Just sold this thing this year, coolest old bike I ever owned. Scary fast, unpredictable and Raw. Had some good times and some really bad ones with it. Just thought I'd share. What are some of the old machines you guys have had come and go that are legendary? This was my 1980 YZ465. It came to me as a job from a guy that wanted it running again after he'd spent $500 at the local Yamaha dealer and it still didn't run. Naturally, I couldn't resist at least checking it out. Part of that was the mechanic in me and the other part was I just had to see this old bike that I'd never seen before. At the time I was doing a lot of port work and stuff in Blaster engines (love those machines btw) and I figured what the heck it can't be much different right? Fundamentally no, but the animal is a way different character. Even the bestest Blasty is a housecat to this Lion.