1976 YAMAHA YZ125X BOB HANNAH CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING RACER 

Had a 76 and a 77 back in the early 80’s. My older brother helped me tear down both bikes and we even split the cases!! We took the best parts of both and built a single bike. Rebuilt the engine and repainted everything. Bike was a screamer but a little on the heavy side. I still remember the big long mono-shock that went all the way up to the neck!! This was my first real bike and rode it until 86 when I scored a used 83 RM250. I miss that old YZ!😢👍

I had a YZ125c and loved it, when i was a 15 yr old motocrosser dreaming of being Bob Hannah ;)

One of the coolest looking 125's ever made. Always dug that bike. That is a sweet one!

Awesome bike I’ve never seen those air forks until now never knew the 70s bikes had those

Holy crap my bike , loved that freaking thing and it held its own against my buds 77 RM, yeah that baby was a wheelie machine. Remember always walking it down to local gas station to put air in the forks ,

I had that bike in the early 80’s when I was in my early 20’s, sold it cheap, I wish I kept every one of my old mini bikes and dirt bikes!

That was a mid year release bike designated 1976 YZ125X . The earlier released YZ125C did not have the air forks. That was my first MX bike. Great memories!

This is definitely a race bike, some tracks would let us wire up the kick stand others made us take them off . They were handy when practicing during the week if you didn’t have a milk crate handy. Love your channel I live in the northwest corner of Connecticut and am bound and determined to get to your shop.

I had one exactly like this (without the porcupine Head) that and I can tell you it was an absolute ANIMAL on the track. At the time I was 15yrs old and weighted about 170lbs. I was the envy of all my buddy's. The air caps were totally adjustable making the front handling awesome. The mono shock was the first of its kind and created a constant downward pressure on the swing arm for absolute traction to the rear wheel. If my memory serves me correct, Yamaha was first with the mono shock and 2 years later Kawaski came out with Uni-Trak and 4 to 5 years later Honda came out with ProLink, and I forget what Suzuki had but the Yamaha dominated for years over the other bikes. The bike in this add is in mint condition. Love to have one again just for old memories sack.

Had one when I was 15 living in Indiana I rode the wheels off that thing awesome handling bikes.👍

True piece of art right there. Love the vintage Yamaha block graphics!

As much as I like the durability of plastic tanks those metal tanks had such great lines to them.

Saw Hannah's with the first trailing axle front end I'd ever seen.

I love it , I was blessed enough to have been able to ride one of these when I was twelve , that one appears to be missing the factory black rubber bungy that goes front to rear on the middle of the tank ....

Absolutely beautiful bike

That’s a diamond. I had one I was 16 Good times

I had one of these. It was a rocket ship.

Very nice bike,Im was him in 1992...

Handy having a Speedo and rev counter

'76 was a inventive year for Yamaha,..... the mono shock, pressurized nitrogen forks (one year wonder for that idea). The new release of the TT500 in a yellow on black frame,.... Honda was on the rails trying to beat that machine. The track was ripped by Hanna and the team, that was the year I started racing.,... great memories that feel like yesterday. A few years later the '79 TT500 came out in El Toro orange my first Thumper! Today my corral is full of Hondas,..... how life changes.

I had a 77 yz 100

That's it baby

I have this bike complete. What is it worth. Not running but engine is free.

No air box?

I own a 77 yz100 and try to find a good example of how it should look for a long time, And this is it! Still wanting to see an original air box tho,Sadly that this bike doesn’t have it too

Bob Hanna's bike was water cooled😮

excellent

Sweeeet bike

That needs a fmf shorty 🤣

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