History
09/06/2010
Hi,
The work on the first blue AS1 is done, we chose to keep the tank that we had before since it better matched the paint on the rest of the parts so the colour is not quite original. All the screws, wires and electrical wires have been replaces with fresh NOS ones. The difference might seem small at first glance but the whole thing feels better than it did before! We'll make sure to get a new gallery up as soon as possible.
At the moment we've got a number of bikes waiting to get photographed, the plan is to snap new pictures when the museum is done. Until then we haven't got any good placed to take pictures. It's not just the regular Yamahas that are waiting to get photographed but also a Honda CB750 and a couple of other surprises!
We've also continued work on the orange AS3. Unlike the AS1 the AS3 has been out on the roads and need more work.
We received a new AS1 from Germany. It was a real bargain, it wasn't listed properly on ebay and would only show up on ebay.de. As such it was a fraction of the price it would normally fetch. The seat is surprisingly fresh, apart from a small tear in the cover all it needs is a cleaning. The base is completely free of rust as well!
A few weeks ago we had some pictures of regalvanized parts, a lot of them were from old used fuel taps we had collected. Since then we've reassembling them with surprisingly good results. It's hard to believe that they're used. They're fixed with new gaskets and filters, the aluminium parts has been cleaned with acid and the plate has been regalvanized.
/Joacim
The work on the first blue AS1 is done, we chose to keep the tank that we had before since it better matched the paint on the rest of the parts so the colour is not quite original. All the screws, wires and electrical wires have been replaces with fresh NOS ones. The difference might seem small at first glance but the whole thing feels better than it did before! We'll make sure to get a new gallery up as soon as possible.
At the moment we've got a number of bikes waiting to get photographed, the plan is to snap new pictures when the museum is done. Until then we haven't got any good placed to take pictures. It's not just the regular Yamahas that are waiting to get photographed but also a Honda CB750 and a couple of other surprises!
We've also continued work on the orange AS3. Unlike the AS1 the AS3 has been out on the roads and need more work.
We received a new AS1 from Germany. It was a real bargain, it wasn't listed properly on ebay and would only show up on ebay.de. As such it was a fraction of the price it would normally fetch. The seat is surprisingly fresh, apart from a small tear in the cover all it needs is a cleaning. The base is completely free of rust as well!
A few weeks ago we had some pictures of regalvanized parts, a lot of them were from old used fuel taps we had collected. Since then we've reassembling them with surprisingly good results. It's hard to believe that they're used. They're fixed with new gaskets and filters, the aluminium parts has been cleaned with acid and the plate has been regalvanized.
/Joacim
08/28/2010
Hi,
As I mentioned last time the electricity in the museum is fixed, all the needed light fixtures and wall sockets are there now. During this week the floor and climate control guys will get to work with that. Given that it is an old farm building, all the power needs to be up to spec to handle harsh environments with lots of dust and moisture (not that we'll have a lot of either...), therefore all the switches are linked directly to relays in the sealed box on the ceiling to cut power completely when you hit the switch. First time I turned the light on I was afraid I the fusebox had exploded, those relays are NOT quiet!
We're taking another look at a few of the projects we did back in the start of the site. We did them before we really had access to all the parts we have today so a lot of the small details are a bit off. It's mostly the nuts and bolts we've used that are the wrong model, newer ones with markings on the head and plastic non-slip discs. The blue AS1 is actually the first project we put on the site, we were almost done so it's just the final few steps that we have chronicled. We had restored the orange AS3 before we started the site.
We'll strip them down and make sure they're up to spec with the restorations we do now, some parts will get replaced like the bolts and we'll probably repaint the frame for the AS1 but they're mostly good.
And on that subject: the AS2J from france that we got a few weeks back is done! We've had to replace some parts like the meters and the handle but the majority is just the old parts with a good layer of cleaning and polishing. Sometime in the past the bike has probably been in a light accident that destroyed the original meters and damaged the housing for the front light.
Now that it's back together we took it out for a test: the engine runs perfectly, it's good in idle and it revs smoothly all the way up to the top. On the short street we drove it on it hit 70kh/h without problems and lifted the front wheel of the ground. Not bad for a 40 year old bike!
/Joacim
As I mentioned last time the electricity in the museum is fixed, all the needed light fixtures and wall sockets are there now. During this week the floor and climate control guys will get to work with that. Given that it is an old farm building, all the power needs to be up to spec to handle harsh environments with lots of dust and moisture (not that we'll have a lot of either...), therefore all the switches are linked directly to relays in the sealed box on the ceiling to cut power completely when you hit the switch. First time I turned the light on I was afraid I the fusebox had exploded, those relays are NOT quiet!
We're taking another look at a few of the projects we did back in the start of the site. We did them before we really had access to all the parts we have today so a lot of the small details are a bit off. It's mostly the nuts and bolts we've used that are the wrong model, newer ones with markings on the head and plastic non-slip discs. The blue AS1 is actually the first project we put on the site, we were almost done so it's just the final few steps that we have chronicled. We had restored the orange AS3 before we started the site.
We'll strip them down and make sure they're up to spec with the restorations we do now, some parts will get replaced like the bolts and we'll probably repaint the frame for the AS1 but they're mostly good.
And on that subject: the AS2J from france that we got a few weeks back is done! We've had to replace some parts like the meters and the handle but the majority is just the old parts with a good layer of cleaning and polishing. Sometime in the past the bike has probably been in a light accident that destroyed the original meters and damaged the housing for the front light.
Now that it's back together we took it out for a test: the engine runs perfectly, it's good in idle and it revs smoothly all the way up to the top. On the short street we drove it on it hit 70kh/h without problems and lifted the front wheel of the ground. Not bad for a 40 year old bike!
/Joacim
08/23/2010
Hi,
Well, have we got great news today: the electricity in the soon to be complete museum is now wired and working! This brings us one step closer to getting things up and running. If all goes to plan the floor will get cast during this week. That means that pretty much within a month we could have everything ready. Expect lots of pictures (though not today, forgot to bring the camera...).
What we do have some more pictures of is the AS2J that arrived last time from France. We stripped it down, polished and cleaned everything along with replacing a few odd bits with original Yamaha parts. I think this is the first time that we have ever had a complete bike laid out in parts at once, usually we have to wait for parts that are away to be restored. The working time between the first photos to the last ones is less that two hours, assembly really flies when you've got everything prepared in advance!
Just a word of advice with the Flickr slideshow below: the slideshow I can embed on the site only has low resolution images with heavy compression meaning that most of the detail is lost. If you want to see a sharper version in higher resolution - click the name of the gallery next to the Flickr logo in the top left corner of the slideshow and it will take you to the pictures on Flickr. You can also press the name of the gallery right away before starting the slideshow and it will take you to the pictures.
/Joacim
Well, have we got great news today: the electricity in the soon to be complete museum is now wired and working! This brings us one step closer to getting things up and running. If all goes to plan the floor will get cast during this week. That means that pretty much within a month we could have everything ready. Expect lots of pictures (though not today, forgot to bring the camera...).
What we do have some more pictures of is the AS2J that arrived last time from France. We stripped it down, polished and cleaned everything along with replacing a few odd bits with original Yamaha parts. I think this is the first time that we have ever had a complete bike laid out in parts at once, usually we have to wait for parts that are away to be restored. The working time between the first photos to the last ones is less that two hours, assembly really flies when you've got everything prepared in advance!
Just a word of advice with the Flickr slideshow below: the slideshow I can embed on the site only has low resolution images with heavy compression meaning that most of the detail is lost. If you want to see a sharper version in higher resolution - click the name of the gallery next to the Flickr logo in the top left corner of the slideshow and it will take you to the pictures on Flickr. You can also press the name of the gallery right away before starting the slideshow and it will take you to the pictures.
/Joacim
08/13/2010
Hi,
Today we received a brand new AS2J from a seller in France. There's quite a difference between this one and the last few we've received mainly that this one is not a heap of rusted parts! The paint isn't even faded by sunlight. On top of that it started with the very first kick when we got it.
We've also got the engine block for the AS1 project back som getting polished so now we can hopefully make some progress with that. At the same time they fixed our engine block we sent a few pairs of cylinder heads along to see what the result would be and I have to say that they look better than I expected they would. When we sent them off they were some of the worst ones we had, spraypainted and dirty, but they look pretty much like they're new now. They are slightly more shiny than NOS parts but nowhere near as bad as they can get in some cases.
We also got a big load of parts back from getting galvanized with a new layer of zinc. It cost a grand total of 250 SEK (about 25 euro) to get all of them done, a bargain to make old parts look like new. The main problem is that you have to clean them and strip them of their original coat of zinc completely before they can put a new layer on. That takes a whole lot of scrubbing and some work with acids but the end result is worth is. Now we just have to find the time to do this with all the parts in our old screw drawer...
Today we're trying out something new: instead of hosting the pictures on the site using the regular gallery we're going to try hosting them on Flickr. The gallery of pictures is embeded below!
/Joacim
Today we received a brand new AS2J from a seller in France. There's quite a difference between this one and the last few we've received mainly that this one is not a heap of rusted parts! The paint isn't even faded by sunlight. On top of that it started with the very first kick when we got it.
We've also got the engine block for the AS1 project back som getting polished so now we can hopefully make some progress with that. At the same time they fixed our engine block we sent a few pairs of cylinder heads along to see what the result would be and I have to say that they look better than I expected they would. When we sent them off they were some of the worst ones we had, spraypainted and dirty, but they look pretty much like they're new now. They are slightly more shiny than NOS parts but nowhere near as bad as they can get in some cases.
We also got a big load of parts back from getting galvanized with a new layer of zinc. It cost a grand total of 250 SEK (about 25 euro) to get all of them done, a bargain to make old parts look like new. The main problem is that you have to clean them and strip them of their original coat of zinc completely before they can put a new layer on. That takes a whole lot of scrubbing and some work with acids but the end result is worth is. Now we just have to find the time to do this with all the parts in our old screw drawer...
Today we're trying out something new: instead of hosting the pictures on the site using the regular gallery we're going to try hosting them on Flickr. The gallery of pictures is embeded below!
/Joacim
08/03/2010
Hi,
The bad weather recently and the fact that the holiday is over means it's time to get back to restoring bikes and not just driving them!
To start off: we've received a number of new bikes during the last few weeks, we still haven't decided what to do with most of them but in order to get more parts ready to send to Smethurst for chroming and various other restorations, two of them have been disassembled. You can read about the process and check out the pictures of it in the projects tab. Since we haven't decided what to do with them yet they can be seen directly if you press 'Projects' or follow this link to them!
Earlier today we also got a shipment of parts from the US: a whole batch of NOS steering adjusters!
Unfortunately we're still waiting for the final pieces for both the blue AS1 project and the 'Titan' project, hopefully we'll get them soon.
/Joacim
The bad weather recently and the fact that the holiday is over means it's time to get back to restoring bikes and not just driving them!
To start off: we've received a number of new bikes during the last few weeks, we still haven't decided what to do with most of them but in order to get more parts ready to send to Smethurst for chroming and various other restorations, two of them have been disassembled. You can read about the process and check out the pictures of it in the projects tab. Since we haven't decided what to do with them yet they can be seen directly if you press 'Projects' or follow this link to them!
Earlier today we also got a shipment of parts from the US: a whole batch of NOS steering adjusters!
News 20100803
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Unfortunately we're still waiting for the final pieces for both the blue AS1 project and the 'Titan' project, hopefully we'll get them soon.
/Joacim
07/05/2010
Hi!
Today we have an update of the 'AS3 'Titan'': some small touches to bring it closer to completion.
As I wrote a while back we received a huge load of Yamaha guides from our friend Graham a little while back. Since the last few weeks we've been hard at work digitizing them. Since they're fragile you can't mash them in a scanner and get it done that way, instead we're taking pictures of every page of every guide using an old video support to hold the camera. Originaly it was used to get companies logos into commercials by filming them with a camera, it works equally well with still images! We've managed to get through a big part of the guides but there's still plenty of work left.
Unfortunately that will have to wait a while: Ole has already gone away on holiday and I will as well in a few days. We'll both be gone the coming two weeks, in that time we'll be a bit slower than usual with answering emails but don't worry, we will keep an eye on the inbox!
/Joacim
Today we have an update of the 'AS3 'Titan'': some small touches to bring it closer to completion.
As I wrote a while back we received a huge load of Yamaha guides from our friend Graham a little while back. Since the last few weeks we've been hard at work digitizing them. Since they're fragile you can't mash them in a scanner and get it done that way, instead we're taking pictures of every page of every guide using an old video support to hold the camera. Originaly it was used to get companies logos into commercials by filming them with a camera, it works equally well with still images! We've managed to get through a big part of the guides but there's still plenty of work left.
Unfortunately that will have to wait a while: Ole has already gone away on holiday and I will as well in a few days. We'll both be gone the coming two weeks, in that time we'll be a bit slower than usual with answering emails but don't worry, we will keep an eye on the inbox!
News 20100705
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/Joacim
06/23/2010
06/13/2010
Hello,
At last we've got the engine for the AS3 'Titan' ready so the project can continue, you can check out the latest progress in the project! There's nothing more holding that project up now so hopefully everything will go smoothly.
We've also had a bit of luck: we have managed to get our hands on 38 NOS checkerflag emblems! We had completely run out of original checkerflags before we found this batch. Even though finds like these are getting rarer, good things are still out there hidden away in storage.
On top of that we've received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Robson in Brazil from a classic motorcycle meet in Rio de Janeiro: sunny weather and shiny bikes!
/Joacim
At last we've got the engine for the AS3 'Titan' ready so the project can continue, you can check out the latest progress in the project! There's nothing more holding that project up now so hopefully everything will go smoothly.
We've also had a bit of luck: we have managed to get our hands on 38 NOS checkerflag emblems! We had completely run out of original checkerflags before we found this batch. Even though finds like these are getting rarer, good things are still out there hidden away in storage.
News 20100613
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On top of that we've received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Robson in Brazil from a classic motorcycle meet in Rio de Janeiro: sunny weather and shiny bikes!
Robson Brazil
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/Joacim
05/30/2010
Hi,
Unfortunately we haven't made much progress in the projects as of late, we're waiting on the engines for both bikes. Hopefully we'll get the engine soon so we'll be able to finish the projects.
In the meantime we've been sent pictures from people we've been in contact with from both sides of the world. During the spring we've been helping our friend Martin here in Sweden restore his AS1, well, it's all done now, just in time for the season!
Coming in from the opposite side of the world, Rob from New Zealand has sent us pictures of his CB750F from 1980 and CBX1000 from 1979, two real beauties!
In the week I'll start the work on digitizing the guides, starting with the crossover guide, we'll start seeing results!
/Joacim
Unfortunately we haven't made much progress in the projects as of late, we're waiting on the engines for both bikes. Hopefully we'll get the engine soon so we'll be able to finish the projects.
In the meantime we've been sent pictures from people we've been in contact with from both sides of the world. During the spring we've been helping our friend Martin here in Sweden restore his AS1, well, it's all done now, just in time for the season!
Martin AS1
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Coming in from the opposite side of the world, Rob from New Zealand has sent us pictures of his CB750F from 1980 and CBX1000 from 1979, two real beauties!
Rob Honda
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In the week I'll start the work on digitizing the guides, starting with the crossover guide, we'll start seeing results!
/Joacim
05/10/2010
Hi,
A few days ago we received a shipment from England, not only was there a few AS3s that we'll cover in a while: there were something far more precious as well!
Over the past few years, almost from the start of Yamaparts, we've had help from Graham Head in the UK with all manner of things concerning the bikes. In this last shipment Graham sent all the parts lists, rider's manuals, service manuals and a number of even more rare documents including a very rare old numbers to new numbers list. It's an absolute mountain of guides for every Yamaha bike from the late 50's and 30 years ahead including a number of them that Yamaha themselves don't have left.
The entire collection of guides will be kept in one piece and get digitized, come summer I'll start the massive work of turning each one of them into PDF-files.
Until next time!
/Joacim
A few days ago we received a shipment from England, not only was there a few AS3s that we'll cover in a while: there were something far more precious as well!
