Semi-auto for small bikes

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Semi-auto for small bikes

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Motorcycle News (MCN) Magazine

14 January, 2026

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Zinging sports bike power, a trail bike chassis and rally-raid styling. Is Yamaha’s two-stroke a curious oddity, or way more than the sum of its disparate parts?

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