Owned one of those in Green Color, back in my High School days - 1976. That sound brought back a lot of memories riding around Virginia - USA with my hair in the wind. Great job restoring it and thanks for posting the video. Right On!
@kmalerich8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I had a '72 in my junior and senior year of HS in '75 & '76. Great bike. Super restoration. There dont seem to be too many around anymore.
@tommyruff12863 жыл бұрын
I love the smell of two stroke in the morning. It’s like the smell of victory.
@christianbargain560 Жыл бұрын
Bravo Micou ! Tu es un Artiste ! Quelle belle mise en scène pleine d'humour ! Je suis vraiment très fan de Yamaha à l'ancienne ! Bon travail Gégé !!!!!😀😀😀👍👍👍
@micoumeekoo Жыл бұрын
Bonjour Christian, et merci pour les compliments. Mais qui est ce Gégé que je dois féliciter pour son travail ? ;-)
@christianbargain560 Жыл бұрын
@@micoumeekoo Bonjour ! J'avais compris dans les autres vidéos que les prises de vues étaient faites par un certain Gégé ! pardon je me suis trompé ! En tout cas j'aime vraiment tes vidéos ! 👍👍👍
@micoumeekoo Жыл бұрын
@@christianbargain560 Pas de soucis, j'ai effectivement un Gégé parmi mes copains. Il m'a quelques fois tourné quelques scènes dans quelques vidéos. Sinon, je fais tout moi même avec la GoPro sempiternellement posée sur le ventre. Le Gégé en question est aussi un super restaurateur et branché lui aussi sur les vieilles Yam.
@jossxr21974 жыл бұрын
My favorite bike with a perfect restoration ! Congrats very good job.
@ericdrossart23717 жыл бұрын
Du bel ouvrage !! Bravo Micou ! Et quel coup de jarret, avec ça elle démarre du premier coup ... tu casses le mythe !!J'aime 👍 la conclusion poétique avec ce coordonné classieux de gris ! Trop fort l'artiste
@gatsbylemanifique6 жыл бұрын
I had the same in 1979 ... very powerful for his time!
@arthurleino4 жыл бұрын
I had a silver grey 360. bought in 73, good trail and street bike.
@outtowin755 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid, the bike looks great... I just bought a 125 this afternoon, looking at different ideas for the bike
@bsedgwick33486 жыл бұрын
Well done! Had that one back in high school.
@malipiper7 жыл бұрын
I have a 1973 360, that I am in the process of breaking down now so I can have the frame and other parts powder coated. My dad bought this bike new and I can remember at 4 years old sitting on the tank and holding onto the cross bar as my dad took me for my first ride. If you are willing I would love to ask you a few questions about your beautiful restoration.
@ramishrambarran39982 жыл бұрын
TORQUE INDUCTION was the description Yamaha gave to the newer motorcycle engines that came with the Reed valve between the carburettor and the engine block. The previous engines were " piston ported" with the up-and-down movement of the piston doing all the port timing control. With the new reed-valve, the piston port timing could be changed more critically, without the worry of " blow- by" through the carburettor.........no reverse flow ! This design allowed the engine to put out a little more torque. This was the hallmark of the later RD engines. Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.
@christianroux47138 жыл бұрын
J'ai la même moto, j'aimerais les mêmes balades… Merci Micou, on en veut encore, et encore.
@viccamenzuli54067 жыл бұрын
fantastic, I have a two owner RT2 that has been 'stored' for 37 years. all there but the fork tubes have rusted.
@03bonneville8 жыл бұрын
Super job.....killer bike
@victoralejandro61547 жыл бұрын
Transformation Azombrosa! une machine vraiment belle. Félicitations. Salutations de l'Argentine
@DavidSilva-un6kp2 жыл бұрын
Bela máquina. Parabéns RJ/BR
@coolmusic15795 жыл бұрын
Awesome bike, ride the heck out of it.
@717rocket6 жыл бұрын
Better than new. Had a silver one in 1978.
@Larry-ez4ls2 жыл бұрын
Which is your favourite bike from the '70s and why"
@scottrogoway70342 жыл бұрын
all looks awesome exept the modified front turn signals. They should be mounted stock off the handlebars.
@micoumeekoo2 жыл бұрын
Hello. The turn signals are not modified, they are the standard ones fitted by Yamaha for the french and european market. With the homologation being different from a country to another, the turn signals, headlight and tail light could different in different countries.
@powerwagon37317 жыл бұрын
I had the RT I version black with red pinstripes.
@smidon5 жыл бұрын
Snap
@mopedsscootersandcruisers68507 жыл бұрын
Wait, no wheelies? Those were wheelie kings back in the day.
@Ikesane2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!!
@markroberts13015 жыл бұрын
Your videos are always a joy to watch! We have an annual Yamaha Enduro ride in the US, I have a couple of video slideshows, I wish they had the production value of your videos! Where did the "Cutaway Engine" featured early in the video come from? Is it yours? Also was the darker "Charcoal Gray" color of you bike original for the European bikes too, or just the domestic Japanese model? Ours were a a lighter "Crystal Silver" color in the US. I'm a big fan of your bikes and videos, I can tell that you are a very good rider too. It would be nice to meet and ride one day!
@micoumeekoo5 жыл бұрын
Hello Mark. I did myself the cutaway engine with worn parts. I think RT2 where crystal silver nearly everywhere in the world, but I own a japanese brochure showing this charcoal grey color. I find it more classy. Coming probably tomorow : a new video of my Yamaha XT 250. I also painted it in a japanese sheme from a brochure..
@waynebrown54283 жыл бұрын
Great job!!!
