Hi All,

my name is Adil. I am a 46 year old male living in San Diego, California. Recently I changed jobs and now work just 2 miles away from the office. This is why I started looking for a small bike and I fell in love with a Yamaha CT1 175, apparently a 72, could be a 71. I paid $750 and picked it up today, knowing that I would have to put some work in to make her reliable and fun. I am pretty good with tools and have a fairly good technical understanding.

List of things I need to do:

- take a pic and post it here

- find out what year it is

- buy some parts and misc

So far I ordered: helmet, goggles, rear tire, front pads, left lever assembly (mine has broken high beam switch), rear brake switch, service manual, battery, key, cover

May need a petcock, not sure though, also don't know if the rear light works, have to replace the bulb.

What is missing is signal lights and mirror. I will eventially get to that.

Otherwise it is a blast to ride, reminds me of my teenage years when we all used to have mopeds. I grew up in Germany.

Two issue I will need help with. Didn't find anything using the search tool. It happened a few times that the gear would jump out, for the lack of a better explanation it feels like suddenly pulling the clutch. I kick into the next higher gear and all is well. I think it is the 3rd that won't stay.

Any hints or clues?

Ah, also, I would like to know what a pilot warning light is. Seen a few sold on ebay but I don't know what they are good for.

oh, I still need to register and insure the bike, and I need to get a license

Cheers,

Adil

Great intro Adil

Greetings and

i'm moving this to 'New Members' Raise another in 'Classics' about your bike Q's

to the YOC

Thanks for the warm welcome.I'll try to include a picture,

hopefully I have the require rights. As you can see, both driver and bike are fairly aged, one better than the other and both could use some new parts

Cheers,

Adil

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Very cool bike BTW.

Wecome adil " that gear jump, will be worn or chipped dogs on 3rd gear,, iits a strip job to fix,...