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SOLD 1966 Yamaha YL1 for sale $175

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This gem of a Yamaha is SOLD.
No title. My Dad's had it for 25+ years. sitting in his hangar.
Has compression, but no battery. More pics to follow
 

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Looks like a Honda but not sure what it could be.
 
Looks like an old Yamaha I once had.

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Finish a Restoration – 1966 Yamaha YL1 Twin Jet

Post Sale Update: After 9 bids on eBay, this YL1 sold for $1,026. Yamaha was certainly a player in the two stroke motorcycle market of the 1960s. Their two stroke twins began with the YD1, a 250CC …
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I was thinking a late 60's Yamaha from the shape of the missing tank badge.
and a 2-smoke at that. cool. Thanks, all. I'll maybe have more to report tomorrow.
 
Very cool. Looks similar to a Honda c70 but that dual carb setup was throwing me.
 
I had a 71 Yamaha HS1 twin cylinder 90cc and that engine looks a lot like the one on the 90. Definitely a little older.
 
Yamaha TwinJet 100, about '66. The object of must lust when I was 14-15 years old.
 
In Rowlett,
engages in first and shifts into neutral
no title, no keys
battery cover missing
can crank through with foot kick
doesn't appear to have been wrecked; frame/fork visually aligned.

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That right there is the first street bike I got to ride regularly visiting relatives in Osage Beach MO. Wow. Wow.
 
That is a valuable bike restored. Remember the 100cc twin Yamaha. Saw one that was cherry at Harvest Classic.
yamy 100cc.jpg
 
Lots of parts from several years that interchange. If I was younger I would have snared this baby up.
 
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