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Bob Anderson, Yamaha+F1 rider

Bob Anderson was certainly one of the most "unknown" real Yamaha factory riders. Even Yamaha Japan does not remember him anymore.....!

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Fumio Ito, part 2

As many people requested, hereby finally the more or less complete story of Fumio Ito, the Japanese rider who gave Yamaha its first World Championship points and first GP win.

With great thanks to Takashi Matsui, retired Yamaha race engineer, who gave most of the information. Full copyright by classicyams.com website.

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Bengt Aberg

Mike Rush from California, USA is a life-long Motocross fan. He always admired the Swedish stars in the 1970's. Here is his very personal story how he obtained Bengt Aberg's own Yamaha shirt!

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Valentino Rossi, World Champion 2008

No Yamaha website, classic or not, can be complete without Valentino Rossi, to my view one of the most outstanding riders of all times.

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Giacomo Agostini, Yamaha Factory rider, part 2

Next to the old brown pictures I discovered some weeks ago, during Easter 2008 I found 5 never used color slides from Giacomo Agostini's first Yamaha 0W20 test in Japan in early 1974.

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