New Member from the States

[Makotosun]

Greetings from the Northern Hemisphere! Thanks for the add Graeme!

Long time rider and Yamaha Enduroholic (That's what we call you if you can't seem to say "NO" to just one more!). I am also member of a group informally known as GruppeTAT - a bunch of old farts who undertook, mostly successfully, a ride across the USA from coast to coast, on the Trans America Trail (www.transamtrail.com) . . . on 1971-1975 Yamaha 2-stroke enduros. Seriously. http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_1005_trans_america_trail I am the one on the bad end of the two rope . . .

Our group met on an online forum, and after several adventures, now we are building what we hope will be a true compendium of information about the Yammies from 1968 - 1983, mostly focused on the two strokers. It is hoped to contain a lot of the stories of our adventures, as well as grow a community of hopelessly addicted enduro riders.

We have a forum, blog, and a growing library of other information. The site is free though it does require registration to get to some resources. Drop in and poke around: www.Yamaha-Enduros.com

The bike I rode across the country was a specially prepped 1975 Yamaha DT400B shown below:




I am also one of the webmasters at the Hodaka Club at hodakaclub.org which is focused exclusively around the "Little Bike that Could!"

I am looking forward to exploring your forums and website and contributing what I can!

[Canam370]

Welcome to the forum!

[Simo63]

Welcome Makotosun

The bike I rode across the country was a specially prepped 1975 Yamaha DT400B shown below:

That is a trick looing bike mate .. but if it was me I would have put those little NOS stickers on those canisters to keep the punters guessing

[pinned]

Hi Makotosun, by the look of the pictures you must have a lot of good stories to tell,welcome.

[80-85 husky]

im sure they do that to prove it can be done...

[Makotosun]

It CAN be done


The yellow bike partook of the USA TransAmerica Vintage ride,mine segment of which was documented in [size=78%]http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_1005_trans_america_trail/[/size].


We ultimately followed that with the Western section and the Eastern section. Great fun and a story I am starting to post in serial form. I will post links as it happens.


Here is a picture of a bad day on the western section . . .





Another of the bikes that day:

[Mike52]

Hi Makotosun

Now that does NOT look like fun.
Cheers.

[shelpi]

Gday Makotosun, hey whats that white sand    

[Makotosun]

The overall ride was actually quite fun! On the leg through the white frozen sand    we went from Monticello, Utah to Port Orford, Oregon. We had every kind of weather from Hot to Snow to drizzle to really cold. Amazing ride.


The finish line photo was worth the whole trip though . . .

[shelpi]

  Great stuff, you guys are an insperation and make the old memories surface, yep i rode on white stuff once and it stuck to the wheels, on a salt lake, with black sticky, stinky stuff down under keep ya pics and stories comeing. cheers

[Tim754]

"white frozen sand" "snow"       UUUUUUUUHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! horrific sadistic nightmares!             Welcome mate great bikes Cheers Tim754