@ymaginerick58043 жыл бұрын
whaaaa splendide
@Milo_Minderbinder5 жыл бұрын
WOW - looks really better than new ! A question please: Which tires did you mount (brand and model) ?
@micoumeekoo5 жыл бұрын
Hello. The front tire is a genuine 19' Dunlop Trial Universal found with the original Yamaha wrapping and with the Yamaha part number tag ! The french importer asked for 21 inches front wheel. The rear one is a south east asian product : Vee rubber, with the correct paved look like in the seventies.
@Milo_Minderbinder5 жыл бұрын
@@micoumeekoo Thank you very much for your answer. I will check, which Vee Rubber might suit my bikes. I recently restored two 70ties dirt bikes, which had over 30 year old Metzeler Enduro tires. They had perfect looking profile design - very classic, like on your Yamaha. Now I have mounted new Mitas E05 (front) and Bridgestone TW24 (rear). They also have the typical classic trial design, but slightly too fine pattern. The next tires shall have the perfect classic look. That's why, I asked you.
@franciskok97487 жыл бұрын
I also have one of this 360cc RT1, and later over the year, several 250 DT1 too.. The RT1 is a real badass, as the name said "angle-breaker".. because my neighborhood mechanic found out.. a blue-black angle... that the reason Yamaha put in a de-compression valve on top of the exhaust port.. the kick-back is nasty..
@smidon5 жыл бұрын
I had an RT1. Scariest thing for kickback ever. I ripped the back of my heel open kicking it - it threw my foot back up into the rear foot peg. After a while I bump started it. Motherless thing. But God I’d love to have it now. That and my RD350 from 74. Groan.
@717rocket5 жыл бұрын
Know what you mean had the 71 model.
@wilde.coyote66182 жыл бұрын
@@smidon I too had a rt1. Upon disassembly, noticed the decompression valve was cracked in half. Real hard on my calves.
@Silverado763306 жыл бұрын
Sweet Bike!
@clembuck60063 жыл бұрын
Awesome....
@tomwilliams48855 жыл бұрын
Good job.
@clembuck60065 жыл бұрын
Very nice job..selling by chance.?
@KamenKachev4 жыл бұрын
Bravo!
@E106e1066 жыл бұрын
Where did you order or go to find parts for that bike?
@micoumeekoo6 жыл бұрын
Hello. it's more and more difficult to find parts for this rare bike in Europe, but they have been sold by thousands in the USA. So boneyards, swap meet and eBay can be good purveyors. Search also at cmsnl.com. They have a lot of small new old stock usefull parts. Good luck.
@badpossum4404 жыл бұрын
This is the 4th video i watched on the RT2 & not one mentioned the odd spark plug system . i doubt many other brands used it tho' i am not an expert.
@micoumeekoo4 жыл бұрын
Hello Karl. Are you talking about the 2 spark plug holes for only one cylinder ? I have no explanation, but nearly all the Yamaha 2 stroke trail bikes had these 2 holes. And the Kawasaki 125 KE, 250 F11 and 350 Big Horn had the same, and also the Suzuki TS 400 and TS 250. We used to fit a manual compression release in the second hole, or a second "spare" spark plug.
@leeturner18385 жыл бұрын
a couple of times while hill climbing one day i saw these things run backwards!! when i let the clutch out it ran backwards??????????????
@micoumeekoo5 жыл бұрын
Yes, it happens to me too, with a 250 DT2 ! It's when there is not enough firing advance set at the contact breaker. It was at a red light. When it turns green, I hit the car behind me !
@take5th Жыл бұрын
Wow
@gerdmeyer8095 жыл бұрын
super Classiker.
@gregmaggio52176 жыл бұрын
I guess banjos are more fitting than an electric guitar..🎸
@briantrend18124 жыл бұрын
I bought RT2 in 1972 brand new for R900 South African Rand. Then after 4 trouble free years loaned it to my squirt brother and he leaves it laying around unlocked and some Parasite stole it. UNFORGIVEN
@briantrend18124 жыл бұрын
I just want to ad all us surfers rode Yamaha 360's and we scored chicks. Npw I'm bikeless and no chick bumer . anyway all is good caus I cant trust chicks these days they all cookoo fucking entitled libtaaaaards 'n gold diggers
@briantrend18125 жыл бұрын
this is my favourite video of all time. I had this bike when I was 21 . I owe this amazing mindblowing bike plenty . it was a chick magnet , I fucked chicks through this bike . I wish I could find another bike like this beauty. they just don't make them like this anymore ,I started this bike with flipflops but never made it a habit. used to carry my surfboard on the side and under my arse
@briantrend18125 жыл бұрын
it was popular for the guys owning these 360's to get the frames plastic powdercoated after awhile inbetween surfing and doing wheelies or tearing up the parks. I didn't find the company that powder coated, it so ended up in a hurry stripping it down and hand painting the frame red with red oil paint by brush it looked pretty good too. probably the only red frame 360 ever . Then sprayed it white with flash union jack badges on the tank . A year after that then I sprayed it mat desert colour and put on Afika Kor palm trees on the tank that didn't go down well with all the old fogies who fought at el alamein. Dam it looked the business. I left it like that , then my younger brother borrowed it after awhile , left it in the park unlocked, brainless twit, and it was stolen. son of a bitch never ever said sorry ....... UNFORGIVEN
@SteveHacker7 жыл бұрын
AMAZING bike! Just lose the music, sound effects, and slide show, and make it an ACTUAL VIDEO THROUGHOUT, and let us hear the bike the WHOLE TIME... The cheesy music, and ESPECIALLY the awful sound effects really need to go, man. And even better, how about video of the actual restoration PROCESS?