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Found My Dream 1970s Yamaha After Years of Searching!

50K views · Mar 17, 2025 · Autos & Vehicles

Comments · 231

  • @andyaim4764 · 1 year ago

    I’m 62 and owned a purple fs1e on an M plate, drum brake on the front. We used to polish the head and piston once a week to extract full performance from them, head down leaning on the tank to reduce wind resistance and do the old two stroke shuffle when adding two stroke oil to the petrol tank.   Happy days… As soon as I was 17 I bought a Suzuki GT 250M and the extra performance was incredible, one of the lads had well off parents and bought him a brand new X7, unfortunately Andy crashed it two days into ownership on Eastcote Lane just before the Eastcote Arms, hit a lamppost and died, it shocked us to the core and we all slowed down for 2-3 days then carried on as normal.  At 18 I bought a car and that could have saved me.  Thanks for invoking those memories from my early teens

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  • @BazH007 · 1 year ago

    Brings back memories from school days in the 70s FS1Es and AP50s were all the rage...

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  • @98Blackbess · 1 year ago

    You've just taken me back 48 years. If only i could in real life !!!!!!!!!!!

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  • @michaeljamesdesign · 1 year ago

    I can smell that two stroke from here. Lovely.

  • @Kahuczek · 1 year ago

    I can remember when these first came to the UK they were named Yamaha SS 50, lovely gold colour.

  • @brianknowles5519 · 1 year ago

    Brings back memories, had BCW89R a red dx on an R plate passed a official learn to drive course and that meant I could get rid of L plate

  • @perils1400 · 1 year ago

    Memories flooding back.....  My younger brother had a Fizzy and I had a 1977 R reg Honda SS50 5 Speed in 1981 when  I was 16yo. Happy, care free days indeed matey 👍

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  • @darylhaines7397 · 1 year ago

    Memories 😊 my first motorbike. Second hand £230 late 70s. Reg. SPK 229R

  • @MrNifts · 1 year ago

    All the older kids had one of these when I was young, I was 6  1981 and loved watching them all come riding down the road. Still remember them all working on their bikes in garage.

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  • @paulc8778 · 1 year ago (edited)

    I remember that sound with great affection back in 78

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  • @Torbados · 1 year ago

    Best days of my life on my fizzy,back in the day,when I was 16,in 1979

  • @waynetetley584 · 1 year ago

    Sounds terrific and looks lovely. Great find 😊👍

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