It looked better on eBay.

[frostype400]

it is off a yamaha though looks like a gt80 style alot of smaller yamaha's had that kicker aslong as it hasn't been welded on it would be ok easy to get off and get a correct one.

[monaro308]

All these minis are making me wanna restore my YZ80H and K
Heres something for ya All Things

[All Things 414]

Thanks Michael but KB's already offered up another frame for me. There seems to be plenty of them about. Thanks all the same.
Certainly do Stan. Bumped into another quick 80 J rider the other day. Gary Eason (the Euro car guy now) or "Mouse" as he was known then. I think every week I run into someone who had one.
Yeah nice stuff Mario. I'd be very interested in turning this into something 'special'. If anyone has some trick stuff let me know please....

[All Things 414]

I reckon' Yamaha must have been No1 in marketing.





Apparently it had soooo much power.......they had to put a bigger axle on it!

[mainline]

I hope this doesn't turn into a repeat of the 465 resto / stack / hospital trip

I remember seeing these things lined up outside the local dealer when I was 12, they were trick looking things. Now you've got me thinking about picking something up to restore for when the young'n is old enough

[All Things 414]

I hope this doesn't turn into a repeat of the 465 resto / stack / hospital trip

I've no doubt at all it will. Especially it only being an 80 and all....

I remember seeing these things lined up outside the local dealer when I was 12, they were trick looking things. Now you've got me thinking about picking something up to restore for when the young'n is old enough

Go on. Do it. You'll hate me later for it.....

[retrowrex]

Ah the YZ80J.  I never did get myself one of them as I was too old and too big.  But I did have the YZ125J and I did get hosed off by some fast kids at a club day at Connondale on their YZ 80s.  From memory that could have been Tam and Ben Paul.

Funnily enough, if you look around and talk to people, there must have been millions of then made as so many people owned one or more over the years.  They are so legendary that you often see YZ80s from the mid 70s to the late 80s advertised as YZ80Js.

I guess they had their faults, buy how popular were they back then!  Enjoy the project.

Retro

[vandy010]

a mate bought one as an old dunger in about 86' or so.
when he gave me a ride on the then clapped out YZ80J i didn't want to get off it.
it reved to the moon and flat flew.
seemed for years after that bike, the YZ80J, the not so switched on crowd refered to every YZ80 as a "J".
cool bikes.

[NR555]

good pick up Ross..love the mini's though I be kinda partial to the RM80Z for '82 personally this one's still a 'work in progress' and just begging to be thrashed..errr..ridden

Wow, never thought I'd see one of these again.  My old man bought me one back in 1987!  It was a great little bike. 

I thought it was fast until I jumped on an '86 RM80.... 

[EML]

The kickstarter is off my MX80. I wondered where it got to.

[monaro308]

This is where my k engine is at the moment,spent a month sorting and fitting it on my kart with out modifying the frame so i can put it back to a sprint kart.
Took it out once,with a powerband spread of about 2000rpm my right hand never touched the steering wheel  packed it away and tied it up to the roof of my shed....needed the room!

[All Things 414]

The kickstarter is off my MX80. I wondered where it got to.

You can have it back.....if you give me my kick-starter.

[EML]

Nah-your's is easy enough to push start, not like a 1050cc EML!

[D project]

Hi Ross here's the photo of my KX I had when I was a kid that I told you about.
Jason.

[Stan S]

Hey Ross, how do you like this bucket of bolts a guy just gave me.

Regards Stan.