What an absolutely gorgeous little bike. If I could have my pick of any of the machines you have featured, this would be the one coming home with me. Alas, my age and general decrepitude mean that I can only look on in envy.
I'm with you friend. I just purchased a 68 YL1E as of 3/24 and finding parts is proving to be tough. I've been able to source some things on ebay. I haven't seen the intake boot on any of my searches. Good luck with you build
If you google the parts you want there is somebody in the US which makes excellent synthetic rubber replica parts including the intake manifold.The original boots tend to harden and split with age. I have restored 2 of these Yamaha Yl1 Twinjets to perfection but parts and re-chroming are expensive. Both of mine have electric start but no turn signals. These little 2 stroke twins are little screamers and fun to ride. Protect exposed parts such as the inside of fenders with LPS3 spray.
Not to criticise as it's a real little beauty, but the handlebars don't seem quite right to me, not sure how they're supposed to look from a standard factory point of view, but they seem to be facing the wrong way. These guys know their classics so I assume they're correct???
I agree. Seems to flat but I'm very new to this bike. I just purchased a 68 model as of 3/24 and the bar on mine has allot higher rise. This bar looks like the one on my rd60 and seems to be rolled forward. IdK but still a very BEAUTIFUL bike!
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Beautiful machine ❤
What an absolutely gorgeous little bike.
If I could have my pick of any of the machines you have featured, this would be the one coming home with me.
Alas, my age and general decrepitude mean that I can only look on in envy.
Brings back the memories, cracking little bikes and that one sounds as sweet as a nut 👍
you could have bought it from the bloke that sold it to him for much much less
Beautiful
where is a good source for spare parts for this model, like say the rubber connector from air filter to carbs, ignition switch, baffles etc.
I'm with you friend. I just purchased a 68 YL1E as of 3/24 and finding parts is proving to be tough. I've been able to source some things on ebay. I haven't seen the intake boot on any of my searches. Good luck with you build
If you google the parts you want there is somebody in the US which makes excellent synthetic rubber replica parts including the intake manifold.The original boots tend to harden and split with age. I have restored 2 of these Yamaha Yl1 Twinjets to perfection but parts and re-chroming are expensive. Both of mine have electric start but no turn signals. These little 2 stroke twins are little screamers and fun to ride. Protect exposed parts such as the inside of fenders with LPS3 spray.
Not to criticise as it's a real little beauty, but the handlebars don't seem quite right to me, not sure how they're supposed to look from a standard factory point of view, but they seem to be facing the wrong way. These guys know their classics so I assume they're correct???
I agree. Seems to flat but I'm very new to this bike. I just purchased a 68 model as of 3/24 and the bar on mine has allot higher rise. This bar looks like the one on my rd60 and seems to be rolled forward. IdK but still a very BEAUTIFUL bike!
Wonder where this little twin is today