While I have made every effort to find a definitive answer to the long running question "what is standard" I have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing. You should remember that when originally built they were built to a price and not a standard hence suppliers would change along with the finish of the parts they supplied to Yamaha during the bikes production run.
| LC Reference Pictures (click a thumbnail) These pictures are from two 250LC's and one 350LC, the 250LC's are brand new UK machines from Padgetts that have never been registered for road use. The 350LC is a very low miles machine that as far as the current owner is aware has never been restored. As the history of these three bikes is well know and can be verified by there current owners I consider that these bikes represent the most accurate method of attempting to identify how your bike SHOULD\MAY have looked when first built. As I get more pictures I will add them to this site, it is generally believed that through the production run some bolt finishes and styles may be different as they may have been sourced from different suppliers in Japan. Likewise there are varying shades of the olive passivate finish on some parts varying from green to black. I make NO claim that these pictures are definitive answer to how your bike did\should look or was built originally, only that these represent the finish, type and style of the parts used on these three bikes. |
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