YAMAHA R5

Tom writes in with some great stuff he'd like to share: I have been using your site for months now as I work on restoring my 72 R5C. I w...

Seeing as it's extremely hard to come by these days, and seeing as how mine is slowly crumbling, I figured I'd scan and post the ...

Martin wrote in this morning to inform me that his YR5 (featured previously on this site here an here ) is currently up for auction on Ebay...

Just added labels to all of my posts on this site. At the very bottom of each post you'll see a grouping of word(s) that categorize the ...

Colin writes in to tell us about his recently acquired R5: I have been looking for a nice two stroke for some time now. Something that was r...

When: 2007-07-20 through 2007-07-22, 8a.m. - 3p.m. Location: Auburn County Fairgrounds, 1273 High Street Cost: No charge for spectators ...

Ok kids... a lot of you have been asking about electrical issues. Seems these bikes (as just about anything 30+ years old!) have a bunch of ...

Good article over on the Kneeslider about the German roots of early Yamaha motorcycles .

Dave Hess from Selinsgrove, PA, wrote this excellent letter to me earlier this week. Stuff like this makes working on this site worth the wh...

Finally got a nice Saturday with no real plans - except tackle the R5's nagging problems, of course! Drained the oil and transmission fl...