hello looking at buying what i think is a 83 model? yamaha three wheeler only decals on side say 200 shaft drive any idea what model this may be? has front and rear racks if that helps, any info would be great, thanks!

 

I would guess you 're looking at a 1983 Yamaha YTM 200. They made a quite a few variations on this model, and I don't know all of them. I do know they made a YTM 200e, which had electric start, and a YTM 200Dx, which I don't think had electric start, but may have had reverse. Does the one you are looking at have electric start?

 

thanks for the help, yes this one has electric start but does not have reverse only decal says 200 shaft its yellow has front and rear racks, does this help? thanks kris

 

I would say you are looking at a Yamaha YTM 200e. I think the "e" model was the only one with the electric start. You can probably find a picture of one to check it against, either somewhere on this site, or elsewhere on the 'net.
MZH

 

Does it look like this?:
http://www.files.3wheelerworld.com/r...yamaha200e.jpg
The picture is an '85, but I don't THINK they changed that much on them from '83-'85.
MZH

 

thanks for the pic thats it, looks just like it, i see you have a 94 ext 580 i have one also how do you like yours? im selling mine this fall no time to ride in the winter.

 

I love my EXT, but it needed a few "changes" to make it "better". The major mods are: I wanted a little more rubber on the snow, so I extended the tunnel and put in a 136" skid frame from a '98 AC Powder Special. I'm running a 133" track from a Polaris SKS. While I was in there I moved the heat exchanger to the back of the tunnel. Its got an Aaen pipe and a billet aluminum secondary roller. I've also got a set of high compression heads for trips out west. I'd like to drop/roll the chaincase, but that's for another day. I'll try and post a picture of it sometime in the next week or so. I used to ride about 1200 miles a year right from the house (I lived in a semi-rural northern suburb of St. Paul), but I just bought a house in the city, so I'm a bit concerned about how much riding I'll get to do this year also. That pipe is awfully loud for hot laps around the yard...