With the Yamaha 0W31 750 cc bike from 1978 Johny Cecotto managed to give Yamaha the Formula 750 cc World Championship.
The very last "official" Yamaha TZ250 that was raced by the Petronas team, was surely more than a productionracer.
The Yamaha YZR500 machines from the period 1991-2002 are somewhat more fresh in your memories maybe, but they are fantastic to look at !
The next 10 years for the Yamaha YZR500 (1981-1990) were quite spectacular.
The factory version of the mighty Yamaha TZ750 were first called Yamaha TZ750R and later Yamaha YZR750.
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