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Pretty nice barn find!!!!!
- Thread starter chuck hahn
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TheCafeKid
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Cracks me up that an electric starter was such a big deal then that they put on the badges.
Not too familiar with Yammies of that era. Is that a two smoker or four stroke? And was this pre XS?
Not too familiar with Yammies of that era. Is that a two smoker or four stroke? And was this pre XS?
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So, what did ya pay? It's only a good find if ya got it cheap.
4 stroke with a dry sump engine. Oil was pumped from the oil tank under the seat thru the engine and recirculated basically. It was one of ..if not the first 4 stroke they made and was the precurser to the XS series.
Four stroke and about 50 HP.
Maybe a tad too much but the guy was locked up at 500. Other than the 1 missing mirror its a really cool little bike!!!
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I would say it's worth every penny of that as a survivor. Parts availability might be iffy though.
It will need the brakes gone thru, a right mirror, carbs done, tires, air fliter foam for sure. All the switches are free, horn works, all the lights work and signals all flash, all the guage lights work as they should. brake lights come on and go off like normal. Not that bad shape wise. No dents of scrapes in the tank or covers. Some sun faded on the top of the tank.
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dr_fosg8
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Man that is a cool bike. Never heard one of those 750 twins running. Plus having all that original paperwork and a service manual to boot! Good score. Thank god all the parts were there to take the fairing off.
DR..the turn signals were moved to the fairing..see the pics with it on the bike. We had to put them back on the bucket. The original headlight was still mouted and the fairing was just placed on right over top of it.
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airportcop
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Vintage bikes are really cool and that one is awesome! Thanks for sharing. When you get her running you should post up a video.
How many of you know the history of the SOLEX carbs ..precursers to todays Mikuni CV carbs. And yup..all the slides move and all the idler knobs and stuff are freely moving as well!!! This bike has the Solex carbs by the way..i mean to tell you its bone stock like the day it was bought.
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Clone
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Way nicer without the jammer fairing.After removing the fairing and some cleaning....
How did ya like that sissy bar and rack??? Rusty as all get out and in the scrap pile with the fairing.
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One of the Achilles Heels of that series of Yamahas, especially the TX500 stable-mate, was a tendency for the heads to develop cracks around the valve seats. I well remember a nice little cafe 500 I sold at one of the shops I worked at, came back running badly, and one of our service guys was familiar with them, took the head off nearly first thing, and sure enough, cracked combustion chambers. A weld job in the area would have been only a temporary, and not very effective fix, the valve seats would have to be removed to do the business, just not a practical solution. Too bad, cuz they really were kind of nice looking, as evidenced by your pics. A compression check would be in order, and soon, and if it was decent, selling it to a collector of those bikes as soon as possible would be a good idea.
Already been on ebay and theres A LOT of parts, so the few things it needs may not be that hard to come up with. The bikes saving grace was it being kept inside its entire life. The guy we got it from was 82 or 83 I think he said. I didnt think to ask if he had all the recall stuff done, but seeing as he had taken the care to store itm right and such its probably a good bet he has. I can do a cold compression test easily enough..but the real numbers is on a warmed engine. I jusy got good vibes about the thing!!!!
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El Giablo
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Nice find... El G
And on the head cracking issue..he last had it "legal" in 86 but he said he rode it from time to time even after that, so what do you think....recalls and head are probably already addresed???
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JEEPRUSTY
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Huge load of awesome Chuck
The bike is near museum quality
I would try and see if the mother want her baby back.
The tidbits and printed stuff is what seals the deal
that and the seat that has an un-faded name embossed on it.
The bike is near museum quality
I would try and see if the mother want her baby back.
The tidbits and printed stuff is what seals the deal
that and the seat that has an un-faded name embossed on it.
