Hey there, so just before this last summer on a local classifieds site a 1968 Yamaha YDS5 popped up, this was actually the same bike that I had been looking at the summer prior and was going to arrange a trip to go see it and potentially purchase it but some stuff came up and I didn't have the resources to dedicate to the bike at that time, but when I saw the same one pop up again I got excited and arranged to go see it within the next few days, I figured I'd have to get my hands on it, especially after doing a fair amount of research on it, a 2 stroke 250cc street bike with that classic 60's styling was almost too much to resist. The owner was able to start it for me but it was only running on one cylinder, everything checked out, the bike came with an extra set of points, headlight, and a few other bits. It came with a badly dented up airbox side cover so I've since been looking for a replacement but it's been impossible to find so far.
Some recent pics (sorry if they are a bit blurry):
The plan was to get her running and insured this summer, but as per usual stuff came up, I was working a lot but having trouble getting the over $2000 that my insurance company wanted upfront for the year so the bike sat while I worked on it whenever I had a little bit of time. I've since thrown in a new battery (will have to modify the battery case to get it to fit more snugly), purchased a carb kit for both carbs, thoroughly cleaned them out and installed the kits, have new ignition wires (red) on her as well as a set of fuel hoses, also red that will be used. The tank has some rust inside of it so I bought a por-15 motorcycle tank kit. I'm finished my school semester this week so this weekend the plan is to get compression (should be good, bike has under 3500 miles on it) set the points and ignition timing.
The next step will be the filters, been having some difficulty finding an original airbox case for this bike, as I heard that some pod filters wouldn't be the best choice on this bike as it'd require further tuning and still may not run correctly, however I've only heard that about the K&N cone filters. Other than that this is going to be a winter resto to get her into good running condition for the summer, I've put in an order for a new seat cover (replica of original) with new seat foam as the PO seems to have put some weird seat on the original seat pan, which is in great condition btw. Have no plans to do anything to this bike that is not reversible, other plans were a nice straight bar (as seen on other YDS and YDS5 bikes) and rubber covers for the front fork springs (I love that look).
Sorry that there's more talk than pictures but I figured I'd start this thread early, I'll try to keep it updated regularly and will include videos when I have it fully running.
Some recent pics (sorry if they are a bit blurry):
The plan was to get her running and insured this summer, but as per usual stuff came up, I was working a lot but having trouble getting the over $2000 that my insurance company wanted upfront for the year so the bike sat while I worked on it whenever I had a little bit of time. I've since thrown in a new battery (will have to modify the battery case to get it to fit more snugly), purchased a carb kit for both carbs, thoroughly cleaned them out and installed the kits, have new ignition wires (red) on her as well as a set of fuel hoses, also red that will be used. The tank has some rust inside of it so I bought a por-15 motorcycle tank kit. I'm finished my school semester this week so this weekend the plan is to get compression (should be good, bike has under 3500 miles on it) set the points and ignition timing.
The next step will be the filters, been having some difficulty finding an original airbox case for this bike, as I heard that some pod filters wouldn't be the best choice on this bike as it'd require further tuning and still may not run correctly, however I've only heard that about the K&N cone filters. Other than that this is going to be a winter resto to get her into good running condition for the summer, I've put in an order for a new seat cover (replica of original) with new seat foam as the PO seems to have put some weird seat on the original seat pan, which is in great condition btw. Have no plans to do anything to this bike that is not reversible, other plans were a nice straight bar (as seen on other YDS and YDS5 bikes) and rubber covers for the front fork springs (I love that look).
Sorry that there's more talk than pictures but I figured I'd start this thread early, I'll try to keep it updated regularly and will include videos when I have it fully running.