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It was brought to the market as a real style racer replica model that took away the title of "TZ Replica" from RZ250R. It had a vehicle body that was very close to the commercially sold racer TZ.

The special model based on the Z1000. Its straight line-themed café racer design was completely different from the Z1, and became a huge hit in Europe. Its style became the mainstream of Kawasaki later on.

The engine was converted drastically. The bike which Eddie Lawson rode and won the AMA championship for two years in a row, was the North American model of this bike.

The smallest model of the GN series that made use of the light single engine and its economic efficiency. Like the 250cc model, it adopted cast wheels.

The newly designed 90-degrees V twin engine was mounted on the aluminum diamond frame. It had achieved to reduce its weight while keeping stability.

It was equipped with a front disc brake with an opposed piston caliper and an irregular pitch spring on its rear suspension. The color was renewed too.

It had its color changed, and its spark plug changed from No.7 to No.8. The engine of the Racer TR3 was based on this engine, and won the DAYTONA of 1972.

It was the first Yamaha model to adopt a 6-speed transmission whose 2-5 gear ratio were close. This transmission was adopted in order to draw out the engine power of the commercially-sold racer model engine.

It mounted a DR350-based engine on its frame that was composed of a pipe truss part and an aluminum hanger plate part. It also had an inverted front fork.

GT series was the SUZUKI roadsport model that represented the 70s. Its big body and the 4-pipe exhaust whose center pipes were split in two had created its powerful rear appearance.