Hello to all!
Firstly, excuse the strange name, I created it (or at least where it's derived from) when I was a fair bit younger and it sorta just stuck as my online name so yeah
Secondly, Thanks for accepting me into your community, I'm stoked about it!
Third, I need some help. I'm currently in the process of restoring a 1978 YZ 80 (E I think?). But I've got a bit of a mismatch of parts. I've only worked with modern bikes up until this point and never really dabbled too deep into an engine. Now I've been thrown head first into it all with this project. It seems as if I've got a YZ 80 C bottom end and a YZ80 E top end. I'm really not sure how this is going to work, but I've almost got a complete engine and I'm not 100% fussed if I end up with a mild 'Frankenbike' because this is more about learning than getting a bike worth of the title 'Fully Restored'. Any advice at all would be much appreciated, and if I can get help sourcing parts that would be fantastic! I'm probably going to have to rebuild the engine for sure, it's been pulled apart (top end and bottom end separated, although I was told it was one motor running at one stage) so there's slight rust in places like the crank. But everything seems to move really smoothly (I've only moved it by hand a few rotations just to establish if it was cactus or not). So yeah, otherwise I have a most complete rolling frame and hope to have my first running vintage motocross bike relatively soon
Lastly, to finish off this word vomit, It's great to be here! I look forward to meeting as many vintage enthusiasts as I can
ShingoDingo
