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~ ~O~IHIIIMWJrRlA Presents The De Mar Golf Tournament Benefiting the In conjunction with the . DEL MAR Oct. 9th & 10th Weekend Concourse d' Elegance and Grand National Championship Th e trip le c lamp on the 2000 YZ125 plac es th e han dlebar more forward com pared to the '99. This view als o shows th e new t op mount f or th e nu mber plate, eliminatin g th e need f or a hole in the fr ont. im pede the rider from movi ng around on the bike . Brak es a re su pe r-s tro ng es pecia lly the front - a nd the in it ial sq uea king disappeared after a few rides. The new clu tch ad jus ter is easily operated wit hou t too ls, and the clutch operation itse lf is butterv smoo th ; u nfortunately, the sa me can not be said for the shif ting - notchv and hesitant a re mor e accurate adjec tives . As for the new, white ai rbox , none of our testers are small enough to crawl ins ide an d tell you if it's actually cooler (the supposed reason for the lack of pigment ), bu t we can stand on the outside and te ll you it gets scuffed up by the tirn e vou re a ch th e e nd of th e sta rt straight. On the plu s side, it's now easi er to spo t (and p resumably remove) grease a nd di rt on th e ins ide wa lls (tho u g h any one larger than a hamster will have to rem ove the sea t to do so) . I Fine, so the YZl 25 is still a good bike, but is it still th e top of th e eig ht -li ter heap? In orde r to answer that qu estion accurately, we - and consequently, you w ill have to wa it for the more extensive di rect com p a r is on in th e Cycl e Ne ws 125cc Shoo tou t. CIII 2000 Yamaha YZ125 Specnications En g i ne T y p e .hquid-cooled, sinqle-cylmder. reed-valve two- stroke D is p lac em ent 124cc Bore x stroke 54mm x 54.5mm Compres sion ratio .8 .7 /10 .8:1 Carburetor Mik um TMX36SS/ I CDI Ig n i t ion C tu t c h W et. multiple disc Transmission .Constant-rnes h six-speed Sus p ension Front Coil spnng. oil damper, tele scopic fork Rear Coil spring. gas-oil damper. swingarm wI link Wheel travel Front 11.81 in. Rea r 12.4 in. T i res Front 80 /1 (1).2 1 Dunlop 739FA 100 / 90· 19 Dunlop 739 Re ar Brakes Front D isc Rear Di sc 0 1A length 84 in. O IA width 32.6 in. 0 1A height 51.9 in. Wheelbase . : 56 .9 in. Ground clearance 15.7 in. 39.1 in. S eat height Claimed dry weight 194 Ibs. MSRP $4899 Friday, October 8, 1999 Oceanside Golf Course A dd a nothe r day of fun to y our Del Mar w eekend and help'a . _w orthwhile cau se by participatin g with Dirt Track G ra nd Nationa l Cham p io n s, Scott Parker a nd Ch ris Carr. Tournament Master, Everett Brashear, Ed d ie Mulder, Dave Aldana, Dick Hammer, Babe DeMay, Ja son Pridmore, J~ Nicholas, Brad Lackey a nd many more. ~ile -A chance to w in an Evel Knievel Limited Ed itio n to the winner of the " Ho le in O ne " Competition. -Ca sh p rize for the Longest Drive Competition -Cash p rize for Clo sest to the Pin Competition - Raffle prizes Deutsche Financial Serv ices --:= ::!! AMA PRORAc'NG MOTORCYCLE IZJ o. Oceanside Golf Course Schedule Even.s 825 Douglas D r., O cea nside , CA, (760) 433 · 136 0 Located 25 m inutes north of t h e Del Mar Track Tournanlent Fe e Is $ 1 00 1 1 : O Oam - 1 2 :00pm Regis tration Includes: Green fe es, golf c art, goody b