72 LS2. Just acquired

[grcamna3]

Pretty good looking Yamaha mini-Twin 

[2steve]

Kinda jealous about how easy it must be to get a tag in SC, Mark. It's a nightmare here in NC.
Being a sticker boy, I'm in on 2SW stickers if you ever get a line on having more made.
Back in the good old days, Yambits used to send a sticker with every order and I've used mine up.

That bike is super clean and VERY cool. Congrats on your acquisition!

[m in sc]

Thanks, i mean it came with a clear current title. this one was super easy. ive some some sketch shit though on other ones to make them legit. 

I have some stickers still.

[m in sc]

so the last bit of what i was wanting to do, then back to modifying other bikes and stop rivet counting.   

the one big cosmetic flaw was a burned out neutral light. somebody int he past had this thing on a battery charger for a ridiculously LONG time w the key on. This also cooked the points pretty bad. (very pitted). somebody had also fit the LONG style instrument bulbs only to the tach side for some weird reason. this resulted in the 'N' light lens getting burned out of the gauge and it actually melting the gauge face around it. I'll be honest, i've never seen this before.

the only real feasible answer was to order an NOS one.

Im sure if people on here have looked for stuff there's a weird cache of NOS yamaha stuff from Indonesia on ebay. its not terribly cheap but not outrageous either. so i took a chance and ordered one. showed up and lo and behold, exactly what t was described to be. w shipping was 198 ish.  got that on and : done. also, tightened up the seat strap a bit as it had stretched over the years some. (took strap off, punched new hole in and remounted/cut tail off). 

[Kawtriplefreak]

  

198ish... I don't feel near as bad as I did earlier today when I gave FedEx $155 to ship the Gray Ghost oil pump to the UK for upgrade

[Simmons1]

 

[85RZwade]

That's bitchin' cool, Mark

[Striker1423]

Man that thing is killer.

Kaw, you won't regret sending that pump off to Arrow. Mines been top notch and looks exactly as it should stock.

[Kawtriplefreak]

I have heard nothing but great things about him. I can't wait to see the results.

[m in sc]

that 'barn find fresh' clutch  . lol luckily still active yamaha part numbers so new ones ordered and in, including a new gasket .. from the dealership 

[m in sc]

had a bit of 'silt' in the tank last weekend so have to do another tank rinse out. this time did it with evapo-rust for a few hours, then drained, rinsed and oiled the tank. since i had it off, i went ahead and did the preventative sv coil swap-out as well.  I also 3d printed some standoffs for the coil that 'snap on'to the bar of the coil. (the .stl file in is sv coil thread now)






also, does any other model have this oil line retainer tab on the RH carb bowl? ive never seen this befor eon any bike, it absolutely the same age as everything and for sure stock. weirdly, it isnt even shown in the microfiche that i could find.


 

[m in sc]

 

[Guygrrr]

I'm curious Mark, now that you have the LS, between the YL, HS, and this, how would you rate them?
Thanks!

[m in sc]

the ls2 is very similar to an hs1, just more powerful. the yl1e is slower overall, but is actually a bit more fun to ride. im not really sure why. maybe because its super funky. tbh I had the hs1 1st, years ago and sold it. the yl1 was more appealing when it showed up, because of my experience w the hs1. the ls2 just showed up at the right time and yes, its very reminiscent of the hs1 , moreso than the yl1, but I actually like it better as a bike than the hs1. id say the ls2 is the better bike overall out of the 3, the hs1 technically was better than the yl1, but the yl1 is the most fun to ride, it basically makes out at 53-55 moh actual, the hs1 was about the same, and the la2 will hit 60 just.