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Broc Glover's VZ125 features air/spring
forks, sleeker side panels, long seat. leading
axle front forks, the engine's re-designed
after the works engines, but without the
watercooling.
Yamaha's 19n production machinery has been under going secret testing in Southern
California with Broc Glover, their new 125 factory teamster and DG Performances Specialties'
David T aylor. Taylor- (abovel raced the new
YZ400 at Saddleback Saturday the day
By Jody Weisel
before the Trans-AMA. Weight is down
from the 1976 models by severr.or eight
pounds. The leading "axle forks utilize air
valves and soft springs. The new box
The new swingarm is constructed of
stockers have a re-designed pipe
that
smaller diameter tubing, weighs less and
tucks neatly along the left side of the frame.
. has more travel. The airbox is hidden behind
It is a single assembly instead of the three
the slightly bulging side panel on the right.
piece nightmare from last year. The bikes
The "carb mounts on an offset flange to
have plastic gastanks with a Bob Hannah
make additional aircleaner room. The seat is
works replica shape (short and dumpyl.
very thin on the back section and looks
. Taylor and Glover both won motos in the
quite soft up ~ont.
bikes the first time out.
The triple clamps feature swept back
handlebar mounts in black anodized
aluminum.
The new 125, 250 and 400 Yamahas are a
totally new design from the ground up.
Yamaha will enter into the competition fray
with a clean slate in 19n.
PHOTOS BY JIM GIANATSIS ANO J ODY WEISEL
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This is the heart of the new 19n
monoshocks. A .totally " new shock unit.
Gone is the nitrogen cannister, tile needles
and gauges. The old unit is replaced with a
totally adjustable (by knurled knobs similar
to brake shoe adjusters onautomobilesl
DeCarbon system gas shock. For all
practical purposes it is a giant state-of-theart gas shock. It is simpler to work on,
because it doesn't have to ba worked on .
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