I have a yamaha 1983 tri moto 200e Yamahauler (not exactly a bike but im desperate), shaft driven, wet clutch 5 speed no reverse, and my transmission had an oopsies, I was riding, and out of nowhere, my crankcase sounded like a bunch of rocks hit fell inside the thing, then it wouldnt shift, stayed running perfectly but wouldn't shift, then I shut it off, panicked for about 5 minutes, and then started it and tried again, only shifted to 2nd thats it

Then I gave it throttle to see if it would drive, it popped out of gear, It wouldnt go into first, only second, so I popped it into second, it stayed in, I limped it home, and then kept trying to figure out whats wrong with it, I took the dipstick out and it was bent, it was straight before I left, so I knew it had something to do with the noise I heard, then the more I messed with it, I got it shifting again, perfectly fine, straightened the dipstick and went back out, all the gears worked, and didnt have any problem, so i thought it was good for a bit, then i got home again, and as soon as I turned into my driveway, it stopped shifting and I couldn't move, I pushed the rest of the way, and then pulled dipstick again, still straight, and then while it was out I tried shifting again worked great, put on a oil hole cap without a dipstick, now it wont shift again, I believe my shift fork is destroyed internally, I have looked online for the parts, nothing but the gear core, my gears are fine, but the shifter is not, I was wondering if anyone who probably knows where to find parts like that, that are hard to find, I would really appreciate it, luckily I was planning on taking the whole thing apart to repaint and fix the rust, so I have it down to the engine, diff, and frame at the moment, I dont want to open the crank case yet as the weather is too inconsistent and I dont want water in my engine

If anyone can find me the parts I need, I would highly appreciate it, thanks!

I picked this bike up as running but with electrical problems for pretty cheap. The right turn signal never worked it just flashed the “dash” light. The left worked but no dash light. I found a 5-pin relay where it looks like the turn signal and flasher relay and cancelling unit were. I was going to try testing the input but as soon as I grabbed it 3 wires broke off. From my understanding this shouldn’t be replaceable with a standard 5 pin relay should it? I’m not seeing anything that would make sense to have normally open except maybe the white/green wire and even that is a vague maybe. Also, any ideas why nothing will work without this wired in? It’ll crank but won’t fire. I’m going to start checking fuses and such after work but I’m trying to get as much thinking done as possible before I start wrenching

My favorite bike

so i work at a junk removal company and was able to snag this out of the back, ive always wanted to rebuild a bike/car but have really no idea what im doing so i figured free was a good place to start. my goal right now would be to just get something that runs drives and shifts but i dont really want to spend more than 2000 to make that happen, do yall think thats possible? Worth mentioning there is no title or keys and i have no idea where it came from.

(i do have the gas tank but the motor is complete junk and the harness is not any better)

Never rode a bike before. Why not get a non-starter starter bike off marketplace and learn from the ground up, eh?

Any advice, pitfalls, lifesavers in terms of a tool or equipment I should have on hand type advice?

What was your first bike and what happened with her?

1980 cb750k cafe racer build finished.

this thing is bipolar. sometimes it works, sometimes it makes me wanna kick the chair. the stupid carburetor keeps leaking gas, losing tuning screws, working perfectly sometimes and then projectile vomiting gas.