Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

OVER Zealous!

Now here’s a bike we don’t see very often at all, in fact I don’t think there were many about in the UK back in the day due to it being a grey import and I’m talking about when such imports to the UK from the Land of the Rising Sun were very popular.

Yes, I think it’s fair to say that even in the early to mid-1990s, the Yamaha Zeal still wasn’t that popular when it came to container space from the likes of BAT Motorcycles or the like. I guess when you can sell all the two-stroke 250 race replicas and 400cc four-cylinder sportsbikes you can get, then perhaps you’re better off playing it safe?

But I digress. Instead let me introduce to you the Yamaha Zeal: a feisty little

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