![]() I started by opening the airbox and pulling the stiff intake hose off of the carb. There’s supposed to be a Mikuni VM15SC here, but in 2014 a motorcycle shop installed a Dellorto equivalent. If I had to wager a guess, the leg shield probably rubbed the paint off in this area over time.Īt any rate, there’s also the carburetor in all of its adorable glory. On the other side there’s just bare metal that hadn’t yet started to rust. This doesn’t look too bad and I think a visit from the wire wheel will clear this up. ![]() However, upon removal of the leg shield I did discover that the motorcycle’s frame is a smidge rusty. It also means that from here on out, my service manual for it is practically my bible. Unfortunately, I may never know how many of these were sold, why it was given the name that it has, or why it was such a short-lived motorcycle. ![]() They found nothing.īut we do know that the Yamaha U7E was definitely a thing since Yamaha printed service manuals for the motorcycle. My contact with Yamaha searched the archives and even had his Japanese counterpart search the archives. But for whatever reason, Yamaha doesn’t seem to have much of any records on the U7E. ZF was able to lend its knowledge for my RTS bus’ transmission. For example, Volkswagen was able to give me service manuals for the Phaeton that I used to own. Usually, the manufacturer of a vehicle will have something on hand, be it advertising materials, press materials, manuals, or perhaps even just images. But I am now, and that means we’re going to be turning some wrenches! More On Its HistoryĪfter I wrote my introduction to this project I reached out to Yamaha. Between the holiday and a press trip I’ve rarely been home. I do apologize for missing my own deadline. When I started this project I promised weekly updates. The bad? Not even Yamaha knows about this motorcycle’s history. The good is that I found an interesting alternative to carburetor cleaner. I’ve finally started tearing it down and examining how much work that I have ahead of me. A couple of weeks ago I launched a project to restore the 1972 Yamaha U7E motorcycle that’s been sitting in my garage for years.
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