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Cycle News 1980 11 26

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o 00 0') . The bad news is, the 1981 YZ's are even more awesome than the ones you couldn't catch last yem: The good news is, you can buy one. And reverse the trend. This yem; we made every one ofour big machines more powetful than ever before. Not just the wide-open, flat~ut variety, but a steady stream of useable power through out the rpm range. No simple task, especially when you considerthat we had to literally re-engineer each engine according to its size and petfonnance characteristics. There was no one formula But a unique combination of ingredients to make them go fast; fast, fast Go with the flow. Perhaps the most dramatic example of Yamaha ingenuity solving a specific perform· ance fmJblem is ourrevolutimulry new Yamaha Energy Induction SysI, tem (YElS for short) on the fZ25O. It /1tdS a" end tf) the low and mid-range power drop caused by the uneven, pulsing flow ofthe air!fuel mixture, and the resulting 1Ieed to compromise carburetor jetting. ~ YElS btu 110 moving ~ parts. Just a small chamber linked by a hose to the imake manifold. A vacuum created i" the chamber by crankcase VlJCUum on the intake stroke maintains a smooth air/fuel f/ow until (he next intake stroke. With engj1le vacuum and chamber vacuum alternateJ.y puUing this steady f/ow throllgll the carburetor, .l"U can set ~ jetting for maximum power arul efficiency. Andsetyour sights on win"ing. 10 GnpWe ........ 17Ie rrsrdts ofall DIU /IOft1er.btJostj. ~ e{fiJrts ani re/ItIt:t«l. tile ~ atnJeS 011 tItis gN/JII-l!J8O .. 1!J8L LooIts like J!J8J. is gohtg to N (l vny good yem: ~ ~-- :.......:.-----JlHi-------,l~---- Good timiDg. A miUimeteror two mport timitlg- both size arul pU.u:ement -can restIlt i" a real pe.foI- i_tue. For 1981, we've sigxi/iullftly imtmnJed both the irUtzke arul ezluJust port timing 011 eodl ofour big yzs. And 011 the 125 specifiadly,

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