TOPIC: armpit's RT2 Resto-Mod Scrambler

NIce. As I sit here with a completely disassembled motorcycle, I often wish I'd just gotten it running and then chipped away at it over time. I was afraid I wouldn't do it though. Getting anxious!

The exhaust looks good. It will gel with the rest of the bike over time. The rust on the headlight bucket and ears looks cool; if you repaint those, you should do them in a rust color. It looks good with the silver and brown.

I've still been working to get the new garage all put together and organized, but the real delay on this build is that I got another toy... a 75 Datsun 620.

I've been looking for one for almost a year now and just couldn't pass it up when a friend told me they saw it for sale near me.
Goes without saying that my time to put into the yamaha is going to be a little less focused than it was before, but the more I have the bike in its current state the more I like it having a bit of an imperfect look to it, so this build might be done for now minus some lingering maintenance items. The weather is still great where I am so maybe plans will change when I'm ready for a winter project

Love hauling around the yamaha around!

The bike is looking cool.
Love the Datsun 620, I had a 1972 Datsun 620 Lil Hustler when I was in high school and college. I loved that truck and learned a lot about auto repair as that thing broke down all the time. A small toolbox with basic hand tools behind the seat at all times, could fix just about anything that broke. Enjoy.

Kool, i dunno man, I think your pipe looks good

Love this build man, great work so far. I am working on a '75 DT400 and want to install the TT shocks now. Can you post links where you got the pegs and seat?

Isaac wrote: Love this build man, great work so far. I am working on a '75 DT400 and want to install the TT shocks now. Can you post links where you got the pegs and seat?

The seat isn't the most comfortable thing in the world, I wouldn't use it as an alternative to re-covering the factory seat if yours is still salvageable. But for the price ($30) it's really great.

Seat (brown, flat): https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Vintage-Cafe-Racer-Flat-Brat-Hump-Saddle-Seat-For-Honda-Suzuki-Yamaha/162844188681?hash=item25ea452009:rk:1:pf:0&var

Pegs: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stainless-Steel-Footpegs-Foot-Peg-Rest-For-Pit-Dirt-Bike-CRF50-XR50-XRF70-CRF70/262406071728?hash=item3d189ee5b0:g:hgUAAOSw3mpXHw-N:rk:1:pf:0

Thanks! That seat is so cheap, excited to try it out. Did you have to modify it much to get it to fit?
The bar controls were also from ebay I assume?

Isaac wrote: Thanks! That seat is so cheap, excited to try it out. Did you have to modify it much to get it to fit?
The bar controls were also from ebay I assume?

For the seat I had to drill a small amount of plastic from the seat pan so it would fit around a pin that sticks up on the frame and then I mounted the rear portion of the seat with small bolts through the fender (I drilled holes to accommodate).

Handlebar controls I use are these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077RX7P11
Kind of dinky but it feels like it will last, and at that price I have a spare if it doesn't.