{"id":69515,"date":"2023-01-01T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=69515"},"modified":"2023-01-01T18:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T12:53:52","slug":"yankee-motorcycle-made-with-a-bezzis-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/yankee-motorcycle-made-with-a-bezzis-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"YANKEE motorcycle made with a Bezzi’s touch!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The YANKEE was born between the end of the 60s and the first 70s and had a very courteous adventure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Taylor, an importer of BULTACO and OSSA in America. Was convinced that the all-terrain motorcycle based on OSSA technology could meet all the challenges at the ISDT.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read Also: Suzuki Titan concept by Bezzi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

History<\/h2>\n

The first YANKEE 500Z off-road came out in 1971. Destined for the trail circuit under Engineer Eduardo Gir\u00f2 and OSSA and pilot Dick Mann.<\/span><\/p>\n

An off-road motorcycle for riders who have no problem walking their bike on rough paths or remote exploration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The YANKEE 500Z was a robust and powerful engine built to accommodate large wheels and knobby tires and endure rugged terrain. The reliability and durability of the Yankee 500 won over many fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Eduardo Gir\u00f3 designed the engine concept, he wanted to make it versatile for both the streets and the open road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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He joined two single-cylinder, two-cycle, air-cooled engines that created a torquey twin with a common crankshaft and cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although this engine was initially designed for Europe’s challenging road race courses, riders can also use it on dirt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The YANKEE suffered a short career, appearing on the market in 1970. The engine was powerful but bulky and extremely hard to use at off-road events. This, with a delay in production, ended the YANKEE career soon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The YANKEE was, in many ways, the forefather of all modern motorcycles in appearance, layout and structure. In addition, it was a modern machine with record sales during the late ’70s’.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, John Taylor must be given credit for having seen the future as regards the increase in engine capacity and dimensions since today; it seems normal to speak of considerable powers and weights that were unthinkable at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read Also: Brilliant Honda Nighthawk 1100 concept by Bezzi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Future<\/h2>\n

The YANKEE 500Z was also a desirable motorcycle due to its particular style! But like many motorcycles, it only had a short life on the market. Today it is appreciated by motorcyclists and recognized as a real icon of classic motorcycles.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, the YANKEE brand returns to the market, always with a 500cc twin-cylinder, but today obviously, with four strokes and a philosophy of non-demanding off-road use, a TRAIL or Scrambler type motorcycle.<\/span><\/p>\n

YANKEE will be a success for two reasons. Firstly, the Chinese manufacturers are so diverse that one could have asked oneself why to take on the risk of making a new motorcycle when there are already so many suppliers worldwide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer is in the formula, which seems more than simple: YANKEE, stylists and designers, American brand and market at the end of 2024?<\/span><\/p>\n

via\u00a0<\/span>Obderdan Bezzi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":69517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[19113,25215,25214],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69518,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69515\/revisions\/69518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}