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The Yamaha YZR500 was a 500 cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle made by Yamaha from 1973 through 2002. It achieved significant acclaim, especially during the 1980s and 1990s. It achieved significant acclaim, especially during the 1980s and 1990s.
Tadahiko Taira (born November 12, 1956) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. [1]Born in MinamisÅma, he won three consecutive All Japan 500cc championships in 1983, 1984 and 1985. [2]
The 1987 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 39th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. ... Yamaha YZR500: 3 Randy Mamola: All 4 Mike Baldwin: 1–2 ...
Rainey won the Championship, but the fierce rivalry between the two competitors was just beginning. So intense was their rivalry that they continued their battle during the 1987 Transatlantic Trophy match races in which they were supposedly teammates competing against a team of British riders. [3] Wayne Rainey on a Yamaha YZR500 in 1990
Eddie Ray Lawson [1] (born March 11, 1958) is an American former professional motorcycle racer. [2] [3] He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1981 to 1992.
Yamaha YA-1. YA-1 built August 1954, produced January 1955. 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]
While Spencer had the new Honda NS500 and Roberts had a new YZR500 with a V4 engine, Mamola soldiered on with the once dominant Suzuki RG 500. [9] The RG 500 had begun to show its age as, Suzuki's pursuit of a lightweight and compact machine had led to a myriad of handling problems associated with the flexing of the thin aluminum frame tubing. [9]
In 1987, he got his break in the 500cc world championship with three wildcard appearance on the Kenny Roberts Yamaha team.Crashing in the opening Japanese Grand Prix, he earned a point in the rain-affected Dutch TT before scoring an impressive third place in his third ever Grand Prix at the Portuguese Grand Prix round.