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1970 RT1 air cleaner case and rubber joint hose

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Replied by Gr8uncleal on topic 1970 RT1 air cleaner case and rubber joint hose

I copy and paste the https etc in the box at the very top of the screen.

I've not found a replacement 3rd party photo hosting site yet - hopefully Imgur and the UK regulator will get their sh*t sorted!
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11 Oct 2025 02:53 #11

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Ian, thanks for picking up the ball and running with it.

I gave the link and went through the annoying process of posting photos because you gave a lot of part numbers, but a lot of us have learned that some ebay sellers will assign an old sock a Yamaha air filter part number if they found it inside an airbox on a junker they dug out of a field.  

Far more common and even more tricky is part and bike miss identification by sellers.  

The ebay item you shared is definitely NOT the larger M or MX airbox.  Looks pretty rusty though.  

I'm not enough of an expert to positively say that one is correct for your bike, but it looks very much like it is.  I'm 90% sure but there could be some little detail for your year/model that I'm not aware of...  like I remember some of the earlier models may have had louvers on the side?  If you're looking for "concours original", those details might be important to you. 

 
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The early DT1 airboxes has side louvres , but they were gone on the 71 model .
My parts book shows both 70 & 71 RT1 boxes not having side louvres .
The airbox on Ebay looks the same as the 71 DT1 , which takes the same air filter as an RT1 ,
but has a different prefix on the part number . Obviously there must be a difference between 250 and 360 boxes ,
perhaps size of air intakes ?
The Ebay box should work for you , but as Mark has pointed out , it's in a pretty sad state .
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Replied by Tinker man on topic 1970 RT1 air cleaner case and rubber joint hose

Thanks guys.  I may still go ahead as I have nothing at the minute and I am sure I can make it work.  

I will think over night.  

cheers to all 
I love taking stuff to bits - putting back together is another thing altogether.
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