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The major revolution in two-stroke engine design, which was to bring automatic intake valves -first on the cylinder, then in the crankcase -and valves in the exhaust, still lay in the future, so the MX250/[[Yamaha MX360|MX360]] Yamahas of 1973 were somewhat lacking in flexibility. Yamaha was world 250cc motocross champion in 1973 with Hakan Andersson, while bikes entered by the French importer Sonauto won the national 125cc championship with Jallat riding and came second in the 500cc class, this time with Drobecq in the saddle. | The major revolution in two-stroke engine design, which was to bring automatic intake valves -first on the cylinder, then in the crankcase -and valves in the exhaust, still lay in the future, so the MX250/[[Yamaha MX360|MX360]] Yamahas of 1973 were somewhat lacking in flexibility. Yamaha was world 250cc motocross champion in 1973 with Hakan Andersson, while bikes entered by the French importer Sonauto won the national 125cc championship with Jallat riding and came second in the 500cc class, this time with Drobecq in the saddle. | ||
==1973 MX250== | |||
[[Image:1973-Yamaha-MX-250-Silver-1988-0.jpg|left|thumb|1973 Yamaha MX 250 in Silver]][[Image:1973-Yamaha-MX-250-Silver-1988-1.jpg|left|thumb|1973 Yamaha MX 250 in Silver]][[Image:1973-Yamaha-MX-250-Silver-1988-2.jpg|left|thumb|1973 Yamaha MX 250 in Silver]][[Image:1973-Yamaha-MX-250-Silver-1988-3.jpg|left|thumb|1973 Yamaha MX 250 in Silver]] | |||
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