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Yamaha SRV250 Renaissa: A Turn from British Style to Italian Café Racer

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Yamaha SRV250 Renaissa: A Turn from British Style to Italian Café Racer© RIDE HI
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A look back at the 1996-97 Yamaha SRV250 Renaissa. Based on the air-cooled SOHC single-cylinder SRV250, this derivative model shifted direction from its predecessor's British-inspired look toward an Italian café racer aesthetic.

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From British-style to Italian cafe — this turn of the wheel has the breath of an era carved into it. In the mid-90s, which nation's aesthetic you poured into a small single-cylinder vessel directly reflected a manufacturer's mood. The Renaissa is also an experiment wearing that era's fashion. It's a bike that should be talked about through the atmosphere it wears, not the numbers.

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