“A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step,” is quite a famous saying. Considering the appropriate learning curve...
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.
A Short History On The Legendary Man If you were a kid planted in front of the TV in the...
This weekend saw the breaking of a couple of records at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca by none other than Loris Baz, who broke the record for the weekend’s fastest lap – his best this season. Baz also did his team proud, challenging Yamaha’s Jake Gagne for the Warhorse HSBK Racing...
With a passion for racing comes the drive to be the best – and in the case of Maverick Vinales,...
Semiconductor chip shortages have affected almost every automobile and motorcycle production aspect on a global scale. With the rise of...
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio have all signed a letter of intent to stage a swappable electric battery consortium for EV motorcycles and lighter EV’s. Together, they will collaborate on batteries that can be swapped amongst each of their EV lineups. This will make it possible to use a universal...
Yamaha has officially started the process of getting naming rights for their future electric scooter model. Rights have been filed...
MT-0-Carbon Bottpower has a sweet new minimal aesthetic bolt-on kit for Yamaha motorcycles featuring their 847cc inline-three engines (MT-09, Tracer...
With the new 2021 MT-09 being given a complete front-end redesign among many other updates, Youtuber Yammie Noob took this opportunity to pick up a 2019 MT-09 to be given away on his channel (yes, Papa Yams gives away plenty of motorcycles to his subscribers). Although the MT-09 has seen...
Updated Models for Australia Yamaha announced updates to the NMax 125 and NMax 155 for the 2021 model year. The...
Beautiful Craftsmanship When we think of custom motorcycles, we think of welding, new parts and components, and high-performance, generally. But...
Pros Helping Joes If you want to be the best, you need to learn from the best. That is what Yamaha’s ‘Champion Riding School’ is aiming for. Luckily for riders seeking amazing professional trainers to take their riding to the next level, the 2021 schedule has just been announced. The...
Built for the City Yamaha Motor Australia announced that the Tricity 300 leaning multi-wheel bike will be hitting Australian Yamaha...
Let’s Get Dirty Yamaha knows how important the WR450F is to Aussie riders. With that in mind, the company has...
Rossi Seems Fine but Is Closely Monitored Valentino Rossi recently tested positive for COVID-19, which caused him to miss the Aragon Grand Prix. As of right now he’s fine and being monitored by doctors so that if his condition worsens, he can be well-taken-care-of by healthcare professionals. Rossi expressed frustration....
A Classic FZ600 You Can Own Today The FZ name holds weight in today’s day and age. The Yamaha FZ-07,...
Get Ready The Yamaha XSR 155 is a small, retro-styled bike, and Yamaha is thinking of making the smart move...
Some Killer Custom Motorcycles Yamaha hosts an annual Yard Build competition that has produced some fantastic custom motorcycles since the first competition in 2014. Recently, the company announced the winners of the most recent contest. The theme of this year’s contests was Back to the Drawing Board, which challenged builders...
Brothers From Other Mothers? When you’re in the market to drop $15,000+ on a liter bike there is pretty much...
Yamaha has been developing electric vehicles for several years, but is now stepping up its electric program with a compact...
Yamaha’s attractive little MT-03 learner bike, gets a major cosmetic and performance upgrade for 2020, plus a price hike. The MT-03 is now $A7299 ride away, compared with $A5699 (plus on-road costs) last year. However, it now has much better suspension, all LED lighting, LCD dash, new and aggressive “Dark...
Yamaha is the latest to develop an automatic emergency call system in the event of a crash, but their system...
Meeting stringent European emissions regulations has not reduced output from the updated 2020 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer. The 689cc CP2 twin...
Yamaha has painted their updated FJR1300 an attractive black and gold with gold wheels and plenty of black finishes was well as adding two more models. The Japanese company has unveiled the models ahead of the EICMA motorcycle show in Milan tonight (5 November 2019). The new models are the FJR1300AS...
Yamaha is stepping up its electric program with removable batteries, but not in a full-size electric motorcycle. That’s probably just...
Yamaha’s Niken GT three-wheeler looks like an alien, but it corners surprisingly well, says former Ulysses Club magazine editor and long-time...
Battery swap technology has received a boost with Yamaha unveiling their EC-05 electric scooter with Gogoro lithium-ion battery packs you can easily swap at a convenient roadside vending machine. The Yamaha scooter is a partnership with Taiwanese scooter company Gogoro Global. Taiwan seems to be the epicentre of swappable battery...
