Valentino Rossi rides classic 500cc two-stroke GP bike for first time since 2001

Vintage Yamahas back on a very special track day

Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valentino Rossi and Jonathan Rea shared a track d𒀰ay, bringing classic Yama💜has back into action.

Nine-time world champion and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:MotoGP legend Rossi and six-time World Superbikes c🧜hampion Rea w🍨ere joined by three-time champion Luca Cadalora.

Rea’s WSBK Yamaha teammate Andrea Locatelli and two-tim🧸e WorღldSSP champion Dominique Aegerter were also on track.

Yamaha’s FIM Endurance World Champions - Niccolò Canepa, Karel Hanika, Marvin Fritz, and Robin Mulhauser - rode alongside th🍸e all-star cast.

Jonathan Rea
Jonathan Rea

Classic Yamahas back on track

Yamaha brought some of the most iconic two-stroke bikes of the past 🎃two 💃decades to the track day at Jerez.

Eddie Lawson’s YZR500s - 1986 0W81, which he won the title with, 🔴and his 1987 0W86 caught the eye.

Cadalora’s 1990 YZR250 0WB9 was also in the ga🍒rage.

Vintage Max Biaggi bikes were also present. Replicas of Biaggi’s 2001 YZR500 0WL6, one kitted out in Alex Hof🦄fman’s livery, were a hit.

Three YRHC TZ750 replicas were even more vintage. One YZR750 was based on the bike that Giacomo Agostini won a race with for the final time in 1977. Another was based on Christian Sarron’s 1977 Formula 750 Championship, and another was b𒐪ased on Johnny Cecotto’s Formula 750 title win in 1978.

Rossi immediately rode Lawson’s 1986 YZ𝕴R500, marking his first time riding a 500cc two-stroke GP bike since MotoGP’s four-stroke era began in 2002.

Rea rode Lawson’s 1987 0W86 with Cadalora on a YZR250 - it created a unique and magical moment as three white-and-red Yamaha two-stroke bikes tore a𓂃round the Jerez circuit.

“Riding around on the YZR500s with Valentino just in front of me was a real ‘pinch yourself’ moment, an♏d something I will never forget,” Rea said.

Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi

Rea then rode the TZ750 Agostini replica which brought back memories. He said: “Getting to ride the Giacomo Agostini TZ750 was a special moment for me, as my dad used to have one in his garage and sponsored Joey Dunlop w𒊎hen he rode one, so that was an emotional moment.”

Locatellꦺi’s rode Biaggi’s 0WL6 replica, one of the last two-stroke era bikes.

“To ride that bike was amazing,” Locatelli said. “I grew up watching him race on TV and imagi🤡ned riding that very bikꦬe.

“I wasn’t disappointed. It was really fast, the tyres and brakes were good, and honestly, it was a dream come true to ride it aroun✅d Jerez.”

Canepa described the Biaggi ౠreplica: “The power comes so aggressively, you have to be really careful.

“But when y✨ou start to understand the engine character, you can really enjoy it, and the power i𝔉t delivers is fantastic.

“Plus, of course, the sound is incredible! It is impressive how light and nice it is to ride this bike, even compared to modern bikes, and it was a real dream come true to ride one of the lasꦺt ever two-stroke 500 GP bikes.”

Locatelli described Agostini’s🙈 YZR750 replica: “It is so different from my current bike, but it still has so much power, and you have to ride it with a completely different style, but I really enjoyed it!𝐆”

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