http://throttleyard.com/2011/06/17/ty-exclusive-early-70s-twin-engine-yamaha-drag-... He wants $3500.00 for it. 
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June 25, 2011 3:59 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
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June 25, 2011 4:14 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
thats a hell of a deal for a whole lotta bike. I bet it would run pretty damn nice times, and it would be great for vintage or nostalgia drag days or shows.
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June 25, 2011 4:52 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Supposedly it runs in the 170's.
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June 25, 2011 5:32 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork
The guy pitted next to me at Maxton was running a twin engine Harley.
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June 25, 2011 8:04 p.m. Rusnak_322 HalfDork
$3500 but it isn't clear if it runs and there is no way to make it stop.
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June 25, 2011 8:39 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Chicken.
Actually, if you look closely at the pic I linked, you'll see a small chrome pedal pointing downwards which is the rear (only) brake pedal. Cream of 1970's drag bike engineering, that.
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June 26, 2011 12:07 p.m. 93gsxturbo HalfDork
I'm trying to think of how to make that streetable. Would be awesome for cruising the local spots.
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July 1, 2011 10:01 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
The stand looks very welded on.
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July 1, 2011 10:13 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
And to think they locked up Jack Kevorkian for assisting suicide!
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July 1, 2011 10:32 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork
Nah, the claim is similar bikes of that era ran the 170's. Which isn't exactly true. Cream of the crop multi-engine bikes of that era ran those speeds, others were slower.
It's not clear in the listing, but it seems this bike was build as a show piece, never to run, just to look at. It doesn't read like it's ever been started or ridden.
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July 1, 2011 10:35 a.m. Adrian_Thompson HalfDork
foxtrapper wrote: It's not clear in the listing, but it seems this bike was build as a show piece, never to run, just to look at. It doesn't read like it's ever been started or ridden.
Which could explain why the bike is free and not locked up for murder
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July 5, 2011 12:47 p.m. GregW New Reader
Looks like the "seat" is set up to grab important appurtnances when you leave over the handlebars.
