StealthNinja
04-13-2014, 09:40 AM
Hello all. I have been using 3WW for some time as a guest. Decided it is time to get on board. I currently own more toys than I need, but not more than I want! I have a 1985 Yamaha YTM200E Reverse. Shaft drive, semi-auto trans. It has been in my family since new. My parents bought it for my younger brother when he was 17. Within 2 years of owning it, he broke most every bone in his body crashing it! My parents suggested that I take it down to southern NY where I used it to help put up firewood and cruise around with my young kids piled on it! It has been a fantastic workhorse. Living in Vermont for the past 20+ years and have had the bike all this time. All 3 of my kids (2 girls and a boy) have all ridden it through the years. They are grown and gone now. My wife uses it around the yard for landscaping and I use it to haul deer out of the woods behind the house where I hunt. While it is not pretty, plastics faded, racks bent, handlebars bent, seat has a fox-shaped hole in the cover, it has never required any repair other than routine oil changes, carb clean / fuel flush (friggin E85 crap) and replaced the pull starter rope. Other than that, starts first or second pull every time! A real testament to Yamaha manufacturing way back when.