Fun size mars bar!

If you eat a ‘fun-size’ Mars Bar, do you really want to eat the bigger one? Or is this all just a marketing ploy? Bertie Simmonds straddles the yummy Yamaha XSR and starts to put on weight immediately! Wagon (wheels) ROLL…

BERTIE SIMMONDS

RETRO RIDE Fun size mars bar! If you eat a ‘fun-size’ Mars Bar, do you really want to eat the bigger one? Or is this all just a marketing ploy? Bertie Simmonds straddles the yummy Yamaha XSR and starts to put on weight immediately! Wagon (wheels) ROLL… WORDS: BERTIE SIMMONDS PICS: YAMAHA UK/JAMES WRIGHT Sorry to take the confectionery route on this lovely retro tiddler – the Yamaha XSR125 – but it’s legitimate, so bear with me… Firstly, I want you to squint at this opening shot: hmmm… it could be the ‘Mars Bar’ Yamaha RD250/350LC, couldn’t it? It looks really good in my eyes and makes me want more. And that’s just what Yamaha wants, too. Because, with more than 32,000 XSRs of various capacities sold since 2014, Yamaha’s…

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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2021

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