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Cycle News 1981 11 04

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port and rotates to reduce or increase the exhaust port height, which, in turn, changes the exhaust timing. And you dorit have to lift a finger. Just twist the throttle and YPVS automatically gives you plenty of torque at low rpm and plenty of speed at high rpm. All the while, improving overall power output, combustion efficiency, and, wonder of wonders, gas mileage. As if adding brand new suspension on almost every new yz and building an extra engine into two of them wererit enough, we threw in a couple more new tricks, too. Like aYZSO and 250 that __ run on water. What our unique water-cooling did for last year's A nell! works·style seat extends liP the flleltank to give you more freedom ofmoveme'lt. Not to mention extra comfort and protection where it counts. YZ60 YZ125 it now does for the SO and the 250: makes them go much faster. Much longer. As for our big bore YZ, its now got a bigger bore. 487cc's of mud-slinging, berm-busting muscle that combine with a new wide-ratio 4-speed transmission to keep the maxi-YZ right where its always been. At the top of the open class.

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