1983 Yamaha XT 500


Yamaha XT 500 Museorekisterissä 500 cm³ 1981 Espoo Moottoripyörä Nettimoto

The XT500 models mounting Yamaha's first single-cylinder 4-stroke engine made its domestic debut at the 21st Tokyo Motor show in 1975. In one sense, this was the latest in a series of trail (off.


Yamaha 500 XT de 1985 d'occasion Motos anciennes de collection japonaise Motos vendues

The Yamaha XT500 was the bike that won the very first Paris Dakar race in 1979 and is the oldest bike in my Dakar collection. This is the first of six videos.


1983 Yamaha XT 500

The Yamaha XT500 is a twin-valve single-cylinder enduro-adventure motorcycle made by Yamaha from 1975 until 1981. It shares its sturdy power plant with the street version SR500 and its off-road brother, the Yamaha TT500. All parts such as the transmission and chassis were produced in Japan. The first XT 500 was shown at the US dealer convention.


Yamaha XT 500 Die unverwüstliche CharakterEnduro

Yamaha XT500 Specifications. Engine - 4-stroke single-cylinder air-cooled SOHC. Capacity - 499cc. Bore/stroke - 87 x 84mm. Power - 32bhp @ 6500rpm. Torque - 29ft-lb @ 5400rpm. Carburetion - 32mm Mikuni. Transmission - 5-speed wet-clutch chain-final-drive. Frame - Steel single down tube.


Yamaha XT 500 Une idée de l'évasion Moto Revue Classic

The Yamaha XT500 is one of our favorite bikes of all time. The twin-shock, four-stroke single-cylinder enduro came out in 1976, a street-legal version of the TT500 introduced a year earlier. Yamaha USA had realized there was a market for a 500cc, British-style thumper:"BSA Gold Stars and single-cy


1983 Yamaha XT 500

The Yamaha XT 500 was an enduro-adventure motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha from 1976 until 1989. The bike was powered by a single-cylinder twin-valve engine shared with the street version SR 500.


Yamaha XT 500 Une idée de l'évasion Moto Revue Classic

Yamaha : XT 1979 yamaha xt 500 street legal enduro motorcycle tt 500. $1,800. Waverly, Iowa. Year 1979. Make Yamaha. Model XT. Category Dual Purpose Motorcycles. Engine 500. Posted Over 1 Month.


Yamaha XT 500, le mythique trail au couple fantastique

This 1977 Yamaha XT500 has a fascinating story to tell. It's the lowest-mileage example of the model we've ever featured - a model famous for winning the first two Paris-Dakar Rallies in 1979 and 1980 with Cyril Neveu in the saddle. The reason this XT500 has such low mileage is that the first owner passed away after putting just 900 miles.


Yamaha XT 500 Xt 500, Motos et Enduro

Advertisement. 1977 Yamaha XT500 Enduro. Basic won out! The single cylinder used a two-valve head and a chain-driven overhead camshaft, letting the engine run up to 7,500 rpm—although maximum.


Modellentwicklung der Yamaha XT500 von 1976 bis 1989

That said, industrial designer Maxime Lefebvre spent a lot of time re-imagining what a Yamaha XT 500 might look like in a few years' time. Released in 1976, the original, well-loved enduro was.


Yamaha Yamaha XT 500

The XT500 fit into that mold. It was powered by an air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke engine, with 499 cc capacity and single overhead cam. Bore was 87 mm, shorter than the larger thumpers that followed the XT500; stroke was 84 mm, pretty close to later machines in the 650 thumper class.


1981 Yamaha XT 500

The Yamaha XT500 is one of the most successful dual-purpose machines of all time, a big-bore four-stroke that proved itself in professional desert racing and on thousands of miles of backroads, fire roads, and trails. Developed as a street-legal version of the TT500 enduro, the XT came fast out of the gate, winning the first-ever Paris-Dakar.


Yamaha XT 500

The Yamaha XT500 was an Enduro-styled motorcycle that laid the blueprint for next-generation XT bikes, including the highly lauded XT660Z Ténéré. Produced from 1975 to 1989, the XT500 dominated the Luxembourg Grand Prix, Paris-Abidjan-Nice, and Paris-Dakar rallies of the late '70s. Known for its nostalgic design, free-revving abilities.


The Yamaha XT500 Winner Of The First Two ParisDakar Rallies

Yamaha XT 500. The Yamaha XT500 is a twin-valve single-cylinder enduro - adventure motorcycle made by Yamaha from 1975 until 1989. It shares its power plant with the street version SR500 and its off-road brother, the Yamaha TT500. All parts such as the transmission and chassis were produced in Japan. The first XT 500 was shown at the US dealer.


Yamaha Yamaha XT 500

If there any doubts about the XT500's potential, they evaporated as soon as the bike began tackling the great African rallies: "The Yamaha XT500 won the first two runnings of the Paris-Dakar Rally as well as the Paris-Abidjan-Nice, it also surprised everyone by winning the 1977 500cc Motocross World Championship (in significantly modified form) against the formerly dominant two-strokes."


Yamaha XT 500 Une idée de l'évasion Moto Revue Classic

Short film about Yamaha's iconic XT500, affectionately known as the 'Thumper' - a Hoxton Moto restoration. Ross Doherty presents his take on a 1981 version o.

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