freebie Yamaha 225 updated washed pic IT RUNS!!!!

[maggiesboy]

I got a message from one of the guys I used to race with. His Mom has "some mid-eighties death trap" on her ranch she needs to get rid of. All he could tell me that it is shaft drive. What models were shaft drives?

Big Red
250 SX
yamaha 225


what else?


I'm leaving the house as soon as my 6 and 8 year old boys wake up. I'll have a photo as soon as I get home :D

[firehart]

The price is right. Hope you can fix it up. Wish you lived closer to me here in southern Idaho. We could ride together.

[userj8670]

Nice snag! Cant wait to see a picture of it!

Jim

[Yamada]

Yamaha 200E
84 Big red 200ES
Wish for you it will be complete

[whipit]

the kawasaki klt160 and klt185 were also shaft driven but pretty rare so i would bet more on a 250sx or big red

[Tri-Z 250]

I bet anything it's the Yamaha...they had shaft on the seat org. style yellow or blue.

[maggiesboy]

it is a Yamaha :D It has reverse as well, so that makes it a 225 DX right?

it is stuck in gear right now. I'm headed back to the garage to get the pressure washer out. It last ran 5 years ago. Just a project right?

[rdlsz24]

It has a hairy butt! haha. I like how the seat says SHAFT lol

Rob

[userj8670]

I like how the seat says SHAFT lol

Rob

LMAO!:lol:


Nice trike! Not bad for free. I bet if you put new fluids in it and clean the carb she will fire up!:w00t:

[sgp56]

Looks like the only thing that been on that trike in a long time is vines

[maggiesboy]

I got it washed. It is alot bluer now :D Carb is in dip right now, we will see if it will start.

So far it needs:
reverse lever
Battery
pull handle
fuel line
spark bolt
carb clean
fluids changed
fresh gas.

[chris200x]

loooks like you pulled it from the bottom of a lake. :D

[y2kane]

good luck... Looks like a nice freebee snag!!

[Macs]

Is it me or does that pic of the back end look twisted???

[DeePa]

clean up some good parts and part it out. Its not like its your only trike

[maggiesboy]

Is it me or does that pic of the back end look twisted???

the grab bar is hosed. the rear corners of the frame measure the same.

I'm having a bit of trouble finding a vin chart to determine the year. It is jy31ev004f0006011. If anyone could help me out, that would be great.

Bill

[Taiser]

VIN comes back as a 1985 Yamaha YTM225

Needs a lot of work but even butt ugly trikes are diamonds in the rough. I had a YTM200EK (thing there was a k??) and that thing would run forever no matter what I did too it. Great score!

[maggiesboy]

VIN comes back as a 1985 Yamaha YTM225

Needs a lot of work but even butt ugly trikes are diamonds in the rough. I had a YTM200EK (thing there was a k??) and that thing would run forever no matter what I did too it. Great score!

Thanks a bunch Taiser :beer

The tranny is now in neutral :D All the bodywork is off, degrassed, debugged... yada yada yada

Off to work, maybe it will start in the morning :D

[trizilla]

maggiesboy, thats a 225 dr!!! dr- reverse, dx no reverse. that plastic may clean up nice. check the area where the footpegs bolt to the frame. it is common for the mounts on the frame to rust out.

[cybrman]

Nice find! I remember as a kid I used to love those trikes, I had a YT175 that I wished was a 225.

[maggiesboy]

maggiesboy, thats a 225 dr!!! dr- reverse, dx no reverse. that plastic may clean up nice. check the area where the footpegs bolt to the frame. it is common for the mounts on the frame to rust out.

I will check those in the morning. Thanks for the heads up.

[devilman]

LMAO!:lol:


Nice trike! Not bad for free. I bet if you put new fluids in it and clean the carb she will fire up!:w00t:




i seriously doubt it. but maybe if it said HONDA on it somewhere.:lol:

[Taiser]

LOL don't sell them short. They use to call mine the "yellow submarine" It would go up to the gas tank in water and not whimper. My buddies Big Red would die as soon as water hit the spark plug! Yamaha's were not too shabby! :D

[scooterroo]

take some carb cleaner to the plastics and that black paint should wipe right off. geeez, im suprised edoggy hasnt commentted on this one yet!!!

[firehart]

I had one kinda like that. I sold it to a friend on a promise. He was suppose to fix it and go riding with me. It never happened. I didn't get the $100.00 or a riding buddy.

[LonesomeTriZ]

I have brought back worse. That should be a fun project.

