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Yamaha Production 2 stroke roadracer magazine articles.
Below is a list of around 100 magazine articles that have been printed over the years for the old Yamahas this website deals with. Please note; some listings are incomplete and will hopefully be improved in time.
Please also note that it is not a list of magazine articles available for download or sale, it is simply a list of the ones you might like to look out for to try and track down yourself.
Do you know of any more that aren't listed here? Please Email the Webmaster and they can be added here for everyone's good.
Click on these to go to the area of interest:
| YDS and TD1 Series | ||||
| YDS1-R | 1959 | Two Wheels | May-81 | 5 |
| Australian Motorcycle News (week ending…) | Mar-80 | 1 | ||
| YDS2-R | 1960 | |||
| TD1 | 1961 | Classic Bike | Sep-91 | 4 |
| Cycle World test with YDS-2 roadbike | Jan-63 | 6 | ||
| Cycle "A Personal Remembrance" | Jul-84 | 3 | ||
| TD1-A | 1962 | Classic Racer | May-05 | 6 |
| TD1-B | 1964 | Cycle Guide (study of motor) | Aug-67 | 4 |
| Cycle World | Mar-65 | 2 | ||
| Cycle World versus Manx Norton | Oct-97 | 5 | ||
| Cycle World Test by Gordon Jennings | Jun-65 | 5 | ||
| CycleSport retrospective test | Jul-85 | 3 | ||
| 1966 | Motorrad feature (in German). | Oct-66 | 1 | |
| Sport Cycle feature | Summer-66 | 3 | ||
| TD1-C | 1967 | Motorcycle Enthusiast | Dec-87 | 3 |
| Classic Bike (versus MV and Benelli) | Jan-00 | 3 | ||
| Roadracer magazine TD1-C / RD56 Hybrid | Oct-88 | 4 | ||
| M/C Mechanics TD1-C vs YDS5 roadbike | Mar-69 | 3 | ||
| TD2 and 3 Series | ||||
| TD2 | 1969 | Motorcycle News retrospective look. | 1973 | 3 |
| Motorcycle News test. | 1969 | 4 | ||
| Motorcycle News test. Gould bike. | 1969 | 2 | ||
| Motorcycle News ride experience. | Dec-69 | 1 | ||
| TD2-B | 1971 | Roadracer comparison with TZ250W | 1990? | 4 |
| TD3 / TA250 | 1972 | Moto Revue (French feature includes TD3) | 1972 | 5 |
| Two Wheels (Australia) TD2/3 development | Apr-72 | 6 | ||
| TR2 and 3 Series | ||||
| TR2 | 1969 | Motorcycle News preview with TD2. | 1968 | 1 |
| Bill Ivy TR2 test Motorcyclist magazine | 1971 | 2 | ||
| Italian retrospective | 11 | |||
| Yamaha Sport Cycle TD2/TR2 race results | 1970 | 4 | ||
| Motorcycle Mechanics ride impressions | Feb-70 | 3 | ||
| Classic racer test with TZ350A | Summer 96 | 4 | ||
| TR2-B | 1971 | Motorcycle World feature with TD2-B | Aug-71 | 4 |
| M/C Mechanics TR2-B | Oct-80 | 2 | ||
| TR3 | 1972 | Motorcycle Sport | Dec-72 | 5 |
| Motorcycle Sport | Feb-74 | 3 | ||
| MotoRevue French | ? 1972 | 5 | ||
| Don Emde's TR3 Daytona winner | * | 4 | ||
| Two Wheels (Australia) TR2/3 development | Apr-72 | 6 | ||
| TA and TZ125 Series | ||||
| TA125 | 1974 | Cycle World basket case to winner article | Sep-79 | 1 |
| Cycle World article including running costs | Mar-74 | 6 | ||
| TZ125 G | 1980 | Modern Cycle (Preview) | Dec-79 | 1 |
| TZ125 H | 1981 | |||
| TZ125 J | 1982 | |||
| AS2 | 1973 | Cycle Guide (Roadracer conversion) | Oct-69 | 3 |
| TZ250 | ||||
| TZ250 A | 1973 | Motorcycle World TZ250A, TZ750A | Jun-74 | 6 |
| TZ250 B | 1975 | |||
| TZ250 C | 1976 | Motorrad (German preview / test) | May-76 | 5 |
| TZ250 D | 1977 | M/C News preview | 1977 | 1 |
| TZ250 E | 1978 | Motorrad (German preview / test with TZ350) | Jun-78 | 2 |
| TZ250 F | 1979 | Moto Journal (French) Preview | 1 | |
| TZ250 G | 1980 | |||
| Feb-82 | ||||
| TZ250 H | 1981 | Motorrad (German comparo with RZ250) | Nov-83 | 4 |
| Cycle World comparo with Armstrong Rotax | Aug-82 | 6 | ||
| Cycle "Evolution of Yamaha's TZ250" | Oct-81 | |||
| Motor (Dutch) feature | Dec-80 | 1 | ||
| Motor (Dutch) test | Feb-81 | 4 | ||
| TZ250 J | 1982 | Motorrad (German feature) | Aug-82 | ? |
| 1982 | Formula Two at Daytona / TZ250 Cycle magazine | Jun-82 | 2 | |
| TZ250 running costs | Motorcycle Racing | Nov-78 | 3 | |
| 250 racer | Cycle history of the Yamaha 250 roadracer | Aug-74 | 10 | |
| TZ250 | 2000 | Sport Rider Rich Oliver's 2000 model TZ250 | Feb-02 | 4 |
| TZ250 L | 1984 | Cycle Guide Riding Impression | Jul-84 | 2 |
| Motojournal | Nov-84 | |||
| TZ250M | 1985 | Cycle News analysis | Sep-85 | 2 |
| TZ250 U | 1988 | Cycle Technical Analysis | Aug-88 | 8 |