Keeping a similar chassis and riding experience allowed owners of the RT100 to trade up to a more powerful machine, this the RT180, and maintain rider confidence that is so important in competition. Yamaha are specialists in maintaining user loyalty in this way.
Now of course superseded with more modern water cooled two and four stroke machinery, this air cooled two strokes performance was astonishing when launched, picking up the front wheel in the first three gears!
