Jeff Lausten sent in these photos and the story below about two sweet old Yamahas he found out in the weeds one day. More proof that lots of treasure is still out there!
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Jeff Lausten’s new treasure, A 73 SR292 and a 71 SR433.
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Hello Larry,
Here is a picture of the results of one good day of Bushwackin’. I heard about the one on the left from a car junk yard guy who was picking up some old vehicles from a place back in the woods near Shevlin, Mn. I had to check it out…After a Saturday morning road trip and talking to a few different people the sled was found under a spruce tree in the middle of no where, the owner was no where to be found either, but a helpful neighbor pointed me toward the owners sister’s house. I pulled in the yard having high hopes of possibly making a deal but was told by the old gal that the owner of the sled was in Michigan until July 4th!
I could hardly stand waiting for two weeks until the 4th rolled around, but I endured the mental challenge. Tuesday morning the 4th came and I was out of bed at 3:30am with my wife wondering what the hell was going on, and mumbling something about crazy and obsessed, then went back to sleep.
I reached the destination and met with the fellow that owned the sled and his brother in law, we made the deal and loaded the machine. I was pretty stoked about the whole thing and ready to leave and head back home when the brother in law says “I have a old Yamaha in my can shed that you can load up too if you want it” so I had to look.
We get there, the shed is full of aluminum cans and the roof is falling in, way in the back is a yamaha hood poking out of the debris. I crawled back, moved some stuff and about [pooped] myself when I saw what was there. I tried to keep my cool and made another deal, loaded this one up also and drug it home.
July 4th 2006 was a good day, it yielded a ‘73 SR292 and a ‘71 SR433. Both need a little TLC but the price was right!
Thanks – Jeff Lausten
No thank you Jeff!