From Ragged to Riches

This is the story of a sow's ear that we're going to turn into a silk purse. As you can see this poor Yamaha TY175 has seen better days, both on it's wheels and off. The lower end of the motor was fine, so a bore job with new piston and rings freshened up the engine. We did not polish or powder-coat the cases at this time, we'll do that later when we have to take them off.

The remaining cosmetics left quite a bit to be desired as you can see. In fact, the camera makes the tank look pretty good....trust us it's not!

We want to make this bike look a better. So, we are going to add a little paint and a few cosmetic parts to see what happens.

Check back next week and see what it looks like.......