YAMAHA R5

Dedicated to 1970-72 Yamaha 350 R5 two-strokes and similar vintage motorcycles.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Mandarin Orange Paint Code

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Paul writes in with a frequently asked question: Hi. I am restoring an R5 and came across your thread. You mentioned House of Kolor paint bu...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

"It's Better In The Wind" Trailer

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It's Better In The Wind Trailer from Scott Toepfer . This video got me looking forward to getting the R5 back out on the road this seas...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Giving up on R5 project

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From Anthony, a reader of the blog: The parts for sale are from a '72 Yamaha r5 350cc 2 stroke street bike. These were the precursor to ...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Recreating Dad's Bike

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Kynan recently wrote in and was asking about the R5 for an interesting project he had in mind for a project bike: My father had a R5 in 1972...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Excellent Seat Mod

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Via Arkitip .
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Campaigning an R5 "Back in the Day"

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After coming across the BikeEXIF article, I received the following letter and excellent collection of photos from Bob Crossman: Lawrence .....
Monday, July 27, 2009

Chris writes in... with some questions (UPDATED)

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Chris sent in this nice letter, with some questions about swapping in a 6-speed an maybe doing a dry clutch. Anyone have any tips, suggestio...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

R5 Site Featured on BikeEXIF

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Cole Sugg's 1972 R5 (recently featured on this site ) has been profiled on the excellent bike blog BikeEXIF . Here's the writeup: Th...
Friday, July 24, 2009

New Lightcycles from TRON Sequel

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Not a Yamaha, and DEFINITELY not vintage, but I just had to post this tidbit about one of the baddest "motorcycles" ever, and how ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

TZ250 on Ebay!

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A friend passed this to me this morning: Highly collectible Yamaha TZ250A fully restored to original specifications. Motor and transmission...
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