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This is the Team Oliver race shop, and the machine on the table is our 2002 TZ 250.   It's just back from Computrac, after being straightened out from my crash at VIR.  It was bent somewhat, but all better now!  Thanks to James and Ray at Computrac, one of our new sponsors for 2003.

This is the 2003 Shotgun Engine.  It's built with special cases that I ported, special cylinders with revised port timing, different heads with more compression, and race kit pistons.  The engine is also Supertech polished to lower friction.  I use a 2001 race kit ignition and the 2001 race kit pipes.  It revs to 14,000, but I try to shift it at  13,500.  It also uses a KLS quick shifter and an exhaust temp guage with probes in the pipes.  It makes a bunch of power and it's really hard to ride.  I love it!

Yamaha sure knows how to build a beautiful frame, look at the size of that swing arm, and how the Lindemann Engineering Ohlins shock fits into the linkage through the arm.  These machines handle like, well, like a 250 Grand Prix machine. They carve!  They go 160+ and stop so hard they pop your eyes out!  You should try one.

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