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Early Years of Motocross

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Yankee 500Z Twin (1971)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin

John Taylor, President of the Yankee Motor Company in Schenectady, New York wanted to build the first “everything to everybody” motorcycle. He enlisted Dick Mann to design the frame, collaborated [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yankee

Yamaha YZ490 – Broc Glover (1985)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by admin

The 1985 AMA 500cc National Championship would be the sixth and final championship for Broc Glover who’s career included 50 National wins, a number that was only recently topped by [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha YZ360B (1974)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin

The new single-shock design by Yamaha was called the Monoshock and was introduced in 1974, but not sold until 1975. The YZ250/360B’s were destined to change the entire way motocross [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha YZ250A (1974)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin

When the DT1 was introduced in 1968, Don Jones initiated development of the machine for professional level motocross for sons, Gary and Dewayne. Their efforts didn’t go unnoticed by the [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha YZ125C Motocross (1976)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin

1975 was a ground breaking year for motocross. The 125cc World Championship was introduced and Yamaha unveiled the first 125cc production monoshock motocrosser. Introduced in 1975, but produced for the [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha TT500 (1976)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin
Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha SR500

Posted on July 13, 2018 by admin
Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha MX400B (1975)

Posted on July 13, 2018January 10, 2019 by admin

Pumped up by Hakan Andersson’s World 250 title the previous year along with Pierre Karsmakers’ dynamic 1973 US Open Class win, Yamaha was ready to take the monoshock from the [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha RT1-MX (1971)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by admin

This is a second year example of Yamaha’s entrant into the open motocross class. The chassis was almost unchanged from the DT1 Enduro that was introduced in 1968 and limited [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

Yamaha DT1 MX (1971)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by admin

This is a second year example of Yamaha’s entrant into the 250cc motocross class. The chassis was almost unchanged from the DT1 Enduro that was introduced in 1968 and limited [ . . . ]

Posted in Bikes, Yamaha

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