Early Yamaha ID?

**Bellicose** · 14th January 2011, 19:35

Hi all, i need a bit of help to ID a bike.

I just pulled this out of my neighbours shed, it's missing a few bits but he said they will be in the shed somewhere, so will have to have a rumage, but f*ck me you would not believe the size of the spiders and cockroaches in there lol.

I have the old reg/ownership papers and it's a '64 250cc 2 stroke. So i did some research but haven't come up with any definative answers. It was blue so i thought it may be a YDS3 but on further inspection i don't think it is as the front guard and tail light housing is different, also the YDS's didn't have fully chrome tanks.

Any help advice would be much appreciated as i'm stumped lol.

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**ellipsis** · 14th January 2011, 19:49

...looks a bit like a 60 to 63 YD 3...250cc...wouldnt be a lot of them about now...

**NZsarge** · 14th January 2011, 19:58

Originally Posted by Bellicose

Hi all, i need a bit of help to ID a bike.

Can't help you with what model it is but it's certainly a bit of a find.

**Bellicose** · 14th January 2011, 20:20

Originally Posted by CAMSec

...looks a bit like a 60 to 63 YD 3...250cc...wouldnt be a lot of them about now...

First NZ reg' was 4-3-64, so quite possibly a '63

Originally Posted by NZsarge

Can't help you with what model it is but it's certainly a bit of a find.

Yeah it certainly is a FIND lol. I've thrown out things in better condition, but i think it's worth saving.

**NZsarge** · 14th January 2011, 20:23

Originally Posted by Bellicose

Yeah it certainly is a FIND lol. I've thrown out things in better condition, but i think it's worth saving.

Certainly is worth saving provided it can be saved and is done well.

**spookytooth** · 14th January 2011, 20:26

that looks very much like the first bike i got wen i started working,ugly as tank and all.Can't rember the year or model now but it had 250 eletric start on side covers

**neels** · 14th January 2011, 21:02

Wonder how long that's been in the shed

There's some work to do there, but got to be worth the effort for someone, old jappas like that don't turn up every day.

**Bellicose** · 14th January 2011, 21:15

Originally Posted by neels

Wonder how long that's been in the shed

There's some work to do there, but got to be worth the effort for someone, old jappas like that don't turn up every day.

Been in the shed for approx' 25 years, it had an odd firing problem (hence the missing side cover) then it became all too hard and was forgotten about.

With a bit of patience i think i'll get it finished.

I'm a custom painter/artist and have built many a award winning car so a lil ol bike doesn't scare me................................................ ....i think LOL.

**Kickaha** · 14th January 2011, 21:40

Do you have a frame number?

**FJRider** · 14th January 2011, 22:31

Does it look like this ... ???

and a link ...

http://www.classicyams.com/street-bi...maha-yds2.html

**PeteJ** · 17th January 2011, 11:03

It is a YD3, the "touring" version.

The sports YDS3 was much more popular here (as in pics in the post above this).

YD3s are as rare as rockinghorse droppings, world-wide (even new, I think only about 40 went to Europe new).

**nudemetalz** · 18th January 2011, 20:47

Those ones were premix too, weren't they.

Potential -

**Bellicose** · 21st January 2011, 18:50

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Do you have a frame number?

Yep,

Frame # Y13-34380

Engine # D6-34428.

Now from what i can find it looks like it's a YD3 but engine # comes up as a YDS2 number.

Now i'm more confused lol.

**SPman** · 21st January 2011, 18:57

Originally Posted by spookytooth

that looks very much like the first bike i got wen i started working,ugly as tank and all.Can't rember the year or model now but it had 250 eletric start on side covers

That'd be a YDS5E....1967

That's a nice red DS3 in the photo.....yours??