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Yamaha XZ550 (1982-1983) Background info

If you are a trader, you are silent about your purchase prices. If you're not a trader, you can be a little more open-minded. So you may all know that the purchase of the extremely rare Yamaha XZ550 started with the comment from friend Kees van Rumpt that he had run into a motorcycle that could go for any serious offer above 150 euros. I offered 151 euros and an apple tart. Then there was the ride to Dirksland vv.
Purchasing classics there

Harley-Davidson and AMF… A bittersweet symphony

A turbulent history. Harley-Davidson was bad in 1969. But Harley-Davidson was saved by the American Machine and Foundry Co. (AMF). That company reorganized and invested. But to no avail. Things were in danger of turning back. 1981: Thirteen Harley-Davidson executives buy out the company from American Machine and Foundry Co. Under the inspiring leadership of the genius Willy G Davidson, the company took a life-saving leap forward into the past. Harley was one of the first brands to go retro. That's a 'long story short'.
Victory quits.

Victory quits.

Victory quits. That promises the instant birth of yet another new classic. For people who want to take a quarter of a century+. Because the stories about how you used to be able to buy motorcycles for almost nothing that are now worth gold...

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The future is behind us. Yamaha's neo classic Café racer

In the days of the Café racers, Japan only started exporting light motorcycles at a slow pace. That lack of history, by the way, doesn't mean anything bad. After all, you can't blame an eldest brother for not being the youngest brother, which the Japanese have long compensated for through an excess of marketing. This recently resulted in this 'study model' at Yamaha, the Café Racer. Based on the now time-honored 620 cc Vtwin block with air cooling (date of birth somewhere in the early eighties of the last century).