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The race bike

The race bike
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The road bike The road bike In 1969, Yamaha's TD2 was winning on racetracks around the world with an unreliable 50bhp The first production watercooled 250 racer was Yamaha's TZ250 circa 1972/73
The mainstay of 250 production racing in the seventies was Yamaha's RD250 Shoehorn two 350s together and you get a firebreathing 750 - the Yamaha TZ750 of 1977 The first watercooled 250 roadbike - the Yamaha RD250 The last of Yamaha's roadbike 250 dynasty - the TZR250 of 1987
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UPDATED March 2006 It's the closest thing you'll find to a genuine Grand Prix racing machine on the road, be it two wheels or four. Its 250cc two-stroke motor produces in excess of 60 brake horses, giving it a specific output of 240 bhp per litre - more than the fastest MotoGP bikes and on a par with competitive Formula One engines. And it's the last one - the fire-breathing two-stroke racer-roadster is about to become extinct. The next batch of Aprilia RS250 road bikes will be the last - as the last bike of its type, it's the last chance to own one new. Ever!!!!

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