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h e eo class used to be a place where rid ers got their first ta ste o f what -real ro cl nq" was like. No t a nymore. Now there's ki ds making an Impressive living In the pro c la ss-eve n though they're years a wa y from gett ing a driver's license. Yup-the aDs have gotten real serious. And the vzao consistently leads the pack. with th e most sophisticated . hardest-hitting p ackage a va ilab le. • Irs a highly successful. exceptio nal performing aocc ma chine th a t consistently gets to th e c heckered fla g fi rst. Don't ki d yourse lf: this so-called "rnlnl blke- Is jampacked with wid e open high tech goodies. It screams a lo ng with a liquid-cooled. six-speed. cra nkcase reed Ind ucti o n engine that sp orts an Inclined cylind er for smoother Intake. The c y lind er walls a re Imp reg na ted with ceram ic composltes-same kind of thi ng the space shuttle uses-for better heat d issipatio n and lo ng er life . • Since It liv es In the millio n RPH ra nge most o f Its li fe. the clutch Is exceptionallystrong. The 1995 vzao now has seven friction and six steel plates. p lus five springs Instea d of four. Go ahead and blur the left lever-It won 't go mushy on you. • The YZaO was the first bike In the class with Inverted front forks for soaking up the bumps and making steering more precise. This season the forks are even better with the addition of fully adjustable rebound and compression damping settings. Identical to the larger machines. for more precise. track-specific suspension tuning. In the rear Is a rising-rate link-type single shock with preload. compression and rebound adjustments. All of It with almost 11 Inches of travel-front and rear. • The YZaO Is tied together with a slim. reinforced frame. designed with supercross-style tracks In mind. It even has a trick steering head with tapered top and bottom roller bearlngs-plus a remova ble rear subjrcme, And there's a lightweight. rugged swlngarm that helps g ive the YZaO Its leg end a ry quick. precise handling. • The 1995 vzao. Irs not what you might call -a min iblke.- Irs a full blown. wide-open. high-tech weapon that Just happens to fit racers that are a little on the small side. • T • See Each 1995 yz at these Participating Yamaha Dealers • ARIZONA • REDONDO BEACH • FLORIDA. PHOENIX Apache Yamaha 3618 W. Camelback Phoenix, Ill. 85019 (602) 973-51 11 • CALIFORNIA • ANAHEIM Anaheim Yamaha 616 E. Ball Road Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 563-1700 BEAUMONT Beaumont Yamaha 680 Beaumont Ave. Beaumont, CA 92223 (909) 845-4882 BELlFLOWER Bellflower Yamaha & Watercraft 10401AJondra Blvd. Belnlower, CA 90706 (310) 925-5097 ESCONDIDO NorthCOunty Yamaha 1315 las Villas Way Escondido, CA92026 (619) 432·9501 HOLLYWOOD Hollywood Motorcycles 1339 N. Highland Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 (213) 962·5522- (81 8)845·1910 LAGUNA NIGUEL Mission Yamaha 27622 Camino Capistrano LagunaNiguel, CA92677 (714) 582-0351 LEBEC Hang Time Yamaha 251 FrazierMin. Pa Road rk Lebec,CA 93243 NATIONAL CITY South Bay Motorsports 1W. 35th Street NationalCity, CA91950 (619) 420·2300 ONTARIO Montclair Yamaha Inc. 11195-1 Central Ave. Ontario, CA91762 (909) 628-4748 Del Amo Yamaha 1512 Aviation Blvd. Redondo Beach, CA90278 (31 0)3n-8891 SAN DIEGO EICajon Yamaha Motorsports Center 660 8 Cajon Blvd. San Diego, CA 92120 (619) 442-0941 SAN DIEGO Fun BikeCenter 4689 Convoy St. San Diego, CA 92111 (619) 278-6635 THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks Yamaha 2388 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 