Over the past few years, almost from the start of Yamaparts, we've had help from Graham Head in the UK with all manner of things concerning the bikes. In this last shipment Graham sent all the parts lists, rider's manuals, service manuals and a number of even more rare documents including a very rare old numbers to new numbers list. It's an absolute mountain of guides for every Yamaha bike from the late 50's and 30 years ahead including a number of them that Yamaha themselves don't have left.
The entire collection of guides will be kept in one piece and get digitized, come summer I'll start the massive work of turning each one of them into PDF-files.
News 20100510
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Until next time!
/Joacim
04/25/2010
Hi everyone,
I thought we would continue naming the updates after colours that are vaguely related to them, at least for the time being. Tonight we have an update for the 'Titan' AS3, since last time its flasher lenses has changed colour and the wheels have taken on an out of the ordinary look as well. Check it out in the update!
/Joacim
I thought we would continue naming the updates after colours that are vaguely related to them, at least for the time being. Tonight we have an update for the 'Titan' AS3, since last time its flasher lenses has changed colour and the wheels have taken on an out of the ordinary look as well. Check it out in the update!
/Joacim
04/18/2010
Hi,
Today I did not only bring my camera to the soon to be museum, I managed to get some pictures inside while the sun peeked through the clouds! As you can see, the entire roof is painted, the roof-girders and pillars still remain to be painted white. The three out of four doors in the pictures are getting removed (with a fifth one not pictured, fire safety!). The rear door will be left in place but screwed shut and a new wall built inside. The two inner doors will be completely removed.
The floor also needs to be recast. On both sides of the middle path were feeding troughs cast in concrete. Since I didn't have access to any heavy tools, I and a few friends hacked everything away bit by bit with sledgehammers. It was hard work but quite fun in small doses! That left the edges of the middle path rough and jagged so the entire floor will be cast to the highest existing level of the floor to even everything out.
Now that the ceiling is painted next up is getting an electrician to install all the lights!
Another piece of fun news is that our friend Per in Norway has sent us more pictures of his bikes! This time of his AS1C and AS3, check them out below!
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today I did not only bring my camera to the soon to be museum, I managed to get some pictures inside while the sun peeked through the clouds! As you can see, the entire roof is painted, the roof-girders and pillars still remain to be painted white. The three out of four doors in the pictures are getting removed (with a fifth one not pictured, fire safety!). The rear door will be left in place but screwed shut and a new wall built inside. The two inner doors will be completely removed.
The floor also needs to be recast. On both sides of the middle path were feeding troughs cast in concrete. Since I didn't have access to any heavy tools, I and a few friends hacked everything away bit by bit with sledgehammers. It was hard work but quite fun in small doses! That left the edges of the middle path rough and jagged so the entire floor will be cast to the highest existing level of the floor to even everything out.
Now that the ceiling is painted next up is getting an electrician to install all the lights!
News 20100418
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Another piece of fun news is that our friend Per in Norway has sent us more pictures of his bikes! This time of his AS1C and AS3, check them out below!
Per AS1C and AS3
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Until next time!
/Joacim
04/14/2010
Hi everyone.
Tonight we have a new update on the second blue AS1, check it out in the project section!
I'm proud to say that we're yet one step closer to opening the museum. The entire room is now painted, what's left is a bit of work on the floor and some additional electical work. All in all it's starting to come together. Sorry but no pictures of it this time, last time I was there with the camera it was too dark outside to get any decent pictures.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Tonight we have a new update on the second blue AS1, check it out in the project section!
I'm proud to say that we're yet one step closer to opening the museum. The entire room is now painted, what's left is a bit of work on the floor and some additional electical work. All in all it's starting to come together. Sorry but no pictures of it this time, last time I was there with the camera it was too dark outside to get any decent pictures.
Until next time!
/Joacim
04/03/2010
Hi,
Today we have two new updates for you, one on the second blue AS1 and one on the special Titan project! Check it out and have a happy easter!
/Joacim
Today we have two new updates for you, one on the second blue AS1 and one on the special Titan project! Check it out and have a happy easter!
/Joacim
03/30/2010
Hi everyone!
First of all, big thanks for everyone who visited us at Yamaha Center during the Yamaha days this past weekend. It was great to meet so many of you. For those of you who didn't get the chance to visit, either because you had other plans or because you're on the other side of the world, we've prepared a special photo update of the event!
On top of that we also have an extraordinary story to tell. Below is Kristian, he works at Yamaha Center Helsingborg. Little over a month ago he was competing in a roadrace in Spain when suddendly, on the fastest straight of the track, the front wheel of his bike locks up!
At over 240 km/h he was thrown of his bike and skid on the pavement for more than 200m. He suffered many bruises and broken bones. After all that he's back on his feet again and back at Yamaha Center! It's great to see him up and running, we all wish him a speedy recovery.
As you can see below, the place was packed even though (of maybe because?) the weather was bad.
/Joacim
First of all, big thanks for everyone who visited us at Yamaha Center during the Yamaha days this past weekend. It was great to meet so many of you. For those of you who didn't get the chance to visit, either because you had other plans or because you're on the other side of the world, we've prepared a special photo update of the event!
On top of that we also have an extraordinary story to tell. Below is Kristian, he works at Yamaha Center Helsingborg. Little over a month ago he was competing in a roadrace in Spain when suddendly, on the fastest straight of the track, the front wheel of his bike locks up!
At over 240 km/h he was thrown of his bike and skid on the pavement for more than 200m. He suffered many bruises and broken bones. After all that he's back on his feet again and back at Yamaha Center! It's great to see him up and running, we all wish him a speedy recovery.
As you can see below, the place was packed even though (of maybe because?) the weather was bad.
News 20100330
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/Joacim
03/25/2010
Hi Everyone,
A quick update I forgot to write about last time: this weekend it's time for Yamaha Center Helsingborgs annual Yamaha days event with special offers, events and test drives. Once again this year we will be there and show a few select bikes from our collection. If you're close enough to drive I would recommend a visit, it's always great. Check out this link for more information.
At the moment I'm away at a course about running a museum, yet another step on the path to open the museum!
Check out the pictures from last years Yamaha days below:
Instead of that: check out the pictures from this years event above!
/Joacim
A quick update I forgot to write about last time: this weekend it's time for Yamaha Center Helsingborgs annual Yamaha days event with special offers, events and test drives. Once again this year we will be there and show a few select bikes from our collection. If you're close enough to drive I would recommend a visit, it's always great. Check out this link for more information.
At the moment I'm away at a course about running a museum, yet another step on the path to open the museum!
Check out the pictures from last years Yamaha days below:
Instead of that: check out the pictures from this years event above!
/Joacim
03/21/2010
Hi,
We have a new update on our second blue AS1 project. A while back we started the project based on our previous AS1 'Drive' project, we decided to do a complete restoration. Well, now the time has come to begin, we've just got the frame back from paint and have begun our work. Check it out in the project update.
On top of that we've received new pictures from half a world away, from our friend Ross in New Zealand. We've had a few updates of his progress on his Yamaha YL1 over the months. Well, now that time has come, the bike is fully restored! It's a real pearl.
/Joacim
We have a new update on our second blue AS1 project. A while back we started the project based on our previous AS1 'Drive' project, we decided to do a complete restoration. Well, now the time has come to begin, we've just got the frame back from paint and have begun our work. Check it out in the project update.
On top of that we've received new pictures from half a world away, from our friend Ross in New Zealand. We've had a few updates of his progress on his Yamaha YL1 over the months. Well, now that time has come, the bike is fully restored! It's a real pearl.
News 20100321
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/Joacim
03/14/2010
03/04/2010
Hi Everyone,
After two weeks pretty much spent on the road and with work up over the ears it's that time again, time for another update! Since the last update I've not only been stuck on a train in a snowstorm, we've also got a whole lot further on the museum.
The entire ceiling is insulated with mineral wood and prepared for drywall. So far we've even managed to get about two thirds of the drywall in place! We've also build a new wall around the waterpump and accumulator of the property. The next step is to get the remaining one third of the drywall in place, plaster over the screws and get a layer of paint on it. When the weather warms up enough we'll cast the floor. Then all that is left is to run the electricity and get the motorcycles in place. It's not done overnight but we're getting there!
On top of that the guys from Yamaha Center were here today and delivered three new objects from the UK including one of Andy Noble AS3s with 3000km on the meter. They also took the last two AS2Cs (the red and the orange) along with the 'AS2 'Drive''. We really need to get the museum up, we're running out of space!
Until next time!
/Joacim
After two weeks pretty much spent on the road and with work up over the ears it's that time again, time for another update! Since the last update I've not only been stuck on a train in a snowstorm, we've also got a whole lot further on the museum.
The entire ceiling is insulated with mineral wood and prepared for drywall. So far we've even managed to get about two thirds of the drywall in place! We've also build a new wall around the waterpump and accumulator of the property. The next step is to get the remaining one third of the drywall in place, plaster over the screws and get a layer of paint on it. When the weather warms up enough we'll cast the floor. Then all that is left is to run the electricity and get the motorcycles in place. It's not done overnight but we're getting there!
On top of that the guys from Yamaha Center were here today and delivered three new objects from the UK including one of Andy Noble AS3s with 3000km on the meter. They also took the last two AS2Cs (the red and the orange) along with the 'AS2 'Drive''. We really need to get the museum up, we're running out of space!
News 20100304
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Until next time!
/Joacim
02/14/2010
Hi,
Happy valentines day, hope the day has been good to you so far! Today is a day for the heart, that is why this day is the perfect day to unveil our latest project which will be our main focus the coming weeks. We're doing an AS3 for the band Titan, a young melodic rock band with great potential! This project will be a bit different from all our previous projects and we hope it will help them! Check out the project update.
Be sure to check them out at www.titantheband.com or www.myspace.com/titantheband. They're a new band and as always with new bands it's a struggle to get out and get heard, so do your part if you like them: send the links to your friends, coworkers and families. And if you really like them you can purchase their EP 'Steps' and help some musicians out! Links to stores can be fount below. Take a listen to two of the tracks from the EP below as well!
CDON, Target Records, AOR Heaven, Rock Avenue Records
/Joacim
Happy valentines day, hope the day has been good to you so far! Today is a day for the heart, that is why this day is the perfect day to unveil our latest project which will be our main focus the coming weeks. We're doing an AS3 for the band Titan, a young melodic rock band with great potential! This project will be a bit different from all our previous projects and we hope it will help them! Check out the project update.
Be sure to check them out at www.titantheband.com or www.myspace.com/titantheband. They're a new band and as always with new bands it's a struggle to get out and get heard, so do your part if you like them: send the links to your friends, coworkers and families. And if you really like them you can purchase their EP 'Steps' and help some musicians out! Links to stores can be fount below. Take a listen to two of the tracks from the EP below as well!
CDON, Target Records, AOR Heaven, Rock Avenue Records
/Joacim
02/08/2010
Hello,
The update today is actually a four parter. It could have been a five parter but instead you get four now and one later!
Starting things of: we got a brand new side cover for the orange AS2C in the mail from the US, now it is truly complete. Head on over to the project update and take a look.
We got 6 frames back after getting them sandblasted, now they're nothing but clean gray metal. Over the year they will get put back together. Three of them are AS3 frames and three are AS1 frames. All the paperwork to get them registered is ready, all they need is a coat of paint and then we can get started.
During the last few months we've been in contact with fellow enthusiast Greg in Australia and have helped him out with his restoration of an AS3. He just sent us a picture of his progress so far and it's looking good! We'll be following his progress with his bike over coming months!
We have also received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Per in Norway of his top notch AS1. It is actually the bike he first owned when he was 15 and he has restored to top condition.
Keep your eyes peeled during the week for the next update!
/Joacim
The update today is actually a four parter. It could have been a five parter but instead you get four now and one later!
Starting things of: we got a brand new side cover for the orange AS2C in the mail from the US, now it is truly complete. Head on over to the project update and take a look.
We got 6 frames back after getting them sandblasted, now they're nothing but clean gray metal. Over the year they will get put back together. Three of them are AS3 frames and three are AS1 frames. All the paperwork to get them registered is ready, all they need is a coat of paint and then we can get started.
News 20100208
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During the last few months we've been in contact with fellow enthusiast Greg in Australia and have helped him out with his restoration of an AS3. He just sent us a picture of his progress so far and it's looking good! We'll be following his progress with his bike over coming months!
Gregs AS3
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We have also received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Per in Norway of his top notch AS1. It is actually the bike he first owned when he was 15 and he has restored to top condition.
Pers AS1
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Keep your eyes peeled during the week for the next update!
/Joacim
02/02/2010
Hi,
Due to a snowstorm this update is two days late! This has been the coldest January since 1987, apart from that the only time it has been colder was in 1942. Cold is the word to sum things up!
Even though it has been cold as hell, we've still managed to complete the restoration of the second orange AS2C! Check it out in the project update.
When we first started with our restorations we didn't even think we would find a single AS2C, but thanks to a bit of luck, contacts through the website and a lot of effort we've managed to find a few. Now the last two restorations have both been AS2Cs!
/Joacim
Due to a snowstorm this update is two days late! This has been the coldest January since 1987, apart from that the only time it has been colder was in 1942. Cold is the word to sum things up!
Even though it has been cold as hell, we've still managed to complete the restoration of the second orange AS2C! Check it out in the project update.
When we first started with our restorations we didn't even think we would find a single AS2C, but thanks to a bit of luck, contacts through the website and a lot of effort we've managed to find a few. Now the last two restorations have both been AS2Cs!
News 20100201
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/Joacim
01/25/2010
Hi everyone,
Here come the somewhat overdue update. Unsurprisingly we've continued working on the orange AS2C, it's almost done now. Take a look at the project update!
A few days ago we got an email from fellow Yamaha enthusiast Martin in Switzerland with pictures of some of his motorcycles. Feast your eyes on these beauties.
/Joacim
Here come the somewhat overdue update. Unsurprisingly we've continued working on the orange AS2C, it's almost done now. Take a look at the project update!
A few days ago we got an email from fellow Yamaha enthusiast Martin in Switzerland with pictures of some of his motorcycles. Feast your eyes on these beauties.
News 20100125
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/Joacim
01/17/2010
01/12/2010
01/06/2010
Hi everyone,
Happy new decade to all! We'll start of the year with some great news. We've finished digitizing the part guides for the AS1 and AS2, both the regular models and scrambler versions, and the AS3. You'll be able to find them permanently in the FAQ/Help section (previously the Walkthrough section) and below! You may have them for personal use, hope this helps you in your own projects!
/Joacim
Happy new decade to all! We'll start of the year with some great news. We've finished digitizing the part guides for the AS1 and AS2, both the regular models and scrambler versions, and the AS3. You'll be able to find them permanently in the FAQ/Help section (previously the Walkthrough section) and below! You may have them for personal use, hope this helps you in your own projects!
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| Yamaha AS3 parts guide |
/Joacim
12/28/2009
Hi,
Today I have some very exciting and long awaited news but before I get to that let's go over the regular things.
We have a brand new build update on the second orange AS2C, it'll be our main project for the rest of the holidays so hopefully we'll make good progress.
Now to the really important news: Over the past few months I've mentioned that we were in the process of developing replica seats for the AS1 and AS2 models. Well, now we've finally received the finished product! They consist of a fiberglass baseplate that has been molded of the original metal, it's identical to the original except for the material. Not that unexpectedly they use a foam cushion, again molded after the original. And finally they use a fake leather exterion that's been chosen to as closely as possible look like Yamahas original. They are true to the original seats in every possible way.
Now why did we develop these seats? In the beginning our plan was to get enough seats for our own restorations seeing as they are next to impossible to get a hold of. Over the time it has taken us to develop them we've been contacted by quite a few of you who also need seats for your restorations so we've decided to offer them up for sale. Initially we'll send an order for a bunch of seats early next year (second week of january), both for ourselves and also for those of you who need seats.
Those of you who've already contacted us, I'll send out information about the seats to you. If you've contacted us about the seats but don't receive and email from me in the next day or two, send us another email yourselves, I've got quite the list of people to go through :)
For those of you who want seats, send me an email at: joacim@yamaparts.com
Now, the moment you've been waiting for: pictures of the seats!
/Joacim
Today I have some very exciting and long awaited news but before I get to that let's go over the regular things.
