Oldie But Speedy: Championship-Winning TX500 Tracker from Fuch’s Workshop… In 1972, Yamaha introduced their first middleweight four-stroke twin, the TX500, later to become the XS500. Whereas the TX/XS650 resembled the British twins of yesteryear, the […]
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“TxXs Chainsaw”: Yamaha XS500 Scrambler
A Spooky Scrambler from Milwaukee… Introduced in 1973, the Yamaha TX500 was a four-stroke vertical twin with a number of innovative features, including a contra-rotating balancer and four valves per cylinder — first for a […]





