• road racers and motocross racers All terrain vehicles Snowmobiles Commuter vehicles, including scooters Boats: Powerboats, sailboats (e.g. Yamaha 26, a...
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    The MV Agusta 350 cc racers were motorcycles produced by MV Agusta between 1954 and 1976 and raced in the 350 cc motorcycle GP championships. 10 world...
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  • Isle of Man TT (redirect from Tt racers)
    including the Sidecar TT, 50 cc Ultra-Lightweight TT, 125 cc Lightweight TT, 250 cc Lightweight TT, 350 cc Junior TT and 500 cc Senior TT races counted towards...
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    90 cc production engine. The racers were first tried at the new Fisco circuit (now Fuji Speedway) in March 1966. The machines won both the 50 cc and...
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    the Junior by winning the Senior on the same 350 cc AJS. This was the first time a 350 had won the 500 cc Senior TT race. In 1922 Manxman Tom Sheard won...
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    125 cc, 160 cc, 175 cc, 200 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc, 450 cc bevel actuated, desmodromic valved: 125 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 450 cc belt actuated...
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    Kenny Roberts (category American motorcycle racers)
    demanded that Yamaha provide engines to privateer teams in order to bolster the number of racers. Roberts' son, Kenny Roberts Jr., won the 2000 500 cc World Championship...
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    Mike Hailwood (category British motorcycle racers)
    an English professional motorcycle racer and racing driver. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time. He competed in the Grand...
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    1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 350 cc class 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 250 cc class 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960 125 cc class...
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    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...
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    engineers were developing a range of new two-strokes from 100 - 400 cc, a 350 cc 4-valve DOHC single and a wankel engine. The wankel engine would later...
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    (born 1969) and Jason (born 1972) were both established as solo motorcycle road-racers by the 1990 season. Jason 'Jay' Vincent was a successful racer at...
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  • Jarno Saarinen (category Finnish motorcycle racers)
    Motorcycle racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1968 to 1971 as Yamaha privateer, before receiving the Yamaha factory's...
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    Giacomo Agostini (category Italian motorcycle racers)
    Of these, 68 wins and 8 titles came in the 500 cc class, the rest in the 350 cc class. For these achievements obtained over the course of a career spanning...
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    lead, Toyota released the 1.6-liter (1,587 cc) 4A-GE engine in 1983. The cylinder head was developed by Yamaha Motor Corporation and was built at Toyota's...
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    bikes of the era, Honda CBs and CLs, Yamaha RD350s and Suzuki Hustlers. In 1971, the S2 350 was introduced, and in 1972 its smaller brother, the S1 250 became...
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    Phil Read (category British motorcycle racers)
    times. It proved a costly decision for Read, as Yamaha would never offer him another ride. In January 1969, Read lent his support to a project intended to...
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    engine for 500 cc car racing, as Norton would not sell separate engines. The racing successes were transferred to the street through cafe racers, some of which...
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    Bill Ivy (category British motorcycle racers)
    third in the 250 cc class, the highest-placed of the Yamahas. In 1966, he won his first race as a regular rider for the works Yamaha team in the first...
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  • (1968, 1969); in three Italian Speed Championships in the 350 class with Pesaro driver Silvio Grassetti (1967) and again with Pasolini (1968, 1969). Numerous...
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    lightweight 250 cc and 350 cc bikes designed by Giulio Carcano, the firm dominated the middleweight classes. The factory won five consecutive 350 cc world championships...
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    Triumph 750 cc. For 1970 there was a works Triumph Trident 750 cc and his own 350 cc Yamaha. In the Transatlantic Trophy Anglo-American Match Races in 1971...
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  • List of rider deaths in motorcycle racing (category Motorcycle racers who died while racing)
    Herald". 13 June 1972. p. 2. "Morto il sidecarista tedesco Cusnik". La Stampa (in Italian). 18 July 1972. p. 12. "Two Motorcycle Racers Die". Lewiston Morning...
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    Mick Grant (category British motorcycle racers)
    Lee-sponsored Yamaha TD2. Later supported by businesses including Clive Padgett, heading Padgetts of Batley, on TD2 250 cc and TR2 350 cc Yamahas, and Brian...
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    Kel Carruthers (category Motorcycle racers from Sydney)
    race at 12. By the early 1960s he had won the Australian 125 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 500 cc National Championships. In early 1966, he moved to Europe with...
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    includes 150, 250 and 300 cc two-stroke models and 250, 350 and 450 cc four-stroke models. The two-stroke XC machines except the 150 cc model are available...
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  • Thumbnail for BSA/Triumph racing triples
    triples were three cylinder 750 cc racing motorcycles manufactured by BSA/Triumph and raced with factory support from 1969-1974. There were road racing,...
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  • Chief Development Engineer: both were motorcycle racers. Turner examined the line of 250, 350 (3H) and 500 cc Mk 5 singles, and rationalised them into three...
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  • youngest female racer to reach a speed of 252.901 km/h. 78-year-old Sandy Vetter, reached a speed of 100 mph (160 km/h), riding a Yamaha 350cc two-stroke...
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    famous Italian racers such as Ernesto Gnesa, Tazio Nuvolari and Achille Varzi began their racing careers on Garelli bikes. The Garelli 350 cc split-single...
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