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COlltil1/1ed froll1 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 .• TIle 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 brake lever, a totally new brake pedal and new lever ratios front and rear. Now you can one-ingerione-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 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. M[AMJ Motoport U.s.A. 1200 NW. 57 Ave. Miami, FL 33126 (305)264-4433 DALTON Yamaha of Da[ton 205 E. Waugh St. Da[ton, GA 30721 (706)278-1620 DOWNERS GROVE DGY Yamaha 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 lllinois Yamaha "Home of Banzai Racing" 61] N. Milwaukee Ave. Libertyville, [L 60048 (708)362-711 0 WEST PALM BEACH Cycles of Palm Beach 2353 N. Military Trail West Palm Beach, FL 33409 (407)683-1642 ROSWELL Roswell Filll Machines "A[tanta's M/C Superstore" 11270 Elkins Rd. Roswell, GA 30076 (770)442-8460 HUDSON Hudson Cycle Ctr., Inc. 2 Flagstone Dr. Hudson, NH 03051 (603)882-1573 ·MASSACHUSETTS· ·GEORGIA· VALPARAISO Buck's Cycle & Sport 2105 LaPorte Rd. Valparaiso, IN 46383 (219)462-6911 HAMMONTON Motion Enterprises Yamaha 629 White Horse Pike Hammonton, NJ 08037 (609)561-8181 NEPTUNE Stumpy's the Yamaha Giant 1207 Highway 35 Neptune, NJ 07753 (908)776-5514 RAMSEY Ramsey Cycle Sports 995 Rt. 17 South Ramsey, NJ 07446 (201 )825-3333 SUSSEX Sussex Motorsports 446 Rt. 23, P.O. Box 385 Sussex, NJ 07461 (201 )875-5400 ·NEW JERSEY. ·NEW YORK. PHILLIPSTON Cycle Design Route 2A Phillipston, MA 01331 (508)249-2244 EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP Motion Enterprises Yamaha 2907 Fire Road Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 (609)645-8181 FREEPORT Orient Express Yamaha 41-43 West Sunrise Highway Freeport, NY 11520 (516) 867-6363 ·INDIANA· ·MICHIGAN· LINCOLN PARK Bright Yamaha 3954 Dix Road Lincoln Park, MI 48146 (313)382-BIKE ·MISSOURI. FESTUS Surdyke Racing 1305 Highway 61 Festus, MO 63028 (800)748-RIDE (7433) .NEW HAMPSHIRE· oILLINOIS· CANTON Yamaha of Canton 9450 Knox Bridge Hwy. Canton, GA 30114 (770)479-3340 or 479-450] BLOOMINGTON Sportland Yamaha Sales 2045 Ireland Grove Rd. Bloomington, IL 61704 (309)662-0508