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Background: This is an update to an ongoing project to Reverse Engineer and re-manufacture brake and clutch brackets with levers for Yamaha YDS 2 and YDS 3 motorcycles. Creation of Digital Twins of the original parts and manufacture of the patterns for these were covered in a previous post. A few weeks ago Harling Foundries …

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Background: Yamaha YDS 2s and YDS 3s were sold in the early to mid 1960s. These bikes, had a cable operated clutch and front brake. They used very similar brake bracket castings for both but were sided due to the brake lever pivot bolt holes. There is a slight difference between the YDS 2 and …

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