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Yamaha OW48R Right Side View Riding

Kenny Roberts aboard Chris Wilson's factory OW48R, the last of the inline-four GP Yamahas, on which he won the 1980 500cc World Championship. With an aluminum frame (a first) and the outer cylinders reversed (thus the "R" designation), Roberts says it was "the best inline-four Yamaha ever produced."
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Kenny Roberts aboard Chris Wilson's factory OW48R, the last of the inline-four GP Yamahas, on which he won the 1980 500cc World Championship. With an aluminum frame (a first) and the outer cylinders reversed (thus the "R" designation), Roberts says it was "the best inline-four Yamaha ever produced."  View Related Article
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