1967 Yamaha YDS3 250cc Twin, five-speed
a fitting workshop manual in the restoration of a classic motorcycle? And yet – in the early days of the Japanese invasion, the manuals were somewhere between useless and extremely funny, due to being transliterated from Japanese into English. I have one in front of me right now. It’s a dirty, worn buff volume – designed – ha ha – for the bike of the month. See if you can decipher this delightful piece of advice – which comes under the heading of ‘Cushions suitable for highway driving’ – and I quote ‘The cushions are of a new type designed for highway running, and the car body, especially in cornering gives a comfortable road holding which can be expected in
