The first motorcycle I actually owned was when I was 11, and it was a 1982 Yamaha YZ 80. I think there’s probably only been a handful of years since then that I haven’t owned a motorcycle.
Yamaha released the YSR50 and YSR 80 in Japan in 1986. Designed as a scaled-down YSR500, the two models were instant hits in Japan and sold as fast as they could be delivered. The YSR was the first ...