Yamaha RD56
The Yamaha RD56 was a two stroke 250cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle. It had two 56x50mm cylinders, disk valves and an Oldham coupler joining the crank shafts. Power was 47 bhp at 11,000rpm.[1] Although the engine was essentially the same as that of the RD48, the frame was a new design based on the Norton Featherbed. It featured a 7 speed gearbox.
It was ridden by Yoshikazu Sunako, Fumio Ito, Hiroshi Hasegawa and Tony Godfrey for the 1963 Grand Prix season.
The engine was improved for the 1964 season generating a claimed 50 bhp at 11,000 rpm.[2] Phil Read joined the Yamaha team and narrowly beat Redman to become Grand Prix World Champion.
Hiroshi Hasegawa won the 1967 Macau Grand Prix.
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