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The cartridge fork really improves
the YZ 's overall suspension.
brakes, si nce there is less di stort ion
of th e hu b co m pa red to drum bra kes,
accord ing to Yamaha.
Finall y Yamaha has tra sh ed the
o ld-sty le ha ndlebars for hand lebars
wi th a mOH' " no rma l" bend to th em .
Is it rea lly any better?
The pow er from the Yamaha 's
eng ine is so much better it's ha rd to
beli eve it' s re lat ed to last year's po wer
pl an t. Although the '87 YZI25 m ot or
was oka y, it didn 't rea lly p rodu ce
exce p t for to p end po wer. This yea r's
m o tor has t' nough low end to pu ll
th e Ya maha o u t of turns q u ick ly, b ut
it is mid ran ge where the Yam ah a
rea lly sh ines.
T here's no ha rsh hit a n yw h ere in
th e Ya ma ha 's powerb.m d (u n like
last yea r's YZ) j ust smooth, i o r q ucy
pu ll ri ght o ff t h e bo tto m . T h e
powcrba ud is w ider a nd broader a nd
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CR 125, a nd feels sim ila r 10 th e '8 7
Suzu ki RM 's broad po werband but
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