1980 Yamaha YZ250 Registration Number: N/A Frame Number: TB...

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£3,500 - £4,000

1980 Yamaha YZ250

Registration Number: N/A
Frame Number: TBA

The history of the Yamaha YZ250 is inextricably linked to the history of motocross itself. No other machine was the platform for so many world-shaking innovations; reed valves, single-shock suspension and power valves all started with the Yamaha. Today it stands as the last 250cc two-stroke from Japan. That makes it the longest-running production dirt bike in the world. Perhaps more than anything, the YZ250 is known for the legendary riders who used it to win. The list includes Gary Jones, Bob Hannah, Mike Bell, Ricky Johnson and Jeremy McGrath, to name a few Americans. In Europe, Hakan Andersson, Hakan Carlquist and even Danny LaPorte gave the YZ its early championships.

This classic 1980 model, though it is still classed as a twinshock, is one of the first of the monoshock models.