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Victory insurance f there's a horse in DU1" Yl stahle . thai continues 10 he annoyingly (fur the cumpetiti un) hulletpruuf and nat-uut head and har clamps abuve its rivals, it's the YZI25™. Hands duwn. Nu cuntest. And if the Yl125's winning status weren't high enuugh praise, we've riuw gut a pair uf hat tricks under DU1" saddle tu the tune uf three consecutive 125 West Regional Supen:russ tides and three straight "12 5 Bike uf the Year" awards lMXA Magazine). CaD us greedy, hut we'd kind uf 6ke tu make that fDU1" in a raw. Su we put a caD inlo DU1" factory think tank, and let's just say we've raised the h~ Intake and exhaust purling have heen reshaped and resized, as have the YPV5 puwervalve seal and carburetor, aD with the gual uf delivering mure mid-range gnmt and enhanced high-rpm acce1eratiDn. Translatiml: An even hruader pDWel"hand with un-tap, usahle pDWel" across the r ev range. An d tu gu with that newfuund might are the same chassis upgrades that made their way untu the YZ250: a new, lighter-weight swingarm, revamped furk and shuck intema1s, aDnew rear huh, Excel rims and IhmIup 739s. A stronger engine in a lighter, mure respunsive chassis. TaId you we were seriDus·abuut making that fDU1" in a raw. I Peel's Motorcycle Servic e Andersen Cycle Works 3341 We st Broadway Council Bluffs, IA 51501 7 12/322· 980 8 One Watson Place Fra mingha m, MA 0 1701 508/877-1 144 KENTUCKY New Roy' s Cycle Compa ny 160 1 Scott Blvd. Covington, KY 41 01 4 606/29 1-3226 LOUISIANA Midwa y Cycle 191 89 la ke Char les Hwy Deridd er, LA 70634 318/ 463·8110 Valley Motorsporh, Inc. 216 N. King Street Northhampton , MA 0 1060 413/5B4 ·730 3 Cycle Design Route 2A Phillipston, MA 0 1331 978/249·2244 e w ere ecstatic when Jeremy McGrath wun the '9 8 Supen:russ champiunship abuard his Yl250, su we gut 10 thinking: We need 10 make a statemenl And here it is: the newest, must-advanced, sharpest-edged Yl250™ 10 ever hrandish the Yamaha J1!Ime. We've retuuled the engine frum crankshaft 10 cylinder head, iJu:reasing the struke 10 huust n and mid-range pOwer fur instant, carner-exiting rip. We've alsu adapted a sulenoid-activated Power Jet carhuretur fur quicker ........Ieratiml and a new three-valve lamaha Power Valve System (YPVS) that puts the s nap ha ck intu crackling-quick thruttle respunse. And we've made sure that pDWel" gets 10 the gruund effurtlessly thruugh. a smuuther, strDnger d utch and nevi, mure precise three-har shifting assembly. Add 10 that a li!rhter, stronger swingarm. revamped lurk and shuck intema1s, a new rear huh, Excel rims, new IhmIup 739s and a slew uf ather refinements, and you'D begin tu see haw s eriDus DU1" intentiuns are fur the new year. And tu think that 'Supermac WDD the 5X title un DU1", well, "uldgeneratiun" hike. ScarY tu imagine what you cuuld do un the -Ill aD-new 1999 Yl250. W All n.ew, All business. Cycle And Marine la nd 3482 la peer Road Port Huron, MI 48060 8 10/987-3963 MINNESOTA Trc ckstc r Motorsp~rts" Inc. 4 14 1 S. Ceda r Ave. Mpls. MN 55407 612 /729·9391 MISSISSIPPI North Ja ckson Hond a / Ya ma ha 113 Briarwood Drive Ja ckson, MS 39206 601 /362 -6492 MISSOURI Surd yke Ya ma ha Sup er Store 1305 Hwy 6 1 Fe stus, MO 63 028 800/74 8·8 454 3 14 / 93 1-9 166 00 0\ 0\ ,..... Bo er' s Cycle Sa les Inc. 1 1 Ha rve y Street Springfield , MA 011 19 4 13/ 783-25 28 MICHIGAN Powe rs Motor Spor ts Fremont, MI 4 941 2 616/924- 192 4 -::1" ,..... l-< Q) ..0 o ..... u o 67