82Yz80J,also 83,84,85,86 Yz80's

[Jordo]

1986 YZ 80 was my first bike ever! I've ALWAYS wanted to find on and make it show room fresh. When I got my 86'er I was 12 years old... Would have been in 1992. Mine was roached out and just about everything was rigged together. Plastic was wired together cuz the mounting bolts snapped off in the frame... And so one.

Im pumped for you man! This will be a great band aid to not haveing it when you were a kid ! I'm jellious.

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[Luckystar64]

Good to see that you're still working with these old YZ's. Post a pic of that restored YZ50! Eric Gorr can do a great job porting a dinosaur! --L*64

[thekidd77]

I think I fixed the intake boot, I stared at the goop section at canadian tire for 20 mins, and went with a black silicone. I stretched all the cracks so it got inside and then smeared a layer over the whole thing, seems to have setup nice and still is flexible enough. I am working on the 50 again, I was waiting on a float, needle valve and seat to finish that project but now something in the drive seems to be binding.

[thekidd77]

Won't let me load a pic

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ikes/yz50g.jpg

[thekidd77]

Here is the yz80 project

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ikes/yz80j.jpg

[thekidd77]

I was really happy with the results on that bike, I seen a youtube video detailing how to just scrape the old plastic with a razor blade.

If you had lots of patience you could make it look mint, just by scraping off the faded plastic, I went a little too fast and caught the corner of the blade making some big scratches here and there but all in all it looks pretty damn good considering how faded it originally was, when I draggedit out of the weeds.

[Luckystar64]

The Fifty looks nice. Did ya drag the 80 behind the truck on the way home though? hahaha! --L*64

[thekidd77]

It does look rough, I thought the 80 was in a shed, but turns out it has been outside the last 10 years, I was disappointed in the condition, neither wheel would turn we had to lay it in a wheelbarrow to get it to my truck. Just taking things off and washing it has done wonders for the look already. Probably should repaint the swing arm and find bars for it. I was expecting worse engine problems but the cylinder was undamaged, so I am happy despite the look it will be less work than I was expecting.

Just taking off the mangy seat and washing it has done wonders

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/yz80jtwo.jpg

The Fifty looks nice. Did ya drag the 80 behind the truck on the way home though? hahaha! --L*64

[Luckystar64]

Are you in Canada by any chance? I'm asking because the '82's were yellow here? It does look a little better already.

BTW-- A little off topic-- but if you ARE in Canada, did you guys happen to get a CR60 in '85-"86? We got them '83 and '84, but the later models were alot cooler than the earlier ones we got here. Cooler seat and body. Just wondering. --L*64

[thekidd77]

Yes I'm in Canada. No idea on the CR60 question, I was just riding the yz80 around our farm and wasn't involved at the track at all, so don't know anything about other model bikes.

[T-Dub13]

Kidd, I just saw a NOS YZ80 carb boot go for big money on ebay. I'm looking for a good one also. I've got two rotted ones. Keep us posted on the black silicone fix. Hopefully you've found a cure. In my industry, we use an ice cube to spread RTV silicone. It doesn't stick to water haha. Try it if you have a tough time spreading it and making it nice and smooth.

Cool project! I've got a restored YZ50 up in the second floor of my house! Great conversation piece haha, but too nice to ride now...

Oh and L*64, I've got some Eric Gore stuff. Yeah, He's good. I have one of his heads on my YZ490, goes like a scalded dog.

[hobbeekid]

1986 YZ 80 was my first bike ever! I've ALWAYS wanted to find on and make it show room fresh. When I got my 86'er I was 12 years old... Would have been in 1992. Mine was roached out and just about everything was rigged together. Plastic was wired together cuz the mounting bolts snapped off in the frame... And so one.

Im pumped for you man! This will be a great band aid to not haveing it when you were a kid ! I'm jellious.

Post more Pics!

Jordo, It's never too late to find that bike again! for cheap!!! Just troll yer local Craigslist. They pop up, or if you don't mind searching nationwide try AD HUNTER you'd be surprised at what you can find...

[hobbeekid]

Here is the yz80 project

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...ikes/yz80j.jpg

I'd love to get that red & white plastic!!!! I'm envious!!!

[hobbeekid]

It does look rough, I thought the 80 was in a shed, but turns out it has been outside the last 10 years, I was disappointed in the condition, neither wheel would turn we had to lay it in a wheelbarrow to get it to my truck. Just taking things off and washing it has done wonders for the look already. Probably should repaint the swing arm and find bars for it. I was expecting worse engine problems but the cylinder was undamaged, so I am happy despite the look it will be less work than I was expecting.

Just taking off the mangy seat and washing it has done wonders

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...s/yz80jtwo.jpg

I like it!!! Just imagine it with red anodized rims, a alloy swingarm, reworked shock & forks, ported, boysen reeds and a aftermarket pipe & silencer! Ok, I'm getting carried away with this again LOL!!!!

[thekidd77]

Well seeing as your Avatar picture is of my bike I understand the envy. Kind of funny how they sold a different color in Canada, you would think the Canadian ones would be the same as the American ones for shipping ease, not the same as european ones.

I like it!!! Just imagine it with red anodized rims, a alloy swingarm, reworked shock & forks, ported, boysen reeds and a aftermarket pipe & silencer! Ok, I'm getting carried away with this again LOL!!!!

[thekidd77]

There is another reason I can't give up the red and white plastic to you Hobbeekid, it's a hilarious play on words I have going on with my kids that they haven't solved yet. I decided to start riding a motocross again last year and started looking for a bike in the $2000 dollar range, I was fully expecting to end up with a 10 year old yz426f. Then I came across a pristine condition 2005 CRF450R for $2500, a steal in Canada. When I got it home I told the kids I love my new bike, but that I'm a lil sad because I didnt really want a red bike, I really wanted a blue bike, why they asked? Because I always had blue bikes when I was a lil kid and my very favorite blue bike was red and white. All four looked at me with confused faces, one of these days they will figure it out.

[T-Dub13]

I'm in the same boat there Kidd. My favorite bikes are Yellow and NOT suzukis. I always hated the white though because of my 1989 YZ125 which I couldn't for the life of me, get the suspension tuned on. That thing wouldn't fly straight if you hooked it to a helicopter. So now I've got a YZ490 which I'm collecting yellow plastic for. Nobody understands why. I guess everyones favorite stems from what they saw at the track and in the magazines when they were first introduced.

Here's my YZ50. In the living room here, but now it's in the upstairs hallway. It was my dream bike as a kid and 30 years later I found one and restored it.

[thekidd77]

We must have had them here there is an ad for a 1986 CR60 and CR80 as a package neither running both sound seized, pretty steep at $900 though

Are you in Canada by any chance? I'm asking because the '82's were yellow here? It does look a little better already.

BTW-- A little off topic-- but if you ARE in Canada, did you guys happen to get a CR60 in '85-"86? We got them '83 and '84, but the later models were alot cooler than the earlier ones we got here. Cooler seat and body. Just wondering. --L*64

[T-Dub13]

Oh man, I'd love to find a CR60. I passed on a free one a few years ago and have been kicking myself in the arse ever since. I'll pass on the RM's though. I always thought they were sorta fugly, well, except for the '82.

[thekidd77]

The bike needs a piston and he wants $350 for it seems like too much coin, and that piston sounds very hard to find, everything for it seems hard to find, I guess when they weren't sold in the USA that cuts into the used parts market