Yamaha YDS1

Recently another enthusiast somewhere in Europe got hold of one of the crown-jewels from the Yamaha history, a fabulous YDS1.......

The right hand side shows the carburetors on the long inlet stubs, the aircleaners which were kept for the YDS2 later and the very highly mounted chainguard. ( You can click all pictures for large format !)

Yamaha YDS1
Yamaha YDS1
On the left you see that all the electrics are more or less hanging loose under the seat, the battery looks like it was forgotten and just attached before the start!

Yamaha YDS1
Yamaha YDS1
The rear view shows already the classic Yamaha looks that would be kept for the YDS series until the DS6 model in 1968.

Yamaha YDS1
Yamaha YDS1

And to me it looks like a brand new bike in 2008 !!!!!!