We have a brand new build update on the second orange AS2C, it'll be our main project for the rest of the holidays so hopefully we'll make good progress.
Now to the really important news: Over the past few months I've mentioned that we were in the process of developing replica seats for the AS1 and AS2 models. Well, now we've finally received the finished product! They consist of a fiberglass baseplate that has been molded of the original metal, it's identical to the original except for the material. Not that unexpectedly they use a foam cushion, again molded after the original. And finally they use a fake leather exterion that's been chosen to as closely as possible look like Yamahas original. They are true to the original seats in every possible way.
Now why did we develop these seats? In the beginning our plan was to get enough seats for our own restorations seeing as they are next to impossible to get a hold of. Over the time it has taken us to develop them we've been contacted by quite a few of you who also need seats for your restorations so we've decided to offer them up for sale. Initially we'll send an order for a bunch of seats early next year (second week of january), both for ourselves and also for those of you who need seats.
Those of you who've already contacted us, I'll send out information about the seats to you. If you've contacted us about the seats but don't receive and email from me in the next day or two, send us another email yourselves, I've got quite the list of people to go through :)
For those of you who want seats, send me an email at: joacim@yamaparts.com
Now, the moment you've been waiting for: pictures of the seats!
News 20091228
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/Joacim
12/24/2009
Merry Christmas from Yamaparts!
/Joacim and Ole
News 20091224
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/Joacim and Ole
12/06/2009
Hi
After what might apear to have been a longer intermission that normal, we're back for christmas. The truth of the matter is that most of what we've been doing has been behind the scenes type of stuff, not that fun to read or write about...
Well now we have two new projects, or zero depending on how you view it. More than a year ago we got an orange AS2C from England, last christmas we disassembled it but then a lot of other motorcycles came in between. So now after almost a year of nothing we're starting up the second orange AS2C project! As of now not much has happened, we've merely put the frame on the bench, but it's a start! Where last year we disassembled it over christmas, we'll put it back together this year.
And the second new project is also a bit of an old project. We've decided to do a complete restoration on our 'AS1 'Drive'' project. After the great result we got with the 'AS2J 'Drive'' project we felt that the AS1 wasn't quite up to scratch so we've decided to do a complete restoration instead. At the moment we're disassemblind it and sending it to Bassels to get painted, when it returns it'll be blue. Hence the project name: AS1 Blue2. A fun fact is that the very first restoration project we did on the site was a blue AS1, now we've come full circle and are restoring a new blue AS1.
Other than that we received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Robson in Brazil from a big classic bike meet in Rio de Janeiro. A lot of nice bikes and even more sunshine, something missing in the cold dark north.
/Joacim
After what might apear to have been a longer intermission that normal, we're back for christmas. The truth of the matter is that most of what we've been doing has been behind the scenes type of stuff, not that fun to read or write about...
Well now we have two new projects, or zero depending on how you view it. More than a year ago we got an orange AS2C from England, last christmas we disassembled it but then a lot of other motorcycles came in between. So now after almost a year of nothing we're starting up the second orange AS2C project! As of now not much has happened, we've merely put the frame on the bench, but it's a start! Where last year we disassembled it over christmas, we'll put it back together this year.
And the second new project is also a bit of an old project. We've decided to do a complete restoration on our 'AS1 'Drive'' project. After the great result we got with the 'AS2J 'Drive'' project we felt that the AS1 wasn't quite up to scratch so we've decided to do a complete restoration instead. At the moment we're disassemblind it and sending it to Bassels to get painted, when it returns it'll be blue. Hence the project name: AS1 Blue2. A fun fact is that the very first restoration project we did on the site was a blue AS1, now we've come full circle and are restoring a new blue AS1.
Other than that we received a whole bunch of pictures from our friend Robson in Brazil from a big classic bike meet in Rio de Janeiro. A lot of nice bikes and even more sunshine, something missing in the cold dark north.
News 20091206
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/Joacim
11/15/2009
We've managed to get a hold of a NOS marine blue fuel tank for the AS3. It's amazing to see what is still out there, all of these parts have been out of production for decades yet somehow parts still in their original box turn up now and then. It's exciting to think about the amount of things that lay gathering dust in storage all over the world. In the end someone either discovers it or it's destroyed by time. I can't help but wonder what we'll find next.
/Joacim
News 20091114
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/Joacim
11/08/2009
Hi,
You know all those motorcycles we got a few weeks back? Well, now we've completely disassembled every last one of them! All that's left is a mountain of parts. To summarize things: we've got material for a number of new projects, though none that we will start right now, and a ton of spare parts.
We just received two brand new exhaust pipes for our AS3 Europa project from our friend Jean-Louis in France, they even had the original price tags on them: 297 Franc.
On top of that we've repaired a generator for future use, we recently got hold of a new AS1 generator, as a bonus in that trade we got another new AS1 generator that was damaged for parts. It turns out the damage was a crack in the cast aluminium ring at the bottom making it impossible to fit on a motorcycle. Luckily we had a spare ring for the generator, the result: another new working generator.
/Joacim
You know all those motorcycles we got a few weeks back? Well, now we've completely disassembled every last one of them! All that's left is a mountain of parts. To summarize things: we've got material for a number of new projects, though none that we will start right now, and a ton of spare parts.
We just received two brand new exhaust pipes for our AS3 Europa project from our friend Jean-Louis in France, they even had the original price tags on them: 297 Franc.
On top of that we've repaired a generator for future use, we recently got hold of a new AS1 generator, as a bonus in that trade we got another new AS1 generator that was damaged for parts. It turns out the damage was a crack in the cast aluminium ring at the bottom making it impossible to fit on a motorcycle. Luckily we had a spare ring for the generator, the result: another new working generator.
News 20091108
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/Joacim
10/26/2009
Hi everyone!
As always when there's a lot of things to do, time just never seems to be enough. However there is always a point when things start to ease up and you find yourself with more time on your hands than you expect, now if that's because you have less to do or if you're just better at getting things done compared to before varies.
The point is that after two weeks of little activity it's time to get moving once more! Ironically we hit a new weekly record in the number of visitors to the site week 42. On average we have more than 150 unique visitors each day with a lot of you visiting more than just once, a number that seemed like a distant dream not long ago.
Now on to the real news! We've put the AS2J 'Drive' back together again and taken it out for a test drive, it runs like a dream. You can see the finished result on the project page along with the same video of the test drive as below. Annoyingly the battery in the camera died about the same time as it started raining so the video ends a bit abruptly.
One of the first people we got in contact with when we started restoring the 125s a few years back was a man named Jan from Norway, he was a big help for us. He's recently uploaded a couple of videos of his AS3 up and running on youtube, you should check them out!
/Joacim
As always when there's a lot of things to do, time just never seems to be enough. However there is always a point when things start to ease up and you find yourself with more time on your hands than you expect, now if that's because you have less to do or if you're just better at getting things done compared to before varies.
The point is that after two weeks of little activity it's time to get moving once more! Ironically we hit a new weekly record in the number of visitors to the site week 42. On average we have more than 150 unique visitors each day with a lot of you visiting more than just once, a number that seemed like a distant dream not long ago.
Now on to the real news! We've put the AS2J 'Drive' back together again and taken it out for a test drive, it runs like a dream. You can see the finished result on the project page along with the same video of the test drive as below. Annoyingly the battery in the camera died about the same time as it started raining so the video ends a bit abruptly.
News 20091025
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One of the first people we got in contact with when we started restoring the 125s a few years back was a man named Jan from Norway, he was a big help for us. He's recently uploaded a couple of videos of his AS3 up and running on youtube, you should check them out!
/Joacim
10/07/2009
Hi
It has been a few intense weeks here at Yamaparts, both with the motorcycles and in the rest of my life. We've just had four (4!) new bikes delivered! Two AS3 and two AS1. And three of them are in surprisingly good condition, fit for restoration. One of the AS3s though was a bit worse but it can still be used for parts, it's the one on the bench with the crazy handlebar! But still, overall they are nice, the paint is not terribly faded which is a good sign though you can never know for sure until you open them up!
Unfortunately I have a bit of bad news: due to a bit of a scheduling issue my time is severely limited the coming two weeks so the updates will be a bit further apart and I won't be able to answer all the questions we get as quickly as before but don't fear, I will answer them :)
And before that: the second red AS2C project is complete! We have a full gallery up as well, you can find it here. The nice thing about this AS2C is the fact that all the painted parts apart from the frame and swing arm, the frond and rear fender and the seat are all brand new original parts! Finding the parts are getting harder and harder but we managed to pull this one together!
/Joacim
It has been a few intense weeks here at Yamaparts, both with the motorcycles and in the rest of my life. We've just had four (4!) new bikes delivered! Two AS3 and two AS1. And three of them are in surprisingly good condition, fit for restoration. One of the AS3s though was a bit worse but it can still be used for parts, it's the one on the bench with the crazy handlebar! But still, overall they are nice, the paint is not terribly faded which is a good sign though you can never know for sure until you open them up!
Unfortunately I have a bit of bad news: due to a bit of a scheduling issue my time is severely limited the coming two weeks so the updates will be a bit further apart and I won't be able to answer all the questions we get as quickly as before but don't fear, I will answer them :)
And before that: the second red AS2C project is complete! We have a full gallery up as well, you can find it here. The nice thing about this AS2C is the fact that all the painted parts apart from the frame and swing arm, the frond and rear fender and the seat are all brand new original parts! Finding the parts are getting harder and harder but we managed to pull this one together!
News 20091007
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/Joacim
09/20/2009
Hi everyone!
Today we've got a new update on the second red AS2C, it's as good as complete now, just a few missing pieces.
The AS2J we got for the AS2J 'Drive' project recently is turning out better and better. With a bit of cleaning and polish the finish on the side covers is almost as good as new. Granted there's a few scratches here and there but overall it looks great! We'll probably use it as a up and running show bike and drive it to various shows, the regular restorations run better because of their complete overhauls but driving them damages them so it's good to have a bike that won't take a noticeable hit when driven.
/Joacim
Today we've got a new update on the second red AS2C, it's as good as complete now, just a few missing pieces.
The AS2J we got for the AS2J 'Drive' project recently is turning out better and better. With a bit of cleaning and polish the finish on the side covers is almost as good as new. Granted there's a few scratches here and there but overall it looks great! We'll probably use it as a up and running show bike and drive it to various shows, the regular restorations run better because of their complete overhauls but driving them damages them so it's good to have a bike that won't take a noticeable hit when driven.
News 20090920
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/Joacim
09/14/2009
Hi,
Today we have two new project updates for you! One of them is on the 'AS3 'Europa'', it's in pieces now and ready to get sandblasted. The other one is a brand new project aptly named 'AS2J 'Drive''. We got a new AS2J from Germany a few days ago, it has only been drived 7000km and is in great condition so we decided that we would get it up and running! We got it cheap as well, it had been listed as Yamaha Baujahr 71 on the German ebay so pretty much no one found it :)
/Joacim
Today we have two new project updates for you! One of them is on the 'AS3 'Europa'', it's in pieces now and ready to get sandblasted. The other one is a brand new project aptly named 'AS2J 'Drive''. We got a new AS2J from Germany a few days ago, it has only been drived 7000km and is in great condition so we decided that we would get it up and running! We got it cheap as well, it had been listed as Yamaha Baujahr 71 on the German ebay so pretty much no one found it :)
/Joacim
09/06/2009
Hi!
Tonight we have two updates, both of which have been plagued with mishaps and ironically so have this update itself. After attempting to upload the pictures for tonights update time and time again to no avail I was extremely close to giving up out of pure frustration. Every time I tried to upload them they would start alright but then loose connection halfway through. Fortunately it worked at last so we could bring you the latest news! We have one update of the 'AS3 'Europa'' and one of the second red AS2C!
Until next time!
/Joacim
Tonight we have two updates, both of which have been plagued with mishaps and ironically so have this update itself. After attempting to upload the pictures for tonights update time and time again to no avail I was extremely close to giving up out of pure frustration. Every time I tried to upload them they would start alright but then loose connection halfway through. Fortunately it worked at last so we could bring you the latest news! We have one update of the 'AS3 'Europa'' and one of the second red AS2C!
Until next time!
/Joacim
08/30/2009
Hi,
Tonight we have a whole slew of updates. The final update on the 'AS1 'Drive'' project is in place, the skies cleared up long enough to give me time to take the pictures.
When we started with the walkthroughs a few updates back we used the AS2C we were restoring as the base for them, what we realized is that since the scrambler is different in quite a few places compared to regular model all the walkthroughs were filled with remarks about the differences and became a bit confusing. So we decided that we will use another bike as the base for the walkthroughs and just restore the AS2C as we normally would, that means it'll go a lot quicker :). You can see the update here.
We've also got a new project, the AS3 Europa, we got the bike from Germany which meant it was the AS3 Europa version that was sold in Western Germany. We've received a lot of AS3s from Germany, they have all been the Europa version, but we've always converted them to the regular version. For once we decided to keep is in the original Europa version.
/Joacim
Tonight we have a whole slew of updates. The final update on the 'AS1 'Drive'' project is in place, the skies cleared up long enough to give me time to take the pictures.
When we started with the walkthroughs a few updates back we used the AS2C we were restoring as the base for them, what we realized is that since the scrambler is different in quite a few places compared to regular model all the walkthroughs were filled with remarks about the differences and became a bit confusing. So we decided that we will use another bike as the base for the walkthroughs and just restore the AS2C as we normally would, that means it'll go a lot quicker :). You can see the update here.
We've also got a new project, the AS3 Europa, we got the bike from Germany which meant it was the AS3 Europa version that was sold in Western Germany. We've received a lot of AS3s from Germany, they have all been the Europa version, but we've always converted them to the regular version. For once we decided to keep is in the original Europa version.
/Joacim
08/26/2009
Despite the bad weather we've been having down here we got a quick little video of the AS1 up and running! With the new breakers and capacitors it starts with the very first kick, runs smoothly in idle and revs well. A quick pull of the throttle sends it up on the back wheel, not bad. The funny thing is that mechanically all we did was clean the engine out, replace the cylinder heads and put new spark plugs in place. The cylinder heads were even used ones that we had cleaned before! The carburettors did get a complete overhaul though, they were ok but it's an easy thing to do and usually makes the bike run much smoother.
There is quite a bit of smoke coming from the left exhaust, both the exhaust pipes have been cleaned as good as possible, however since the left cylinder was running a bit off before (It was full of residue of something, no idea what) there is a good bit of oil left in the left pipe. It will burn off with time though :)
A general tip when you've restored one of these old motorcycles: in all the guides and workshop manuals it says that you need to run the first tank of petrol with oil in it, this is because the oil lines are empty when starting the bike for the first time. This combined with the tight fit of a new engine means that it can easily cease and break when the temperature rises because of the added friction.
You can get around this by manually turning the sprocket for the oil pump until you see the oil reach the cylinders (At least it can be done with the Yamaha 125s), then it will be lubricated as usual when you start it, even for the first time. Though it's a good precaution to have some oil in the tank just in case.
There is quite a bit of smoke coming from the left exhaust, both the exhaust pipes have been cleaned as good as possible, however since the left cylinder was running a bit off before (It was full of residue of something, no idea what) there is a good bit of oil left in the left pipe. It will burn off with time though :)
A general tip when you've restored one of these old motorcycles: in all the guides and workshop manuals it says that you need to run the first tank of petrol with oil in it, this is because the oil lines are empty when starting the bike for the first time. This combined with the tight fit of a new engine means that it can easily cease and break when the temperature rises because of the added friction.
You can get around this by manually turning the sprocket for the oil pump until you see the oil reach the cylinders (At least it can be done with the Yamaha 125s), then it will be lubricated as usual when you start it, even for the first time. Though it's a good precaution to have some oil in the tank just in case.
08/24/2009
We've got the AS1 up and running! As it turned out it was the contact breakers together with the capacitors that had gone sour. When we took a closer look at it the tips of the breakers were completely worn down. With them replace the bike started on the first kick :)
We'll have a video and some more pictures soon!
/Joacim
We'll have a video and some more pictures soon!
/Joacim
08/16/2009
Hi everyone,
Tonight we have a a couple of project updates and more for you!
We have a new update on the 'AS1 'Drive'' project, we've hit a snag so unfortunately we don't have it up and running just yet, otherwise we would have had a video of it here.
