elikoenig Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 I'm Dave from Dublin. I'm in the process of restoring a 1970 YAS1 with the help of a good mate, Kieran. Picture attached. It's been a long road as loads of parts were missing and the bike itself had been butchered in many ways. But we are getting there and should be finished in a couple of weeks, We've also just bought a 1967 YL1 Sports also for restoration but it should be easier as it appears to be fairly intact. (I had one of these back in 1970 so it's a nostalgia thing!) Cheers and I look forward to being a member.
Moderator Airhead Posted August 11, 2015 Moderator Posted August 11, 2015 Greetings Dave, they're a lovely nippy little twinpot they are. bet it's not been easy. any chance of some recent pics?
blackhat250 Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Hi dave, , great wee bike, my mate Rodney just did a 1971 Twin,,,
elikoenig Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Thanks Airhead, we have the engine running sweetly, sounds fantastic. This is a link to some pics, they repeat a lot, also since we are in a 8 foot by 7 foot shed space is tight.Still have to do some work but loads ready to be reassembled.http://imgur.com/a/sIjqM
elikoenig Posted August 11, 2015 Author Posted August 11, 2015 Evening blackhat250 That looks like a very nice YAS1, Hopefully ours will turn out somewhere near as nice. We had a chat, me and Kieran, about what we wanted to do when we started this. We decided to have a good looking 45 year old bike rather than something out of a showroom. Biggest reason is the cost of parts. I first got the bike off a bloke who brought it in from England (still have the reg if anybody's interested!) That was 10 years back. At that time I started buying bit's and bob's to replace missing bits. Just as well because when we started work about 3 months back prices had gone up by at least a factor of 10. For example a wiring loom I bought for 20 dollars is now 150+. And so on. Anyway, this bike will be used a lot. People need to hear a decent 2 stroke on full bore and see a bit of smoke
elikoenig Posted August 14, 2015 Author Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Dave you watch the UGP? Thanks for the welcome. Haven't been up to that for a good few years, work and so on. Mad scary stuff but that's a compliment, now you say it I must stick it in for next year. Nearest thing to me is the Skerries 100, a bit before the UGP. Edited August 14, 2015 by elikoenig
Moderator drewpy Posted August 15, 2015 Moderator Posted August 15, 2015 Thanks for the welcome. Haven't been up to that for a good few years, work and so on. Mad scary stuff but that's a compliment, now you say it I must stick it in for next year. Nearest thing to me is the Skerries 100, a bit before the UGP.well its on iplayer ATM
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