Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

he so class used to be a p lace whe re rid ers got their fi rst taste of what "rea l racing" .....as U ke. Not anymore . Now there's ki d s making a n Impressive U vlng In th e pro c lass-eve n th ough they 're years away from getting a d rive r's Ucen se. Yup-the SOs have gotten rea l serio us. And the VZSO consistently lea d s th e pack, with th e most sophisticated, hardest- hitting pa cka ge available. • It's a hi ghly successfu l, exceptional pe rforming SOcc machine th at consistently gets to the checkered fla g fir st. Do n't ki d y ourself: this so -called "mini b lke- Is jam packed with wid e open high tech goodies. It screa ms a long with a Uq uld-coo led . six-speed, crankcase reed Inductio n e ng ine th at sports a n IncUned cyUnde r for smoother Intake . The cyUn d er walls are Impreg nated with ceram ic composltes-same kind of thing the space shu tt le uses-tor better heat d issipation a nd ves In the mllUon RPM range most of Its long e r Ufe. • Since It U U , the c lutch Is exceptionally strong. The 1995 YZSO now has fe seven frictio n a nd six steel p lates, plus five springs Instea d of fou r. Go a head and b lu r the left lever-lt won't go mushy on you. • The YZSO was th e fi rst b ike In the class with Inve rted front forks for soaking up the bumps and making steering more precise . This season th e forks are even better with the addition of fully adjustable rebo und and compression damping settings, Id e ntical to the larger machines. for more precise, tra ck-speci fi c suspension tuning. In the rea r Is a rising-rate Unk-t y p e s ingle shock with preload, compressio n a nd rebound adjustme nts. All of It with a lmost 11 Inc hes of trove t-jrc nt a nd rear. • The YZSO Is tied together with a sUm. rei nforced fram e, desig ned with supercross-sty le tracks In mind. It even has a trick steering hea d with tapered top and b otto m roller bearlngs-plus a re mova b le rear sUbframe. And th e re's a Ughtweig ht, rugged swlngarm th at help s g ive th e VZSO Its legen da ry q uick. preci se handUng. • The 1995 YZSO. It's not what you might call "a mini b ike." It's a fu ll blown. wide-open, high-tech wea pon th at ju st ha p pens to fit racers that are a Uttle on the sma ll side. • T YZaD • See Each 1995 yz at these Participating Yamaha Dealers • ARIZONA' PHOENIX Apache Yamaha 3618 W Camelback . Phoenix, AZ 85019 (602) 973-5111 • CAUFORNIA' ANAHEIM Anaheim Yamaha 616 E. Ball Road Anaheim, CA 92805 (71 4) 563-1700 BEAUMONT Be aumont Yamaha 680 BeaumontAve. Beaumont CA92223 (909) 845-4882 BURBANK Yamaha of Burbank 1801 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA91506 (818) 845-8738 BELLFLOWER BeltllowerYamaha & Wa1ercralt 10401 AlondraBlvd. Bellflower, CA90706 (310) 925-5097 . ESCONDIDO North County Yamaha 1315 Las Villas Way Escondido CA92026 . (619) 432·9501 HOLLYWOOD Hollywood Motorcycles 1339 N. Highland Ave. HoI1ywood, CA90028 (213) 962-5522 - (818) 845-1910 LAGUNA NIGUEL Mission Yamaha 27622 CaminoCapistrano Laguna Niguel. CA 926n (714)582-

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