I bought one may 1973 in Freeport Illinois. Loved that bike. Rode it to Fort Carson Colorado. In June that year. Had it for many years lot of trips. Sold it for a BMW , Now I ride a Tri Glide.
I always have believed Yamaha Nippon Seiki instrumentation of that time was some of the most beautiful designs in motorcycling history. Just proper gauges.
Hey- I had one of those, back in 1980. (Many fond memories, and some notso: Very smooth/ powerfull and quick. Negatives were: sacked cheapo front fork springs, (Uphill corners were ok. Downhill corners were deadly), and a counterbalancer problem. Far as I know- the first counter balanced bike motor, was the Yammy TX500. The balancer on both these bikes, was chain driven, off the crank, and no provision was made, for tensioning that chain. The chain stretch, caused the motor to go out of balance. Yamaha provided a bolt in tensioner , which fixed that, (if the motor lasted long enough.) But yeah: very comfortable to sit on, and nice for long rides. .
Kicking this little 750cc twin to life isn't very hard. I had a 103ci shovelhead that was the hardest kick to start bike I ever owned! I finally added a decompression button on both cylinders. Afterwards, I didn't ask the group for volunteers to kick my bike. Only newbies jumped at the opportunity to attempt "the chore" my nickname for starting that monster!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
Great video! I have a question. What is that bright red light that goes on and off? I dont remember having that on my TX 750. Maybe its special for Australia? Opps no need to answer that I saw your explanation down under. he he. Mine was a 74 with oil cooler. Dark green and I loved to drive it and the great sound from the twin. Later on I switched it for the RD350 also an excellent bike.😎
Nice bike and a wonderful road! I notice you have twin discs as in Europe, was that standard in AUS? Whats the red light between the speedo and tacho? I have a red -73 TX. BR, Mats
Hi mate, this bike is a Japanese domestic model , it only came from Japan when I bought it about 7 years ago, it only had 14950 kms on the clock , for some unknown the Japanese had twin disc and the red light between the clocks comes on when you get over 80 kph , this must have been the speed limit in Japan in the 1970's , I've left it on and it can be quite bright at night , this is a great old bike , I've done over 25000 kms on it since I bought it , no problems.
@@yamonda900 Aha, some kind of speed warning? Thanks for the explanation! :-) Mine is a european red TX with twin discs, and done only 25000 since new. I woke it up after been of the road for 15 years, did the road inspection, and is now road legal for ever (bikes older than 40 years has for ever inspection in Sweden)
I agree with you, thanks for the comment , my 1974 TX750 A is awesome, not so my 1972 TX750, it was stuffed in 3 months, I now have a CB750 motor in it, no problems now.
TX750 is one of the sexiest bikes ive ever seen. I dearly miss those analog dashboards also. Things were just better back in the day.
Thanks mate, they sure are a nice old bike, sure they had some problems back in the day but now mine is so reliable and fun to ride.
Hello, I even 45 years ago had been riding on the TX-750. I traveled all over Japan. I really missed it.
Hi Tatsu, just wondering did you own this bike, I purchased this bike about 5 years and it was imported from Japan, if you did let me know.
I bought one may 1973 in Freeport Illinois. Loved that bike. Rode it to Fort Carson Colorado. In June that year. Had it for many years lot of trips. Sold it for a BMW , Now I ride a Tri Glide.
I always have believed Yamaha Nippon Seiki instrumentation of that time was some of the most beautiful designs in motorcycling history. Just proper gauges.
I'll agree with you there mate, they are the best around.
Thank for that. They were such a good looking bike ,and still are !
Beautiful specimen.
A beautiful place to ride a great bike mate!
Great bike and cool video.
Hey- I had one of those, back in 1980. (Many fond memories, and some notso: Very smooth/ powerfull and quick. Negatives were: sacked cheapo front fork springs, (Uphill corners were ok. Downhill corners were deadly), and a counterbalancer problem.
