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Greetings from Australia
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Hi, just discovered this forum after picking up a DT360A project bike. Also have a TY250A, IT250H, 3 x TT500C’s
I had a DT250A new when I was 14, but sold it after getting a near new TT500. Anyway saw the 360 for sale at a reasonable price and nostalgia kicked in. As mentioned by another Aussie in the intro’s, parts here have dried up, there’s still a few basket cases on marketplace, but they’re always a 1,000 klm’s away. These bike were once plentiful and cheap in Aus’ but most got ridden into the ground, or rusted away in a paddock. Plenty of stuff on US eBay at high prices with ridiculous postage costs. Considering our dollar buys 65US cents it’s not really viable.
Anyway my 360 is in a 250 frame, built up from bits and pieces put together with random nuts and bolts so my plan is to turn it into a period enduro bike that I can ride without doing anything irreversible to it. In the meantime will slowly hunt for missing pieces.
I had a DT250A new when I was 14, but sold it after getting a near new TT500. Anyway saw the 360 for sale at a reasonable price and nostalgia kicked in. As mentioned by another Aussie in the intro’s, parts here have dried up, there’s still a few basket cases on marketplace, but they’re always a 1,000 klm’s away. These bike were once plentiful and cheap in Aus’ but most got ridden into the ground, or rusted away in a paddock. Plenty of stuff on US eBay at high prices with ridiculous postage costs. Considering our dollar buys 65US cents it’s not really viable.
Anyway my 360 is in a 250 frame, built up from bits and pieces put together with random nuts and bolts so my plan is to turn it into a period enduro bike that I can ride without doing anything irreversible to it. In the meantime will slowly hunt for missing pieces.
13 Nov 2025 14:13
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Greetings from Tennessee USA
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13 Nov 2025 17:38
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As you say, USPS are taking the pi** with their charges.
Some parts do turn up in the UK, especially if they were also used on different models - CMSNL and Partzilla are good research sites for this. CMSNL even have some NOS parts.
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13 Nov 2025 22:44
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I’m not so sure it’s just USPS, Royal mail used to be cheap as chips. I’d get my Rotax parts from the UK rather than the , especially the eBay one.
14 Nov 2025 13:33
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