2stroker

The one with the windshield is the one I bought!! The windshield was off before the bike went into the Uhaul. The neighbor who was helping him with the eBay part of the sale was a young guy (30ish) and I mumbled the EXACT same thing to him about the windshield. He just smirked, winked, and said "oooh yeah". What's the deal with the blinker lenses?? Are you sure they should be amber?? I've never seen a picture of a brand new CT3, so I have nothing to compare it to. If they're really supposed to be amber, I'll have to hunt down a pair. Am I reading the service manual right?? Is replacing the points and setting the timing a gigantic pain in the ass? Removing the head to mount a dial gauge? ( I'll have to read the procedure again, I just skimmed over it the first time. )

Thanks for the advice guys. (I don't know if I'm "replying" right.) Shortly after writing that letter, the bike quit altogether. Since I just bought it from a 75yr. old guy on eBay, (3,800 orig. mi.) and the gas smelled a bit old, (and so did he) I cleaned out the carb. and tank. Still a no go. Looked for spark, and had none. Like an idiot, I completely overlooked the spark plug because it looked newish. A fresh plug and gas, and it runs well, but not perfect. I think it needs a carb and points tweek, and a good hard run. I'm also having a '73 Yamaha RT360 (8900 orig mi.) delivered in a week or so I got on eBay, so I'm sure I'll need some more advice along the way. Thanks again all....

Hi all. I'm new to the forum and pretty new to the 2 stroke thing. I JUST bought a 1973 Yamaha CT3 175 in great shape. However, it seems to stumble a bit at higher RPMs. I've seen this problem described several times on bikes for sale and figure there's some common thing that causes it. However, I don't know what the cure is. Are there any 2stroke guys out there that might have an answer? Thanks