Yamaha XT500 1981

Yamaha XT500

September 17

My total restoration of an old Yamaha thumper.
Again this one was in a right old state. Non runner and hadn’t been for many years. Wiring was totally shot so all replaced and also all the ignition system replaced with CDI.

Sorry XT purists I replaced the old front end with one off a Kawasaki KLX650 mainly because I wanted to do something a bit different on this restore.

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YAMAHA XT500 1981 FINAL