YZ175?

[crdude]

my friends gone vintage on me!! he got a 78' YZ175 (thats what he says it is at least) and he was asking me what some of the pro's and con's were.

i really dont know anything about the bike, so i thought id see what you guys thought of the old school bike

any thing that we should look at before riding it?

[kwmotocrosspunk]

pro-its a yamaha
con-i dont have one sounds like a sweet bike

[FFRacing11x]

Ahhh, the days! Time of the 100, 200, and 400 classes! Tdub

[crdemon]

my dad has one sitting in our carport that runs...... post pics, how much did he pay for it garrett?

[Satch0922]

Yamaha did not make a YZ175 in 1978. They did make one in 1976. Does it look like this?

[ossagp1]

At one time Yamaha was making an MX and a YZ line. About the time those hammer head forks came along Yamaha decided to slightly upgrade their MX line and slightly downgrade their YZ line (Ok they just really started calling their MX's YZ's and basically stopped making things as special as YZ's had been. The 175 MX version got dropped when the IT 175 came about as I recall. I still have some of the 175 IT's. It was pretty close to what a YZ was in every respect except for the big tank,,,different exhaust and wide ratio transmission.

[crdude]

Originally Posted by Satch0922

Yamaha did not make a YZ175 in 1978. They did make one in 1976. Does it look like this?

im not sure what it looks like, he just got it the other day and i havent stopped by to see it. if i do ill have to grab the vin number and see what it is for him.


Irv, it has no spark so it dose not run, some one gave it to him for free.

[OLDMXRACER 393]

The YZ175 was a one year only model in 76. I sold one a couple of years ago and still have a few parts floating around somewhere......

[crdemon]

my dads is a 76, but i dont think it was a yz. Eh im spacing ill try to get ahold of him today. I no it had a headlight and was street legal.

[crdude]

i just talked to my friend, i guess 78' was just a guess at the year.
some one had painted the frame so he cant see or somthing like that..

yes its yellow, i guess ill just have to go to his house and check it out for my self

[FFRacing11x]

The next issue of VMX has an artical and pics of the YZ175.

[Michael Parker]

my uncle has a 1979 yamaha mx175 from his racing days, and it still runs great. that is the bike i learned on.
i hope your friend enjoys his.

[crdemon]

Anyone know how much they are worth for one that runs? I kinda have a vinate bug, id like to restore my dads...

[OLDMXRACER 393]

"I kinda have a vinate bug, id like to restore my dads..."

Post us a picture of the bike. We still don't know what you have for sure.

My yz sold for $950.00 on eVil Bay. That was with a rebuilt (never started) engine, a like new tank lots of n.o.s. bits and still needing the suspension overhauled.

[crdude]

im pretty sure my friends selling his YZ and i never got too see it even!

some one offerd him $600 and i dont think he's going to pass it up :