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The Yamaha XS650 is a mid-size [2] motorcycle that was made by the Yamaha Motor Company. The standard model was introduced in October 1969, and produced until 1979. The "Special" cruiser model was introduced in 1978 and produced until 1985. The XS650 began with the 1955 Hosk SOHC 500 twin. After about 10 years of producing 500 twin, Hosk ...
At the end his first year of national competition, . [15] Roberts made a name for himself that year by battling the dominant Harley-Davidson factory dirt track team aboard an underpowered Yamaha XS650 motorcycle, making up for his lack of horsepower with sheer determination. [16] He finished the season ranked fourth in the country.
The first bike manufactured by Yamaha was actually a copy of the German DKW RT 125; it had an air-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder 125 cc engine [1] YC-1 (1956) was the second bike manufactured by Yamaha; it was a 175 cc single cylinder two-stroke. [1] YD-1 (1957) Yamaha began production of its first 250 cc, two-stroke twin, the YD1. [1]
Yamaha X-1R; Yamaha X-City; Yamaha XJ600; Yamaha XJ650 Maxim; Yamaha XJ750 Maxim; Yamaha XJ900; Yamaha XJ1100; Yamaha XJR400; Yamaha XJR1200; Yamaha XMAX; Yamaha XS Eleven; Yamaha XS400; Yamaha XS 650; Yamaha XS750; Yamaha XSR700; Yamaha XSR900; Yamaha XT350; Yamaha XT125R; Yamaha XT200; Yamaha XT225; Yamaha XT250; Yamaha XT 500; Yamaha XT550 ...
Yamaha added four-stroke engines to their line-up when they released the XS650 XS1 in 1970. This bike was powered by a Hosk-derived four-stroke air-cooled twin of 654 cc. Work began on a successor to the XS650 two years before its 1972 debut. Although superficially similar to the XS650, the TX750 was an almost entirely new design. [9]
The Yamaha TX500 is a two-cylinder standard motorcycle built by Yamaha and sold in 1973 and 1974. Early models closely resembled the Triumph Bonneville in style. In 1975 the bike was renamed XS500 and then continued to be updated until 1978 when sales ended in the USA. In Europe, the model was available through 1980.
The Yamaha XS750 and XS850 was a line of inline three cylinder motorcycles produced by the Yamaha Motor Corporation from 1976 to 1981 for the worldwide motorcycle market. It was publicly voted by readers as the 1977 Motorcycle News Machine of the Year, ousting the sitting-winner of four-years, the Kawasaki Z1 .
Designed by the Japanese motorcycle customizer Shinja Kimura and further developed by the Yamaha design team in Monza, Italy, the XSR700 is designed to enhance the classic lines of the Yamaha XS 650 from 1976 combined with the modern technology of Yamaha MT-07. Central technical assemblies of the MT-07 such as engine, frame, chassis and brake ...