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Cycle News 1987 01 14

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Great, huh? Actually, it was. It happened in the Swann futernational Series in Melbourne, Australia. Athree-round, six-heat event Riding a stock FZR1000 against a field made up entirely of Gran Prix bikes, Michael Dowson took an incredIble fourth place overall. fucluding third place finishes in two of the heats. No\v, to be honest, his FZR1000 wasn't completely stock.ยท He did change the tires. Otherwise, it was exactly like the production FZR1000J The same motorcycle you can buy 'af; your local Yamaha dealer ::. Its notoftenthat we get so excited when one of our bikes doesn't win. But then, in this case, coming in fourth was a first

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