On The Pegs May 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 5 | Page 95

On The Pegs
VOL. 5 ISSUE 5 - MAY 2020
95
KIRK MAYFIELD’s ‘74 TY BEFORE THE “BUILD”.
I received a call from Yamaha. They were putting together a Trials Team and
were looking for the best rider available in the 4 regions of the country. They
chose Don Sweet from the Northeast, Bob Hopkins from the North, Joe Gug-
lielmelli from the West Coast and Me from the South-Central region. We all had
different riding styles and different approaches to setting up our scooters. I
altered the top shock mount position. It was moved forward and down like what
the later Yamaha Majesty uses, and for that matter Yamaha and several other
manufacturers eventually used. I guess I had happened on something that really
worked before it became the norm.
We also had what was touted as being a “fuel Injection” system. The system had
two distinct parts. One was the section that received fuel from the tank and dis-
pensed it to the engine. It was what a lot of people call a “pumper carburetor”. It
had no float bowl. The second section housed a “D” shaped slide with an adjust-
able needle and a hose connection below the needle. The main body had three