YAMAHA TUNING FORK TATTOO FULL
YAMAHA TUNING FORK TATTOO PRO

Once the war was over in 1955, they wanted to see if they could convert these machinery production facilities into something that made stuff consumers would buy, and it seemed the president of the company at the time thought motorcycles would fit the bill. It seems the reason they chose to go into motorcycles in 1955 (only did musical instruments before that) is that they, like many other companies, had been mandated to build production infrastructure for wartime efforts.

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YAMAHA TUNING FORK TATTOO FULL

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YAMAHA TUNING FORK TATTOO PRO

Two-tone hubs.įormer 125 Pro Dave Miller brought his Yamaha YZ100 to a local REM race to break it in.Shared work must have a comment for context and use the green 'Sharing Work' flair. Fork travel is 10 inches.”Ī classic Dave Miller touch. The fork stanchion have been machined to reduce weight. The forks have been internally modified by Noleen J6 with heavier springs and damping changes. Travel is 10.5 inches.”įorks: “The 43mm forks, triple clamps and front disc brake are from a larger Yamaha 175cc model. the shock has a hard-coated body, new piston and valve design, rider tuned spring rate and internal reservoir mod. The shock starts out as the stock YZ-K model that is modified by Noleen J6. It is connected to the swingarm via an adjustable DMC push rod. It offers different rate curves for heavier riders. The alloy ‘bell crank’ linkage is from a larger YZ model. The swingarm has been modified to accept the lighter non-floating rear brake assembly.

Rear suspension: “The rear suspension uses an aluminum swingarm from a YZ125 model. All oils (engine, suspension, drive) are from Spectro.” The seat cover is a quality replica from a Canadian company. All graphics, logos and backgrounds are built by my ‘homies’ at Team Swolen. The fenders, side panels and air box cover are DC Plastic units. “The gas tank is a ‘brand new’ OEM tank that is correct to this model and was located at a Yamaha shop in South Africa (I love e-Bay). The frame is powder coated black.”īody work. We also switched the drive system from the heavy #520 to the lighter #428 chain and sprockets.”įrame mods: “There is some re-welding and gusseting to ‘known’ problem areas as well as ‘jig’ checking for overall spec and alignment. The engine also sports a DMC Yamaha ‘tuning fork’ ignition case. There are plans to hop the engine up, but right now DMC is just in the development stage and are satisfied with testing the suspension and handling with a stock engine. Other than the obvious DMC-tuned exhaust pipe and alloy muffler, the jetting is stock from 1983.

“The engine is basically a stock YZ100 engine that has been stripped of it’s black finish and blueprinted. “This concept is built to compete in the ‘Marty Tripes 100cc Works Revenge Series’ and is just one example of what can be used to race in it.

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