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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 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]
The four-cylinder was a now a considerable improvement on the three-cylinder, but in 1974 there was much more competition. Yamaha now had the updated YZR 500 factory racer, but a whole fleet of TZ 500 production racers also appeared. In addition, Barry Sheene, Paul Smart and Jack Findlay launched the new Suzuki RG 500. Agostini had switched to ...
The Yamaha YZR500 was a 500 cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle made by Yamaha from 1973 to 2002. It achieved significant acclaim, especially during the 1980s and 1990s. It achieved significant acclaim, especially during the 1980s and 1990s.
The TX750 is a two-cylinder standard motorcycle built by Yamaha.The bike was released in 1972. Significant reliability problems affected the engines in early bikes. Yamaha made several changes to solve the problems but the bike was withdrawn from most markets after 1974 and production stopped in the home market after 1975.
It appeared in production on the 1974 Yamaha YZ-250, a model which is still in production, making it Yamaha's longest continuous model and name. Yamaha continued racing throughout the 1960s and 1970s with increasing success in several formats. The decade of the 1970s was capped by the XT500 winning the first Paris-Dakar Rally in 1979. [13]
More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and there are still relatively few layoffs. U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose by 11,000 to ...
Yamaha: 75 5 2 Dieter Braun: 8 West Germany: Yamaha: 62 0 3 Patrick Pons: France: Yamaha: 47 0 4 John Dodds: 4 Australia: Yamaha: 31 1 5 Chas Mortimer: United Kingdom: Yamaha: 29 0 6 Teuvo Lansivuori: Finland: Yamaha: 27 1 7 Pentti Korhonen: 10 Finland: Yamaha: 25 0 7 Michel Rougerie: France: Harley-Davidson: 25 0 9 Víctor Palomo: Spain ...