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Post by colinjay on Dec 10, 2007 16:35:35 GMT -5
I was up in Broken Hill at the mate workshop on the weekend using his machinery to make some bits when one of his other mates turned up on this.  It is a 1959 Yamaha DS1 (250cc) trail bike. It has taken Scruffy, the owner 7 years to rebuild/restore. He had to make a lot of parts from scratch. Including modifing the crankshaft to take Suzuki crank pins and conrods as the yamaha parts a NLA. CJ |
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Post by G Man on Dec 10, 2007 18:27:58 GMT -5
Sweeeet! He did a great job on the resto.  Neat how it appears to have a small carrier on the fuel tank. G Man |
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Post by milkman on Dec 10, 2007 22:52:08 GMT -5
Thats nice
Did Yamaha import to Aus in 1959?
Lots of top automotive gear always seems to come out of Broken Hill.
Must be the lack of rust and all that space...... ;D
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Post by StewRoss on Dec 11, 2007 1:48:45 GMT -5
My mate had one of these many years ago...I rode it when I was 17 and it was old then...ahem, a short while ago now...YDS1. The rolling chasis was for sale a few years ago...a bloke here in Canberra bought it. He has a large collection of Yam 2 stroke twins... I took some pics of a road version that was at the Honda Collection Hall...I'll put a copy on the photo site I use and place a link here. img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yds1ack6.jpgSR  |
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Post by davedunsboro on Dec 11, 2007 7:46:24 GMT -5
An interesting restore , its great to see that some guys can make the effort to rebuild these old machines ! I actually saw a Honda Benly , like the one in the background of your pic Stu unrestored. It was next to the red 500 I purchased (he wanted $1100 for it). Probably a bargain but not my thing, they do look insane though when they are finished . Col has he just transposed the standard pipes to give it the clearance ? It looks like a leg burner for sure as it would get you on either side owch cheers Dave.
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Post by StewRoss on Dec 12, 2007 5:53:56 GMT -5
Hi, They come just like that one pretty well...a street scrambler...nice looking machine... SR |
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Post by colinjay on Dec 12, 2007 16:13:02 GMT -5
Hi,
Scruffy, the guy who owns the bike actually rode it as a kid, since he is only a few years older than me, it would have been old(ish) even then.
The pipe are copies of the originals, he tried to get the originals replated, but the chrome platers said that they would be ok for show only, but too thin for to use if you wanted to ride the bike.
CJ
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Neat how it appears to have a small carrier on the fuel tank.
