Yamaha’s involvement in Grand Prix racing started way back in 1961 when the company entered the French GP to compete at the highest level. The team’s first victory came soon after, and Yamaha won the first of many World Championships in 1964. The race winnings continue, with over 500 vi...
“Chu-san” Suzuki had won All Japan Motocross Grand Prix riding the YX26, and this time he was on the DT-1. In front of a gallery of 20,000 fans, he flew around the course on the DT-1 to an overwhelming victory in the premier 250cc class. This second consecutive victory in the...
Since 1962, Yamaha made production road racing Grand Prix motorcycles that any licensed road racer could purchase. In 1970, non-factory privateer teams dominated the 250 cc World Championship with Great Britain's Rodney Gould winning the title on a Yamaha TD2. Yamaha also sponsors several professi...
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It was so good that it was entered, with a few modifications for racing, into the big African rallies of the mid-1970s, winning both the Paris-Abidjan-Nice Rally and the big one, the Paris-Dakar Rally. It also won, modified for motocross, the 1977 Luxembourg Grand Prix and wound up ...
Both the YX26 and the DT-1 were 250cc machines and there was considerable overlap in their development. Thus, the YX26 naturally became the “mother” of the DT-1. The official debut of the YX26 came on May 14th, 1967. The venue was the All Japan Motocross Grand Prix race being hel...
s Romain Febvre has high hopes of keeping his YZ450FM on the box at the tenth round of the FIM Motocross World Championship, that is set to take place on his home soil in Saint Jean d’Angely, France, this weekend. Teammate, Jeremy Van Horebeek goes into the French Grand Prix hoping...
Familiar with the rock-hard, steep and twisty track where he has experienced previous success including his first-ever Grand Prix victory – in MX2 back in 2009 – and a double-race victory at an Italian International just two-months ago, Paulin is excited at the prospect of three...