It's getting late, so I don't have a lot of time to write backstory. But the gist of it is: my father-in-law (Frank) has had these two Yammies sitting in his barn for the past 22 years or so. Last ridden in the early 80's to my knowledge. It was actually my wife's idea to ask him if I could drag them out and get them going again. All of my motorcycle knowledge up to this point is Suzuki GS, so these older little 2-strokes are a completely different kettle of fish for me. Anyhow, we dragged them out in the evening, and this was the first direct sunlight they have seen in a very long time.
I've determined that this is probably a 1971 HT1-B. 125cc, as you can see. This was Frank's main ride back in the day. 5000+ miles, beat to heck. This one is in pretty bad shape, not sure if it's going to be worth the effort. The piston is seized, the tank is full of rust, the seat is torn, the tires are shot, many metal parts bent or dented, the tach is missing, the throttle is seized, one of the turn signal lenses is missing, obviously will need a new chain and probably sprockets. But other than that, it's perfect, right? The one upside is that the chrome fork uppers aren't too bad, probably because the fork seals were leaking. This one might be beyond recovery. It's definitely not going to be the first one to tackle. We will see what becomes of it.
I'm not finding much in the way of a one-stop-shop for information on these bikes like we have with this forum and BassCliff's site. Can't even find a PDF version of the manual online, so it looks like I'm headed to eBay for a dead tree edition.
I've determined that this is probably a 1971 HT1-B. 125cc, as you can see. This was Frank's main ride back in the day. 5000+ miles, beat to heck. This one is in pretty bad shape, not sure if it's going to be worth the effort. The piston is seized, the tank is full of rust, the seat is torn, the tires are shot, many metal parts bent or dented, the tach is missing, the throttle is seized, one of the turn signal lenses is missing, obviously will need a new chain and probably sprockets. But other than that, it's perfect, right? The one upside is that the chrome fork uppers aren't too bad, probably because the fork seals were leaking. This one might be beyond recovery. It's definitely not going to be the first one to tackle. We will see what becomes of it.
I'm not finding much in the way of a one-stop-shop for information on these bikes like we have with this forum and BassCliff's site. Can't even find a PDF version of the manual online, so it looks like I'm headed to eBay for a dead tree edition.
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