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The DS7 may become known as the 350 Yamaha
with the 250 engine. Are fifteen cubic inches and thirty horsepower enough? The
answer is yes—if you like to use the engine.
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A real “sleeper”.
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Had a dog, his name was Yaller, he sure was
a snappy feller (but I kinda dug the S.O.B).
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Big, Baaaad, and 8 for 8.
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New Black Styling for Yamaha's Evergreen Twin.
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Like the man on TV says, - Try it, you'll like it.
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During the last few years EPA-mandated
emissions and noise regulations have been wasting the ranks of two-stroke street
and dual-purpose bikes. With a little help from a new pollution-control device,
the DT250F has at least survived into 1979. But now that the 250 has been
sanforized and deodorized, does it still have enough performance left for
off-road fun?
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Warts and all, the best in the class.
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These two hyperbikes define the outer edge of
the performance envelop. They share a heart and a mission, but their souls
are a continent apart.
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Everything you'd want in an ISDT/Enduro
off-road mount.
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One year with two unbreakable ITs.
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Maybe not a front line ISDT medal winner. But
for the not-so-serious enduro rider, quite a bike.
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A powerful way to make winning a dirty habit.
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No longer is the IT poor cousin to the YZ.
This year the 490 benefits from the same bump in displacement and the same new
Monocross system as the motocrosser—and that's terrific news for cross-country
riders.
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Yamaha's big two stroke is an improvement
over the YR-1.
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A quick look at Yamaha's touring 250 for 1974.
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Yamaha plays effective one-upsmanship without resorting to extra sparkplugs and an electric starter.
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Persistent development and an honest-to-God
race pedigree have yielded a motorcycle that is as splendid as it is
specialized. An expert's motorcycle in every sense of the word, it is a
superbike—that simply happens to be short.
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Portrait of a racer-replica--a water-cooled
two-stroke engine and Monoshock rear suspension in the RD that dreams are made
of.
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You don't have to own one-piece leathers and
fancy boots and hotsy-totsy zip-back gloves to feel like a racer. All you need
is a darting road and this cat-quick Yamaha.
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