After reassembling the front fork I put all the wiring back in place. If you leave this till later is gonna be very fiddly. Before I took the wiring out I made lots of pics but even with those pics it was a bit of a puzzle to connect everything the right way. Actually I still don't know if it's all good; most of it can only be tested with the engine running.
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| Wiring diagram Yamaha 100 LS3 1972 |
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| Part number tag still on the original wiring harness |
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| Original Wiring head light Yamaha LS3 |
Next things were the handle bar, rear fender, tail light, indicators, rear wheel and freshly sprayed sprocket. The switch handle also needed some TLC and soldering. The original handle bar was stripped down, sanded and nickel plated and the aftermarket throttle handle was replaced with a NOS one including a new throttle cable and oil pump cable.
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| Taking the switch handle apart |
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| Rusty indicator switch |
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| Indicator switch mechanism and horn button |
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| Cleaning indicator switch mechanism |
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| Rebuilding Yamaha LS3 handle bar |
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| Tail light and rear fender Yamaha LS3 |
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| Painted original 36 rear sprocket Yamaha LS3 1972 |
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| Rear wheel Yamaha LS3 |
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| Rear mud guard Yamaha LS3 - Close up |
Followed by rear shockers, front fender, front wheel and most cables.
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| Night shift: mounting front fender |
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| Left side front wheel Yamaha LS3 |
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| Right side front wheel Yamaha LS3 |
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| Rear wheel with brake rod and tension bar |
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| Break switch rear |
As with most older bikes not all parts are available anymore, so sometimes you have to be creative and make your own stuff. The old dampers for the right side cover mountings were almost perished and I couldn't find them so I made them from an old inner tube. In the middle of the tube is a weld which looks almost the same as the original part but above all it's functional.
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| Making cover dampers from an old inner tube |
Time to bring back the seventies! Mounting the side covers and a loose fit of the fuel tank, at this moment I'm starting to see why I'm putting all those hours in this once basket case, enough time has passed for the LS3 to be cool again :).
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| Oil tank with new oil level gauge |
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| Fitting fuel tank |
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| Right side fuel tank, cover and rear shocker |
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| Right side fuel tank, cover and rear shocker |
Luckily I took of the original sticker of the oil tank with a razor blade and kept it in a safe spot. Before putting on the clear coat I put it back on the oil tank with some transfer tape. In this pic you can also see the metallic silver shining trough the red dye/clear coats; That's what they call "candy".
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| Two stroke only !! |
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| Chrome chain guard - Yamaha LS3 |
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| Exhaust |
The buddy seat was almost ready. I only had to put on the original strap with the chrome button bolts. But because the new buddy seat had the bolts welded on I first had to carefully drill 'm out. The original bolts and chrome "buttons" were stripped of their old chrome, cleaned, sanded and nickel plated.
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| Welded bolts new buddy seat |
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| Original bolt with pin in place |
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| Yes, it's not in the middle, but that's how it should be |
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