Howdy, Last fall I got a call from Mikey asking if I was interested in owning any of the IT175's in their west virginia fleet. At least one had been mine once and I'd expressed interest in having one again to vintage cross country. He said bring 0 and come get the last one left. I brought it home without really looking at it beyond, yep, it's all there. Been sitting 14 years or so but ran when parked. On inspection when I got it home - this one was mine! Telltale drilled holes in various places and shifter/bashplate/airbox mods. So this weekend I finally started tearing into it. One issue I think I'll have is that I don't know if parts are available for these long damn rear shock absorbers. Yamaha doesn't show any on their fiches. Anybody out there know of a shop that could rebuild this and would have the parts? On a side note, old crusty carbs are easily cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaner with dilute simple green. Works wonders. Make sure you have a decent ultrasonic device, it should blow holes in aluminum foil in 10-15 seconds. Pansy chinese ones don't work as good. My Chicago Power tools (Harbor Frieght) chinese one works great and has a heater to warm the cleaning solution. Go fast. Take chances. Mike S.