[userj8670]

put up some new pics dammit!!! im gonna fall off my chair here in a second lol!

[maggiesboy]

i seriously doubt it. but maybe if it said HONDA on it somewhere.:lol:

ohh you are wrong :D It is a runner!!! Cleaned carb, a couple of wheelies :w00t: and now the oil is draining :D

[saturnthegiant]

Great!!!! Glad it runs for ya! I have to work the next three days before i can start on mine! Nice find!

[devilman]

ohh you are wrong :D It is a runner!!! Cleaned carb, a couple of wheelies :w00t: and now the oil is draining :D



where are the wheelie pics??:lol: just messing with ya dude. congrats

[fabiodriven]

Wow, can't beat that for free! Nice job-

[userj8670]

Cleaned up quite nicely! Sounds like your enjoying it. But why is it blue?

[maggiesboy]

some of the 225's came blue from the factory

[trizilla]

lookin good man! gotta love those 225's. i miss mine alot. and wheelies prolly lots more to come.

[maggiesboy]

lookin good man! gotta love those 225's. i miss mine alot. and wheelies prolly lots more to come.

I had always thought my SX was the wheelie trike..... not so much anymore, this thing rocks the weelies!!!

[maggiesboy]

check the area where the footpegs bolt to the frame. it is common for the mounts on the frame to rust out.


The pegs and frame both are in really good condition :D

[trizilla]

cool. when i got mine i new nothing of this and got it running and rode. about 2 months into a hard riding season and about 15 miles from home my right footpeg broke off. i later noticed that the left had been welded before i got it.
wheelies are fun on them. i could bring mine up in 2nd and easily run into 5th. i always seemed to run out of torque when i got into high gear though.

[maggiesboy]

I had to go to the dealer and buy a petcock for it. The old petcock was just trickling fuel and the trike would die out. I'll post more this weekend.

Bill

[maggiesboy]

I sat out in the sun this morning with the garden hose and a 400 grit sanding sponge and tackled the fenders. WOW a major improvement for sure. I still have more to do on it, I'll get some pictures up when I get home.

[userj8670]

cant wait!

[fabiodriven]

I sat out in the sun this morning with the garden hose and a 400 grit sanding sponge and tackled the fenders. WOW a major improvement for sure. I still have more to do on it, I'll get some pictures up when I get home.

What's this about 400 grit sanding sponge and water?

[maggiesboy]

What's this about 400 grit sanding sponge and water?

if you look at the pictures, some bright person spray painted it black. I got a sanding sponge from the local harware store.(sponge allows to sand around the different curves of the body work) I basically wetsanded the plastics to make an attempt at saving them instead of tossing them in the trash. I'm gonna get real hillbilly style after they are all sanded and give them a coat of mop and glo for a shinny finish.

The seat is headed to the wonderful folks at Cosmic Quads for some seat luvin' too. I can't have too many beaters in the garage :D

[Frankencelery]

Hey, I just got one of these too! I totally agree with you about the wheelies. My SX was the best I had for wheelies until now, but this thing just loves to point to the sky!

On mine, the clutch doesn't seem to dig in until the RPM's are up a little higher. I couldn't tell if it was just normal for this trike or it was misadjusted. Sure doesn't feel like a Honda! Maggiesboy, is yours that way?

I'm going to have to check the frame for rust around the pegs. One of my pegs broke off last year while jumping my SX, causing some bodily injury! Fortunately it was the trike's body, not mine, and also fortunate that I was only a jumping about a foot in the air!

[maggiesboy]

Hey, I just got one of these too! I totally agree with you about the wheelies. My SX was the best I had for wheelies until now, but this thing just loves to point to the sky!

On mine, the clutch doesn't seem to dig in until the RPM's are up a little higher. I couldn't tell if it was just normal for this trike or it was misadjusted. Sure doesn't feel like a Honda! Maggiesboy, is yours that way?

I'm going to have to check the frame for rust around the pegs. One of my pegs broke off last year while jumping my SX, causing some bodily injury! Fortunately it was the trike's body, not mine, and also fortunate that I was only a jumping about a foot in the air!

the clutch on mine does engage at a higher RPM.

[maggiesboy]

sent the seat to MRS Moshman today :D:D:D:D:D

[maggiesboy]

My Dad and I have made the deal of a lifetime for the both of us :D He is trading me this trike for his 98 CR500 :w00t:

His 58 youthful years is catching him quick with the 500, the 225 will be tip top for him in a couple of weeks :D