Comments on: 1971 Yamaha CT1 – 175

By: marco

marco — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 17:53:01 +0000

Hi guys i bought a 1970 yamaha ct1 175 someone knows, besides ebay,where i can find parts for that.

By: Toby Lampson (outta Cali)

Toby Lampson (outta Cali) — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:14:06 +0000

Dude,
My hunch/fear is your bike, by now, may be long ago forgotten….but hopefully not.

Dude if you study this bike, in depth, and ride it plenty you may discover what I did back in 71….. this bike came
from a small family of AT, CT, DT, and RT Yamahas that changed motorcycling. And they didnt’ do it with hype. They did it with great engineering, and love of aesthetic’s. You have an ICON motorcycle. That 175 has remained, in my opinion the best handling motorcycle I’ve ever ridden.

Hope your still enjoying it!

Best,
Toby Lampson (ex publisher Dual Sport News)

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 04:18:50 +0000

Have the big brother to this the DT400 enduro making a bar hopper/ bobber outta it

By: Kyle

Kyle — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:22:59 +0000

Ed – what company did you go through to get the VT registration? Can you email me?
Kyle – kja139@gmail.com

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:43:55 +0000

@pat
Yep… I did the vt registration which was no problem and I recently transferred it into pa and applied for a pa title. So it all worked.

By: Patrick Huff

Patrick Huff — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:51:07 +0000

Ed, Have you attempted to get a title through Vermont yet? I was just wondering how easy it is because I thought that I had heard that they were trying to crack down on it…which would be lame.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 14:56:06 +0000

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/ae/54/42/ae5442df7f2f0fd3072de915f43d2955.jpg

Early DT

By: adam

adam — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:09:03 +0000

Sounds good Steve. Come up with a route through that wasteland and you lead one this coming year.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:19:03 +0000

Adam, the “Dirtsday” ride can go though the trails near the coal pier off of Richmond. I don’t know how long those will be around and accessible with the 95 on-ramp construction though.

Man, all the street riders are gonna be so jealous when we skip the normal thurs ride for a dirt ride.

By: Carson

Carson — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 23:42:15 +0000

That makes sense on the wiring, most of those old bikes had points and a very simple stator plate setup, one wire coming off the lighting coil for your lights, and one power wire coming off the starter coil for the ignition coil. I’m assuming that the mounting bracket for the ignition coil grounds itself.

a wiring diagram for that bike shouldn’t be too hard to find. If it’s 6V points, which I’m assuming it is, you don’t really even need a voltage regulator, just hardwire you’re lights into the lighting coil lead from the stator plate so they come on when the bike starts up. batteries are optional on those bikes, but they definitely help regulate your lighting if you plan on doing any riding at night with that thing. otherwise at idle your headlight barely flickers.

By: colin

colin — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 02:01:03 +0000

You could run the (probably black/white)wire from the magneto through a kill switch on the handlebar to return it to stock- other than that, from what i can tell that’s more or less legit. No grounds required because there is no battery- charge goes from the magneto straight to the engine. Coil and engine(spark plug+magneto) are ‘connected’ by the frame. Send it!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 01:00:57 +0000

Oh yea, we’re building a new on/off road ‘fairmount loop’ with dirt jumps and then do once a month 2-stroke Thursday ride.

By: Adam K

Adam K — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:47:01 +0000

Ed, I saw that thing on CL and almost called on it. Glad you got it. Great price, too. I’m definitely going to pick something up before spring.

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 20:57:19 +0000

Yo Ed-

Bike looks good.

Talk to Andrew- He also bought a barely running shitty dirtbike and is scratching his head trying to figure out the electrics.