'92 Dio SR Build
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:52 pm
Appreciate all the advice i have recieved from this forum so far, so thought i should make a build thread.
I originally was looking for the Yamaha beewee but the prices were a bit more than i wanted to spend ($2000+ AUD)
Then by chance i came across a Dio SR for sale very very cheap about 1 hour away.
The color scheme being how it is made it impossible to pass up.
I went to look at it and being my first experience with 2 strokes i was very dissapointed, but thanks to google i knew it had potential so i made the guy a offer and took it home.
As you can see the dio has seen better days, it wouldnt go past 35km/h when i first picked it up. Some amateur carb tuning and now she does 55km/h (it turns out she was running Very rich)
so i got to part hunting and list making, luckily found webike as yahoo auctions shipping tends to be alot.
i placed an order for a new seat, new tail light lense, a few filters, front forks and a belt.
Very impressed with webikes service and shipping costs/time.
but because i didnt double check the order i got the wrong seat
the wheels and forks being rusty and ugly needed to be fixed, i binned the forks and for the wheels i used a metal brush drill attachment and removed all the rust and the majority of the paint.
I then primed, painted and cleared, but then it occured to me that "Polar White" isnt really that polar.
But the paint job wasn't overly bad and i decided it will have to do for a while.
I am now working on the rear tail light, as seen in this photo (Not my dio) some countries including mine decided the oem dio taillight wasnt enough and made it a "dummy" light. adding a huge ugly assembly.
so i have ordered a jdm tailight and will delete the whole rack assembly.
updates as they come.
I originally was looking for the Yamaha beewee but the prices were a bit more than i wanted to spend ($2000+ AUD)
Then by chance i came across a Dio SR for sale very very cheap about 1 hour away.
The color scheme being how it is made it impossible to pass up.
I went to look at it and being my first experience with 2 strokes i was very dissapointed, but thanks to google i knew it had potential so i made the guy a offer and took it home.
As you can see the dio has seen better days, it wouldnt go past 35km/h when i first picked it up. Some amateur carb tuning and now she does 55km/h (it turns out she was running Very rich)
so i got to part hunting and list making, luckily found webike as yahoo auctions shipping tends to be alot.
i placed an order for a new seat, new tail light lense, a few filters, front forks and a belt.
Very impressed with webikes service and shipping costs/time.
but because i didnt double check the order i got the wrong seat
the wheels and forks being rusty and ugly needed to be fixed, i binned the forks and for the wheels i used a metal brush drill attachment and removed all the rust and the majority of the paint.
I then primed, painted and cleared, but then it occured to me that "Polar White" isnt really that polar.
But the paint job wasn't overly bad and i decided it will have to do for a while.
I am now working on the rear tail light, as seen in this photo (Not my dio) some countries including mine decided the oem dio taillight wasnt enough and made it a "dummy" light. adding a huge ugly assembly.
so i have ordered a jdm tailight and will delete the whole rack assembly.
updates as they come.