Yamaha 175 Enduro for 1970
Starting in the late 1960s, Yamaha offered a range of attractive, similar looking 2-stroke engine motorcycles within their ‘Enduro’ series, suitable for off-road/trail riding and street riding. The engines were single cylinder units offered in a variety of displacements, this one sold as the 175 Enduro, positioned neatly between their 125 and 250 cc Enduro models.
Instead of pre-mixing oil and gasoline for the 2-stroke motors, Yamaha offered ‘Autolube’ which automatically mixed in the correct amount of 2-stroke oil so long as the oil supply tank was adequately filled. There’s a tell-tale oil tank level indicator window visible here on the trapezoid-shaped panel below the saddle. Autolube simplified operation so that only gasoline needed to be added to the fuel tank, not a mixture.
One of my good friends, a classmate named Scott who also happened to live down my street, owned a 1969 125cc Enduro that he bought using money he earned by delivering newspapers. My other friends and I were quite envious! I think that the going price for that 125 Enduro then was on the order of $325. Nowadays, over half of a century later, one of these Yamaha Enduro examples in excellent condition could be expected to sell at auction for several thousand dollars.
Yamaha 175 Enduro for 1970
Starting in the late 1960s, Yamaha offered a range of attractive, similar looking 2-stroke engine motorcycles within their ‘Enduro’ series, suitable for off-road/trail riding and street riding. The engines were single cylinder units offered in a variety of displacements, this one sold as the 175 Enduro, positioned neatly between their 125 and 250 cc Enduro models.
Instead of pre-mixing oil and gasoline for the 2-stroke motors, Yamaha offered ‘Autolube’ which automatically mixed in the correct amount of 2-stroke oil so long as the oil supply tank was adequately filled. There’s a tell-tale oil tank level indicator window visible here on the trapezoid-shaped panel below the saddle. Autolube simplified operation so that only gasoline needed to be added to the fuel tank, not a mixture.
One of my good friends, a classmate named Scott who also happened to live down my street, owned a 1969 125cc Enduro that he bought using money he earned by delivering newspapers. My other friends and I were quite envious! I think that the going price for that 125 Enduro then was on the order of $325. Nowadays, over half of a century later, one of these Yamaha Enduro examples in excellent condition could be expected to sell at auction for several thousand dollars.