There is also a brand new project for which you've already seen a preview of sorts, a brand new AS2C, we'll make this one red as well so we've given the project the self explanatory name AS2C Red2. It will also act as the base for our restoration walkthroughs so you've already seen parts of it in the assembling the rear suspension walkthrough with more parts coming in a day ;)
As you know we're always on the lookout for new motorcycles and now with the museum coming ever closer we're looking wider and wider. We were recently contacted by a man with a 1984 RD500, so we went to have a look. It's still in the works but in the meantime you can enjoy some pictures of this little 500cc bike that performed like a 1000cc!
/Joacim
Tonight we have a a couple of project updates and more for you!
We have a new update on the 'AS1 'Drive'' project, we've hit a snag so unfortunately we don't have it up and running just yet, otherwise we would have had a video of it here.
There is also a brand new project for which you've already seen a preview of sorts, a brand new AS2C, we'll make this one red as well so we've given the project the self explanatory name AS2C Red2. It will also act as the base for our restoration walkthroughs so you've already seen parts of it in the assembling the rear suspension walkthrough with more parts coming in a day ;)
As you know we're always on the lookout for new motorcycles and now with the museum coming ever closer we're looking wider and wider. We were recently contacted by a man with a 1984 RD500, so we went to have a look. It's still in the works but in the meantime you can enjoy some pictures of this little 500cc bike that performed like a 1000cc!
News 20090816
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/Joacim
08/09/2009
Hi!
Tonight we have an update on our AS1 'Drive' project, we've spent the last week cleaning and polishing it to bring it from a grimy rusted husk to something that resembles what rolled out of the factory. It was quite good to start with but as soon as you peel away the covers you find a lot of problem areas.
You can catch our progress in the project update!
/Joacim
Tonight we have an update on our AS1 'Drive' project, we've spent the last week cleaning and polishing it to bring it from a grimy rusted husk to something that resembles what rolled out of the factory. It was quite good to start with but as soon as you peel away the covers you find a lot of problem areas.
You can catch our progress in the project update!
/Joacim
08/02/2009
Hi everyone!
Today is the start of something new here at Yamaparts, we've started with our walkthroughs! If you look at the top menu row you can see the new 'Walkthroughs' button between the 'Gallery' and 'Project' tabs. The walkthroughs are of every step in the process and will be filled with what we've learned while restoring. At the moment we've just got walkthroughs of how to assemble and disassemble the rear suspension but there's more coming real soon :)
We also have a new project: a brand new AS1. This one is destined for quite another fate than the other ones we have though. Click through to the project update and read more! The actual update itselft sort of acts like a guide on how to disassemble one of these bikes, there's pictures of every step in the process.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today is the start of something new here at Yamaparts, we've started with our walkthroughs! If you look at the top menu row you can see the new 'Walkthroughs' button between the 'Gallery' and 'Project' tabs. The walkthroughs are of every step in the process and will be filled with what we've learned while restoring. At the moment we've just got walkthroughs of how to assemble and disassemble the rear suspension but there's more coming real soon :)
We also have a new project: a brand new AS1. This one is destined for quite another fate than the other ones we have though. Click through to the project update and read more! The actual update itselft sort of acts like a guide on how to disassemble one of these bikes, there's pictures of every step in the process.
Until next time!
/Joacim
07/29/2009
Hi!
It's about time we post some news about the upcoming Yamaparts Museum! We've gotten the demolition part of the museum done, the old ceiling from early 20th century is torn down to exposte the wooden beams that support the upper part of the building. Because the top had been used as hay storage for more than 100 years, a lot of dust and straws had slipped through the cracks of the floor on to the ceiling, when we tore it down we got a face full of dust! All the boards of the ceiling were covered in between 5 to 15 cm of dust! To top that of: because this was hay dust it itched madly when you got it on you. After the boards were down all that was left was to remove all the hundreds of nails that were stuck in the beams. A lot of the heads on the nails had rusted away as they were exposed to a lot of moisture when animals were kept in the building making them a pain to remove.
The floor had been sledgehammered down in order to allow for a new floor to be laid. The walls have been patched and painted with several layers of white paint.
All in all the rooms is ready to become a museum, we've still got a good bit to go, the new ceiling has to be built, the floors fixed, all the electricity wired and all the bikes moved there but we're on our way!
/Joacim
It's about time we post some news about the upcoming Yamaparts Museum! We've gotten the demolition part of the museum done, the old ceiling from early 20th century is torn down to exposte the wooden beams that support the upper part of the building. Because the top had been used as hay storage for more than 100 years, a lot of dust and straws had slipped through the cracks of the floor on to the ceiling, when we tore it down we got a face full of dust! All the boards of the ceiling were covered in between 5 to 15 cm of dust! To top that of: because this was hay dust it itched madly when you got it on you. After the boards were down all that was left was to remove all the hundreds of nails that were stuck in the beams. A lot of the heads on the nails had rusted away as they were exposed to a lot of moisture when animals were kept in the building making them a pain to remove.
The floor had been sledgehammered down in order to allow for a new floor to be laid. The walls have been patched and painted with several layers of white paint.
All in all the rooms is ready to become a museum, we've still got a good bit to go, the new ceiling has to be built, the floors fixed, all the electricity wired and all the bikes moved there but we're on our way!
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/Joacim
07/18/2009
Hi everyone!
Today we have big news, not only have we started a brand new restoration project we have our Honda CB750 up and running!
The honda arrived almost a year ago however we haven't had it started until now! As the key turned in the ignition the bike started right away. It runs beatifully and looks stunning. It's restored by our friends over at Beezeees to better than original condition. The model is a K2 from 1974. We'll have a brand new gallery of it before too long, Until then we have a video of it up and running over at Yamaha Center.
The project is an AS2J, as of yet we haven't decided how we want it so for now it'll be known simply as '6'. You can see the latest update here.
Below are one picture from when we had the bike up and running yesterday and from last year when it arrived.
Today we have big news, not only have we started a brand new restoration project we have our Honda CB750 up and running!
The honda arrived almost a year ago however we haven't had it started until now! As the key turned in the ignition the bike started right away. It runs beatifully and looks stunning. It's restored by our friends over at Beezeees to better than original condition. The model is a K2 from 1974. We'll have a brand new gallery of it before too long, Until then we have a video of it up and running over at Yamaha Center.
The project is an AS2J, as of yet we haven't decided how we want it so for now it'll be known simply as '6'. You can see the latest update here.
Below are one picture from when we had the bike up and running yesterday and from last year when it arrived.
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07/14/2009
Hi!
Today we've got the final gallery of our bike triad up on the site! The red AS3 that Peter Spicer restored a few years back has gotten a tune-up! It's in full running condition aswell, just turn the key and kick away. You can see the full gallery here.
The previous restorations in the project tab has now moved to the completed projects tab to make room for new ones, more on that tomorrow :)
/Joacim
Today we've got the final gallery of our bike triad up on the site! The red AS3 that Peter Spicer restored a few years back has gotten a tune-up! It's in full running condition aswell, just turn the key and kick away. You can see the full gallery here.
The previous restorations in the project tab has now moved to the completed projects tab to make room for new ones, more on that tomorrow :)
/Joacim
07/07/2009
Hi,
The gallery of the second orange AS2J is up and looking extra crispy! You can find it here. Expect the gallery of the red AS3 shortly.
Not that we're done with our earlier projects we will get started on our walkthrough, we'll probably have running updates as usual and then organise them into a complete picture!
/Joacim
The gallery of the second orange AS2J is up and looking extra crispy! You can find it here. Expect the gallery of the red AS3 shortly.
Not that we're done with our earlier projects we will get started on our walkthrough, we'll probably have running updates as usual and then organise them into a complete picture!
/Joacim
06/28/2009
Hi everyone!
I Hope you're enjoying the summer, because we sure are, the temperatures are up and the sun is shining! We've completed the blue AS1C, it was as good as done in the last update but now we've gotten the last few pieces in place, you can see the last update here.
On top of that we've got the first of the three upcoming galleries done: the first bike up is, fittingly, the blue AS1C. We started of shooting the pictures outside in the sun, unfortunately some problems with firing the flashes to lighten the shadows on the bike meant we had to move it inside for the detail shots. That meant that instead of basking in the sunshine for a few hours I was confined to a small room with no windows and lacking ventilation for crawling around with a camera. Needless to say it got ridiculously warm in there! The end result more than justifies the temporary inconvenience, the bike is looking insanely good! You can see the gallery here.
We've also recieved pictures from Alan in South Africa of his FS1, be sure to head over to the friends section and take a look, it's a real pearl.
Until next time!
/Joacim
I Hope you're enjoying the summer, because we sure are, the temperatures are up and the sun is shining! We've completed the blue AS1C, it was as good as done in the last update but now we've gotten the last few pieces in place, you can see the last update here.
On top of that we've got the first of the three upcoming galleries done: the first bike up is, fittingly, the blue AS1C. We started of shooting the pictures outside in the sun, unfortunately some problems with firing the flashes to lighten the shadows on the bike meant we had to move it inside for the detail shots. That meant that instead of basking in the sunshine for a few hours I was confined to a small room with no windows and lacking ventilation for crawling around with a camera. Needless to say it got ridiculously warm in there! The end result more than justifies the temporary inconvenience, the bike is looking insanely good! You can see the gallery here.
We've also recieved pictures from Alan in South Africa of his FS1, be sure to head over to the friends section and take a look, it's a real pearl.
Until next time!
/Joacim
06/14/2009
Hi,
Today we've got a brand new update on the blue AS1C, it's complete apart from the side covers on the fuel tank. This means we're in a situation we haven't been in before, we now have three bikes that are about to be fotographed for the gallery and each one of them is a different AS model! We have the blue AS1C, the second orange AS2J and the red AS3. The reason for this is that we've rebuilt our workshop! During the last weeks we've had contractors here who've installed new equipment for us, now they are done and we can get back to building more efficiently again :)
We've also recieved quite a lot of pictures from you during the last few weeks so we have a new updates in the friends section, you can see Michael Vallejos AS2C, Ray Conways AS3, Russel Nelsons AS3, Simon Watts AS1 and last but not least Tom Christensens AS3!
Now that summer is here we'll start working on our restoration walkthrough, we'll post the updates as we go along in the coming weeks!
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we've got a brand new update on the blue AS1C, it's complete apart from the side covers on the fuel tank. This means we're in a situation we haven't been in before, we now have three bikes that are about to be fotographed for the gallery and each one of them is a different AS model! We have the blue AS1C, the second orange AS2J and the red AS3. The reason for this is that we've rebuilt our workshop! During the last weeks we've had contractors here who've installed new equipment for us, now they are done and we can get back to building more efficiently again :)
We've also recieved quite a lot of pictures from you during the last few weeks so we have a new updates in the friends section, you can see Michael Vallejos AS2C, Ray Conways AS3, Russel Nelsons AS3, Simon Watts AS1 and last but not least Tom Christensens AS3!
Now that summer is here we'll start working on our restoration walkthrough, we'll post the updates as we go along in the coming weeks!
Until next time!
/Joacim
05/30/2009
Hi everyone!
It has been longer since last update than we would have hoped, hopefully this will make up for it :)
Two of the bikes are completed! Both the second orange AS2J and the red AS3 with galleries on their way in the near future so keep your eyes peeled.
During the summer we plan on doing a complete walkthrough on restoring a bike with every last detail described, like a service manual but more comprehensive complete with a lot of pictures and all our special knowledge! It'll be done sometime during late summer or early autumn, something to look forward to!
Until next time!
/Joacim
It has been longer since last update than we would have hoped, hopefully this will make up for it :)
Two of the bikes are completed! Both the second orange AS2J and the red AS3 with galleries on their way in the near future so keep your eyes peeled.
During the summer we plan on doing a complete walkthrough on restoring a bike with every last detail described, like a service manual but more comprehensive complete with a lot of pictures and all our special knowledge! It'll be done sometime during late summer or early autumn, something to look forward to!
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Until next time!
/Joacim
05/09/2009
Hi!
At the moment we're extremely close to completing three different projects but we're just not quite there yet. Each project is waiting for parts and they're all different parts! The second orange AS2J is waiting on the engine, the blue AS1C is waiting on the fuel tank and side covers while the red AS3 is waiting on the rear fender but great news: all of them should be ready in a week of two, then we'll have a massive update in the gallery just in time for the summer!
In the meantime you can check out the progress in the projects: AS1C, AS2J, AS3.
Until next time!
/Joacim
At the moment we're extremely close to completing three different projects but we're just not quite there yet. Each project is waiting for parts and they're all different parts! The second orange AS2J is waiting on the engine, the blue AS1C is waiting on the fuel tank and side covers while the red AS3 is waiting on the rear fender but great news: all of them should be ready in a week of two, then we'll have a massive update in the gallery just in time for the summer!
In the meantime you can check out the progress in the projects: AS1C, AS2J, AS3.
Until next time!
/Joacim
05/03/2009
Hi,
Today we have a couple of new updates. A while ago we recieved a new AS3, now we've disassembled it! It contained a few nice surprises and a lot of old oil...
You can find the update here, since we haven't decided how we will restore it yet you can find it in the general project tab but as soon as we've decided we'll move it :)
A fun thing about it is the handle, it's one of those special heightened ones. It lowers the performance a lot because of the extra air resistance but it gives a special touch of the 70's!
We have also got a big update on the blue AS1C, you can find it here.
/Joacim
Today we have a couple of new updates. A while ago we recieved a new AS3, now we've disassembled it! It contained a few nice surprises and a lot of old oil...
You can find the update here, since we haven't decided how we will restore it yet you can find it in the general project tab but as soon as we've decided we'll move it :)
A fun thing about it is the handle, it's one of those special heightened ones. It lowers the performance a lot because of the extra air resistance but it gives a special touch of the 70's!
We have also got a big update on the blue AS1C, you can find it here.
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/Joacim
04/16/2009
Hello!
Today we've got a brand new project! We've finally decided what to do with the blue AS2J we got a while back, we're going to restore it with a few custom components and other options. We haven't decided what colour it will have yet but soon enough! Head on over to the project to see the entire process of disassembling it!
/Joacim
Today we've got a brand new project! We've finally decided what to do with the blue AS2J we got a while back, we're going to restore it with a few custom components and other options. We haven't decided what colour it will have yet but soon enough! Head on over to the project to see the entire process of disassembling it!
/Joacim
04/06/2009
03/29/2009
Hi!
During this weeked Yamaha Center had their annual Yamaha days and we were there! A lot of people came and talked with us and took a look at some of the bikes. It's always great to meet other restorers and motorcycle enthusiasts.
We've also got quite a lot done with our own bikes, we've got a new update on the red AS3 and a big one on the blue AS1C!
A few weeks ago we got two new AS2Js, one of them was in worse condition than the other so we decided to harvest it for parts, you can see the entire process of disassembling it in the project section.
We snapped some pictures at Yamaha Center while we were there, who knows, maybe you'll see yourself in one of them? As a bonus we got two brand new tires for the AS2J we're restoring, straight from cold storage at Yamaha in Japan!
Until next time!
/Joacim
During this weeked Yamaha Center had their annual Yamaha days and we were there! A lot of people came and talked with us and took a look at some of the bikes. It's always great to meet other restorers and motorcycle enthusiasts.
We've also got quite a lot done with our own bikes, we've got a new update on the red AS3 and a big one on the blue AS1C!
A few weeks ago we got two new AS2Js, one of them was in worse condition than the other so we decided to harvest it for parts, you can see the entire process of disassembling it in the project section.
We snapped some pictures at Yamaha Center while we were there, who knows, maybe you'll see yourself in one of them? As a bonus we got two brand new tires for the AS2J we're restoring, straight from cold storage at Yamaha in Japan!
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Until next time!
/Joacim
03/24/2009
Hi
This weekend Yamaha Center Helsingborg are having their annual Yamaha Day with a lot of special offers and, of course, us!
We'll be there with a whole bunch of our motorcycles (almost all of them!) from the AS1 to our Kawasaki Mach III. It's always a nice day with a lot of motorcycles! We've got some pictures of when we were there last year below, if you've got the chance make sure you stop by!
