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I've been lurking for a while finding lots of inspiration and thought it was about time I started a build thread!
I'm a welder fabricator living in Brisbane, Australia.
So I'll start with a question... Does any body know anything about the Yamaha Ls3? As far as my research has shown it is near identical to the rs100? My bike is from 1972 I think... Its a 97cc single, two stroke, The styling is similar to the Ls2 but with a bit of closer inspection they are quite different
Here's my bike the day I bought it, Not running fuel tank full of rust etc.
We see the LS3 here in the states as an RD 100 usually but I have seen it called other things . If parts get too hard to find I have an excellent machinist and parts hoarder here locally . I do realize that most often the shipping far outweighs the cost of the part but I thought to offer . I would agree that these little things perform and last outside of all expectations . The only thing is we run all the tiddler two strokes in the family on Amsoil 100:1 synthetic in the tank at near 200:1 as well as using Spectro 2T in the injection tank . It gives us a bit of warning and far less damage should the oil injection quit for some reason .
Keep at it I think you'll find it well worth the effort .
Thanks for the reply Kopcicle!
I thought the rd100 was a twin for some reason but I could be wrong, I used to have a couple of rd50's about ten years ago and they are singles... Thanks for the tip on the oil injection.
Parts are pretty scarce but most are fairly generic, Thanks for the offer though I may still take you up on it at some point ;D
Yeah that's what thought at first... Ls2 is a twin and the engine is a structural member of the frame, The Ls3 is a single with a full frame but he tank, bars , seat etc all look identical
*edit* of course you know most of that since you have an Ls2....
Ha yeah thanks they were in my mental list just not the physical one! Especially cos of the amount of white smoke billowing when she was running breifly
funny you ask, one of the reasons I started this thread was to get info on parts availability etc....
Unfortunately no one seems to know anything about it ??? :
Anyway as far as I can tell they are the same as the early rs 100 and possibly the LT3 100 which both are fairly easy to get , I haven't bought mine yet so I cant tell you for sure if they fit .
Good luck and let me know if you find anything out 8)
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