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At last [[Yamaha|Yamaha]] had decided to fit decent Mikuni brand carbs, up to 30mm diameter now, allowing the jetting to be a lot more consistent under both acceleration and deceleration. Surprisingly, the factory opted to include the "Autolube" system and even a kickstarter to the bike, which were immediately removed by the vast majority of serious racers. | At last [[Yamaha|Yamaha]] had decided to fit decent Mikuni brand carbs, up to 30mm diameter now, allowing the jetting to be a lot more consistent under both acceleration and deceleration. Surprisingly, the factory opted to include the "Autolube" system and even a kickstarter to the bike, which were immediately removed by the vast majority of serious racers. | ||
Chassis wise, Yamaha cleverly copied the basic layout of the classic Norton "[[Featherbed|Featherbed]]" frame with their RD56 works replica unit, why go past a tried and true design? The forks were replicas of the popular Ceriani style. The swingarm though, unfortunately, was mounted on loose fitting, weak, fibre bushes and flexed due to it’s thin walled tubing construction. Brakes were a double twin leading shoe front and a standard single leading shoe rear. The front stoppers had a bad habit of creating a lot of friction generated heat, which in turn caused the brakes to gradually fade. Yamaha realised this and wisely chose to fit a thumb-adjuster to allow the rider to adjust the free play of the brake lever "on the run". The fuel tank was designed to hold an extra 2 | Chassis wise, Yamaha cleverly copied the basic layout of the classic Norton "[[Featherbed|Featherbed]]" frame with their RD56 works replica unit, why go past a tried and true design? The forks were replicas of the popular Ceriani style. The swingarm though, unfortunately, was mounted on loose fitting, weak, fibre bushes and flexed due to it’s thin walled tubing construction. Brakes were a double twin leading shoe front and a standard single leading shoe rear. The front stoppers had a bad habit of creating a lot of friction generated heat, which in turn caused the brakes to gradually fade. Yamaha realised this and wisely chose to fit a thumb-adjuster to allow the rider to adjust the free play of the brake lever "on the run". The fuel tank was designed to hold an extra 2 liters of fuel over the [[Yamaha TD1C|Yamaha TD1C]] and the seat unit made to house the "Autolube" oil reservoir. At just £900, they sold well. | ||
== Yamaha TD2B == | == Yamaha TD2B == | ||
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