nklr - 1973 yamaha ct 175 enduro - help!

[Harry Seifert]

I used to use good ole ATF in my '73 H1 and in my '74 F7C. My little brother raced the 175 in the CMC races at OMS, Riverside and the then new Willow Springs. The owner of Kon Tiki Kawasaki in Pacific Beach, CA was and old Spanish OSSA machinist and he re-worked the disc valve and cleaned up the intake port. That litle sucker could fly. Anyway, back to your question..............the H1 had 28,000 miles on it when I traded it in for a new '75 Z1 and had no problems with the transmission at all. I sold the F7 in 1998 after three seasons of racing and another 20 or so years of putting around in the SoCal mountains. Again, no transmission problems at all. I used Valvoline ATF, IIRC. Buddy

> [Original Message] > From: DAVID CRITCHLEY > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 7/9/2008 2:27:38 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR - 1973 Yamaha CT 175 Enduro - HELP! > > I have a 1980 DT 175, and had no trouble getting a Cylmer manual for it.

Hope that helps.

> DC > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Dobson > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 19:45 > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR - 1973 Yamaha CT 175 Enduro - HELP! > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "loudicks" wrote: > > > > > > Just got a baby brother for the KLR, a beat up but rideable CT175. > > > I need to know what kind of oil to put in the gear box and > > can't find > > > a manual for this bike. Any ideas? > > > Also, it's missing a couple of spokes. I've never had to replace > > > spokes before and have no idea where I'd go to get some for > > this old > > > of bike. Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > The common gearbox oil of that era was 20W-40 motor oil(any two-stroke > > gearbox oil will probably do). Yamaha currently sells the following: > > > > http://www.yamaha- > > motor.com/sport/apparel/apscitemdetail/3/122/all/1/1579/detail.aspx > > > > The Yamaha site has parts catalogs for several 1973 models, including > > a CT3. You can get parts numbers and try the dealer or the internet, > > e.g., ronayers.com. Also, wheel specialists will probably be > > helpful. > > > > http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/servi ... /home.aspx > > > > ED > > > > > > > > > > D Critchley > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > >