Stock - YZ80 - 1983 - $450

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Edited Date/Time 6/27/2022 7:04pm
Looks stock to me....
Cant beat the price.
I do not know the owner or the bike .... just wanted to pass it along.
This was my first bike in 1985.....
Sure looks good to me.....

https://ksu.craigslist.org/mpo/d/saint-george-1983-yz-80/7500040916.html
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Magoofan 6/27/2022 10:43am
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That's a blast from the past. I had one of those. It's not totally "stock". The original radiator shroud was black. ...but it does look pretty original.

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Benchracer17 6/27/2022 11:02am
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Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model?

This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what year. lol
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wydopen 6/27/2022 11:31am
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Was my first bike. Shroud doesn’t look like an ‘83

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Magoofan 6/27/2022 12:13pm
6/27/2022 12:13pm Edited Date/Time 6/27/2022 12:15pm
Benchracer17 wrote:
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model? This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what...
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model?

This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what year. lol
1984 went red and white. The craigslist listing is an 83....unless someone changed all the plastic out and painted the frame.

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lostboy819 6/27/2022 12:47pm
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280driver wrote:
Forks do NOT look stock.
Why? because of the cheap plastic covers that everyone was using back in the early 1980s. The forks are stock you just cant see them.
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The Sneak 6/27/2022 1:06pm
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Definitely an 84 radiator shroud. Side panel looks like 84, too.
SmokinJoe439 6/27/2022 1:08pm
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The 83's had that different shaped rad shroud that was funky shaped it stuck out. The 84 had the better shaped one that didn't go up as high either and tucked in better.

The 84's in the u.s were still yellow funny now I think back. Everyone says kx's dominated I rarely saw them. I saw every year new yz80 through 86 and the 85 n 87 cr80. Only green bikes were a couple kx 60's and a friend had the last gen kdx 80.


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Benchracer17 wrote:
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model? This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what...
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model?

This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what year. lol
Magoofan wrote:
1984 went red and white. The craigslist listing is an 83....unless someone changed all the plastic out and painted the frame. [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/eb/09/6aeb09c9af402210ee16f63016f9925d.jpg[/img]
1984 went red and white. The craigslist listing is an 83....unless someone changed all the plastic out and painted the frame.

Nope, that was 1985, the year I began racing.
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Magoofan 6/27/2022 2:29pm
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Falcon wrote:
Nope, that was 1985, the year I began racing.
Ah....ya got me. The old brain is to blame...

Did a search for 1984 YZ-80s and found that the pic I posted. Guess red/white was non-US in 1984. I knew they changed somewhere around that time.
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280driver 6/27/2022 3:09pm
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280driver wrote:
Forks do NOT look stock.
lostboy819 wrote:
Why? because of the cheap plastic covers that everyone was using back in the early 1980s. The forks are stock you just cant see them.
I guess so. Can tell you nobody was using them in my part of the world.
Dirty Points 6/27/2022 4:13pm
6/27/2022 4:13pm Edited Date/Time 6/27/2022 4:14pm
280driver wrote:
Forks do NOT look stock.
lostboy819 wrote:
Why? because of the cheap plastic covers that everyone was using back in the early 1980s. The forks are stock you just cant see them.
280driver wrote:
I guess so. Can tell you nobody was using them in my part of the world.
That surprises me, nobody?

1983:
Ward:


Omara:


Hannah


Barnett


Bailey


Carlqvist


Everts


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280driver 6/27/2022 4:19pm
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Thanks for doing all the research and putting that together. Talking about the 80cc class I raced. No biggie. Moving on.
Dirty Points 6/27/2022 4:24pm
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280driver wrote:
Thanks for doing all the research and putting that together. Talking about the 80cc class I raced. No biggie. Moving on.
Still shocked since the kids tend to emulate the trends. It'd be like if you told me there were no mullets in your area in the 80s
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280driver 6/27/2022 4:30pm
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Well, there where plenty of mullets! Including mine, LOL!
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SmokinJoe439 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/06/27/556917/s1200_images_1_19.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/06/27/556918/s1200_download_1_13.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/0 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/06/27/556920/s1200_images_1_20.jpg[/img]6/27/556919/s1200_download_1_15.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/06/27/556921/s1200_images_1_21.jpg[/img] The 83's had that different shaped rad shroud that was funky shaped it stuck out. The 84 had the better shaped...



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The 83's had that different shaped rad shroud that was funky shaped it stuck out. The 84 had the better shaped one that didn't go up as high either and tucked in better.

The 84's in the u.s were still yellow funny now I think back. Everyone says kx's dominated I rarely saw them. I saw every year new yz80 through 86 and the 85 n 87 cr80. Only green bikes were a couple kx 60's and a friend had the last gen kdx 80.


Not sure where you lived in the early to mid 80's, but here in Texas, Kawasaki's absolutely dominated the 80cc class, especially 83' and 84'. The whole entire starting line was typically nothing but a sea of green. Pretty sure all the big amateur races were the same.
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DGE.532 6/27/2022 4:49pm
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RACERX69 wrote:
Not sure where you lived in the early to mid 80's, but here in Texas, Kawasaki's absolutely dominated the 80cc class, especially 83' and 84'. The...
Not sure where you lived in the early to mid 80's, but here in Texas, Kawasaki's absolutely dominated the 80cc class, especially 83' and 84'. The whole entire starting line was typically nothing but a sea of green. Pretty sure all the big amateur races were the same.
For sure I spectated ponca city couple times in the 80s the mini classes were like kawasaki invitational races
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Benchracer17 wrote:
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model? This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what...
Doesn't side number plate and radiator shroud look like 1984 model?

This is very important stuff. We need to get to the bottom of exactly what year. lol
Magoofan wrote:
1984 went red and white. The craigslist listing is an 83....unless someone changed all the plastic out and painted the frame. [img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/eb/09/6aeb09c9af402210ee16f63016f9925d.jpg[/img]
1984 went red and white. The craigslist listing is an 83....unless someone changed all the plastic out and painted the frame.

84' was white and red across the pond, stateside they were yellow until 85'

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