Yamaha has been developing electric vehicles for several years, but is now stepping up its electric program with a compact... Read More
Yamaha Motorcycles
Yamaha Motor Company has been making motorcycles since 1955 and today hols many world racing titles in road and off-road racing. Legendary Yamaha riders include nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi. The company produces a wide range of motorcycles from dirt bikes to road bikes, cruisers, sportsbikes, ATVs, scooters and electric motorcycles. We preview coming models, attend product launches and road test Yamaha motorcycles for performance, handling, styling, economy and more.
Yamaha’s attractive little MT-03 learner bike, gets a major cosmetic and performance upgrade for 2020, plus a price hike. The... Read More
Yamaha is the latest to develop an automatic emergency call system in the event of a crash, but their system also flashes the lights and bows the horn. SOS buttons or eCall systems have been available in cars for some time and have now been mandated throughout Europe. It is... Read More
Meeting stringent European emissions regulations has not reduced output from the updated 2020 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer. The 689cc CP2 twin... Read More
Yamaha has painted their updated FJR1300 an attractive black and gold with gold wheels and plenty of black finishes was... Read More
Yamaha is stepping up its electric program with removable batteries, but not in a full-size electric motorcycle. That’s probably just as well as Harley-Davidson has hit a short circuit with the introduction of its LiveWire. Instead, Yamaha will unveil two electric scooters, an electric bicycle, an electric mobility scooter and... Read More
Yamaha’s Niken GT three-wheeler looks like an alien, but it corners surprisingly well, says former Ulysses Club magazine editor and long-time... Read More
Battery swap technology has received a boost with Yamaha unveiling their EC-05 electric scooter with Gogoro lithium-ion battery packs you... Read More
Some bright spark at Yamaha has filed patent designs that seem to indicate they are planning an electric sports bike that looks a lot like the R1. So far Yamaha has only released the PES1 (Passion Electric Street) road bike and PED1 (Passion Electric Dirt) off-roader for limited sale, mainly in... Read More
Yamaha might be going down the blown track like Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Ducati with a patent filing for a... Read More
Yamaha has announced very competitive pricing for its much-anticipated Ténéré 700 adventure motorcycle arriving in Australia in December. And we were... Read More
Yamaha has finally released its production version of the Ténéré 700 adventure motorcycle which will be available in late 2019. Thankfully it looks almost the same as the T7 prototype that has been travelling the world for the past year. The bike has been unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show... Read More
Yamaha has given the popular YZF-R3 learner motorcycle a MotoGP-inspired styling makeover plus LED headlights and hi-spec upside-down forks. We... Read More
Yamaha has issued this teaser video which could be the production version of the long-awaited Ténéré 700 adventure bike. It features British... Read More
Yamaha Motor Australia has slashed $2000 from the price of its learner-approved V-Star 650 cruiser to compete with other learner cruisers in the market. The XVS650A Classic was $11,299 and is now $9299 while the XVS650 Custom was $10,799 and is now $8799. (All prices in this article are retail... Read More
Imagine a Yamaha VMax with 147.2kW of power and 166.8Nm of torque packed into a leaning three-wheeler motorcycle with two... Read More
Yamaha is developing hybrid engines for cars with the technology helping the Japanese company produce electric motorcycles. Company boss Yoshihiro... Read More
Yamaha’s latest side-by-side X4 Wolverine is a four-seater mountain goat, slush puppy and go-anywhere off-road taxi, says ATV correspondent Bruce McMahon: The Wolverine X4 – the first of this model with room for four Australian-sized adults – scores a race-bred motor, self-levelling rear suspension, fly-by-wire throttle plus a tonne of... Read More
Yamaha has released a video explaining a little more of the Niken three-wheeler it will release in 2019. We’re not... Read More
Big-bore trackers could be the next big thing with Valentino Rossi receiving a Yamaha XJR1300 tracker from fans and Deus Ex... Read More
Yamaha has unveiled updates for its popular Masters of Torque MT-07 and introduced an MT-09SP edition (pictured above). The bikes were unveiled ahead of today’s ECIMA motorcycle show in Milan, along with a Tenere prototype and Super Tenere Raid Edition. It also follows MT-09SP edition Launched in 2013, the MT-09... Read More
Yamaha has moved a step closer to introducing a midsize parallel-twin adventure bike with the Ténéré 700 World Raid prototype... Read More
Yamaha Motor seems to be branching out from motorcycles and scooters with the addition of a leaning three- and four-wheelers and... Read More
Self-riding motorcycles and artificial intelligence are the future of riding, according to two Yamaha concepts. The Motobot Ver.2 and MOTOROiD will be among six debut models and concepts to be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show from October 27 to November 5. Yamaha unveiled its first Motobot in 2015 with... Read More
Yamaha is expected to unveil its new T7 adventure bike based on the MT-07 on September 6. The company has released... Read More
Yamaha has released the Star Venture tourer in the US with electric forward and reverse for parking to tackle the... Read More
Yamaha is reportedly working on a midweight Ténéré adventure bike powered by MT-09 849cc inline three-cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Advrider website is reporting the midweight Yamaha would basically be a more dirt-oriented version of the MT-09 Tracer. The report is a departure to what has been expected from Yamaha after it revealed... Read More
Yamaha has unveiled the T7 Tenere concept based on the MT-07 parallel twin and it’s just the bike the XT660... Read More
