yamaha 1977 15hp hard to pull start

[99yam40]

OK I see it now.
i thought that was just a curved line , did not see it as a part itself

[pstephens46]

Impressed you can still buy the parts for the thing.

[TownsendsFJR1300]

Impressed you can still buy the parts for the thing.

Finding that bike "whole/running" is about impossible. I can tell you, back then, it was a torque monster and being a two stroke single, was the the equivalent of a 700cc bike now..

[pstephens46]

Finding that bike "whole/running" is about impossible. I can tell you, back then, it was a torque monster and being a two stroke single, was the the equivalent of a 700cc bike now..

Neighbor had the RD350 back in the 70s. He was probably 20 back then.
I remember him riding wheelies up and down the street. He has said several times that he wished he kept that bike. Wonder how much it weighed?

[TownsendsFJR1300]

Neighbor had the RD350 back in the 70s. He was probably 20 back then.
I remember him riding wheelies up and down the street. He has said several times that he wished he kept that bike. Wonder how much it weighed?

Mine was a 1975, first year with reeds. It didn't weigh much. I never did wheelies on it but drag raced a friends HD sportster 1000, I'd take him from 0 MPH and up.

Unfortunately, an old man in 1977 turned left in front of me, totaled the bike and about killed me (literally). Broke leg 2 places, broke jaw 4 places, dislocated shoulder, blood from the ear, unconscious for a week. If I wasn't 19 at the time, I wouldn't have survived...

[TownsendsFJR1300]

Any updates???