Some bright spark at Yamaha has filed patent designs that seem to indicate they are planning an electric sports bike...
Yamaha might be going down the blown track like Honda, Suzuki, Kawasaki and Ducati with a patent filing for a...
Yamaha has announced very competitive pricing for its much-anticipated Ténéré 700 adventure motorcycle arriving in Australia in December. And we were right in our pricing tip earlier today that it would cost about $16,500 ride-away. The price is actually $15,500 plus on-road costs which should bring it up to our tipped...
Yamaha has finally released its production version of the Ténéré 700 adventure motorcycle which will be available in late 2019....
Yamaha has given the popular YZF-R3 learner motorcycle a MotoGP-inspired styling makeover plus LED headlights and hi-spec upside-down forks. We...
Yamaha has issued this teaser video which could be the production version of the long-awaited Ténéré 700 adventure bike. It features British cyclist, motorcyclist and author Nick Sanders who is the fastest man to ride around the world. He completed the 32,070km (19,930 mile) trip on June 9, 1997, in 31 days, 20...
Yamaha Motor Australia has slashed $2000 from the price of its learner-approved V-Star 650 cruiser to compete with other learner...
Imagine a Yamaha VMax with 147.2kW of power and 166.8Nm of torque packed into a leaning three-wheeler motorcycle with two...
Yamaha is developing hybrid engines for cars with the technology helping the Japanese company produce electric motorcycles. Company boss Yoshihiro Hidaka (pictured above) says Yamaha has been supplying engines for Toyota since 1967, but now must develop hybrid engines to keep pace with Toyota’s hybrid powertrain development. “I have a...
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...
Yamaha has released a video explaining a little more of the Niken three-wheeler it will release in 2019. We’re not...
Big-bore trackers could be the next big thing with Valentino Rossi receiving a Yamaha XJR1300 tracker from fans and Deus Ex Machina making a Kawasaki Z900RS tracker. Rossi’s VR|46 friends have just gifted the MotoGP legend with a custom-built flat tracker called “VR46 Mya”. Rossi is a big fan of flat...
Yamaha has unveiled updates for its popular Masters of Torque MT-07 and introduced an MT-09SP edition (pictured above). The bikes...
Yamaha has moved a step closer to introducing a midsize parallel-twin adventure bike with the Ténéré 700 World Raid prototype...
Yamaha Motor seems to be branching out from motorcycles and scooters with the addition of a leaning three- and four-wheelers and even a pick-up truck! On the Japanese manufacturer’s stand at the Tokyo Motor Show yesterday was this electric-powered pick-up truck called the Cross Hub Concept. It isn’t their first foray into...
Self-riding motorcycles and artificial intelligence are the future of riding, according to two Yamaha concepts. The Motobot Ver.2 and MOTOROiD...
Yamaha is expected to unveil its new T7 adventure bike based on the MT-07 on September 6. The company has released...
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...
Yamaha is reportedly working on a midweight Ténéré adventure bike powered by MT-09 849cc inline three-cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Advrider website...
Yamaha has unveiled the T7 Tenere concept based on the MT-07 parallel twin and it’s just the bike the XT660...
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...
Yamaha has updated the 2017 MT-09 and MT-10 and added an SP version of the MT-10 with technology from the...
Yamaha seems to be planning a 2017 model R6 while Honda is believed to be planning to scrap the CBR600RR because of sliding...
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...
Strip away the fairing and some of the hi-tech electronic wizardry from a Yamaha R1 and you have the MT-10...
The planned Sunshine Coast International TT (SSCITT) is already reaping financial rewards for Maleny even before it has been approved by the authorities....
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...
The latest “Masters of Torque” Yamaha is the MT-10 (FZ-10 in some markets) which is a naked street fighter based on...
Yamaha has joined Triumph, Ducati, BMW, Moto Guzzi, Benelli and SWM in the mad scramble to re-invent the old scrambler...
Yamaha looks like culling some of its traditional-style cruisers as they scrap the Star name and label them all under the Yamaha brand. The Japanese manufacturer has been marketing their cruisers under the Star brand in the US for about two decades and recently extended the Star branding to Australia. The...
Valentino Rossi has met Yamaha’s self-riding Motobot in this official video from the Japanese manufacturer who plans to have an automated...
You either love or hate it when your chrome motorcycle exhaust pipes go blue or rusty, but now Yamaha Motor...
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 sharing some bed and riding time. Like the MT-09 Tracer, the Tracer 700 is basically a touring version with luggage points and a few extra touring comfort features such as...