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COI/filll/ed frolll preceding page redesigned pipe and silencer setups for better exhaust tuning. Other power tweaks include a digital cor on the 250 and redesigned shift forks In both trannies. New frame this year-geometry and everything. Compared to last year, some parts 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.· ew brakes too-with new pad material and a new front master cylinder. There's a shorter front brake 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 bol t and simplified radiator hose rou ting . • The YZ125 and Y Z 2 5 0 Sure, last year's bikes were • bitchenbu t the new ones kick their butts. Easy. See The nevv '96 YZ models aT These parTicipaTing Y a m a h a Dealers . MIAMI Motoport U.s.A. 1200 N.W. 57 Ave. Miami, FL 33126 (305)264-4433 .... DALTON Yamaha of Dalton ~ 205 E. Waugh St. ~ Dalton, GA 30721 (706)278-1620 . , 1(t ORLANDO Cycle Sports Center, Inc. 400"1 John Young Pkwy. Orlando, FL 32804 (407)299-9191 MARlETTA ' Motions Yamaha 333 N. Cobb Pkwy (Hwy 41) Marietta, GA 30062 (404)425-4000 . , WEST PALM BEACH Cycles of Palm Beach 2353 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (407)683-1 642 ROSWELL Roswell Fun Machines "Altanta's M/C Superstore" 11270 Elkins Rd. Roswell, GA 30076 (770)442-8460 ·GEORGIA. DOWNERS G.ROVE DGY Yamaha 330 Ogden Ave. Downers Grove, IL 60515 (708) 971-2602 LIBERTYVILLE Northern Illinois Yamaha "Home of Banzai Racing" 6n N. Milwaukee Ave. Libertyville, IL 60048 (708)362-7110 ·INDIANA· ·MASSACHUSETTS· BLOOMINGTON Sportland Yamaha Sales 2045 Ireland Grove Rd. Bloomington, IL 61704 (309)662-0508 LINCOLN PARK" Bright Yamaha 3954 Dix Road Lincoln Park, MI 48146 (313)382-BIKE , 1l ·MISSOURI. FESTUS SlITdyke Racing ~ 1305 Highway 61 ...Festus, MO 63028 (800)748-RIDE (7433) I PHILLIPSTON ycle Design Route 2A Phillipston, MA 01331 (508)249-2244 HAMMONTON ..... Motion Enterprises Yamaha 629 White Horse Pike M. Hammonton, NJ 08037 r (609)561-8181 NEPT 1 E Stumpy's the Yamaha Gian~ 1207 Highway 35 "JI eptune, NJ 07753 (908)776-55'14 J RAMSEY Ramsey Cycle Sports 995 Rt. 17South .... Ramsey, NJ 07446 (201 )825-3333 SUSSEX Sussex Motorsports _ 446 Rt. 23, P.O. Box 385 Sussex, NJ 07461 (201 )875-5400 4: ·NEW HAMPSHIRE· VALPARAISO " Buck's Cycle & Sport . . 2105 LaPorte Rd. , . . Valparaiso, IN 46383 (219)462-691'1 . . " ·ILLINOIS· CANTON Yamaha of Canton 9450 Knox Bridge Hwy. Canton, GA 30'114 (770)479-3340 or 479-4501 ·MICHIGAN· HUDSON Hudson Cycle Ctr., Inc. 2 Flagstone Dr. Hudson, NH 0305'\ (603)882-1573 ·NEW JERSEY. EGG HARBOR TOWNSHI~ Motion Enterprises Yamaha 2907 Fire Road Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 (609)645-8181 " :I- - ·NEW YORK· - FREEPORT Orient Express Yamaha 4'1-43 West Sunrise Highway Freeport, Y 11520 (516) 867-6363