yamaha RD56

Yamaha at the Bikers’Classics

At the occasion of the Bikers’Classics, the Yamaha factory will not only be represented through the 21 historical machines of the Yamaha Classic Racing Team with which the great starts from the past will ride on the track of Spa-Francorchamps, but also ...

 

At the beginning of July, at the occasion of the Bikers’Classics, the Yamaha factory will not only be represented through the 21 historical machines of the Yamaha Classic Racing Team with which the great starts from the past will ride on the track of Spa-Francorchamps, but also through an exhibition that will take place in the building at the Eau Rouge, showing the 14 most significant machines in the 50 year road race history of the brand with the three tuning forks in its logo.

Bike displayed Year Rider at the time Current owner bike
YD-B 250 (PQ47) 1958 Fumio Ito Michael Buttinger
RD56 250 1965 Phil Read Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
RA97 125 1966 Bill Ivy Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZ635 250 1972 Jarno Saarinen YCRT (Ferry Brouwer)
YZR350 (0W16) 1974 Giacomo Agostini YCRT (Ferry Brouwer)
YZR500 (OW23) 1975 Giacomo Agostini Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR500 (OW35K) 1978 Kenny Roberts Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR250 (0W47) 1983 Carlos Lavado YCRT (Ferry Brouwer)
YZR500 (0W76) 1984 Eddie Lawson Luciano Battisti
YZR500 (0WE0) 1992 Wayne Rainey Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
TZ250F (OWF3) 1993 Tetsuya Harada Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR500 (OWL6) 2001 Norick Abe Yamaha Motor Racing Srl / Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR-M1 (OWP3) 2004 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Motor Racing Srl / Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR-M1 (OWS5) 2008 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Motor Racing Srl / Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
YZR-M1 (OWS9) 2010 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Motor Racing Srl / Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd
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