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The Yamaha DT is a series of motorcycles and produced by the Yamaha Motor Corporation. The models in the DT series included engine displacements from 50 to 400 cc. The first DT model, the DT-1, was released in 1968 and quickly sold through its initial 12,000 production run.
TURNING IT UP TO ELEVEN: 1980 Yamaha XS1100.
Forty years is a long time in motorcycles, and where once upon a time a manufacturer could have a successful touring bike by just bolting a big motor into an existing frame, these days people want all the creature comforts of a first-class flight. But that is where hot rodding comes in, taking that basic combination of a thumping engine in a simple chassis and stripping it back, making it quick and customising it to call it your own. On a mission to build such a project at home to test out the full suite of his mechanical skills, Geoffrey Viola went on the hunt for a big block bike and has taken this 1980 Yamaha XS1100 all the way to create a slice of Americana in the heart of Europe.
YSK3 Sankito. A TZ350? Count the pipes. 15bhp up on the works twin, this Swiss-inspired, Dutch-built TZ-based triple helped Katayama to the ’77 title but had one pot too many for Yamaha in Japan – which first cold-shouldered then completely abandoned its unwanted Euro love child.pic.twitter.com/Ncvw742KoR
YSK3 Sankito. A TZ350? Count the pipes. 15bhp up on the works twin, this Swiss-inspired, Dutch-built TZ-based triple helped Katayama to the ’77 title but had one pot too many for Yamaha in Japan – which first cold-shouldered then completely…
Yamaha TZ350 Punk Privateers Ride –
TZ350 – the dog’s (Never Mind the) B*ll*cks? The must-have 350 for Punk era privateers, Yam’s water-cooled twin was launched in ’73 and proved an instant hit. Mono-shock from ’76, the TZ remained in production ‘till …
What might’ve been eh? An in-demand Bazza tries a Trident for size while mulling over the offer of a Triumph works ride for ’72. In the end he said ‘no thanks’ (also turning down a Ducati V-twin, Derbi and Suzuki GB) in favour of a factory Yamaha. Made sense. Kinda shame tho’…pic.twitter.com/aohmHLqR83
What might’ve been eh? An in-demand Bazza tries a Trident for size while mulling over the offer of a Triumph works ride for ’72. In the end he said ‘no thanks’ (also turning down a Ducati V-twin, Derbi and Suzuki GB) in favour o…