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Following the incredible succes of the Yamaha Grand Prix team and the World Championship of Phil Read in 1964 in the 250 cc class with the unbeatable RD56, Yamaha tossed around with the idea of making new fresh sportsbikes with a rotary valve induction system, similar to the G.P. bikes.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 June 2008 )
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When Yamaha introduced the "Virago" Series of Motorcycles, Yamaha set a new standard for the generation of Japanese "soft choppers". Yamaha was of course the first Japanese maker to do so, already the XS650 was used for that purpose. We thought it therefore a good idea to commission the building of the absolute:
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 12 April 2008 )
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In the late 1970's Yamaha Motor N.V. (now Yamaha Motor Europe) commissioned various projects to "Special Builders" and surely this version you have never seen!
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 02 April 2008 )
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At the same time when Yamaha commissioned NVT to build the prototype XS650/NVT Special also the Police version of the XS750 was being tested.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 April 2008 )
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There are quite unbelievable hobbyists! Rod Rutherford is building a superb 1/5 scale Yamaha TZ350B. You absolutely must look at the pictures on his website:
http://public.fotki.com/TZ350B/
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 February 2008 )
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