Yamaha TY
1971 Christian Rayer in France was developping a trials motorcycle for Yamaha with 360ccm.
1972 European trials champion and Scottish 6 days winner Mick Andrews leaves Ossa for joining Yamaha.
1973 Mick is competing with the TY 250 and helps finishing the developpement
for production: TY250 (800kb pdf en
francais)
he finishes
2nd in the Scottish 1973 on the new Yamaha, just behind Malcolm Rathmell.
A great success for a new bike !
1974 Production of the 1st Yamaha TY 250 in yellow / white starts.
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1975 yellow / white
changes: more yellow on the tank, ...???
1976 red / white
Boom of Yamaha TY in Switzerland. Gottfried Linder is Swiss Champion on a special TY with more than 250ccm
1977 black / white: in its 4th year of production, mareketed now more as a trail bike with batterie
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Mick Andrew's Cantilever Yamaha 1974 - 1975
Mick wins the Scottish in 1974 and 1975 on the Cantilever Yamaha !
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sadely, it never went in to production...
Part 2: Yamaha TY
today
Fotos from Twinshock Trials