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Yamaha 360MX (1974)

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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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Yamaha 400MX (1975)

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Big, Baaaad, and 8 for 8.
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Yamaha 650 Heritage Special (1982)

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New Black Styling for Yamaha's Evergreen Twin.
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Yamaha 750 (1972)

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Like the man on TV says, - Try it, you'll like it.
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Yamaha DT250F (1979)

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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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Yamaha DT360A Enduro (1974)

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Warts and all, the best in the class.
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Yamaha FZR and Bimota YB6 (1989)

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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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Yamaha IT175D (1977)

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Everything you'd want in an ISDT/Enduro off-road mount.
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Yamaha IT250/400 Long Range Test (1979)

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One year with two unbreakable ITs.
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Yamaha IT400E (1978)

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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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Yamaha IT465H Enduro (1981)

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A powerful way to make winning a dirty habit.
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Yamaha IT490K (1983)

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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 R3 (1969)

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Yamaha's big two stroke is an improvement over the YR-1.
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Yamaha RD250 (1974)

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A quick look at Yamaha's touring 250 for 1974.
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Yamaha RD350 (1973)

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Yamaha plays effective one-upsmanship without resorting to extra sparkplugs and an electric starter.
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Yamaha RD350B (1974)

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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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Yamaha RD350LC (1980)

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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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Yamaha RD400E (1977)

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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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Yamaha RD400E (1978)

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The last of the red-hot two-strokes.
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Yamaha RS100C (1975)

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Yamaha's new economical street commuter is now very competitively priced and has the looks and spirit of the bigger RD-series bombs.
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