Yamaha has unveiled the new YZF-R6 in a video that shows it is basically a smaller version of the R1 with... Read More
Yamaha has updated the 2017 MT-09 and MT-10 and added an SP version of the MT-10 with technology from the R1. The bikes were unveiled at the INTERMOT show in Cologne overnight and pricing and availability in Australia has not yet been released, but the new models will be on... Read More
Yamaha seems to be planning a 2017 model R6 while Honda is believed to be planning to scrap the CBR600RR because of sliding... Read More
Yamaha has now completed its Masters of Torque range with the introduction of the mighty MT-10 based on the R1,... Read More
Strip away the fairing and some of the hi-tech electronic wizardry from a Yamaha R1 and you have the MT-10 bargain hunter which is more fun than any sane man can handle. They say it’s “retuned” which is often code for detuned, but somehow sitting up in the air in... Read More
The planned Sunshine Coast International TT (SSCITT) is already reaping financial rewards for Maleny even before it has been approved by the authorities.... Read More
I had seen plenty of photos of the Yamaha XSR900 prior to riding it – who wouldn’t be curious about... Read More
The latest “Masters of Torque” Yamaha is the MT-10 (FZ-10 in some markets) which is a naked street fighter based on a retuned YZF-R1. It will arrive in Australia in late June at $17,999 plus on-road costs with a titanium muffler, ABS, cruise control and a four-setting traction control system. The... Read More
Yamaha has joined Triumph, Ducati, BMW, Moto Guzzi, Benelli and SWM in the mad scramble to re-invent the old scrambler... Read More
Yamaha looks like culling some of its traditional-style cruisers as they scrap the Star name and label them all under the... Read More
Valentino Rossi has met Yamaha’s self-riding Motobot in this official video from the Japanese manufacturer who plans to have an automated self-riding motorcycle available within a decade. In the video, Valentino watches the Motobot cut some laps and then goes out and shows the robot how t’s done, providing the Yamaha... Read More
You either love or hate it when your chrome motorcycle exhaust pipes go blue or rusty, but now Yamaha Motor... Read More
Yamaha has released a sexy video to promote the new touring version of its popular MT-07 featuring an attractive young couple skinny dipping and... Read More
Yamaha has unveiled its 04Gen concept with swan-style transparent wings at the first Vietnam Motorcycle Show in Ho Chi Minh City. It’s not a late April Fools’ Day joke, but the fourth concept model of Yamaha’s Gen series. The 04Gen features a sculptured floating seat like the Vespa 946, a... Read More
A limited edition of just 10 Yamaha SR400 retro motorcycles in 60th anniversary yellow livery is now available in Australia.... Read More
Yamaha plans to have an automated self-riding motorcycle available within a decade, according to a report in the Financial Times.... Read More
It seems Yamaha is about to go into the production of a leaning three-wheeler version of its popular Masters of Torque MT-09. The Japanese company revealed the leaning MWT-9 trike at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show and officials have now hinted at the recent launch of the MT-03 in Spain that the leaning trike... Read More
Yamaha has stripped off the fairings from its R1 and R3 to produce naked and aggressive MT-10 and MT-03 bikes... Read More
Yamaha has a new XSR900 naked and possibly an SCR950 scrambler to unveil at the Milan motorcycle show next week despite revealing... Read More
Yamaha seems to be leaning toward tilting bikes with the release of an official video showing its leaning OR2T four-wheel motorcycle prototype being tested. It follows on from their Tricity production three-wheel scooter and their MWT-9 three-wheeled concept motorcycle unveiled at the 44th Tokyo Motor Show last month. The OR2T is... Read More
Yamaha has unveiled Motobot, a motorcycle-riding robot at the Tokyo Motor Show, sparking concerns about electronic intervention for “rider safety”.... Read More
For those experienced riders looking for a lively and agile mid-sized naked bike, they don’t have to buy a learner-approved... Read More
Yamaha Motor will introduce a range of concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show on October 28, including a retro model, electric bikes and even a car powered by a motorcycle engine. The latter is similar to the Honda track day car powered by its MotoGP-derived four-cylinder engine from the exclusive... Read More
Yamaha Motor Australia has unveiled the new colours for their sports bikes – YZF-R1, special YZF-R1M and YZF-R6 – at the... Read More
A Yamaha R6 and motorcycle helmet visor have provided the background beats to the Weekend hit song “Can’t Feel Me... Read More
Yamaha’s all-conquering MT-07 continues to show its ability to be customised with this latest retro XSR700 edition in honour of the 1960s XS650. It will be available in Europe later this year and Australia early next year. Like the MT-07, it is expected to arrive in Australia in a full-powered... Read More
Yamaha Motor Australia has added a high-output version of its top-selling naked bike, the MT-07 and made ABS standard on the... Read More
A retro-styled Yamaha MT-07 has been revealed at the fourth annual Wheels & Waves Festival in Biarritz, France. There is... Read More
There are few changes to the 2016 Yamaha road bike line-up, except for a variety of new colours and graphics on the Bolt and the “masters of torque” series MT-07 and MT-09. Yamaha Motor Australia says we will get most variants with the MT-07 arriving in July and the Bolt... Read More
The mean-looking Yamaha Star Bolt C-Spec cafe version has arrived in Australia at $12,699, but there is no word yet on... Read More
Japanese motorcycle giant Yamaha is planning to make small cars for the European market from 2019. It’s not such a... Read More
The Yamaha MT-09 Tracer is basically an MT-09 naked bike with a swag of accessories that turn it into a tourer worthy of our wide, brown land. It comes standard with hard panniers, adjustable seat, three-position windscreen, centre stand, hand guards, three engine modes, traction control, ABS, sporty fairing and larger fuel tank... Read More