/Joacim
This weekend Yamaha Center Helsingborg are having their annual Yamaha Day with a lot of special offers and, of course, us!
We'll be there with a whole bunch of our motorcycles (almost all of them!) from the AS1 to our Kawasaki Mach III. It's always a nice day with a lot of motorcycles! We've got some pictures of when we were there last year below, if you've got the chance make sure you stop by!
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03/21/2009
03/08/2009
Hello,
Although it may not show on the site, we've been quite busy lately. First, we've got one new build update and we're starting up a brand new restoration! We've got a bit more done on the blue AS1C and we've decided to give Peter Spicers AS3 a tune-up, over the coming weeks we'll disassemble it, clean and modify it to european spec!
In similar news, we've just recieved two new objects, one blue AS2J and one which is a colour I can't quite place...
We haven't decided what to do with them yet, but we'll probably make at least one custom like the yellow AS3. A fun thing is that the original registration came with one of them, you don't see them every day.
We've also moved our restoration room, so now you'll get a brand new backdrop in the restoration pics! (Those of you who've been reading us since the start will recognize the room as the one we shot the earliest galleries and projects in).
The one part we've been having problems getting for our restorations have always been the seats, they deteriorate over time and are hard to restore. Seeking a solloution to the problem we came to no simple answers, so we decided to do something drastic! Over the past weeks we've been in contact with a replica seat manufacturer, together we've been developing replica seats for the AS1 and AS2 (with AS3 on the way...). They're almost done with just a few minor fixes left to the attachment. The base is fiberglass, molded after the original base. They're pretty much the closest thing you can get to a NOS seat.
Cheers!
Joacim
Although it may not show on the site, we've been quite busy lately. First, we've got one new build update and we're starting up a brand new restoration! We've got a bit more done on the blue AS1C and we've decided to give Peter Spicers AS3 a tune-up, over the coming weeks we'll disassemble it, clean and modify it to european spec!
In similar news, we've just recieved two new objects, one blue AS2J and one which is a colour I can't quite place...
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We haven't decided what to do with them yet, but we'll probably make at least one custom like the yellow AS3. A fun thing is that the original registration came with one of them, you don't see them every day.
We've also moved our restoration room, so now you'll get a brand new backdrop in the restoration pics! (Those of you who've been reading us since the start will recognize the room as the one we shot the earliest galleries and projects in).
The one part we've been having problems getting for our restorations have always been the seats, they deteriorate over time and are hard to restore. Seeking a solloution to the problem we came to no simple answers, so we decided to do something drastic! Over the past weeks we've been in contact with a replica seat manufacturer, together we've been developing replica seats for the AS1 and AS2 (with AS3 on the way...). They're almost done with just a few minor fixes left to the attachment. The base is fiberglass, molded after the original base. They're pretty much the closest thing you can get to a NOS seat.
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Cheers!
Joacim
02/22/2009
Hi!
Today we've got a lot of goodies for you! We have two new project updates, one on the blue AS1C and one on the second orange AS2J, be sure to check them out.
We've got a brand new gallery of the first orange AS2J, you can find it here. Since the AS2J is done now, the project is in the completed projects directory. We're fast running out of space, that's why the AS2J is photographed sideways, we sorely need to get the museum up and running. In the meantime we're gonna take part in the motorcycle days at Yamaha Center in Helsingborg again this year, we'll be there with a lot of the 125's and a few heavier bikes aswell! Make sure you stop by if you're nearby, they will have a lot of special offers and you'll get a chance to see our bikes up close and personal.
We'd also like to congratulate our master painter Bassel, his son was born during the week!
As a last bonus we lined up the three latest completed bikes, all of them will be at Yamaha Center.
Today we've got a lot of goodies for you! We have two new project updates, one on the blue AS1C and one on the second orange AS2J, be sure to check them out.
We've got a brand new gallery of the first orange AS2J, you can find it here. Since the AS2J is done now, the project is in the completed projects directory. We're fast running out of space, that's why the AS2J is photographed sideways, we sorely need to get the museum up and running. In the meantime we're gonna take part in the motorcycle days at Yamaha Center in Helsingborg again this year, we'll be there with a lot of the 125's and a few heavier bikes aswell! Make sure you stop by if you're nearby, they will have a lot of special offers and you'll get a chance to see our bikes up close and personal.
We'd also like to congratulate our master painter Bassel, his son was born during the week!
As a last bonus we lined up the three latest completed bikes, all of them will be at Yamaha Center.
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02/18/2009
Just a quick announcement, we've changed our contact us section. Now we've got a regular email contact instead of the old flash contact form.
This'll hopefully make it easier for us to keep track of all the questions we get :)
/Joacim
This'll hopefully make it easier for us to keep track of all the questions we get :)
/Joacim
02/15/2009
Hello!
Just as promised we still have an update this weekend, we've got a small one on the second orange AS2J project and a bigger one on how to convert an AS1 front fork to an AS1C front fork in the blue AS1C project. Our friend Peter Abelmann also sent us more pictures of his motorcycles, you can see them in the friends section.
We'll be back next week with a bigger one, hopefully a gallery!
/Joacim
Just as promised we still have an update this weekend, we've got a small one on the second orange AS2J project and a bigger one on how to convert an AS1 front fork to an AS1C front fork in the blue AS1C project. Our friend Peter Abelmann also sent us more pictures of his motorcycles, you can see them in the friends section.
We'll be back next week with a bigger one, hopefully a gallery!
/Joacim
02/08/2009
Hi!
Today, or rather yesterday if you noticed, we have a quadruple update barrage - 4 updates in 1!
The first orange AS2J is off the bench, the only thing missing is the headlight, the project can be found here. As the first orange AS2J rolled of the bench the next orange AS2J went up. The project has been slumbering since summer but now it's time to get rolling, it would have been too confusing to restore two orange AS2Js at once...
We've also got a brand new project and a quite rare one at that. We have managed to get our hands on an AS1C. On top of that it is a 1968 model, one of the earliest made. Over the coming weeks it'll grow on the bench, you can see the project here (it will be blue by the way).
One of our friends, Peter Abelmann, in Germany has sent us pictures of his Yamaha collection. The pictures brings summer to mind, an extra bonus when everything is cold and grey.
Unfortunately both I and Ole will be out of town next week so the update will probably be a bit shorter than usual but when we return you'll have the gallery of the first orange AS2J to look forward to!
Cheers!
/Joacim
Today, or rather yesterday if you noticed, we have a quadruple update barrage - 4 updates in 1!
The first orange AS2J is off the bench, the only thing missing is the headlight, the project can be found here. As the first orange AS2J rolled of the bench the next orange AS2J went up. The project has been slumbering since summer but now it's time to get rolling, it would have been too confusing to restore two orange AS2Js at once...
We've also got a brand new project and a quite rare one at that. We have managed to get our hands on an AS1C. On top of that it is a 1968 model, one of the earliest made. Over the coming weeks it'll grow on the bench, you can see the project here (it will be blue by the way).
One of our friends, Peter Abelmann, in Germany has sent us pictures of his Yamaha collection. The pictures brings summer to mind, an extra bonus when everything is cold and grey.
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Unfortunately both I and Ole will be out of town next week so the update will probably be a bit shorter than usual but when we return you'll have the gallery of the first orange AS2J to look forward to!
Cheers!
/Joacim
02/01/2009
Hello!
Today we have a massive update on the orange AS2J for you, it covers both how far the restoration has come and how to assemble the front brake.
We ran into some part trouble, you can read more on that in the project, that kept us from completing it today but if all goes to plan we should have it ready next weekend with a gallery of it as extra sugar on top.
Cheers!
Joacim
Today we have a massive update on the orange AS2J for you, it covers both how far the restoration has come and how to assemble the front brake.
We ran into some part trouble, you can read more on that in the project, that kept us from completing it today but if all goes to plan we should have it ready next weekend with a gallery of it as extra sugar on top.
Cheers!
Joacim
01/25/2009
Hi everyone!
We've got yet another new update tonight, this time creating it went a lot smoother...
The orange AS2J is starting to come together now, you can see the update here.
/Joacim
We've got yet another new update tonight, this time creating it went a lot smoother...
The orange AS2J is starting to come together now, you can see the update here.
/Joacim
01/21/2009
Hello everyone!
We've got a new update on the Orange AS2J tonight, check it out here.
The update almost didn't happen, we ran into some camera problems but some persistance can solve most things :)
Cheers!
Joacim
We've got a new update on the Orange AS2J tonight, check it out here.
The update almost didn't happen, we ran into some camera problems but some persistance can solve most things :)
Cheers!
Joacim
01/18/2009
Hello everyone!
We've got a handful of new things tonight. Our friend Per Bjølsand sent us some more pictures, his AS1C is done now and there's also some pictures of his CS3!
There are two new build updates aswell, we've completely disassembled the orange AS2C so now we can get another new project on the bench. We've also got quite a lot done on the orange AS2J, it's starting to somewhat resemble a motorcycle now.
Now let us be frank here for a while, we haven't gotten as many updates up on the site as we would have liked to, both of us have been busy all winter getting things ready for the spring. Now that things are returning to their normal pace we'll be getting back on track with the updates :)
Cheers!
Joacim & Ole
We've got a handful of new things tonight. Our friend Per Bjølsand sent us some more pictures, his AS1C is done now and there's also some pictures of his CS3!
There are two new build updates aswell, we've completely disassembled the orange AS2C so now we can get another new project on the bench. We've also got quite a lot done on the orange AS2J, it's starting to somewhat resemble a motorcycle now.
Now let us be frank here for a while, we haven't gotten as many updates up on the site as we would have liked to, both of us have been busy all winter getting things ready for the spring. Now that things are returning to their normal pace we'll be getting back on track with the updates :)
Cheers!
Joacim & Ole
01/09/2009
Hello everyone
We've begun one of the new projects, restoring the AS2C we got from england a few weeks ago. It's on the bench and getting disassembled, you can find the update here.
You can see the youtube video we shot of it either here or just a bit further down the page :)
Until next time
/Joacim
We've begun one of the new projects, restoring the AS2C we got from england a few weeks ago. It's on the bench and getting disassembled, you can find the update here.
You can see the youtube video we shot of it either here or just a bit further down the page :)
Until next time
/Joacim
01/04/2009
Happy new year!
In this, the first update of the year, we've got a brand new project, an old Puch Monza! You can find the project update here.
We're also getting started on a bunch of new yamahas: two AS2C and one AS1C
Until next time!
/Joacim
In this, the first update of the year, we've got a brand new project, an old Puch Monza! You can find the project update here.
We're also getting started on a bunch of new yamahas: two AS2C and one AS1C
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Until next time!
/Joacim
12/24/2008
Merry christmas from us at Yamaparts!
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12/13/2008
Hello everyone!
A fun thing happened today: we found the original tags for the newly restored AS2J, the ones that came with it from the factory in Japan! We've also recieved a new load of parts from roffes motor, they've been stored cool and dry since they arrived from the factory so they're in great shape.
We've also created a brand new gallery for one of our friends, Per Bjølsand in Norway. You can see some of his bikes including an AS1C, AS3 and TX750 here.
It's drawing close to christmas, until then we're as busy as everyone this time of year but, you can expect to see a lot of project updates and perhaps even some finished bikes during the holiday so keep your eyes peeled ;)
Until next time!
/Joacim
A fun thing happened today: we found the original tags for the newly restored AS2J, the ones that came with it from the factory in Japan! We've also recieved a new load of parts from roffes motor, they've been stored cool and dry since they arrived from the factory so they're in great shape.
We've also created a brand new gallery for one of our friends, Per Bjølsand in Norway. You can see some of his bikes including an AS1C, AS3 and TX750 here.
It's drawing close to christmas, until then we're as busy as everyone this time of year but, you can expect to see a lot of project updates and perhaps even some finished bikes during the holiday so keep your eyes peeled ;)
Until next time!
/Joacim
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12/07/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we've got a brand new gallery for you, the pictures of the second blue AS2J are done and can be seen here. The project can still be found in the completed projects tab.
/Joacim
Tonight we've got a brand new gallery for you, the pictures of the second blue AS2J are done and can be seen here. The project can still be found in the completed projects tab.
/Joacim
11/30/2008
Hello everyone!
We've got a quick update tonight with a bit of a bonus. There's a new update on the first orange AS2J, the engine is in place now and it can stand on its own.
When you bought kits with all the seals for Yamaha bikes of the time, a lot of them came from Noboru Packing Co. The guy on them does not look amused, beware of immitations!
We've got a quick update tonight with a bit of a bonus. There's a new update on the first orange AS2J, the engine is in place now and it can stand on its own.
When you bought kits with all the seals for Yamaha bikes of the time, a lot of them came from Noboru Packing Co. The guy on them does not look amused, beware of immitations!
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11/26/2008
Hello everyone!
The gallery of the second red AS1 is up and can be seen here. I've moved the project to the completed projects tab, it can still be seen with any of the previous links to it (and using this link too).
Keep your eyes peeled for the next update!
/Joacim
The gallery of the second red AS1 is up and can be seen here. I've moved the project to the completed projects tab, it can still be seen with any of the previous links to it (and using this link too).
Keep your eyes peeled for the next update!
/Joacim
11/23/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we've had a first here at yamaparts, we've finished two motorcycles in one day! Both the second red AS1 and the second blue AS2J are done! We've got major project updates for both of them and a piece of useful advice on the AS2J project...
We've got galleries of both coming, keep your eyes open, we'll have both of them ready soon :)
Until then this will hopefully do:
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we've had a first here at yamaparts, we've finished two motorcycles in one day! Both the second red AS1 and the second blue AS2J are done! We've got major project updates for both of them and a piece of useful advice on the AS2J project...
We've got galleries of both coming, keep your eyes open, we'll have both of them ready soon :)
Until then this will hopefully do:
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/Joacim
11/16/2008
Hello everyone!
Sorry for the lack of updates lately, we've been quite busy the last two weeks, but now we're back with a vengeance! We've got two new updates tonight and a fun announcement. There's a big update on the second red AS1, it's almost done, and a quick one on the first orange AS2J.
The last of the parts for the second blue AS2J (just to refresh your memory, here is the project) are ready, if all goes to plan we'll have it ready next weekend and have a brand new gallery of it not long after!
And as an extra bonus we shot a quick video of the new orange AS2C that arrived from britain not long ago when it's up and running:
Sorry for the lack of updates lately, we've been quite busy the last two weeks, but now we're back with a vengeance! We've got two new updates tonight and a fun announcement. There's a big update on the second red AS1, it's almost done, and a quick one on the first orange AS2J.
The last of the parts for the second blue AS2J (just to refresh your memory, here is the project) are ready, if all goes to plan we'll have it ready next weekend and have a brand new gallery of it not long after!
And as an extra bonus we shot a quick video of the new orange AS2C that arrived from britain not long ago when it's up and running:
10/30/2008
Hello everyone!
Back again with another update on the second red AS1. A lot of things has happened since the last update, you can see the progress in the project update. So far it's turning out great. We are lucky to have all the painted parts NOS for it so progress is quick :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
Back again with another update on the second red AS1. A lot of things has happened since the last update, you can see the progress in the project update. So far it's turning out great. We are lucky to have all the painted parts NOS for it so progress is quick :)
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Until next time!
/Joacim
10/27/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we have some great news, a new AS2C has just been delivered to us from England. It's currently at Yamaha Center but it'll be ready to go home as soon as we can clear up some space.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we have some great news, a new AS2C has just been delivered to us from England. It's currently at Yamaha Center but it'll be ready to go home as soon as we can clear up some space.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
10/22/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we just have a quick update, there will be more this weekend. We have a new build update on the second red AS1, we're just getting started with it :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
Tonight we just have a quick update, there will be more this weekend. We have a new build update on the second red AS1, we're just getting started with it :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
10/12/2008
Hello everyone!
The update tonight is a bit smaller than last weeks but all the more important. Work is starting on two new bikes at the same time! Both the first orange AS2J and the second red AS1 has gone on the bench simultaneously. Work on the blue AS2J is currently on hold, we're waiting for some parts :)
We've also had a slight shift of the projects, the yellow AS3 project and the orange AS2C project are now located under completed projects. I can recommend checking out the yellow AS3 project if you're about to restore a bike, it's a part for part pictoral walkthrough of the restoration process. If you go by the order of the pictures you can follow it from the first to the last part in chronological order.
