Hello there. My 15 year old son has bought himself a YB100 that he wants to restore before his 17th birthday (06/09/12) so he can take it on the road in as near mint condition as he is able.

Are there any recommended web sites we can visit for help and/or supplies? The trickiest thing I'm coming up against at hte moment are replacement decals; anyone any useful contacts for those, please? Also, where is the best/cheapest paint option?

I'm loving watching him get his teeth into a real project with a visible end result. Who'd have thought my teenage son would show energy and drive?! The bike was bought as a runner but needs some reasonable anmount of work to get it back to original spec.

Anyway, nice to be here and I'll look around teh forums to get a better feel of things. I imagine that there are a lot of more modern bike owners herein. I used to have a a Yamaha XS250SE in 1980s, I now ride a Moto Guzzu California Special.

Cheers,

Karl

Hi Karl i have recently purchased a Yamaha YB 100 Deluxe but need to strip engine incase it is all rusted up, the bike has been in a shed for 15 yrs and i didnt want to try and fire her up incase engine bore is rusty. Anyway what i would like is any links to spares gasket sets etc. Hope your lad enjoys and experiences the joys of owning a bike, i have had bike all my life and still love it and tell him to ride safe.

Dave

Try

wemoto

yambits

and

Fowlers of Bristol

for spares...they all have websites

hi,i have just bought a yb 125 e.1975 model.anyone nows where the engine number is? .

hi i just bought a yb 125 e.1975 model.anyone can tell me where the engine number is? thanks

numbers are often on the left side of the engine...how come you cant find it?