Welcome to 'www.classicyams.com', the site dedicated to all classic YAMAHA racers and historic YAMAHA street/off-road bikes. This site is dedicated to the famous 2-strokes but the equally famous 4-strokes are also not forgotten!

on a Hostettler TZ750D

Andre (RAD Belgium), Ludy and DS5

Sitedesign is by Remko Visser, my successor at Yamaha Motor Europe, as a present when I retired from the company that touched my heart! You can view most pictures in large formate, just "click" them. Ludy Beumer

Please use the new link on top of the page to the Bikers Classic in Spa ! Remko just made a new chapter:"All Articles" !! There you find everything written and published since we started the website in December 2007. (the "All Articles" item is of course in the r.h. column!).

Week 16: Finally most of the TZ250J parts are there, assembly can begin. The TZ250J gets its fresh pistons. A new long series about Yamaha Motorcycle Design. I start with the YA1 and YC1. Today I fitted the new cylinders on the TZ250J. The design of the Yamaha YD1. Today was a lovely day to be outside but I was busy in the workshop fitting the cylinderheads to the TZ250J...!

Week 17: The TZ250J carburetors are fitted and the radiator/hoses too. Design of the Yamaha YD1, 2 original pictures and the introduction from the YA2. And I have a very nice 1958 full-range Yamaha brochure that you should print for your collection ! (8 pages..!) Finally the TZ250J exhausts are fitted, the YPVS is checked and connected.

Week 18: Sorry for the slow start, but I was busy in the Workshop! Design and introduction of the YD2 and YD3. Finally the first list of Yamaha Spare Parts I will sell !! Cylinders-cyl.heads-pistons-pistonrings...! The second list contains crankshaft-gaskets-camshafts-connectingrods.

Week 19: For the collectors of old brochures here is a another very old (end 1961)"A Guide to Yamaha" brochure.

Week 20: Yamaha's design of the famous YA5/6 and YDS1 models.

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