Frame up restoration of 3 Yamaha Mini Enduro JT-2!!

Amazing find on Father's Day 2021. Three Yamaha JT-2 Mini Enduros at a garage sale. One running poorly, one roller and one in boxes. After careful inventory I decide to restore all 3 to new condition from the frame up. Several parts missing or not available had to be made by hand or sourced from outside the USA. In the end I have 3 rare and fun bikes that are a blast to ride and share with you.
Here is my journey to rebuild all of them and some of the challenges restoring 50 year old mini bikes.

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[yanceydavenport]

I got this exact same bike for Xmas in 1985, I was 10 years old!.. best Xmas I ever had!!

[heisrisen]

Freaking gorgeous bikes vintage nostalgic greetings from Naples Florida

[mltolvw]

AMAZING!!! I have two of these and was questioning whether to restore at least one of them, after watching this, I can't wait to get started. Thank you for posting and motivating! These are a blast to ride and brings me back to when I was 12 and had my first Yamaha JT2

[cobannie]

I had one of these when I was 12. The local motorcycle shop had 2 broken dead ones that we could cobble together to make one GOOD bike. It was super fun and fast little thing! The freedom that bike brought me is something my kids couldn’t imagine in these modern days. The miles and miles we drove that thing in the ditches and dirt roads out in the country was Amazing!

[chicobicalho]

I had one! Back in 1972 when I was 11 years old and weighed about 28 kg!

[tomLyons-hgwu]

Great Job! Wish you lived next door)) Been working one for some time now. Order the electronic ignition from Treatland, but cant see to get it the timing right. Going to put stock one now, and get a new coil. All the stuff for the clutch mechanism under the cover is missing. Any diagrams?

[Anthonyjt]

I had a Suzuki Gaucho, another friend had an SL70 and the last buddy had a Mini Enduro. It was highly unusual for black kids to have these but our parents did pretty well. We had a ball riding and exploring. We kibed on the edge of town

[albertchavez]

OMG i wanted a Yamahauler Mini enduro :) but i got a ct 70 honda Mini trail :)