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[[Image:1959 Yamaha YDS1-R.jpg|left|thumb|1959 Yamaha YDS1-R]]
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The YDS1-R was a race kitted version of Yamaha's new for 1959 [[street bike]].  These machines were Yamaha's first effort at building a European style road racer, their previous models were more dirt oriented to suit the Japanese racing scene.  These machines were the forerunners of the very successful TD/[[Yamaha TZ250|TZ250]] [[parallel twin]] racing machines that dominated that 250cc racing class for a number of years.
The YDS1-R was a race kitted version of Yamaha's new for 1959 [[street bike]].  These machines were Yamaha's first effort at building a European style road racer, their previous models were more dirt oriented to suit the Japanese racing scene.  These machines were the forerunners of the very successful TD/[[Yamaha TZ250|TZ250]] [[parallel twin]] racing machines that dominated that 250cc racing class for a number of years.
 
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Revision as of 13:34, 22 August 2010

1959 Yamaha YDS-1

The Yamaha YDS-1 was a 250cc, 2-stroke, twin cylinder, twin carb, streetbike produced by Yamaha starting in 1959 that had a reputation for blowing away 650cc vertical twins during this time.

YDS1-R

1959 Yamaha YDS1-R

The YDS1-R was a race kitted version of Yamaha's new for 1959 street bike. These machines were Yamaha's first effort at building a European style road racer, their previous models were more dirt oriented to suit the Japanese racing scene. These machines were the forerunners of the very successful TD/TZ250 parallel twin racing machines that dominated that 250cc racing class for a number of years.