Far as I know- the first counter balanced bike motor, was the Yammy TX500. The balancer on both these bikes, was chain driven, off the crank, and no provision was made, for tensioning that chain. The chain stretch, caused the motor to go out of balance. Yamaha provided a bolt in tensioner , which fixed that, (if the motor lasted long enough.) But yeah: very comfortable to sit on, and nice for long rides.
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By the time this one was made in 1974 they had sorted out all the problems, I've done 25K trouble free riding on mine.
Enjoying that sound .
I had one of these. the orange model. never had any problems with it. most people riding had the 750 Honda 4 cylinder.
What a beauty wow.
Sounds great.
awesome drive
Really enjoyed the ride with you (on video at least) Ian!
Nice rare bike
カッコイイ！たぶんフルノーマルですね。 現行モデル復活希望。
Tive uma no Brasil
Have fun kick starting that thing, your on the wrong side of the road, I wish I still had mine
No need for the kick starter Phillip, the Electric works every time.
Kicking this little 750cc twin to life isn't very hard. I had a 103ci shovelhead that was the hardest kick to start bike I ever owned! I finally added a decompression button on both cylinders. Afterwards, I didn't ask the group for volunteers to kick my bike. Only newbies jumped at the opportunity to attempt "the chore" my nickname for starting that monster!...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠
Great video! I have a question. What is that bright red light that goes on and off? I dont remember having that on my TX 750. Maybe its special for Australia? Opps no need to answer that I saw your explanation down under. he he. Mine was a 74 with oil cooler. Dark green and I loved to drive it and the great sound from the twin. Later on I switched it for the RD350 also an excellent bike.😎
I was hoping that you would see my previous answer, all the best 👍
Nice bike , never got them in UK . Looks like an xs650 with a xs500 engine in , so I presume the 750 is a bored and stroked 500 motor ?
No.. they look much like a 500 engine but they're the real deal a factory 750
They were never common but we had them here in Australia
Nice bike and a wonderful road! I notice you have twin discs as in Europe, was that standard in AUS? Whats the red light between the speedo and tacho?
I have a red -73 TX. BR, Mats
Hi mate, this bike is a Japanese domestic model , it only came from Japan when I bought it about 7 years ago, it only had 14950 kms on the clock , for some unknown the Japanese had twin disc and the red light between the clocks comes on when you get over 80 kph , this must have been the speed limit in Japan in the 1970's , I've left it on and it can be quite bright at night , this is a great old bike , I've done over 25000 kms on it since I bought it , no problems.
@@yamonda900 Aha, some kind of speed warning? Thanks for the explanation! :-) Mine is a european red TX with twin discs, and done only 25000 since new. I woke it up after been of the road for 15 years, did the road inspection, and is now road legal for ever (bikes older than 40 years has for ever inspection in Sweden)
@3:28 Didn’t want to get the bike dirty? If I didn’t ride in the rain my bike would never get washed. Beautiful bike though!
Is that the one that had a mile of chain in the motor?
Yes, 2 chains, as many as a Honda 4.
cool !!!!! - Thank's
milege per litre?
20 kms per liter Amel.
18-20 kms / liter.
Where is that place?
West Mt Cotton Rd in Queensland Australia 😀
@@yamonda900 Beautiful place similar to the forest mentioned in poems of Robert frost
4 stroke? Or 2 stroke?
4 stroke mate.
@@yamonda900 im indonesian, give me a motor cycle please😁
No mate, this bike is staying with me for a while yet 😉
@@yamonda900 ok bro👍👍
If you want a realistic ride go into settings and change playbeck speed to 1.5. Much better
Nice bike , perfect sound , but the worst engine Yam never product 😤😢…. They stop production just before bankruptcy 😝.
I agree with you, thanks for the comment , my 1974 TX750 A is awesome, not so my 1972 TX750, it was stuffed in 3 months, I now have a CB750 motor in it, no problems now.
Yuck.. old school RUclips stabilization.
Indians