King Of The Road

The Yezdi Roadking Was, And Still Is, A Stonking Motorcycle

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There are many remarkable motorcycles that were sold in India in the past but are now fading fast into the darkness of history, lost forever and never seen again.

The Yezdi Roadking, and its predecessor called the Oilking, is one such motorcycle. Displacing 250ccs from its single cylinder two stroke motor, the block of which was borrowed from an old CZ motocross racer from the seventies but detuned for India, the Oilking was launched by Yezdi to be the topmost model within its portfolio. Just as its name would suggest, Yezdi had tried to revolutionise the then prevalent two stroke motorcycle scene by fitting the Oilking with an oil pump beneath the bulge in the left