Yamaha wanted

[albrid-3]

I would like to buy a Yamaha YDS2 250 TWIN.
Please email me with any info.
Thank you
David

[holeshot buddy]

shit dav you gunna hate this
a bloke offered me one for $300 bucks complete
didnt get it a friend got it and is restoring it
took it home and had it going in an hour
if i hear of any more will keep you in mind

[albrid-3]

Thanks Holeshot, l really needed that bit of info, just about to go to bed, now l wont sleep. please let me know about the next one , if your friend desides to sell be very gratefull if you call me. phone 0404 188 410.
cheers
Dav

[matcho mick]

e bay item 2200371480255 in classic,collectables,DS6 yamaha,good hunting 

[mx250]

Is this what you're thinking of Dave


I'm restoring my first bike a YDS5. It amazes me the interest in and number of these old YDS's. I know of several the best being Steve Ashkenazi's.


You might like to look through this earlier OzVMX thread about the Liberty Yamaha Dave. There might be a few leads in it. The Neil I quote is Neil Collins from Adelaide, he is something of an expert on the early YDS's and has several of the earliest racing TD1's.  http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=3765.0 

[mx250]

shit dav you gunna hate this
a bloke offered me one for $300 bucks complete
didnt get it a friend got it and is restoring it
took it home and had it going in an hour
if i hear of any more will keep you in mind

Holeshot, was that bike a lime green. I almost bought one from Carl Aschew many moons ago. It would be nice ton think that it's still out there surviving .

[Freakshow]

MX whos is that one on the top left ?  love it.  what a cool looking set up.

Seen a few in Flat track trim in the US, but never thought they were any more than honda dreams down here.

Will keep my eye on it David, i have seen a few at the wreckers of late, do you want just the motor or the whole thing ?

[mx250]

MX whos is that one on the top left ?  love it.  what a cool looking set up.

Sorry Freaky, wouldn't have a clue; pinched it off the net from somewhere .


Ditto for this one. I believe it is a photo of the first Yamaha factory racer, based on the YDS1 or YD1. The event was the Catalina GP in Cal USA probably in about 1959.

I the back of my mind there is the germ of an idea that I might make a replica from the bits of have left over . (Project rich, time and cash poor ).

[LWC82PE]

im pretty sure these are the models that are based on the Adlers. Yamaha bought out some/all of the Adlers tooling/parts etc and based some of the early twin Yamahas on the Adlers. Many parts are common or very similar and looking at some of the photos i see here, many parts similar or the same to some of the Adlers i have restored. i Was given a heap of early  NOS yamaha cables from twin yamahas and many were the same as the Adler cables and went straight on eg the front brake cable. The header pipes on the brown one look like they are directly off the Adler Sports model.

its a bit like the French Peugeo bikes and the TS-ER modles. im not sure what the arrangment was back then or if they just decided to copy the ER's but the Peugeos look like copies of the TS-ER's from the early 80's but with a few differences.

[mx250]

im pretty sure these are the models that are based on the Adlers. Yamaha bought out some/all of the Adlers tooling/parts etc and based some of the early twin Yamahas on the Adlers. Many parts are common or very similar and looking at some of the photos i see here, many parts similar or the same to some of the Adlers i have restored. i Was given a heap of early  NOS yamaha cables from twin yamahas and many were the same as the Adler cables and went straight on eg the front brake cable. The header pipes on the brown one look like they are directly off the Adler Sports model.

Which Adler are you referring to? These are the only Adler 250 twin motor I know and I can't see similarities in architecture, layout or appearance.

[LWC82PE]

yeah thats the motor, the MB 250 from about 56 and the last ones left germany in about 58. Now when i think of it the yamaha im thinking of is quite a bit earlier than 67. Im sure ive seen one where they basically used the Adler engine but the sidecovers were a bit different and had Yamaha logos, but the basic engine was an Adler engine but with a few differences.

[albrid-3]

mx 250, gee, you have read my mind, or l have spoken to you about it before, l owned a yds2 about 18 months ago, and sold it, kicking myself, l would like to build a Ascot Scrambler.

[albrid-3]

Freakshow, Kerry, please do, any info, l just love the Ascot Scrambler. You should have my number.

[mx250]

yeah thats the motor, the MB 250 from about 56 and the last ones left germany in about 58. Now when i think of it the yamaha im thinking of is quite a bit earlier than 67. Im sure ive seen one where they basically used the Adler engine but the sidecovers were a bit different and had Yamaha logos, but the basic engine was an Adler engine but with a few differences.

These two?/



I think that's a bit like saying a R1 is a GSXR1000 copy.

In layout they shared left hand kick and crank mounted clutch and an enclosed single carby. However the Yammy and Adler are very different inside. I'll bet that adler crank won't spin to 10,000rpm . And no seal holders in a Yammy.

[albrid-3]

I would like to build up one for pre 65 scrambling, Ascot Scrambler, if you google Ascot scrambler you see what l mean.