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EARLY YAMAHA'S 1959 -63 YDS's

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Replied by DTDave on topic EARLY YAMAHA'S 1964 -65 YDS2 YDS3

Hey Dave !
You may have already seen this, pretty cool little 250... When you are done, you can both have both dirt and street YDS runners for your collection.

orangecounty.craigslist.org/mcy/5150058899.html


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16 Aug 2015 13:10 #121

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At $2900..asking price.....he's very proud of his bike!

At $500 I may be interested ??? LOL

Thanks for posting that !
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One of the key items I have been searching for are shouldered aluminum wheels for the Ascot....
I finally got all the parts together and yesterday I started building the wheels.

The hubs have been polished....new wheel bearings and the centers painted.

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As Deet has mentioned it is critical the rims are drilled properly or the type of hub you are using.
I went with chrome spokes and chrome nipples...with a 1.85 X 18 36 hole front and rear..
as they closely match the Ascot original aluminum wheels

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These wheels should really pop with large hubs and shiny new rims and spokes

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I was fortunate to have a spare front hub so I could leave original wheel intact to make sure I laced the wheels 100% correctly.

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Here's the results

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These should look great on the bike.

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Did a first pass on truing them up
16 Aug 2015 15:21 #125

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I am happy with how the wheels came out.....

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Here's the Ascot with its shouldered aluminum wheels

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Next will be to decide on tires As you can see the photo above of Tom White's Ascot
4.00 X 18 tires look quite large?
I am leaning towards Dunlop 4.00X 18 D803 trials tire front and rear.
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Replied by DTDave on topic EARLY YAMAHA'S 1964 -65 YDS2 YDS3

Dave, These are John's exact words as he responded to the CL ad...
"Dave, THAT is well worth buying. Go with $2k cash and get it. You will be Mountain Drive 200 champion!!! "

BTW....Yer hubs and wheels look fantastic !! Remind me of the akront rims back in the day,

Great job !
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Replied by Scootern29 on topic EARLY YAMAHA'S 1964 -65 YDS2 YDS3

"I am happy with how the wheels came out....."

I am happy also, strong work. You are doing a great job Dave. I can't wait to see this bike done.

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Check out the vintage Motorcyclist magazine cover from December 1964

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I wonder what message Motorcyclist was trying to send ?
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Replied by DTDave on topic EARLY YAMAHA'S 1964 -65 YDS2 YDS3

Get a 1964 YDS250 Yamaha and you will get a pretty girl ! They could not advertise it if it wasn't true, right ??

When I was dating my future wife, all I had was a French moped

28 years later, I still have a French moped. Lets not go there.
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