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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]
In 1964, a new model was presented, the RA97, equipped with a twin-cylinder engine which in the first version maintained air cooling, replaced by liquid cooling starting in 1965. This latest version was initially credited with 34 horsepower, which rose to 38 in the latest evolution in 1966; the rotation speed had also undergone an elevation to ...
The Yamaha YM1 is a motorcycle produced by Yamaha from 1964 to 1966. It used a 305 cc 2-stroke engine. It used a 305 cc 2-stroke engine. It shared common parts with the 246 cc YDS3 and was virtually identical in all respects with the exception of bore and stroke .
In 1990 the company began a business relationship with Yamaha. Five years later it employed 350 people and engine production had reached 450,000 units a year. In 2002, following changes in the world motorcycle market, Motori Minarelli became a member of the Yamaha Group. In 2020 Fantic Motor acquired 100% of the shares from Yamaha. [1]
The 1966 Langhorne 100 was the fifth round of the 1966 USAC Championship Car season, held on June 12, 1966, at the 1-mile ... Yamaha Ford 100 140 References
Itom 50cc racing motorcycle. Ivy started racing motorbikes at Brands Hatch, Kent, UK in 1959. [1] His first race bike was a 50cc Itom.Entering his first TT race in 1962 on a Chisholm Itom, [2] he later progressed to ride a variety of machinery on UK short circuits including Honda, Bultaco, Yamaha, Norton, Cotton, and Matchless machines.
Phillip William Read, MBE (1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer.He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1961 to 1976. . Read is notable for being the first competitor to win world championships in the 125 cc, 250 cc and 500 cc cla
Yamaha numbers its models according to their make (in the case of the SuperJet, all models begin with the letters SJ) followed by the engine size (given in approximate cubic centimeters— the 650cc referred to as 650 and the 701cc referred to as 700) and the year in which the vehicle was made, given as either a one or two letter designation and increasing by one ‘letter' each full year ...