Very good news!
I will
NEVER forget the 1975 Indy mile with Kenny Roberts on board "the" wildest 2 stroke dirt track motorcycle of all time!
Says Kenny Roberts about the TZ750 dirt-tracker,
'You had to throw it sideways at 150mph to get it slowed for corners...'
In 1975, Yamaha tried to find a solution to their power deficit and fitted their dirt-tracker with the 120 horsepower engine from their TZ750 roadracer. The result was a monstrous, nearly uncontrollable machine. However, in August 1975, Roberts rode this TZ750 dirt-tracker at the famous Indy Mile dirt-track oval, winning the race ahead of Jay Springsteen and Corky Kenner.
He later admitted that the TZ750 dirt-tracker, which could hit speeds of up to 150 MPH on the straights, was too scary even for him. ‘They don’t pay me enough to ride that thing,’ said King Kenny, and within a few weeks, the AMA went on to ban the TZ750 engine from dirt-track racing – that was the end of the machine’s short-lived dirt-track career.
What a beautiful machine!