In homage to the 80th TT of Assen Agostini will ride his celebrated 1975 YZR500 OW23 racebike on the circuit. This is the original machine that he rode to his last ever world title victory in 1975 and has special significance as it was also the machine he rode to victory on at the Assen TT in that year. This rare and historically important racebike is being flown over by Yamaha from Japan for this occasion, and is a rare opportunity to see and hear it being ridden by Agostini on track as he did 35 years ago.
Interview with Giacomo Agostini about his experience; Yamaha History, Valentino Rossi,TT Assen and him riding a classic Yamaha Racer; 26 June 2010