YZ80 restoration blog

Shawbridge Husky
Edited Date/Time 12/6/2014 11:52am
YZ80 restoration blog, maybe posted before but here it is. Lots of
good tips on refinishing plastics.
http://motorcyclerenew.blogspot.ca/2014_04_01_archive.html
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markit 12/4/2014 8:42pm
12/4/2014 8:42pm
Great read but not old school.
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Tgo 12/4/2014 10:16pm
12/4/2014 10:16pm
markit wrote:
Great read but not old school.
I've seen newer bikes than this 1990 YZ80 here, and all were considered old school.
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The Sneak 12/5/2014 5:54am
12/5/2014 5:54am
nah it counts, considering the YZ80 used the same basic design from 1983 to 1992, and in fact is largely rooted in the 1981 aircooled YZ80.

Plus I have a soft spot for old YZ minis. My first bike was a YZ60, followed by at least 2 (might have been 3) YZ80s of this vintage.

zer0signal 12/5/2014 1:02pm
12/5/2014 1:02pm
Nice, I had an 88 YZ80 I rode the wheels off of. Love these bikes.

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Shawbridge Husky 12/5/2014 1:33pm
12/5/2014 1:33pm Edited Date/Time 12/5/2014 1:34pm
I had the '78 YZ80 from new as a kid, worked all summer for it and blew my wad of cash on it.
Great little bike, super reliable except for the broken frames, by the time I was 16 I was too
big for it but barely enough for a 125. The YZ100 would of been perfect at the time.
It had a great rear shock unlike the YZ125. I could charge a series of whoops
by wheelieing through and never let me down. Forks were only passable.
I have pics somewhere, I'll get them out tomorrow.
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markit 12/6/2014 6:21am
12/6/2014 6:21am
markit wrote:
Great read but not old school.
Tgo wrote:
I've seen newer bikes than this 1990 YZ80 here, and all were considered old school.
Yea I don't know what I was thinking, to many CL''s I guess.
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wpark89 12/6/2014 11:52am
12/6/2014 11:52am
Cool...I raced an 87. I've been thinking of building a replica if a cheap 86-92 comes up on craigslist.


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