Cheers.. [/QUOTE]
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