497-3765 TORRANCE-lOMITA T&OYamaha 24020 Nartxmne Ave. Torrance-Lomita, CA90717 (31 0)534-2311 TUJUNGA Foothill Yamaha 7139 Foothill Blvd. Tu junga, CA 91042 (818)352-7897 VENTURA Yamaha of Ventura 3059 E. Main Street Ventura, CA 93003 (80 653-5884 5) • COLORADO· WHEAT RIDGE Cycles West Inc. 10625 W. I-70 Fmtg. Rd. No. #3 Wheat Ridge, CO B0033 (30 3).423-8100 • CONNECTICUT • CHESHIRE Willow's 1555 Highland Ave. (Rt. 10) Cheshire, CT 06410 (800) 801-4FUN • DELAWARE· BEAR Yamaha East 620 Pulaski Hwy. Bear, DE 19701 (302)322-4120 POMPANO BEACH RlvaYamaha 3801 N.Dixie Hwy. Pompano Beach, FL33064 (305) 785-4820 WEST PALM BEACH Cycles of Palm Beach 2353 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL33409 (407) 683-1642 • GEORGIA· CANTON Yamaha of Canton 9450 Knox Bridge Hwy. 20W Canton, GA 30114 (404) 479-3340 or479-4501 ROSWELL . Roswell Fun Machines Yamaha & more... 11270 8kins Road Roswell, GA 30076 (404 442·8460 ) • ILLINOIS • BLOOMINGTON SportJand Yamaha "Your Instcek Superstore" Bloomington, IL617 04 (309) 662-0508 UBERTYVILLE Northern illinois Yamaha 611 N. Milwaukee Ave. Ubertyville, IL 60048 (708) 362-7114 • INDIANA· VALPARAISO Buck's Cycle & Sport 2105 Laporte Rd. Valparaiso, IN 46383 (21 9)462-691 1 • MASSACHUSETTS • PHILLIPSTON Cycle Design Route2A Phillipston, MA 01 331 (508)249-2244 yzao HILLSDAL E Winners Circle Yamaha 136 Bankers Road 0 Hillsdale, MI 49242 (517) 437-7513 UNCOLN PARK BrightYamaha 3954 Dix Uncoln Park, M/48146 (313 382·1220 ) • MINNESOTA • BURNSVILLE Burnsville Yamaha 1608 West Hwy 13 Bumsville, MN 55337 (612 882·1020 ) • MISSOURI· FESTUS Surdyke Yamaha Racing 130 Hwy. 61 5 Festus, MO 63028 (BOO) 748-RIDE WASHINGTON J & W Cycles Hwy. 47 South Washington, MO 63090 (BOO) 748-8098 • NEW JERSEY • HAMPTON Mo tion Enterprises 629 White Horse Pike Hammonton, NJ 06037 (609) 561-8181 LODI Bergen Yamaha 30Route 46East Lodi, NJ07644 (201 ) 24HJ100 PLEASANTVILLE Motion Enterprises 2907 Rre Road Pleasantville, NJ08232 (609) 645-818 1 • MICHIGAN· FREMONT Powers MotorSports 11995 W. Maple Island Fremon ~ M149412 (61 6)924-1924 RAMSEY Yamaha of Ramsey 995 Rt. 17South Ramsey, NJ 07446 (201)825-3333 SUSSEX Sussex Motorsports 446 Route 23, P.O. Box 385 Sussex, NJ07461 (201)875-5400 • NORTH CAROLINA • HENDERSON Brewer Cycles Inc. Henderson, NC 27536 (919) 492-8553 SHELBY Shelby Motorsports 1715 E. Dixon Blvd. Shelby, NC28152 (714) 482-5946 • OHIO • ATHENS Athens Sport Cycles Inc. 165Columbus Road Athens, OH 45701 (BOO) 592-4464 LANCASTER Lancaster SportCycles 1830 Old Logan Road Lancaster, OH 43130 (BOO) 767·7394 SPRINGFIELD Competition Accessories 345 W Leffel Lane . Sp ringfield, OH45506 (BOO) 543-3535 TOLEDO Yamaha East 1230 Conant Street Toledo, OH 43537 (419) 891-1230 • OREGON· KLAMATH FALLS Yamaha of Southern Oregon 2977Washbum Way KlamathFalls, OR 97603 (503) 884-6500 (800) 610-6501 TIGARD Beaverton Yamaha 10380 SWcascade Blvd. Tigard. OR 9n23 (503) 684-6600 . • PENNSYLVANIA • ALLISON PARK Gibsonia Cycle Center 4684 Rt 8 Allison Park, PA 151 01 (412) 487·2603 LANCASTER B & B Sales & Service 791 Rory Mill Road Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 569·5764 • SOUTH DAKOTA • SIOUX FALLS ElliottSports Center 1117W. 11th Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104 (605) 336·2030 ·TEXAS· AMARILLO Sharp's Motorsports 4413 1 East -40 Amarillo, TX79104 (806) 373-3053 • UTAH· SANDY South Valley Motorsports 248 West 9240 South Sa ndy, UT84070 (801) 566-9345 • VIRGINIA· FREDERICKSBURG Fredericksburg Motor Sports 390 Kings Hwy . Fredericksburg, VA 22405 (703) 899·91 00