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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 has released the Star Venture tourer in the US with electric forward and reverse for parking to tackle the Honda Goldwing. There are no plans for the full dresser to be sold in any other market. Yamaha Motor Australia spokesman Sean Goldhawk says it’s “not for us”. “It would be a great tool for …
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 the T7 Ténéré concept (pictured …
Yamaha has unveiled the T7 Tenere concept based on the MT-07 parallel twin and it’s just the bike the XT660 Tenere should have been. It’s what Aussies have been crying out for since the KTM 690 Adventure was axed in 2010. The T7 Tenere was unveiled at the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan, where Honda …
Yamaha has unveiled the new YZF-R6 in a video that shows it is basically a smaller version of the R1 with similar, styling and the same suspension and front brakes. The bike was revealed overnight at the AIMExpo in Orlando, Florida, and will be available in March. The fact that Yamaha Australia sent the video to …
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 show at the Moto Expo …
Yamaha seems to be planning a 2017 model R6 while Honda is believed to be planning to scrap the CBR600RR because of sliding supersports sales and the expense of meeting tough new European emissions laws. The above artists’s impresssion has appeared online showing an R6 that looks very much like the R1 with all its F1 aerodynamic wings that makes …
Yamaha has now completed its Masters of Torque range with the introduction of the mighty MT-10 based on the R1, but which is the best bike for you? I’ve now ridden all the bikes and recently had the opportunity to reacquaint myself with them at the MT-10 launch on the Sunshine Coast. But which is …
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 that neutral riding position with …
The planned Sunshine Coast International TT (SSCITT) is already reaping financial rewards for Maleny even before it has been approved by the authorities. Yamaha Motor Australia is this week staging a launch of their MT-10 naked motorcycle on the roads that have been proposed as the TT circuit. YMA director and GM Steven Cotterell lives in Maleny and …
I had seen plenty of photos of the Yamaha XSR900 prior to riding it – who wouldn’t be curious about the new toy they’ve been given for a week? However, that didn’t quite prepare me for its striking looks in person. It appeared more shapely and interestingly, better designed than I’d anticipated. The design of …