Superb.😊

When i was 11 In 1971 my parents got me one brand new in azusa california from Bert's Yamaha Azusa California great place to live &ride dirt bikes back in the 1970s 🎉

Good video.

That’s my first bike when I was 10.. Same color. Modified it myself over time by adding a Hooker header and green weenie. Took the front fender off and painted it. Tuned it, raced it and spent a few summers pushing it to the limit.

This was my first bike

Where can i find CARB FOR THIS BIKE?

Might be the coolest triumph ever.

I had one in 1973 and crashed it. I was almost 13 years old. I broke my back injured my spinal cord and have been in a wheelchair chair since. 50 years plus and what i would do to be able to ride again. Be careful out there..

Got one of these brand new cars n 71 my feet never touched the ground again for months just kept riding

Perfect little bike

just curious where u got parts for this? Im in the process of restoring one i just bought .. ty

Such a cool little bike. when I was a little kid I had a Honda SL 70 and my best friend had one of these Yamaha's. one day my friend came to where I lived which was a couple of towns away. and then we wanted to go back to his house. and I'm not sure what came over us be we decided to get on the highway. and it seemed so cool at first, but next thing you know as luck would have it a cop car pulled up right behind us. and we couldn't go any faster on our little bikes. my friend suddenly made a left turn off the freeway somehow and went towards this big parking lot. and somehow the cop car ended up behind my friend and in front of me. I should've just turned in some direction and gotten away. but I wanted to stick with my friend. my friend ended up going full speed through this parking lot and got to a walk in entrance with a cement wall on either side. and the opening to walk through was barely wider than his handle bars and he went through it at top speed. and the cop car did every thing in its power to squeal to a stop and not hit the cement walls. I think the car lottery came within two feet of the walls. and I had no where to go except up this slight ramp to the side of the cop car. and there was no way to get down to where my friend ended up. so I quickly turned the bike around and went to take off. and the cop jumped out of the passenger side of the car and pointed his gun at me and yelled something. I was just a little kid and I froze. those were the days. I loved that time in my life.

Dec 1980, hoping for the new YZ125, xmas morning you run to the tree and there it is with a yellow bow.😎

I cant figure out how to put the clutch cover back on with the clutch cable and spring done correctly, please help

Wow,,,,,, man that's the NICEST TRIUMPH i have seen on KZbin........ i just luv it!. Well done👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hi there I have recently been given a 1971 mini needs a full rebiluild, if it's to ask roughly how much did your restoration cost?

Yup love it. My 1st bike in 1977.. rode the hll out of it.. I just bought a used one on auction for 2k. They claim to have gone thru it but I think they were shade tree mechanics..lol Having clutch issues. cable looks new, clutch plates look new and are in tolerance. There is a ton of slack in the cable so maybe they put in the wrong cable.. I see no adjustments at the lever. The book shows adjustments at both ends but if u look at the cable in parts it only shows adjustment at the bottom end of the cable. so no idea which is correct. ANyway great bike. thanks for sharing

Great restoration, sounds good , not too bad for mechanical noise. , curious, how well does that front brake stop?

Update Had to take the top end apart due to loss of compression Cylinder head cracks were bad Also 20 over cylinder barrels were bored off center Man you are a crook

Looks like it has the larger 4 gallon, T110 tank........But who cares? its a beauty!

that's perfect and awesome! I had a new one in '72 and raced desert and different types of tracks on it. sure wish I had one again. it's in my picture on left!

Want to sell?

VERY COOL BIKE

Oops. My earlier comment was a mistake. I was not familiar with the early primary chaincase design.

That is not a Bonneville. This bike is a 500cc. Not a 650cc.

daamn sounds like crap dude....lotta rattling goin on in there

Well done! I've just completed 3 JT-2's. Video coming soon.

Beautiful!

My first motorcycle!!!

Your Dad did an Incredible Job. That’s exactly how that engine should sound. I just picked one up in excellent Condition but restoring the whole thing. Best of Luck with it

I owned one new...a lot of memories biking on Sundays with my buddies and their SL70's.

Had same bike was my first as well but in yellow and black. the only thing i ever replaced besides tires were the rear shocks from going over so many jumps, was able to get it really high in the air. Bike was virtually indestructible. Never Forget Your First...

It was $335 out the door in ‘71

You gotta put the baffle in it.

I'm 57 and just getting started on restoring my 1971 JT1 I bought with paper route money when I was 10. Any chance you'd put me in touch with your Dad?

Sounds like a can of nails

my first bike ever got it when I was 9 in 1980my dad got it for me second hand, best bike ever i used to be on it every Saturday and Sunday for hours non stop, then something to eat and off again, never broke down once, bulletproof.

Nice resto, I love these 70's/80's yamaha 2 strokes ... but that headlight shroud has been beaten with the ugly stick.

WOW!! I bought one of these beautiful machines brand new from REDLANDS YAMAHA for $1,600.00 cash. The owner delivered it to the house for me and soon after that I was on the High School MX Team. We raced every Friday night against other IE high schools at CORONA RACEWAY and in 1982 our school placed 2nd to Hemet High School. Man oh man I wished I can find another one of these bikes. This was definitely a trip down memory lane. I used to run PROGAS Racing Fuel mixed with HPS PreMix.

Absolutely gorgeous ! Sex on wheels. 🧡🇬🇧

The most beautiful motorcycle ever made.

I had to come back to hear the sound . Hard to forget that .

Had a 63 Tiger Cub in same livery - should of kept it...

My buddy got a 200 cc Triumph Cub. Felt like a toy. So I upped him one and got a Norton Electra 400. After riding with some Triumph 650's I had to upgrade to keep up ! So I found a 64 Triumph Bonne. Sad to say I had to sell it when I was in the US Army. My Dad hated cycles for some reason. So my Mom made the deal while I was away. Really miss her. Now I have a 1967 Trophy. Complete resto but the guy loved black and had everything painted black . Even the chrome fenders and headlight cover. I changed it all back to chrome. I need some shine ! He also took out the points and put in electronic ignition. A little black box now . It had a broken side stand ring on the frame . Can't find anyone here that can weld it. So I never had it done. WISH I had your nice concrete flat driveway. I would take mine out every week or so. 1972 Norton Commando NOS too ! I want your driveway ! Beautiful job by the way ! Thanks for uplifting my spirits !!!

Beautiful restoration! This was the first year for liquid cooling, and I think the only year where the coolant ran up the steering head to the radiator. I frequently had to replace the O-rings in the steering head. This was a beautiful bike -- awesome for a collector, but the 1980 was lighter and lower-maintenance.

Wow a sorted bonnie in the shed is such a sight! Well done. Triumph twins come up for sale in New Zealand but I'm not sure if there are many mechanics who will or can repair them. Cheers.

Bloody lovely 👌

My first bike for my 8th birthday. So many great memories of my Dad and I riding our bikes.

My first mx racing bike ,good memories 👍thanks

I had a couple of these back in the day, along with a Tiger Cub, T21, Speed Twin, Tiger 110 and Thunderbird. Good times, if only I had the foresight to keep a hold of them 😐