Yamaha Triples.....

[ewemule]

Anyone here own a 3 cylinder Yamaha motorbike ? Middle '70's - '81 I believe. I have a '79 XS 750 F.

Marty

 

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[tulecanyon]

sold this suzuki last winter.
rode it for three years'. GT 750. three cyl, air cooled, two stroke, dual disk front end. extremely ugly.

WAY TOO FAST! did i have fun.

 

[aa battery]

my brother does and got um cheap.Dont know the cc but they run

 

[trikikiwi]

I have owned 2 early Yamaha 750's and one 650 special. If I recall correctly, the Yammy XS was shaft drive??
I wanted one
In this pic I am the second mullet from the right.


I had just revived that bike from an ignominious end, and shortly afterwards had a near death experience, without being scratched, when the motor seized as I went downhill and actually hit 100 mph!!
My punishment was to be a pillion for the next several 100 miles, on my Mate's bike

 

[ewemule]

Cool ! Perhaps I will cross paths with some of them on ....yamaha-triples.org

Marty

 

[thompy]

i had a GT-750 like that, would like to find another and do a complete rebuild, mine had the 3 tuned race pipes, shaved head with porting, it would pass everything but the gas pump

 

[nhbenz]

Well, I have the Kawasaki version; 1972 H1 (500cc, 2-stroke). Haven't had this one out this year though.

 

[dingode]

just sold my beloved '75 Suzuki T500 twin 2 stroke last year.


Also, I believe I have a clymer or haynes for Kaw. h1 and h2 if anyone is interested. Let me know and I'll see if I can dig it up. Please Email me.

erinandjean@bex.net

Erin

 

[rmptr]

LoL!

I remember some of those bikes...

Dingodes 500 2 stroke twin was the biggest 2 cycle motorcycle built at the time I think...

and Benz's kawi triple! Quick fast and in a hurry! Couldn't keep spokes in the back wheel on those!
The 750 triples were obscene when they came on the pipe.

Gotta go....

rmptr

 

[thompy]

i had picked up a nice drag frame for the H-2, with the slick and wheely bars, i understand there was a pretty good drag seen with these in the area, back in the day

 

[Montana Jim]

Motorcycles rock... 8)

 

[rmptr]

I had an 80's Yamaha 1100cc Midnight Special that was very powerful but the frame geometry was horrid!

Ended up, I went down on a fwy offramp going maybe 30 - 40 mph immediately following a 2 or 3 mile speed run at over 100mph+

Luck was with me THAT day!

Because I never liked the handling of the bike, I didn't bother to repair it, and just sold it.

Probably should have kept it and tried mods to the front end, or something?

Now I'm working on a 750 Seca. Well, that's the project at the top of the pile!

Best
rmptr