Yamaha YZF 750 - Current Condition
With this Yamaha YZF 750, Francesca won a race during the 1995 Italian National Championship 750cc in Pergusa, Sicily. With this and other good results, the bike enabled her to qualify and race in the finals of the Italian National Championship 750cc. This makes two firsts, the first Italian woman to win a race and the first woman to qualify for the finals in the Italian Sport Production in the 750cc class.
Francesca raced with this Yamaha YZF 750 in the 1995 Trofeo d'Estate, Varano, Italy. She also raced with the bike in the 1996 Ulster Grand Prix. The same month she also raced the Yamaha in the Superbike in Zolder, Belgium.
As part of the wide media coverage Francesca received during her racing career, this Yamaha YZF 750 has been featured in several papers.
The bike was Massimo Meregalli's official Yamaha Belgarda factory production bike which he raced in the 1992 World Superbike Championship. It was raced by Armando Errico in the 1993 Italian Sport Production. Francesca bought the bike directly from the Belgarda factory in 1994 and had it regularly serviced free-of-charge by the Belgarda mechanics at the factory near Monza, and on the circuit whenever the Yamaha team was present, always using the best quality spare parts which where also provided for free.