Yamaha DT

The Yamaha DT is a series o mopeds an motorcycles produced bi the Yamaha Motor Company. Models in the DT series feature an ingine displacement o 50 tae 400 cc (3.1 tae 24 cu in). The first DT model, the DT-1, wis released in 1968 an quickly sold through its initial 12,000 production run. 

The DT series wis creatit bi Yamaha in the late 1960s when the Unitit States motorcycle market wis doun. Market research bi Yamaha indicatit that, despite slow motorcycle sales, there wis a lairgely untapped market for off-road motorcycles. At the time, anerlie a few specialty European manufacturers such as Bultaco an Husqvarna made motorcycles specifically for off-road uise. Instead, mony awners purchased road motorcycles an modified them for off-road uise, typically bi raisin the muffler. Such modifications wur commonly kent as creatin scramblers. The first DT model, the DT-1, wis released in late 1967 an quickly sold oot.Yamaha Motor Company, "Motorcycle Development History: DT-1 ." The DT series, an the DT-1 in particular, hae been creditit wi inventin the trail bike category o motorcycle."Paving the Road to Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA ," 2008.

 Models in the DT Series 

 DT-1
DT50LC
DT50M
DT50MX
DT50R
DT50X
DT80MX
DT80LC
DT80R
DT100MX
DT100R
DT125
DT125LC
DT125MX
DT125R
DT125X
DT175MX
DT200R
DT250MX
DT250R
DT350LC
DT350R
DT400B

References

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