Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1969 Yamaha YDS6
Sold new in the UK in 1969
Estimate
£3, 200 - £3, 800
Registration No: TCG 34H
Frame No: DS6-01133
MOT: Exempt
Authentically presented YDS6 250 twin
Sold new in Hampshire in August 1969
Supplied with its original green log book and a V5C
The Yamaha Motor Co was formed in 1955 as the powered vehicle division of the massive Yamaha Corporation more famous for making musical instruments. The first bike produced in 1954 was the YA-1, like the BSA Bantam a copy of the German made DKW RT125 but in typical Japanese fashion this was soon improved upon with the launch of the YA-2 in 1957. This proved to be an immediate success in sporting events starting a long tradition of achievement that goes on to this day in Moto GP. By the mid 1960s Yamaha had range of twin cylinder bikes that became the basis for the TD and TR race bikes and the arrival of the RD range in the seventies cemented Yamaha's reputation for high performance two strokes with models like the RD400 dominating production racing in the day, embarrassing a few larger capacity bikes.
Not many Yamahas were sold in the UK in the 1960s making this a rare bike that has spent its entire life on these shores. Sold new in Hampshire in August 1969 and supplied with its original Green VE60 log book, it is presented in authentic and mostly original condition. The metallic red paintwork has been refinished, the frame powder coated and cables replaced with the correct silver ones but the chrome, wheel rims and seat, etc are original. Not used in anger for a while, the bike started and ran when being photographed and comes supplied the the aforementioned log book charting its ownership from new until the mid 1970s and a current V5C.
