Frame straightened
The frame was sent for jigging and straightening. It had a bit of a bend at the headstock, but now it's all nice and straight thanks to...
Carburettors
The carburettors are the earliest kind of Mikuni made Amal type. The look very similar to the later ones used on the TD1 range but are...
Frame restoration begins
The superfluous brackets were all carefully cut off and the frame was sent to Maidstone Motorliner for jigging and straightening before...
1957 Asama YD-A Barrels and Crank
The quality of the crank machining is much better than the production bikes and the attention to detail of the knife edge polished...
Original engine found
I managed to find the original YD engine via a friend in the US, who obtained this engine from Sonny Angel after his shop closed down, it...
YD-A as discovered
Here is the frame of YD-A frame number YD21 as it was found. It can be seen that a fairing bracket has been welded onto the headstock as...