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[[Image:1976 Yamaha TT500.jpg|200px|thumb|right|1976 Yamaha TT500]] | |||
The original [[Yamaha]] [[4-stroke]] [[Off-Road]] [[motorcycle]]. The '''TT500''' had a 500cc, [[single cylinder]] [[engine]]. | |||
==History== | |||
The [[Yamaha]] TT500 model was developed as a desert race enduro machine. Released as a street-legal version of the TT500 [[enduro]] machine launched the year before, this model became the pioneer of the big single off-road genre. It was the focus of attention also for the bold adoption for the first time ever of a forward inclining upside-down rear suspension on a trail model. It was on an XT500 that the Sonauto Yamaha team’s Cyril Neveu won the [[motorcycle]] division of the 1st [[Paris Dakar]] Rally in 1979. | The [[Yamaha]] TT500 model was developed as a desert race enduro machine. Released as a street-legal version of the TT500 [[enduro]] machine launched the year before, this model became the pioneer of the big single off-road genre. It was the focus of attention also for the bold adoption for the first time ever of a forward inclining upside-down rear suspension on a trail model. It was on an XT500 that the Sonauto Yamaha team’s Cyril Neveu won the [[motorcycle]] division of the 1st [[Paris Dakar]] Rally in 1979. | ||