Charlie78
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Found this scooter in an auction at a local trade school. The listing had 2 blurry pictures and offered no information, other than saying “parts were taken off but included in a box”. I bid on a few things. Won them all. $12 for 2 commercial stand mixers, amazing in its on rite. And $100 for this 1966 Yamaha U5E with 702 original miles. It even came with the original owners manual and shop manual.
It’s in pretty good shape, the only parts actually missing are a mirror and the oil cap. Otherwise anything missing in the pics is there.
I am totally blown away with what I ended up with here. I figure I’ll port the engine, get it a proper pipe, kinda do a light restoration everywhere else, but keep the original paint as much as possible. Its powered by an electric start, 50cc, disk-valve, engine with a 3sp semi-auto gearbox. Should be fun. So, what do you think? Do you dig vintage scooters?
It’s in pretty good shape, the only parts actually missing are a mirror and the oil cap. Otherwise anything missing in the pics is there.
I am totally blown away with what I ended up with here. I figure I’ll port the engine, get it a proper pipe, kinda do a light restoration everywhere else, but keep the original paint as much as possible. Its powered by an electric start, 50cc, disk-valve, engine with a 3sp semi-auto gearbox. Should be fun. So, what do you think? Do you dig vintage scooters?
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