Until next time!
/Joacim
The update tonight is a bit smaller than last weeks but all the more important. Work is starting on two new bikes at the same time! Both the first orange AS2J and the second red AS1 has gone on the bench simultaneously. Work on the blue AS2J is currently on hold, we're waiting for some parts :)
We've also had a slight shift of the projects, the yellow AS3 project and the orange AS2C project are now located under completed projects. I can recommend checking out the yellow AS3 project if you're about to restore a bike, it's a part for part pictoral walkthrough of the restoration process. If you go by the order of the pictures you can follow it from the first to the last part in chronological order.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
10/05/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we've got a big update for you, the yellow AS3 is all done! You can see the last project update here. On top of that as a special treat, the gallery of the yellow AS3 is also finished, you can see it in all its splendor here. It has really turned out better than expected, the pictures really only tell half the story, it needs to be seen to fully apreciate it.
In other news, we just got two more frames and assorted parts back from sandblasting. We also got a stack of cards from Jes at oldpartsshop with pictures of our bikes on them, with our permission of course, and they're looking good :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we've got a big update for you, the yellow AS3 is all done! You can see the last project update here. On top of that as a special treat, the gallery of the yellow AS3 is also finished, you can see it in all its splendor here. It has really turned out better than expected, the pictures really only tell half the story, it needs to be seen to fully apreciate it.
In other news, we just got two more frames and assorted parts back from sandblasting. We also got a stack of cards from Jes at oldpartsshop with pictures of our bikes on them, with our permission of course, and they're looking good :)
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Until next time!
/Joacim
09/27/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we have another update on the yellow AS3. It's as good as done now, just missing a few parts. The tank has come from Bassel and gone on the bike, the paintjob is just insane. Here's a quick teaser of how the bike looks now, see more of it in the project update.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we have another update on the yellow AS3. It's as good as done now, just missing a few parts. The tank has come from Bassel and gone on the bike, the paintjob is just insane. Here's a quick teaser of how the bike looks now, see more of it in the project update.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
09/25/2008
Hello everyone!
We have a special update tonight, we've got five new friend galleries up. Miguel sent us some pictures of his RD350, Bengt Olsson sent us pictures of his AS2J, Per Olsen sent us pictures of his LS2, Ross Yeatman sent us pictures of his YL1 and Robert Ridwan sent us pictures of his Honda S90Z. You can see them all and earlier pictures in the friends section!
Until next time
/Joacim
We have a special update tonight, we've got five new friend galleries up. Miguel sent us some pictures of his RD350, Bengt Olsson sent us pictures of his AS2J, Per Olsen sent us pictures of his LS2, Ross Yeatman sent us pictures of his YL1 and Robert Ridwan sent us pictures of his Honda S90Z. You can see them all and earlier pictures in the friends section!
Until next time
/Joacim
09/20/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we just have a quick update on the yellow AS3 project. The headlight and some minor details have been fixed, the tank has still got a few days left before the paintjob is complete, hopefully the bike will be all done next weekend :)
/Joacim
Tonight we just have a quick update on the yellow AS3 project. The headlight and some minor details have been fixed, the tank has still got a few days left before the paintjob is complete, hopefully the bike will be all done next weekend :)
/Joacim
09/13/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we have some great news! There are two new arrivals here at yamaparts, one currently orange AS2C that's going to become red and one red AS1 that's going to become a blue AS1C. The AS1 was restored by Graham Head a few years back and is still in great condition. It runs smoothly so just for fun we made a video with it:
The orange AS2C is on the bench right now to be disassembled and while it's there it has taken the second blue AS2Js place. But don't worry, there's a new update on the AS2J project tonight on the things that went on before it went of the bench. In the news gallery today you can see both the AS2C and the AS1.
Tonight we have some great news! There are two new arrivals here at yamaparts, one currently orange AS2C that's going to become red and one red AS1 that's going to become a blue AS1C. The AS1 was restored by Graham Head a few years back and is still in great condition. It runs smoothly so just for fun we made a video with it:
The orange AS2C is on the bench right now to be disassembled and while it's there it has taken the second blue AS2Js place. But don't worry, there's a new update on the AS2J project tonight on the things that went on before it went of the bench. In the news gallery today you can see both the AS2C and the AS1.
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09/08/2008
Hello everyone!
As some of you may have noticed we've had some database problems on the website yesterday and early today so the site has been unavailable from time to time. Hopefully all that is fixed now so the site should be back to it's stable self again. Unfortunately this meant that the news update that was supposed to go up yesterday only got half finished before the database broke down while I was writing the general news update. So here it is today instead!
The parts for the yellow AS3 has come from Bassel, the paintjob is truly stunning. So we have a massive update on the yellow AS3 project (the biggest project update so far). As a quick teaser image before you click through to the project, here's the side cover :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
As some of you may have noticed we've had some database problems on the website yesterday and early today so the site has been unavailable from time to time. Hopefully all that is fixed now so the site should be back to it's stable self again. Unfortunately this meant that the news update that was supposed to go up yesterday only got half finished before the database broke down while I was writing the general news update. So here it is today instead!
The parts for the yellow AS3 has come from Bassel, the paintjob is truly stunning. So we have a massive update on the yellow AS3 project (the biggest project update so far). As a quick teaser image before you click through to the project, here's the side cover :)
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Until next time!
/Joacim
08/31/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we have another project update and some unrelated news. There's another new update for the yellow AS3, this time mostly detailing how to attach the exhaust pipes. It's really starting to look nice :)
As I wrote a while ago we've recieved requests about doing a walkthrough of an engine rebuild, well the engine has been disassembled and is ready to be put back together so you can look forward to that in the near future!
Until next time!
/Joacim
Tonight we have another project update and some unrelated news. There's another new update for the yellow AS3, this time mostly detailing how to attach the exhaust pipes. It's really starting to look nice :)
As I wrote a while ago we've recieved requests about doing a walkthrough of an engine rebuild, well the engine has been disassembled and is ready to be put back together so you can look forward to that in the near future!
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Until next time!
/Joacim
08/27/2008
Hello everyone!
We have another update on the yellow AS3, check it out in the project section. The friends section is finally working the way it's supposed to again so stop by and take a look at some of our friends bikes.
Until next time!
/Joacim
We have another update on the yellow AS3, check it out in the project section. The friends section is finally working the way it's supposed to again so stop by and take a look at some of our friends bikes.
Until next time!
/Joacim
08/23/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we have a couple of big updates, a massive update on the yellow AS3 and a smaller update on the second blue AS2J. The special thing is that the AS2J has gone back on the bench only it's not the same one it left...
We've just recieved another motorcycle lift from Peter at Checkray! They're truly a lifesaver when you're working on a bike, at the very least they are a backsaver when attaching heavy parts. If you need one yourself, go to www.checkray.se.
We have gotten a few email from people wondering about fuel tank badges with gold-coloured letters for the AS1 and AS2, the thing is that Yamaha has only made silver-coloured ones. The silver colour was made with pigments that faded when exposed to sunlight, leading to gold-coloured text.
Today we have a couple of big updates, a massive update on the yellow AS3 and a smaller update on the second blue AS2J. The special thing is that the AS2J has gone back on the bench only it's not the same one it left...
We've just recieved another motorcycle lift from Peter at Checkray! They're truly a lifesaver when you're working on a bike, at the very least they are a backsaver when attaching heavy parts. If you need one yourself, go to www.checkray.se.
We have gotten a few email from people wondering about fuel tank badges with gold-coloured letters for the AS1 and AS2, the thing is that Yamaha has only made silver-coloured ones. The silver colour was made with pigments that faded when exposed to sunlight, leading to gold-coloured text.
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08/16/2008
Hello everyone
We have some more updates on the second blue AS2J and the yellow AS3 today :)
/Joacim
We have some more updates on the second blue AS2J and the yellow AS3 today :)
/Joacim
08/11/2008
Hello everyone
The site is as good as done now, just a few minor fixes left that I'll iron out tomorrow :)
In the meantime we have some new updates! A quick one on the second blue AS2J and a major update on the yellow AS3.
/Joacim
The site is as good as done now, just a few minor fixes left that I'll iron out tomorrow :)
In the meantime we have some new updates! A quick one on the second blue AS2J and a major update on the yellow AS3.
/Joacim
08/10/2008
Hello everyone
I'm currently doing some site maintenance, some parts of the website and a few of the galleries will be a bit jumbled tonight and tomorrow. In the end it'll lead to quicker loading times, a more secure website and a lot of time saved when placing the updates in the future. In short: it will be much improved behind the scenes :)
/Joacim
Edit: All the galleries are back up
Edit 2: All the news updates are back up, added a history section where you can see all the news updates, will streamline it in the morning
Edit 3: All the project updates are back, that just leaves the friends section
I'm currently doing some site maintenance, some parts of the website and a few of the galleries will be a bit jumbled tonight and tomorrow. In the end it'll lead to quicker loading times, a more secure website and a lot of time saved when placing the updates in the future. In short: it will be much improved behind the scenes :)
/Joacim
Edit: All the galleries are back up
Edit 2: All the news updates are back up, added a history section where you can see all the news updates, will streamline it in the morning
Edit 3: All the project updates are back, that just leaves the friends section
08/04/2008
Hello everyone!
Today we've got a double treat topped with a cherry in store for you. Firstly, the orange AS2C is all done and the gallery can now be seen in the collection. It's the first bike we've restored where all the painted parts are original from the factory apart from the frame. Usually we have to repaint a sidecover or two but here we've managed to get a hold of brand new parts for everything, it's really a beauty.
Secondly, our friend Miguels carburettors have been restored. We documented the entire process of restoring a carburettor so you can find a step by step walkthrough in the general project section.
And to top it all of, here's a picture of the two latest AS2Cs, the third one is still at Yamaha Center.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Today we've got a double treat topped with a cherry in store for you. Firstly, the orange AS2C is all done and the gallery can now be seen in the collection. It's the first bike we've restored where all the painted parts are original from the factory apart from the frame. Usually we have to repaint a sidecover or two but here we've managed to get a hold of brand new parts for everything, it's really a beauty.
Secondly, our friend Miguels carburettors have been restored. We documented the entire process of restoring a carburettor so you can find a step by step walkthrough in the general project section.
And to top it all of, here's a picture of the two latest AS2Cs, the third one is still at Yamaha Center.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
08/01/2008
Hello everyone!
We've had some new arrivals from England, a Honda CB750 and another AS1. The CB750 has been fully restored by beezeees from the ground up :) The AS1 was restored by Graham Head for a friend of his a few years ago and is in excellent running condition. The pictures are of the unboxing at Yamaha Center when they arrived.
Unfortunately we've run into a bit of problems with the yellow AS3 frame and its stand so it's back at Yamaha Center to get fixed.
We've had some new arrivals from England, a Honda CB750 and another AS1. The CB750 has been fully restored by beezeees from the ground up :) The AS1 was restored by Graham Head for a friend of his a few years ago and is in excellent running condition. The pictures are of the unboxing at Yamaha Center when they arrived.
Unfortunately we've run into a bit of problems with the yellow AS3 frame and its stand so it's back at Yamaha Center to get fixed.
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07/24/2008
Hello everyone!
We're back from our holiday here at yamaparts and ready to bring you all your motorcycle needs! Today we have a number of updates for you; there's a new update for the second blue AS2J, the missing pieces for the orance AS2C have arrived and work has started on what is to be the yellow AS3. Keep your eyes peeled on the AS3 the coming week as we will have frequent updates on it.
We've recieved a lot of emails from people wanting to see a complete engine rebuild so expect a detailed walkthrough with pictures of how to rebuild an engine with lots of tips and tricks in the near future. One tip is to get conservation oil that's usually used for boat engines and spray it in your restored engines (If you're not going to use the motorcycle that is), that'll protect them from internal corrosion.
On top of that we have some more news about the yamaparts warehouse: we've got the power! An electrician was there this week and set everything up so now we got lights, electrical sockets and some heating. On top of that we've got a dehumidifier working around the clock to keep things dry and corrosion free. We've moved all of our used parts out there now aswell. Things are finally starting to get organized and easy to fint :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
We're back from our holiday here at yamaparts and ready to bring you all your motorcycle needs! Today we have a number of updates for you; there's a new update for the second blue AS2J, the missing pieces for the orance AS2C have arrived and work has started on what is to be the yellow AS3. Keep your eyes peeled on the AS3 the coming week as we will have frequent updates on it.
We've recieved a lot of emails from people wanting to see a complete engine rebuild so expect a detailed walkthrough with pictures of how to rebuild an engine with lots of tips and tricks in the near future. One tip is to get conservation oil that's usually used for boat engines and spray it in your restored engines (If you're not going to use the motorcycle that is), that'll protect them from internal corrosion.
On top of that we have some more news about the yamaparts warehouse: we've got the power! An electrician was there this week and set everything up so now we got lights, electrical sockets and some heating. On top of that we've got a dehumidifier working around the clock to keep things dry and corrosion free. We've moved all of our used parts out there now aswell. Things are finally starting to get organized and easy to fint :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
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06/27/2008
Hello everyone!
Most of this week has been spent sorting more parts over at the warehouse/showroom, it takes a lot of effort but it will be a time saver in the end. We have two quick updates aswell, one on the orange AS2C and one on the second blue AS2J.
Now for the more important news; tomorrow us at yamaparts will go on a two week holiday so this is the last update for that time. We'll be back in the middle of July!
Most of this week has been spent sorting more parts over at the warehouse/showroom, it takes a lot of effort but it will be a time saver in the end. We have two quick updates aswell, one on the orange AS2C and one on the second blue AS2J.
Now for the more important news; tomorrow us at yamaparts will go on a two week holiday so this is the last update for that time. We'll be back in the middle of July!
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06/21/2008
Hello everyone!
As you may have seen the updates have been further apart than usual, well not you'll finally get to see the reason! The first part of the yamaparts showroom/warehouse is done! All the parts that we use for restorations are too much to keep stored at different places and too difficult to organise, the sollution will be to organise them in one place, that way we'll be able to restore bikes even better :)
As the last few things are completed we will start moving the bikes there one by one. The room on the other side of the door is what will become the main showroom once all the remaining pigsties in there have been cleared.
There are also three build updates tonight, all of them orange. The orange AS2C is on the floor, just waiting for the front fender, expect a gallery shortly. The two AS2Js from Germany will both become orange, we've dubbed them orange1 and orange2, you can see their disassemby in the respective projects.
Until next time!
As you may have seen the updates have been further apart than usual, well not you'll finally get to see the reason! The first part of the yamaparts showroom/warehouse is done! All the parts that we use for restorations are too much to keep stored at different places and too difficult to organise, the sollution will be to organise them in one place, that way we'll be able to restore bikes even better :)
As the last few things are completed we will start moving the bikes there one by one. The room on the other side of the door is what will become the main showroom once all the remaining pigsties in there have been cleared.
There are also three build updates tonight, all of them orange. The orange AS2C is on the floor, just waiting for the front fender, expect a gallery shortly. The two AS2Js from Germany will both become orange, we've dubbed them orange1 and orange2, you can see their disassemby in the respective projects.
Until next time!
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06/08/2008
Hello everyone!
It has been some time since the last update, we've been quite busy with construction work, you'll soon get to see the result!
We've also got a lot of updates, there's a new build update for the orange AS2C: it's as good as done and going of the bench for the next project, expect a new gallery of it soon. Our friend Miguel in Brazil has also sent us some goodies;new pictures of his RD50, you can find them in the friends section, and also a pair of carburettors we will help him restore, you can see the progess on them in the general project section.
We have also got pictures from a new friend in the UK, David Petley, you can find the pictures of his XS650 in the friends section.
Our next project will be disassembling the twin AS2Js from Rainer in Germany. Their oil and petrol have already been drained, that way you don't have to smell them while they're inside.
It has been some time since the last update, we've been quite busy with construction work, you'll soon get to see the result!
We've also got a lot of updates, there's a new build update for the orange AS2C: it's as good as done and going of the bench for the next project, expect a new gallery of it soon. Our friend Miguel in Brazil has also sent us some goodies;new pictures of his RD50, you can find them in the friends section, and also a pair of carburettors we will help him restore, you can see the progess on them in the general project section.
