1974 YZ 360 A Pictures below

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Edited Date/Time 7/23/2014 4:56pm
Hello guys

I'm Dennis and I'm from Europe, Belgium. I've had this crossmoto for a long time. It was just sitting in my garage but yesterday I decided to start it again and I needed to know the type of bike it was. So I sat down behind my PC and I found out that I'm the owner of a Yamaha YZ 360 A and that these things are rare (500+ made?).

How can I be sure that I've got myself this rare bike? I found out because of looking on the engine number and there stands: 432-000472 So it's like the 472 ever made? And the 432 stands for the yamaha YZ 360 A? But is this number also located somewhere on the frame?

I may consider selling this bike, so what are these worth? It's not in perfect condition anymore but it runs very nice. (the exhaust tip is not original anymore & the front fork is a maico) Will get some pictures up soon.

Thanks
Dennis
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newmann 8/7/2013 6:39am
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A 74 YZ360 is worth a good sum of money. Haven't seen one for sale in quite a few years.
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74YZA 8/7/2013 11:04am
8/7/2013 11:04am Edited Date/Time 8/7/2013 11:05am
Dennis , Vin # is on steering head and should be same as motor to bring maximum value. I have one currently and just sold my other one about 2 months ago that was fairly original but unrestored for 14K . Restored with all correct parts with no excel wheels or aftermarket pipe or anything non OEM would bring approx. 17-20K . Yours sounds as if it may be approx. 8k-10k but pictures would tell a better story. Contact me direct tom@yz360.us and I can help you with questions or parts. There were 531 of these produced. Tom
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BobbyM 8/7/2013 9:47pm
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Big bucks...big bucks
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DennisC 8/11/2013 9:58am
8/11/2013 9:58am Edited Date/Time 8/11/2013 10:13am
Thanks for the replies so far, I made some pictures today:






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xnationalwrench 8/11/2013 1:24pm
8/11/2013 1:24pm
Looks like a Ake Jonnson style bike with the Maico forks.
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74YZA 8/11/2013 2:35pm
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The motor is a 74 yz360 (twinshock) The frame is 75 yz with a 76 yz swingarm (75 monoshock). Exhaust and gastank are 75 yz , frontend is Maico with a YZ wheel , silencer is not correct for YZ although maybe its a spark arrestor for the 76 YZ . Airbox should be a fiberglass unit doublesided(correct for the 75 YZ).
slick james187 5/7/2014 3:45pm
5/7/2014 3:45pm Edited Date/Time 5/7/2014 4:06pm
Hey guys, was wondering if you could help me identify this bike
Frame and engine numbers match 510-004458
Thinking its a 76 YZ400, want to make sure before I part the bike out.
Any help would be appreciated!



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dynohut 5/7/2014 8:20pm
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Slick, your bike is a 1975 MX400B. parting it out will get you the same value as a 1976 YZ400C as they were built by Yamaha to be the dirt bikes for the people, simple like a VW bug. They sold a jillion of them, a lot of people rode them really fast, but they were just mass produced cookie cutter MX bikes after 1974
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jwall 7/22/2014 9:58pm
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74YZA wrote:
Dennis , Vin # is on steering head and should be same as motor to bring maximum value. I have one currently and just sold my...
Dennis , Vin # is on steering head and should be same as motor to bring maximum value. I have one currently and just sold my other one about 2 months ago that was fairly original but unrestored for 14K . Restored with all correct parts with no excel wheels or aftermarket pipe or anything non OEM would bring approx. 17-20K . Yours sounds as if it may be approx. 8k-10k but pictures would tell a better story. Contact me direct tom@yz360.us and I can help you with questions or parts. There were 531 of these produced. Tom
I have been thinking of selling my YZ's
I have a stock 74 yz 360 numbers matching, a modified yz 250 , noleen pipe, etc, and a yz125.
all from 1974 and all matching numbers.
where is the best place to sell and what is the value of these three bikes.
also have a lot of OEM parts.
Thanks,
Donny O'Slow O'Hara 7/23/2014 4:56pm
7/23/2014 4:56pm
74YZA wrote:
Dennis , Vin # is on steering head and should be same as motor to bring maximum value. I have one currently and just sold my...
Dennis , Vin # is on steering head and should be same as motor to bring maximum value. I have one currently and just sold my other one about 2 months ago that was fairly original but unrestored for 14K . Restored with all correct parts with no excel wheels or aftermarket pipe or anything non OEM would bring approx. 17-20K . Yours sounds as if it may be approx. 8k-10k but pictures would tell a better story. Contact me direct tom@yz360.us and I can help you with questions or parts. There were 531 of these produced. Tom
jwall wrote:
I have been thinking of selling my YZ's I have a stock 74 yz 360 numbers matching, a modified yz 250 , noleen pipe, etc, and...
I have been thinking of selling my YZ's
I have a stock 74 yz 360 numbers matching, a modified yz 250 , noleen pipe, etc, and a yz125.
all from 1974 and all matching numbers.
where is the best place to sell and what is the value of these three bikes.
also have a lot of OEM parts.
Thanks,
Don't know the value, but Mark's Vintage Swapmeet is a great place to sell vintage bikes and parts, you can also post a question about the value as well. Here >>>>> http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/swapmeet.cgi?action=none

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