King Kenny’s 1980 YZR500

PUBLISHED September 14, 2011 IN miscellaneous /

Video of king Kenny Roberts riding his amazing 1980 YZR500 Grand Prix machine at this years Laguna Seca MotoGP!! It was part of Yamaha’s 50th Anniversary of Grand Prix racing, they got ‘King’ Kenny Roberts to ride his 1980 World […]

Video of king Kenny Roberts riding his amazing 1980 YZR500 Grand Prix machine at this years Laguna Seca MotoGP!!

It was part of Yamaha’s 50th Anniversary of Grand Prix racing, they got ‘King’ Kenny Roberts to ride his 1980 World Championship winning YZR500 at the Laguna Seca MotoGP and as you would expect, the king had all the fans on their feet.

Here are some photos I managed to grab of the absoutely stunning YZR just as Kenny jumped off the bike.

My favorite photo is the one taken from behind showing the three exhausts and the specs of oil down the side of the seat.

Wow! King Kenny's 1980 YZR500

One big powerful motor

Marvic wheels and disc brakes

Three exhausts out of one side

You can bet Kenny was revving it to 14

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