We have also got pictures from a new friend in the UK, David Petley, you can find the pictures of his XS650 in the friends section.
Our next project will be disassembling the twin AS2Js from Rainer in Germany. Their oil and petrol have already been drained, that way you don't have to smell them while they're inside.
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05/25/2008
Hello everyone!
Great news, two new bikes have arrived! One blue and one orange AS2J from germany. They were delivered by Transart last weekend, the freight only took two days! They both run but they're in need of work.
We also have a new update for the orange AS2C project, just a small one today.
Great news, two new bikes have arrived! One blue and one orange AS2J from germany. They were delivered by Transart last weekend, the freight only took two days! They both run but they're in need of work.
We also have a new update for the orange AS2C project, just a small one today.
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05/11/2008
Hello everyone
Summer has finally come to Sweden, if only for a short while, and progress on the bikes has continued.
We have a small update on the yellow AS3 and a big one for the orange AS2C. In the AS2C update there's a special treat, probably the easiest way of assebling the pistons and cylinders.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Summer has finally come to Sweden, if only for a short while, and progress on the bikes has continued.
We have a small update on the yellow AS3 and a big one for the orange AS2C. In the AS2C update there's a special treat, probably the easiest way of assebling the pistons and cylinders.
Until next time!
/Joacim
05/04/2008
Hello everyone!
A lot of updates tonight: we've got an update for the red AS1 project, it's now completely disassembled. There's a big update for the orange AS2C project, it's finally on the bench. And last but definitely not least, the gallery for the blue AS2C is done! You can find it in the collection.
All the wheels for the upcoming projects aswell as brand new front forks for them are ready and waiting for their turn :)
The big bike, the XJR1300 is home for the summer and ready to get some driving.
A lot of updates tonight: we've got an update for the red AS1 project, it's now completely disassembled. There's a big update for the orange AS2C project, it's finally on the bench. And last but definitely not least, the gallery for the blue AS2C is done! You can find it in the collection.
All the wheels for the upcoming projects aswell as brand new front forks for them are ready and waiting for their turn :)
The big bike, the XJR1300 is home for the summer and ready to get some driving.
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04/21/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we have two more build updates, the blue AS2C is completed! On top of that we have a new project, a soon to be red AS1. The AS1 is special for a few reasons, not only does it still have all it's original paperwork, someone has actually changed its engine to a RD125 one from 1973.
At the moment we have a record number of different projects going at the same time, as it is now we've got 6 different bikes we're working on more or less simultaneously!
You can expect a brand new gallery of the AS2C but because of a heavy workload at the moment it may take a couple of weeks to get it all done. Until then here's a sneak preview of the AS2C (see more in the project)
Tonight we have two more build updates, the blue AS2C is completed! On top of that we have a new project, a soon to be red AS1. The AS1 is special for a few reasons, not only does it still have all it's original paperwork, someone has actually changed its engine to a RD125 one from 1973.
At the moment we have a record number of different projects going at the same time, as it is now we've got 6 different bikes we're working on more or less simultaneously!
You can expect a brand new gallery of the AS2C but because of a heavy workload at the moment it may take a couple of weeks to get it all done. Until then here's a sneak preview of the AS2C (see more in the project)
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04/14/2008
Hello Everyone!
We have a few special things tonight. First and foremost: Yamaparts is now one year old! In this last year we've seen the number of visitors skyrocket, we've gone from very few visitors in the start to about 70 unique visitors each day and dozens of emails each week, and it keeps climbing steadily! The appreciation from everyone is truly a great motivator to keep the site rolling and you can count on us being here a while :) Still, if you have any questions about restoration, or motorcycles in general, don't hesitate to send us an email.
We've got a new update on the blue AS2C project, it's almost done now. There's also a special project update tonight, while working in the future yamaparts showroom I found an old tandem bike in a corner. The special thing about it is that it has an old moped engine bolted to the rear wheel, so our newest project it now: tandem!
Until next time!
/Joacim
We have a few special things tonight. First and foremost: Yamaparts is now one year old! In this last year we've seen the number of visitors skyrocket, we've gone from very few visitors in the start to about 70 unique visitors each day and dozens of emails each week, and it keeps climbing steadily! The appreciation from everyone is truly a great motivator to keep the site rolling and you can count on us being here a while :) Still, if you have any questions about restoration, or motorcycles in general, don't hesitate to send us an email.
We've got a new update on the blue AS2C project, it's almost done now. There's also a special project update tonight, while working in the future yamaparts showroom I found an old tandem bike in a corner. The special thing about it is that it has an old moped engine bolted to the rear wheel, so our newest project it now: tandem!
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Until next time!
/Joacim
04/08/2008
Just a quick build update for the blue AS2C tonight folks, you can see it here :)
Until next time!
/Joacim
Until next time!
/Joacim
03/31/2008
Hello everyone!
The turnout at Yamaha Center this weekend was great, it was absolutely packed with people!
There's also another build update for the blue AS2C, you can find it here.
Until next time!
/Joacim
The turnout at Yamaha Center this weekend was great, it was absolutely packed with people!
There's also another build update for the blue AS2C, you can find it here.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
03/24/2008
Hello everyone!
During the easter holiday we've gotten a lot of things done here at Yamaparts, we have a massive build update for the blue AS2C and a lot of works has gone into the soon to be museum, hopefully it'll be ready some time this summer!
But the most exciting news is without a doubt the event taking place over at Yamaha Center next weekend from friday to sunday. They'll have tons of special offers, you can test drive the new bikes of 2008 and above that: we'll be there to talk about vintage bikes and you can see our restored bikes in person! So if you have the chance, it's well worth the drive!
Until next time!
/Joacim
During the easter holiday we've gotten a lot of things done here at Yamaparts, we have a massive build update for the blue AS2C and a lot of works has gone into the soon to be museum, hopefully it'll be ready some time this summer!
But the most exciting news is without a doubt the event taking place over at Yamaha Center next weekend from friday to sunday. They'll have tons of special offers, you can test drive the new bikes of 2008 and above that: we'll be there to talk about vintage bikes and you can see our restored bikes in person! So if you have the chance, it's well worth the drive!
Until next time!
/Joacim
03/16/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight is mostly a quick update, we've got a new project update for the yellow AS3 where you can see how to remove the carburettors and pistons.
And some exciting news: a new bike will be joining the collection soon, beezeees are almost done restoring a Honda 750 for us and have sent us some pictures of the bike as it's being restored. We also got another email from our friend Martin Timmer in Germany with more of his restorations! You can see the pictures of the Honda 750 and Martins bikes in the news gallery below.
Until next time!
/Joacim
Tonight is mostly a quick update, we've got a new project update for the yellow AS3 where you can see how to remove the carburettors and pistons.
And some exciting news: a new bike will be joining the collection soon, beezeees are almost done restoring a Honda 750 for us and have sent us some pictures of the bike as it's being restored. We also got another email from our friend Martin Timmer in Germany with more of his restorations! You can see the pictures of the Honda 750 and Martins bikes in the news gallery below.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
03/12/2008
Hello everyone!
As you've probably guessed from the lack of updates the last week we've been really busy here at yamaparts, though a little waiting makes the updates all the sweeter!
We've got a new project, the yellow AS3, not a standard colour but hey, you gotta shake things up every once in a while. You can see the latest project update here.
Some really exciting news: 11 of our bikes, the AS1's, AS2's, AS3's, the HS1B and the CS5 are on display at Yamaha Center in Helsingborg, Sweden. You can see the pictures of them below. They'll be on display there until the end of May so if you're in Helsingborg, or driving distance, don't hesitate to take a look!
Work on the upcoming Yamaparts showroom is progressing too, the ceiling material has arrived and the room is about halfway cleared.
We also got a fun yamaparts mail from reader Martin Sääf of him and his AS1 back in the day, one of many Zundap mopeds he has restored and as an extra bonus him and his Yak-52.
Until next time!
/Joacim
As you've probably guessed from the lack of updates the last week we've been really busy here at yamaparts, though a little waiting makes the updates all the sweeter!
We've got a new project, the yellow AS3, not a standard colour but hey, you gotta shake things up every once in a while. You can see the latest project update here.
Some really exciting news: 11 of our bikes, the AS1's, AS2's, AS3's, the HS1B and the CS5 are on display at Yamaha Center in Helsingborg, Sweden. You can see the pictures of them below. They'll be on display there until the end of May so if you're in Helsingborg, or driving distance, don't hesitate to take a look!
Work on the upcoming Yamaparts showroom is progressing too, the ceiling material has arrived and the room is about halfway cleared.
We also got a fun yamaparts mail from reader Martin Sääf of him and his AS1 back in the day, one of many Zundap mopeds he has restored and as an extra bonus him and his Yak-52.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
02/24/2008
Hello everyone!
Tonight we've got a big update! The gallery for the Marine Blue AS3 is up, you can find it here. That means that the longest project to date is completed, it's been in the works since march last year. It really turned out well too, practically all parts are NOS, the exceptions being the frame, lamp housing, oil and fueltanks. Everything down to the very last clip is where it's supposed to be.
Just yesterday we got a huge load of parts back from Bassel, two frames and a lot of frame related parts. One of the frames that we recieved was the one from the orange AS2C, you can not believe that it's the same frame that we sent away to him! Where once there was nothing but rust and dead birds we now have a fully restored frame, truly splendid work!
We've gotten even more emails this week. One from Per of www.fizzyparts.co.uk, a site dedicated to vintage yamaha FS1-E bikes showing a few of the bikes he's worked on and one from Trond who's working on an AS3 himself.
You can see the parts that came back from Bassel, Pers "Fissys" and Tronds work in progress in the news gallery
Until next time!
Joacim
Tonight we've got a big update! The gallery for the Marine Blue AS3 is up, you can find it here. That means that the longest project to date is completed, it's been in the works since march last year. It really turned out well too, practically all parts are NOS, the exceptions being the frame, lamp housing, oil and fueltanks. Everything down to the very last clip is where it's supposed to be.
Just yesterday we got a huge load of parts back from Bassel, two frames and a lot of frame related parts. One of the frames that we recieved was the one from the orange AS2C, you can not believe that it's the same frame that we sent away to him! Where once there was nothing but rust and dead birds we now have a fully restored frame, truly splendid work!
We've gotten even more emails this week. One from Per of www.fizzyparts.co.uk, a site dedicated to vintage yamaha FS1-E bikes showing a few of the bikes he's worked on and one from Trond who's working on an AS3 himself.
You can see the parts that came back from Bassel, Pers "Fissys" and Tronds work in progress in the news gallery
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Until next time!
Joacim
02/10/2008
02/03/2008
01/27/2008
Hello everyone!
Exciting news tonight, we have another build update for the blue AS3 and above that: We have two new projects! One for an orange AS2C and one for a . In the orange AS2C project you can follow the entire dismantling process. The orange AS2J just got a smaller update tonight, more of just anouncing the project start than a proper project update :)
Anyway, enjoy the updates!
Until Next time.
Exciting news tonight, we have another build update for the blue AS3 and above that: We have two new projects! One for an orange AS2C and one for a . In the orange AS2C project you can follow the entire dismantling process. The orange AS2J just got a smaller update tonight, more of just anouncing the project start than a proper project update :)
Anyway, enjoy the updates!
Until Next time.
01/20/2008
Today we have a massive build update for the blue AS3 for you, not only is it a regular build update it's filled with restoration tips too. From mounting the stand to protecting the paint on the frame.
We'd also like to give special thanks to Jes at oldpartsshop for all the help he's gives us with finding parts for the restorations, if you're looking for parts for your own restorations don't hesitate to search his website or ebay store.
We'd also like to give special thanks to Jes at oldpartsshop for all the help he's gives us with finding parts for the restorations, if you're looking for parts for your own restorations don't hesitate to search his website or ebay store.
01/13/2008
Tonight we have great news, the red AS2C is completed! You can see the last build update for it here, from now on the project can be found under completed projects. On top of that the pictures for the collection page are also done, you can find them here. We've managed to get a hold of a lot of yamaha original sparkplugs that were used in the AS1, AS2 and AS3 bikes, if you look closely on the picture of the AS2C where you can see the sparkplugs you'll see a pair of them.
Our friend Ross in New Zealand has sent us an update on his YL1 project, you can see his progress and the sparkplugs in this news update.
Until next time
/Joacim
Our friend Ross in New Zealand has sent us an update on his YL1 project, you can see his progress and the sparkplugs in this news update.
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Until next time
/Joacim
01/06/2008
Hello
Tonight we have some build updates for you, the red AS2C is almost complete, just missing a few pieces. For the first time in a long while we've also got a general project update, the engine blocks that we had in the new years eve update have been assembled, you can see how they look in the general project tab.
Tonight we have some build updates for you, the red AS2C is almost complete, just missing a few pieces. For the first time in a long while we've also got a general project update, the engine blocks that we had in the new years eve update have been assembled, you can see how they look in the general project tab.
12/31/2007
Hello,
We've got a lot of different news today, first there's a new build update for the red AS2C. Because all the parts are ready and waiting progress is quick. On top of that all parts for the next two projects are done too! Bassel has truly made an excellent job with the paint on these coming bikes. Next up for the bench is the blue AS3. You can see the engine blocks for the AS2C and AS3 in the pictures.
We got another letter from Mikael Bjessbo filled with pictures of him and his friends with their AS2Js. As some of you who've read the guestbook may already have figured out, we've got a new bike coming to the collection, a Honda CB750. It's currently at Beezeees getting restored and they've sent some pictures of the progress.
We hope you've enjoyed the year with yamaparts, the site has grown considerably since we launched it in march and the response has been great.
Happy New Year to all of you from us at Yamaparts!
We've got a lot of different news today, first there's a new build update for the red AS2C. Because all the parts are ready and waiting progress is quick. On top of that all parts for the next two projects are done too! Bassel has truly made an excellent job with the paint on these coming bikes. Next up for the bench is the blue AS3. You can see the engine blocks for the AS2C and AS3 in the pictures.
We got another letter from Mikael Bjessbo filled with pictures of him and his friends with their AS2Js. As some of you who've read the guestbook may already have figured out, we've got a new bike coming to the collection, a Honda CB750. It's currently at Beezeees getting restored and they've sent some pictures of the progress.
We hope you've enjoyed the year with yamaparts, the site has grown considerably since we launched it in march and the response has been great.
Happy New Year to all of you from us at Yamaparts!
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12/24/2007
Merry christmas everyone!
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12/19/2007
Hello,
The update tonight is mostly a quick recap of what's about to happen, at the moment three bikes are ready to be assembled! Two AS2C and one AS3, During christmas there'll be a lot of activity on them, hopefully they'll all be done within a month.
There's also a lot of work going on behind the website, trust me, the results will be worth waiting for :)
For now enjoy the parts for the bikes, just waiting for work to start and some gratuitous fuel tank shots.
The update tonight is mostly a quick recap of what's about to happen, at the moment three bikes are ready to be assembled! Two AS2C and one AS3, During christmas there'll be a lot of activity on them, hopefully they'll all be done within a month.
There's also a lot of work going on behind the website, trust me, the results will be worth waiting for :)
For now enjoy the parts for the bikes, just waiting for work to start and some gratuitous fuel tank shots.
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12/02/2007
Hello,
Tonight we've got a new update for the blue AS3, we've also recieved an email from our friend Ross.
He's working on a Yamaha YL1 restoration that's looking stunning but he's having trouble finding YL1 mufflers. So if you got some, don't hesitate to throw him an email.
Tonight we've got a new update for the blue AS3, we've also recieved an email from our friend Ross.
He's working on a Yamaha YL1 restoration that's looking stunning but he's having trouble finding YL1 mufflers. So if you got some, don't hesitate to throw him an email.
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11/26/2007
Hello everyone!
Today we have two new build updates for you, one for the red AS2C project and one for the blue AS3 project (the first one in months!).
Since the article in Allt om MC was published a lot of things have happened, the amount of visitors to the site has increased, the amount of emails from the site has increased dramatically (we get between 50-100 mails each week now). We've even gotten some fan mail; one reader of Allt om MC named Mikael Bjessbo sent a picture of him on his own AS2J back in the day :)
In addition to that other nice things have also arrived in the mail, like this big bag of brakes for the AS2J.
