Description
Please note: This is part of the Damon Schuetze collection.
Typically we ask sellers to include a starting video or allow us to include one when we list a motorbike to ensure the motor is good but the seller had all these bikes professionally prepped for storage and wants to keep them that way. He had the bikes inside his home so they are dry on fuel and ready to add into a collection or get running again (Iconic is happy to help with that). Iconic sold him the GSX-R750RK, the ZX-7RR and the 1986 Suzuki RB50 GAG so we have prior running videos of those in our archives but the rest came from other sources. Adam knows many of these bikes from seeing them in the past as he nearly bought the RC45 from Bob Weaver, remembers the OW01 at a live auction, and a couple of the others. They are from credible sources even before the seller acquired them and again, we’d love to get them prepped to ride again for the buyer if he/she elects to do so.
Click here for an VINData Motorcycle History Report on this 1987 Yamaha YSR50. Additional photos are available here for your perusal.
The Yamaha YSR50 was the most common of the rare 50cc sportbikes that came from Japan in the late 80s and early 90s. An instant classic, the YSR50 was always street legal and always seems to put a smile on the face of riders and spectators.
Built to look like a mini RZ500, the YSR50 also featured mini performance. The 49.3cc two-stroke engine was capable of pushing the bike up to 38 miles per hour, but companies like Team Calamari have been making stock performance numbers useless with years of aftermarket parts and performance modifications if you are so inclined.
Manufactured January 1987, this example is VIN: JYA2RR00XHA001306; Engine: 2RR001306. The seller purchased the bike from a private party through an Iconic auction December 2021.
The odometer shows 2,228 miles.
Maintenance:
In preparation for this listing our service department performed a safety inspection on the bike. The shop notes the following in the condition report:
Gas Tank Internal Condition: RED LINER, STARTING TO PEEL NEAR NECK
Tire Years – Front/ Rear: 496/496 (MAY BE ORIGINAL 49/1986)
Tire % Front/Rear: 75%/60%
Tire Press Front/Rear: 17/21
Brake % Front/Rear : 70 (CONTAMINATED)/75+
Front Hydraulic Fluid: OLD 1.5-2.9% MOISTURE
Rear Hydraulic Fluid: N/A
Clutch Hydraulic Fluid: N/A
Transmission Oil: OLD
Coolant: NA
Low Beam: UNKNOWN
High Beam: UNKNOWN
Turn: UNKNOWN
Tail Light: UNKNOWN
Brake Light: UNKNOWN
Plate Light: UNKNOWN
Kill: UNKNOWN
Horn: UNKNOWN
Fork: LEAKING
Shock/s: OK
Final Drive: NEEDS SERVICE
Battery Standing Voltage: 0
Charging Voltage @ 4k
RPM:UNKNOWN
Notes:
• BIKE HAS BEEN DRAINED FOR STORAGE
• 2 STROKE OIL EMPTY
• GAS EMPTY, TANK ROUGH INTERNAL
• DOES NOT RUN
• ENGINE TURNS
RECOMMEND (TO RIDE):
• BATTERY
• GAS TANK LINE
• CARB CLEAN
• PETCOCK REBUILD
• ALL FLUIDS
• TIRES
• CHAIN
• FORK SEALS
• NEW F. BRAKE PADS + ROTOR DECONTAMINATION
Modifications:
Refinished bodywork.
Inside of the tank:
It is riding on Bridgeston Molas tires with date codes of 496.
The sale includes four keys.
Cosmetic Blemishes: please see the album up top for all known cosmetic blemishes. Here is a selection:
Currently located at our facility in Santa Monica, California, (please make an appointment for an inspection), this Yamaha is offered on a clean Ohio title. Have any YSR50 stories or questions about this listing? Let us know in the “Comments” tab!
