Kyle2053

Hey everyone. im excited to have finally found a place to talk about my old yamaha. A month or so ago i bought a 1974 yamaha dt175. the bike was pretty rough but everything was there all original. the people i bought it from picked it up out of a trash heap and decided they just wanted to sell it. so lucky me i only paid 100.00 for it. some two-ish weeks later the bike was finished. new turn signals, new seat cover, cleaned engine and carb, new gas tank (bought an old one from a junk yard that i bondo-ed up and painted to match, new points and condenser (probably the most helpful thing i bought in getting the bike running.), and new tires. This bike is a riot to ride especially off on the trails! hopefully i can help people with problems they may be having that i have already figured out. that is after all the best part of these forums. having help on something you cant just google.

Hey everyone! so I have just finished restoring my 1974 dt175. the bike looks and runs perfectly that is until i got back from off- roading. during the ride everything went great but when i started my bike when i got back it was having a really difficult time shifting. when i would shift into first the shifter would stay down. when i shift into second the shifter stays up and io have to put it back in the middle before I can shift into third. I believe it is the shifter return spring. what i want to know is if i need to tear into my engine or if i can access the spring from the outside. any help would be appriciated.