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made2care

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A few months ago i mentioned my wife's uncle past away and his wife told me that she thought he had a motorcycle in his barn that was filled to the roof with "stuff". Well, guess what? he did and i bought it today. It's in a million pieces but at least now I have a winter project :party:

Here are some pics. I also have a video of my barn find that I will upload. Turns out, this is a 1973 Yamaha 350RT :rocks:
 

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[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195494#p195494:3lm5bnxi said:
made2care » Today, 11:54 am[/url]":3lm5bnxi]
A few months ago i mentioned my wife's uncle past away and his wife told me that she thought he had a motorcycle in his barn that was filled to the roof with "stuff". Well, guess what? he did and i bought it today. It's in a million pieces but at least now I have a winter project :party:

Here are some pics. I also have a video of my barn find that I will upload. Turns out, this is a 1973 Yamaha 350RT :rocks:
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typo Its a 1973 yamaha 350r3
 
I restored a Harley Aermacchi two stroke a couple of years ago and it was a real challenge as far as the motor was concerned. I did some motorcross back in the day but I sucked when it came to motor work. Had friends that were good at it. The rest of the resto went pretty good, just finding parts were hard. There was a Yahoo forum that helped but Yahoo forums suck too.

Learned a lot, got it running and made money on the deal.
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195509#p195509:33ysimcd said:
desertrefugee » Today, 6:28 pm[/url]":33ysimcd]
I was never a huge 2-stroke fan, but that one has enough age on it to make it interesting. Do you have the jug? I don't see it.

Its in another box not shown. Upon research using engine # which matched frame # , this is not a 350 nor is it a 1973. It's a 1967 YCS1 180 cc . A piston is blown and the po ( who passed away ) did purchase some new pistons and rings and some other goodies, all still in their original box. bike was stored inside. Also seems he opened engine and rebuilt it. I might take the engine down to our local Votech school up the road and have the small engines dept piece it back together while i work on the frame.

Bought it for $200 so I might be ahead. for now...........
 
That box with the Romex wire have any wire nuts, :roll: for the connections to the electrical system? :hihihi:Good luck with your new project :salute:
 
Yup, it's a miracle I have all the parts and some not relative. Found a brass plate holder in another box. Pity I didn't find a coffee can filled with cash .
 
[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195547#p195547:34m6gkgu said:
made2care » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:55 am[/url]":34m6gkgu]
Pity I didn't find a coffee can filled with cash .
:smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195568#p195568:1rzs3q6y said:
Ansimp » Yesterday, 8:38 am[/url]":1rzs3q6y]
[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=195547#p195547:1rzs3q6y said:
made2care » Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:55 am[/url]":1rzs3q6y]
Pity I didn't find a coffee can filled with cash .
:smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:
You'd likely just squander it on motorcycle projects or something. :BigGrin:
 
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