Today we have two new build updates for you, one for the red AS2C project and one for the blue AS3 project (the first one in months!).
Since the article in Allt om MC was published a lot of things have happened, the amount of visitors to the site has increased, the amount of emails from the site has increased dramatically (we get between 50-100 mails each week now). We've even gotten some fan mail; one reader of Allt om MC named Mikael Bjessbo sent a picture of him on his own AS2J back in the day :)
In addition to that other nice things have also arrived in the mail, like this big bag of brakes for the AS2J.
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11/11/2007
Hello,
The red AS1 was completed this tuesday, although we chose to wait with the images and do it properly, the entire gallery can be seen in the collection.
And big news, a few months ago I wrote that a journalist from the magazine All tom MC was here to do a story on the collection, that article is published in this latest issue! It will hit the stores in Sweden and some of the neighboring countries this tuesday. The article is spread across five pages and is a good read so if you get the chance, pick up a number. For those of you in other countries, you can still enjoy their website: www.alltommc.se
Until next time
The red AS1 was completed this tuesday, although we chose to wait with the images and do it properly, the entire gallery can be seen in the collection.
And big news, a few months ago I wrote that a journalist from the magazine All tom MC was here to do a story on the collection, that article is published in this latest issue! It will hit the stores in Sweden and some of the neighboring countries this tuesday. The article is spread across five pages and is a good read so if you get the chance, pick up a number. For those of you in other countries, you can still enjoy their website: www.alltommc.se
Until next time
11/04/2007
Hello again,
Got a new build update for you tonight on the red AS1, head over to the project section and take a look.
Recently there's been a lot of work behind the scenes here at yamaparts so the web updates have been suffering a bit, but trust me, it'll be well worth it when it's all done :)
We've also gotten a load of parts back from Smethurst, behold, the sea of chrome!
Got a new build update for you tonight on the red AS1, head over to the project section and take a look.
Recently there's been a lot of work behind the scenes here at yamaparts so the web updates have been suffering a bit, but trust me, it'll be well worth it when it's all done :)
We've also gotten a load of parts back from Smethurst, behold, the sea of chrome!
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10/23/2007
Hello,
Got a big surprise for you tonight! (Well not that much of a surprise, you knew this was coming) The AS2J detail pictures are ready! Head over to the collection and take a look at them :)
We've also got some build updates for you but those will wait until tomorrow.
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As promised, you can now find two new build updates on the site, one for the AS2C and another one for the red AS1. All the parts for the AS1 are ready so that'll be the main project in the coming weeks.
And as an added bonus I give you lord of the tanks :)
Got a big surprise for you tonight! (Well not that much of a surprise, you knew this was coming) The AS2J detail pictures are ready! Head over to the collection and take a look at them :)
We've also got some build updates for you but those will wait until tomorrow.
Update 20071024
As promised, you can now find two new build updates on the site, one for the AS2C and another one for the red AS1. All the parts for the AS1 are ready so that'll be the main project in the coming weeks.
And as an added bonus I give you lord of the tanks :)
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10/14/2007
Some regular updates today, the HS1B has been put back together again and is now a tiny bit shinier than before, leaving room on the bench for the next big project. You can find it along with the other completed projects in the completed projects page.
We've recieved new pictures from our friend Miguel in Brazil, so check them out in the friend section. He also sent us a link to a Brazillian restoration page, take a look.
Now perhaps you're wondering why this update has recieved the odd name "headhunting", well if you take a look at the news images below I think you'll see why :) Those are all NOS cylinder heads for AS1 and AS2 models. You can also see one of the pictures Miguel sent in.
Until next time!
/Joacim
We've recieved new pictures from our friend Miguel in Brazil, so check them out in the friend section. He also sent us a link to a Brazillian restoration page, take a look.
Now perhaps you're wondering why this update has recieved the odd name "headhunting", well if you take a look at the news images below I think you'll see why :) Those are all NOS cylinder heads for AS1 and AS2 models. You can also see one of the pictures Miguel sent in.
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Until next time!
/Joacim
09/30/2007
Hello,
Exciting things have happened today, we've recieved a new addition to the yamaparts collection! An AS2C Scrambler from 1969. It's only been driven about 9000km in all that time and never been tinkered with so apart from some dust and grime that have built up over the years it's basically in original condition, a prime candidate for restoration :)
The HS1B from the collection is currently on the bench to get a bit of a touch-up before the AS2C goes up there.
Here are the pictures of the AS2C arriving earlier today:
Until next time
Joacim
Exciting things have happened today, we've recieved a new addition to the yamaparts collection! An AS2C Scrambler from 1969. It's only been driven about 9000km in all that time and never been tinkered with so apart from some dust and grime that have built up over the years it's basically in original condition, a prime candidate for restoration :)
The HS1B from the collection is currently on the bench to get a bit of a touch-up before the AS2C goes up there.
Here are the pictures of the AS2C arriving earlier today:
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Until next time
Joacim
09/24/2007
Nothing much today, the CS5 is fully completed, pictures of that and the blue AS2 are coming, probably this weekend...
The CS5 project updates have been moved to completed projects and can still be found along with the AS1 and AS2 projects
So until then enjoy this:
The CS5 project updates have been moved to completed projects and can still be found along with the AS1 and AS2 projects
So until then enjoy this:
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09/20/2007
Hello
As you can probably guess from the title, it's mostly about the CS5 this time too. Progress on it has just been blazingly quick, just 10 days from putting it on the bench to what you can see in its section.
And as a small teaser of things to come, these are 3 NOS Yamaha AS3 seats that will be put to use on different projects in the near future.
Enjoy :)
Joacim
As you can probably guess from the title, it's mostly about the CS5 this time too. Progress on it has just been blazingly quick, just 10 days from putting it on the bench to what you can see in its section.
And as a small teaser of things to come, these are 3 NOS Yamaha AS3 seats that will be put to use on different projects in the near future.
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Enjoy :)
Joacim
09/19/2007
Hello again,
We have a new update in the CS5 section! I uploaded it this saturday but I forgot to link it to the first page. There's also a new update coming tonight.
Joacim
We have a new update in the CS5 section! I uploaded it this saturday but I forgot to link it to the first page. There's also a new update coming tonight.
Joacim
09/10/2007
First the serious news: in the last few weeks the news updates have been quite sporadic, that's because I (who do the updates and take the pictures) have recently started college and have been quite busy (Ole has been working on the bikes as usual the whole time though). But now the inital period is over and there's more time to be had for the site so we'll get back to the regular update schedule! I've also got some surprised planned for you ;)
Now to the bike part of the update. The blue AS2J is completed! So take a look at the last project update, the project history will be moved to completed projects in the projects menu. The images of it for the collection section are on their way and as always, good things come to those who wait, the images will be ready either this weekend or the next.
The CS5 project is starting up again now that the AS2J is done, so there'll be running updates for it.
And finally, enjoy these pictures of the Kawasakis and AS3s in the collection!
Until next time
Joacim
Now to the bike part of the update. The blue AS2J is completed! So take a look at the last project update, the project history will be moved to completed projects in the projects menu. The images of it for the collection section are on their way and as always, good things come to those who wait, the images will be ready either this weekend or the next.
The CS5 project is starting up again now that the AS2J is done, so there'll be running updates for it.
And finally, enjoy these pictures of the Kawasakis and AS3s in the collection!
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Until next time
Joacim
09/02/2007
Hello again folks.
We've got a lot of new stuff for you today. The last pictures of the Kawasaki Mach IV has finally been added and on top of that some information on its restoration (or rather some information on where you can find information on its restoration).
There's a new build update on the blue AS2J, it's about as close to completion as it can get without actually being completed.
And finally, a new bike has been added to the collection, a red AS3 restored by Peter Spicer (More pictures are on their way). The bike is in excellent condition and fully functional, it runs like clockwork. Enjoy the updates!
We've got a lot of new stuff for you today. The last pictures of the Kawasaki Mach IV has finally been added and on top of that some information on its restoration (or rather some information on where you can find information on its restoration).
There's a new build update on the blue AS2J, it's about as close to completion as it can get without actually being completed.
And finally, a new bike has been added to the collection, a red AS3 restored by Peter Spicer (More pictures are on their way). The bike is in excellent condition and fully functional, it runs like clockwork. Enjoy the updates!
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08/26/2007
That's right we have some new links, check out Bassel in the link list to the left. He's the man behind all the glorious paintjobs on the site. The paintjobs on the bikes look stunning in the pictures but it's even more impressive in person. So if you need to have some parts repainted, contact him.
08/16/2007
Not much has happened this last week except the work on the blue AS2J, it's nearing completion and is looking awesome! More images of the Kawasaki Mach IV are coming in next week (so far there are just the detail images) so you'll get to see how it all looks.
08/09/2007
The holiday ended this monday and of course as could be expected, as soon everyone got back to work the sun came. Today it's 26°C in the shade with high humidity and insane amounts of mosquitos from the last month of rain. Lovely.
Anyhow, the bikes are progressing nicely, check out the update on the blue AS2J. The work with what is to become the museum is also going smoothly, currently about 24 cubic metres of wood are being removed from the building, so soon the real renovating can begin.
Anyhow, the bikes are progressing nicely, check out the update on the blue AS2J. The work with what is to become the museum is also going smoothly, currently about 24 cubic metres of wood are being removed from the building, so soon the real renovating can begin.
07/30/2007
Today we have some new bike updates on the red AS1 and the blue AS2J. Work is really progressing nicely on the AS2J.
Also a big thanks to everyone at Hotel Ibiscos Garden in Rethymnon, Crete where we spent the holiday. And a special thank you to Spyros who supplied the "fuel" while we were there.
Also a big thanks to everyone at Hotel Ibiscos Garden in Rethymnon, Crete where we spent the holiday. And a special thank you to Spyros who supplied the "fuel" while we were there.
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07/23/2007
It's returning to business as usual here at yamaparts after the holiday, there are some new updates in the current project section, both for the blue AS2J and for the blue AS3.
Which brings me to the most exciting news, we've found a building to house all the motorcycles where we'll set up a museum! But before that can happen the whole place need to be renovated. At least the ball is rolling and hopefully it'll all be done to the winter or early next year.
Which brings me to the most exciting news, we've found a building to house all the motorcycles where we'll set up a museum! But before that can happen the whole place need to be renovated. At least the ball is rolling and hopefully it'll all be done to the winter or early next year.
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07/17/2007
As promised, the pictures of the Mach IV is on the site now, enjoy the pictures :)
07/04/2007
A seat for Yamaha AS3 has just arrived from Christian in France, it's in as new condition! You can see one of Christians own bikes in our friends section now so head on over there and take a look.
Another fun surprise is what turned up in the mail yesterday, Jes from oldpartsshop sent me a business card he's done for oldpartsshop with a picture of our Honda CB900.
Now for another bit of news. I'll be on holiday for two weeks starting tomorrow, but don't fear, pictures of the Kawasaki Mach IV 750 will be put on the site during the next week so it won't be two weeks of bike related drought for you :) For now enjoy the pictures of the AS3 seat and oldpartsshop business card.
Another fun surprise is what turned up in the mail yesterday, Jes from oldpartsshop sent me a business card he's done for oldpartsshop with a picture of our Honda CB900.
Now for another bit of news. I'll be on holiday for two weeks starting tomorrow, but don't fear, pictures of the Kawasaki Mach IV 750 will be put on the site during the next week so it won't be two weeks of bike related drought for you :) For now enjoy the pictures of the AS3 seat and oldpartsshop business card.
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07/02/2007
That's right, bikechange, at the moment storage space is limited so all motorcycles can't be kept here. Therefore the Honda CB900F has been sent off to Yamaha Center for storage and two new bikes brought here! A Kawasaki Mach III 500 and a Kawasaki Mach IV 750. The Mach III was restored by Beezeees so a big thanks to Berne and everyone there! The Mach IV was restored by Per Olofsson, another fellow bike enthusiast.
Check out the pictures of the Mach III, it's a truly remarkable bike. The pictures of the Mach IV will be done in the next few days so keep and eye out for them :)
There are also new build updates for the Red AS1 and the Blue AS2J.
Here are the pictures of the two Kawasakis arriving and the Honda being taken to Yamaha Center:
Check out the pictures of the Mach III, it's a truly remarkable bike. The pictures of the Mach IV will be done in the next few days so keep and eye out for them :)
There are also new build updates for the Red AS1 and the Blue AS2J.
Here are the pictures of the two Kawasakis arriving and the Honda being taken to Yamaha Center:
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06/25/2007
06/18/2007
06/15/2007
There are some updates on the CS5 project aswell as some general build updates in the projects section, in the future project updates that affect more than one bike will be placed straight in the current project section.
We also have some new bikes in the friends section! The bikes have been restored by Miguel Angelo Quaggio in Brazil, you can even see his build diary for one of them, so head on over to the friends section and take a look.
We also have some new bikes in the friends section! The bikes have been restored by Miguel Angelo Quaggio in Brazil, you can even see his build diary for one of them, so head on over to the friends section and take a look.
06/12/2007
A new bike arrived yesterday, a Kawasaki Mach III 500. The bike was restored by Beezeees and it's truly spectacular to see, these are again just some teaser images, a lot more will come once the bike is brought home from Yamaha Center. The work on the red AS1 has also continued, this time it was the engines time, you can see it here.
But now let's see the new bike!
But now let's see the new bike!
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06/11/2007
There's a new update on the progress of the red AS1 in it's project section, head over there and take a look.
06/08/2007
Pictures of the blue AS1 have been added to the collection as promised, hope you like them. The CS5 project has also been updated.
06/06/2007
Yesterday the journalist from Allt om MC was here again to get some more information and pictures for the upcoming article. The weather couldn't have been better for the pictures! Still don't know in what issue the article will be in but keep an eye open for it.
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06/04/2007
The blue AS1 restoration is completed, head on over to the project and take a look at some of the teaser images. (oh yes, there are many more to come)
05/28/2007
Yesterday a journalist from the swedish magazine Allt om MC was here to do a story on the collection, the article will be in one of the upcoming issues of the magazine, keep an eye out for it ;)
We also have some build updates for you, take a look: AS1 blue, AS2J blue
We also have some build updates for you, take a look: AS1 blue, AS2J blue
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05/21/2007
A lot of new thíngs today. There are two new build updates, one on the CS5 project and one on the Blue AS2 project. And even bigger news, videocontent has been added to the site so you can see and hear some of the motorcycles when they are up and running! Check it out:
Video: Yamaha AS1
Video: Yamaha AS3
Video: Yamaha AS1
Video: Yamaha AS3
05/17/2007
Two new updates on the CS5 have been added (one of them should have been up yesterday), head over to the CS5 project and take a look at the progress!
05/10/2007
More updates on the progress of the Red AS1 and a whole new project have been added to the current project section, take a look.
Yamaha AS1 Red
Yamaha CS5
Yamaha AS1 Red
Yamaha CS5
05/07/2007
05/03/2007
Pictures of the Brilliant Red AS3 under construction have been added and also pictures of a whole new bike, the Californian Orange AS2J.
AS3 Brilliant Red
AS2 California Orange
AS3 Brilliant Red
AS2 California Orange
04/26/2007
Added four new projects to the current project page, stop in and check out the progress of the restoration.
Current project.
Current project.
04/25/2007
Our friends section has been added, there you will find more motorcycle images and builds. If you want to add your motorcycle or current restoration project to our friends section just email us from the contact us section and we'll be in touch.
To the friends section.
To the friends section.
04/20/2007
We've added a guestbook, feel free to leave a message in it about what you think of the site.
To the guestbook.
To the guestbook.
04/18/2007
04/16/2007
A whole new bike and pictures from when the Kawasaki Z1 900 was being restored have been added, take a look.
Yamaha HS1-B
Kawasaki Z1 900
Yamaha HS1-B
Kawasaki Z1 900
04/12/2007
More pictures have been added of yet another motorcycle (well, not quite a motorcycle really).
The featherweight of the collection: Puch Florida
The featherweight of the collection: Puch Florida
04/09/2007
The Contact us section has been launched, you can now email us your questions!