To quote Scottish Poet Robert Burns..."the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray". I had big plans of turning this 3/76 Yamaha GT80 into a DT1 clone pitbike to match the ever growing hoard of full sized DT1 and RT1 Yamahas accumulating at Casa del Firko. Unfortunately I've got too many projects on the go so with this little bike being at the wrong end of the production line, it's the first to go. I know very little about the bike, it's in exactly the same condition as it was when I bought it off a mate who
also knew little of its history. What I do know are..........
*The engine is not locked up and spins over quite freely.
*All the gears seem to be in place
*Despite its weatherworn condition it's pretty much all there, including the complete wiring loom and battery (
extinct as it is), the tank and tail lights/blinkers being the only major missing parts.
*It's a sad victim of 'leaning against the back fence syndrome' with the forks needing rechroming and a lot of surface rust evident.
*The steel based seat has suffered the same fate as most Yamaha steel seats, it's rooted, broken in the middle and most probably rusted. Like anything, it
can be repaired and new seat covers are freely available.
The little bike is a good candidate for a total resto like young Michaels, conversion to a YZ-A lookalike pitbike or do the bare minimum to get it going and use it as a pit ratbike. You could also go all left field and fit an SL125 Honda motor as Albert Iskra did to his....it's a surprisingly simple swap.
It's sad to see my unfullfilled dream go to someone else but given time, I'll get over it. Of course, the extra shed space and
the $200 I want for it will make the experience more bearable. PM me if you feel the need to adopt this sadly mistreated little orphan
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