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Continued from preceding page redesigne'd pipe and silencer setups for better exhaust tuning. Other power tweaks include a digital COlon the 250 and redesigned shift forks in both trannies .• New frame this year-geometry and everything. Compared to last year, some. pans got moved around-some got lighter-and some are just downright gone. The seat and tank are flatter and narrower so riders can move around even qUicker and easier.• There's new lighter swingarms- delivering ultra precision from about the beefiest hunk of aluminum you're ever going to find. The shock has a new leverage ratio that makes the rear suspension a tad firmer in the first couple inches of travel-the hot ticket for better traction and a more precise ride. The front forks got buffed with fatter 46mm inner .tubes, bigger axles and a set of double-bolt pinch clamps on both legs.• The whole package handles totally neutral-the new YZ goes where you pOint it and flicks when you snap it.• New brakes too-with new pad material and a 'new front master cylinder. There's a shorter front bra~e lever, a totally new brake pedal and new lever ratios front and rear: Now you can one-inger/one-toe your way into a corner, brake later, harder and get more pOSitive feedback. Other stuff added just because everything else was much better: new throttle, grips, tank cap, rear sprocket, a recessed shifter pedal bolt and simplified radiator hose routing .• The YZ125 and YZ250. Sure, last year's bikes were bitchenbut the new ones kick their butts. Easy. See f"he ne\IV '96 YZ moc/els of" f"hese partlclpaf"lng Yamaha Dealers. MIAMI Motoport U.S.A. 1200 N.W. 57 Ave. Miami, FL 33126 (305)264-4433 DALTON Yamaha of Dalton 205 E. Waugh 51. Dalton, GA 30721 (706)27S-1620 DOWNERS GROVE DGYYamaha 330 Ogden Ave. Downers Grove, IL 60515 (708) 971-2602 ORLANDO Cycle Sports Center, Inc. 4001 John Young Pkwy. Orlando, FL 32804 (407)299-9191 MARIETTA Motions Yamaha 333 N. Cobb Pkwy (Hwy 41) Marietta, GA 30062 (404)425-4000 LIBERTYVILLE Northern Illinois Yamaha "Home of Banzai Racing" 611 N. Milwaukee Ave. Libertyville, IL 60048 (708)362-7110 WEST PALM BEACH Cycles of Palm Beach 2353 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (407)683-1642 ROSWELL Roswell Fun Machines AItanta's M/C Superstore" 11270 Elkins Rd. Roswell, GA 30076 (770)442-8460 .MICHIGAN. LINCOLN PARK BriJ1ht Yamaha 39 DixRoad Lincoln Park, MI 48146 (313)382-BIKE ·MISSOUR1. FESTUS SurdMe Racing 1305 'ghw~ 1 28 Festus, MO (SOO)74s-RIDE (7433) HAMMONTON M,*on Enterprises Yamaha 629 White Horse Pike Hammonton, NJ 08037 (609)561-8181 NEPTUNE Stumpy'sihe Yamaha Giant 1207 Highway 35 Neptune, NJ 07753 (908)776-5514 RAMSEY Ramsey Cycle Sports .GEORGIA· VALPARAISO Buck's Cycle & Sport 2105 LaPorte Rd. Valparaiso, IN 46383 (219)462-6911 HUDSON Hudson Cycle Ctr., Inc. 2 Flagstone Dr. Hudson, NH 03051 (603)882-1573 ·MASSACHUSETTS. U 995 Rt. 17 South Ramsey, NJ 07446 (201)825-3333 SUSSEX Sussex Motorsports 446 Rt. 23, P.O. Box 385 Sussex, NJ ()7461 (201)875-5400 ·NEW JERSEY. .NEW YO·RK. PHILLIPSTON Cycle Design Route2A Phillipston, MA 01331 (508)249-2244 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP Motion Ent~rises Yamaha 2907 Fire Road Egg Harbor Township, NJ ·INDIANA. .NEW HAMPSHIRE. .ILLINOIS· CANTON Yamaha of Cantoit 9450 Knox Bridge Hwy. Canton, GA 30114 (770)479-3340 or 479-4501 BLOOMINGTON Sportland Yamaha Sales 2045 Ireland Grove Rd. Bloomington, IL 61704 (309)662-0508 08234 (609)645-8181 FREEPORT Orient Express Yamaha 41-43 West Sunrise Highway Freeport, NY 11520 (516) 867-6363