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    AN ENGINEER’S PERSPECTIVE

    Nov 14, 2018 3 minutes
    Story Rod Tingate

    Australian Rod Tingate was working at Yamaha’s European headquarters in Amsterdam at the time of the launch of the TX500 (and the previous TX750) and was part of the team charged with ironing out the numerous bugs. Here is his tale of the development saga…

    “Late 1973 saw Yamaha’s test and research section organise factory engineers Takeshima, Okuyama, and M. Suzuki, to investigate the developing overheating and mechanical issues

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