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I love how diverse of a collection everybody has owned. Some of them pretty rare. Wow been a long time since Ive seen a YM-1, or a YL-1 or a Kawasaki Centurion, and I've never even heard of some Powdertoastman has owned. Very cool fellas.

I hope some of the lurkers post up some of the bikes they have owned.

My YM1 and YL1 were very nice examples of the breed. I still regret selling the little YL1 -- even at 40+ years old it was dead reliable. Oh well, I have another YL1 that I'm slowly restoring. The YM1's basic design was from the late 50's so it was more maintenance intensive, whereas the YL1 when it came out in '66, was state-of-the-art two-stroke design.

'66 YM1:
[url=http://s173.photobucket.com/user/cyrenus/media/66YamahaYM1305.jpg.html]

'66 YL1:
[url=http://s173.photobucket.com/user/cyrenus/media/BlueYL1022.jpg.html]

My YM1 and YL1 were very nice examples of the breed. I still regret selling the little YL1 -- even at 40+ years old it was dead reliable. Oh well, I have another YL1 that I'm slowly restoring. The YM1's basic design was from the late 50's so it was more maintenance intensive, whereas the YL1 when it came out in '66, was state-of-the-art two-stroke design.

'66 YM1:
[url=http://s173.photobucket.com/user/cyrenus/media/66YamahaYM1305.jpg.html]
I'm partial to the SOHC Hondas but that YM-1, in that color and in that condition, is just unbelievable.