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Offline YUMASTEPSIDE

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Here we go again......
« on: August 08, 2010, 10:32:23 am »
......latest shed find, $150, been sitting for about 25 years, still turns over, needs plastics and a heap of odds and ends. ;D ;D ;D

                       

                       

                       

....so if you've got any spare IT or YZ400 bits kickin' about, let us know  ;)

                         Roger 

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2010, 10:53:44 am »
I have got a really good tank I could swap. ;)
1971 tm400 and PE's

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2010, 11:33:32 am »
Thanks Frosty, I'll see how this one cleans up first, but I'll keep you in mind.

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2010, 11:36:36 am »
mx and dt100 running up till 84 have the same headlight assy easy to find.
1971 tm400 and PE's

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2010, 07:40:15 pm »
Reckon I've got a kick-start lever and an igniton cover. Also the IT quick-release rear brake do-hickey. I've got some fibreglass (reproduction) YZ400C side panels too, if they're any use?

VMX Plastics wll get you a pair of excellent quality new guards. I've probably got an OK condition front guard here.

If they're 34mm forks, I'll happily swap you for all of the bits to put some 36mm items on...

« Last Edit: August 08, 2010, 08:25:36 pm by Nathan S »
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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2010, 09:44:20 pm »
Wanna double your money, Rog??  :D :D

Seriously, well done mate. Nothing like a good, original find like that one.  ;D

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2010, 09:51:00 pm »
IT400C on here has 2 of these....very rare bike....I think only sold in USA and Australia....basicly a modified MX400B....cool bike.
QVMX.....Australia's #1 VMX club......leading the way.

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2010, 10:48:22 pm »
........actually YZ400, the original IT400C only had 61 parts that were not YZ400.
Tank, guards, speedo etc plus the first gear is lower and the fifth gear is higher, also the forks are 40mm longer, other than that, pipe, frame, gear ratios were all the same.......which was a good and bad thing, as unfortunately a lot of them were stripped out and converted back to quasi YZ motocrossers.

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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2010, 06:58:25 pm »
Hey Roger, just for interest sake, how did you find this one?
Were you asking around or did you just stumble across it?  ;D

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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2010, 11:08:38 pm »
.....a mate heard about a bloke who supposedly had an IT425 in his shed, then it was a 400. After I found him a near mint YZ465  for $500 I claimed the IT.The YZ came about when another bloke rang me and said his sister had a YZ465 that belonged to her ex-husband and she wanted to get rid of it out of her shed........see....simple  ;D ;D ;D

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« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2010, 11:12:54 pm »
Yeah............. simple...................  ::)

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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2010, 08:47:37 am »
..........all she needs now is some TLC..........time, labour and cash  ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2010, 12:11:40 pm »
hi ,i have one of these too, bought at coffs harbour tip for $50 just put rings in and motor good,missing tank and seat ,nearly finished her ,don
bikes in shed.74tm125,76,78,82rm125s,...82,83rm250s.80canam qualifier.80,83yz125s.86yz490.80it125.76it400.80pe175and250.79rm50.76xr75.2xpuch50 magnums.jawa speedway.72honcho 90.84xr200.87xr100.phew thats all.

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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2010, 12:53:23 pm »
hi ,i have one of these too, bought at coffs harbour tip for $50 just put rings in and motor good,missing tank and seat ,nearly finished her ,don

Thats a good find, I like hearing stories like that.


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Re: Here we go again......
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2010, 08:24:32 pm »
..........this is the one we got for $500

                           

....top end rebuild, proper seat and a new rear guard

                     Roger