Registration No: KNT 298E
Frame No: R1-05663
Engine No: R1-05663
CC: 350
MOT: Exempt

• This very rare and beautiful Yamaha YR1 has formed part of a private collection
• Restored to show standard using mainly 'new old stock' parts
• It comes with a Yamaha Club dating certificate
• The first superbike of its type, with an exisiting lineage today
• Light recommissioning before use

For 1967 Yamaha introduced a new model, the YR-1. This motorcycle was the largest in the line that year, and represented a lot of firsts for Yamaha. It was the first 350cc motorcycle they had built. The engine was a twin cylinder, piston port, two stroke, five speed, producing 36 horsepower. The clutch was mounted on the transmission input shaft, rather than directly to the crankshaft. The advantages were that the input shaft rotates at a much lower speed than the crank, thereby making the clutch much more smooth in operation, and increasing the life of a clutch tenfold. It was a road-racing engine and chassis, with enough lights and instrumentation added, to make it street-legal.

This very rare and beautiful Yamaha YR1 has formed part of a private collection. A rare machine, this example was restored to show standard using mainly ‘new old stock’ parts. The first ‘superbike’ of its type, with a lineage existing many years later. It comes complete with a current V5C and a Yamaha Club dating certificate. It will require light recommissioning before use.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217