1983 YAMAHA YZR680 OW69

ロードライダー2009・2月号特集・ケニーロバーツ・The Legend of Kenny Roberts用に取材しました。
1983 YAMAHA YZR680 OW69
ケニーロバーツシニアのデイトナ200優勝車
ヤマハ過渡期のスクエア4エンジン。
ヤマハコミュニティセンターにて。

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Autos & Vehicles

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• ROADRIDER
• 1983
• YAMAHA
• YZR680
• OW69
• Legend
• of
• Kenny
• Roberts
• DAYTONA200
• Motorcycle
• Bike
• Yamaha Motor Company
• Yamaha Corporation

[btraister1]

There is nothing more badass than a twin crank yamaha 2 stroke in the Yamaha bumblebee yelllow colors.  Gorgeous.

[karmasailor]

Not a V4, it's a square four like the Suzuki RG500 and XR series race engines.

Apparently it was detuned so KR could ride it. Even detuned it was weelspinning right around the banking at Daytona and half way up the straight.

The most potent wepon ever built by Yamaha.

AWSOME ! ! ! !

[MetricHotrodsdotcom]

The nips may have built it, but that is a piece of American heritage, and always will be.

[zarulja031]

damn this is fast...

[stripervince1]

my dick is hitting my chin, not because it is long........omg what a amazing piece of machinery

[stripervince1]

my dick is hitting my chin, not because it is long........omg what a amazing p[iece of machinery

[insight156]

ケニー！！！！

[leonoff89]

is it liquid cooled

[MyCosmicPath]

WOW, imagine the power band on that

[jdfj1200]

Apparently hearing the beautiful sound of these machines isn't important to the videographer. Will someone please crank the 500 so we can listen to it's wonder engine. Thank you.

[seapeddler]

Was Ariel the first to use twin cranks?

[Youchoob1]

Thank you for posting this video of this historical machine - a truly awesome bike that given it's performance and tyre technology of the day would be enough to send a very large percentage of our top riders to a shrink (and A+E) They really don't know how straightforward their life on the edge is compared to those guys riding these - especially the 83 version!

I realise these being 680cc were not technically GP racers but the GP racers rode these and similar machines at Daytona once a year.