Marc Coma has clinched his fourth Dakar Rally and the 13th consecutive title for KTM. Strolling in on the penultimate...
Japanese build the most reliable motorcycles, but Harley and BMW owners are the most satisfied with their bikes, according to...
Visitors to the Brisbane Moto Expo this weekend are in for a real surprise with more debut models on display than at last year’s Sydney Motorcycle Show. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS ON PINTEREST Yamaha took the covers off three new models … Well, two new models, plus the very welcome...
Kick start could be making a comeback with Yamaha returning the classic SR400 to the Aussie market in kick-start-only. Yamaha...
Yamaha has added electronic suspension adjustment to its sports tour-de-force FJR1300. It is now called the FJR1300E and costs $26,999,...
Yamaha Super Tenere now comes in two models, the XTZ1200E featuring extra trimmings such as electronic suspension adjustment, grip warmers, rear carrier, centre stand, suedelook seat cover and hand protectors, all for an extra $2000. The electronic adjustable suspension has four preload settings and three damping settings, plus another seven...
Motorcycle sales are down 2.5% so far this year! But the good news for Aussie riders is that the motorcycle...
Yamaha’s SR400 typifies Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. As modern...
Yamaha has committed to producing two electric motorcycles next year, but Australians will have to wait for some time longer. The Japanese manufacturer unveiled six electric motorcycle concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show late last year, but recently committed to producing only the PES1 (Passion Electric Street) road bike and PED1...
The new Yamaha Stryker is the second in the comprehensive Star cruiser line-up to feature a modern, minimalist style, following...
A UK Yamaha dealer has built a Street Tracker version of the naked motard MT-09 and it will be available...
The small-capacity shootout continues with Kawasaki tipped to release a four-cylinder Ninja 250 in response to Honda’s CBR300R which arrives in Australia in July and the Yamaha R25 which has not yet been confirmed. Kawasaki has dominated the Australian market for a couple of years with its very successful Ninja 300 and...
Yamaha Motor Australia is giving no hints of new models except to say it has “a couple of launches coming up”....
An increase in motorcycle sales in Japan, along with a growth spurt in mature-aged “return riders” is leading to a...
Sometimes maligned as a bit of a “softie”, Yamaha Motor Australia has “Australianised” the XTZ660 Tenere. What they mean is they have toughened it up for Australia’s harsh conditions with some accessories that are made in Australia. YMA marketing guru Sean Goldhawk says he wants to offer the kits “down...
The hybrid-powered Tesseract was unveiled in 2007 at the Tokyo Motor Show, but it has taken until now for the...
Novice riders have never had such a wide choice of motorcycles with Yamaha this week adding to the learner-approved motorcycles...
More than 55 million electric motorcycles and scooters will be sold over the next decade, according to market researchers Navigant Research. The research says that the more toward more electric-powered motorcycles and scooters is being driven by rising fuel prices and urban congestion. While Navigant research director John Gartner recognises that...
Yamaha has developed a new Blue Core engine which is compact, powerful, but also more economical. The first bike to...
Three motorcycle companies have issued voluntary safety recalls in the past week for issues involving number plate holders, headlight wires...
Before the curtain goes up at the Intermot show in Cologne, Yamaha has already revealed three new model variants. The MT-07 Moto Cage is a spunky looking stunt bike variant, the XJR1300 has been modernised and there is also a “Racer” custom version. The pre-emptive strike on the Intermot which...
Yamaha has followed the lead of Kawasaki and Ducati with the launch of “Episode 1” of a series of teaser...
Suzuki is staking a claim for the lead in the cruiser market in Australia with a LAMS Boulevard S40. Current...
The Yamaha Tricity three-wheel leaning scooter costs just $4299 and comes with $60 capped-price servicing. Yamaha Motor Australia spokesman Sean Goldhawk says they are targeting a wide range of buyers from students to grey nomads who can put it on the back of their caravan or buy it as a...
Yamaha will introduce the R3 to the Australian market next year to tackle the competitive LAMS sportsbike market. The Indonesian-made...
A flood of cheap, low-quality Chinese scooters into the market a few years ago has “burned” riders and caused today’s...
TV presenter, race car driver and motorcycle fan Grant Denyer says he only got into TV to pursue a racing career. “Racing is very expensive and I worked out early on that if I got into TV I could get sponsorship to go racing,” he told MotorbikeWriter at the launch...
Yamaha has unveiled its 2015 models including the R1, limited-edition R1M, R3, T-Max, MT-09 Tracer, WR450 Rally and WR250F in...
The 2014 YZF-R1 price has been slashed $3000 to make way for the hi-tech 2015 R1 arriving in March at...
Learners, cruiser riders, adventurers and returned riders have helped lift sales of road motorcycles in Australia by 1.5% to 44,530 last year. Despite ATV sales also up 2% to 21,723, total sales of motorcycles, scooters and ATVs were down 2.2% to 111,599 last year. The market was held back by...
Yamaha has made the TMax 530 scooter both safer and meaner. The 2015 model comes with LED headlights, sportsbike brakes...
Yamaha Square Root is the unfortunate name for the company’s latest concept motorcycle. But that’s what you get when you...
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...
Japanese motorcycle giant Yamaha is planning to make small cars for the European market from 2019. It’s not such a...
It’s no surprise that BMW scored a host of awards in the 17th annual Motorrad magazine awards. The German magazine...
The latest safety recalls in Australia are for the new Yamaha R1M and Honda CBR1000RR sportsbikes, both with loose nuts. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission notice for the Yamaha YZF-R1M says models affected have the VIN prefix RN328 and end in 000006 to 000065. However, these have not yet been...
There are few changes to the 2016 Yamaha road bike line-up, except for a variety of new colours and graphics...
Yamaha Motor Australia has added a high-output version of its top-selling naked bike, the MT-07 and made ABS standard on the...
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...
A Yamaha R6 and motorcycle helmet visor have provided the background beats to the Weekend hit song “Can’t Feel Me...
In the wake of the success of the sixth “Living in the 70s” motorcycle exhibit of classic Japanese bikes, the...
Yamaha Motor Australia has unveiled the new colours for their sports bikes – YZF-R1, special YZF-R1M and YZF-R6 – at the Australian MotoGP on Phillip Island. The 2016 R1 and R6 will be offered in 60th anniversary yellow for an extra $1000 and $500, respectively. They will also be available in a...
Fans of motorcycle travel documentaries should keep an eye out for the African Motorcycle Diaries series coming soon to the...
Yamaha Motor will introduce a range of concepts at the Tokyo Motor Show on October 28, including a retro model,...
Yamaha has unveiled Motobot, a motorcycle-riding robot at the Tokyo Motor Show, sparking concerns about electronic intervention for “rider safety”. The robot was one of several interesting displays on the Yamaha stand including electric bikes and even a car powered by a motorcycle engine. Why would Yamaha build a car...
The first Wednesday in the month is Bike Night in Brisbane at Harry’s Diner, which attracts up to 700 riders,...
Yamaha seems to be leaning toward tilting bikes with the release of an official video showing its leaning OR2T four-wheel...
Yamaha has a new XSR900 naked and possibly an SCR950 scrambler to unveil at the Milan motorcycle show next week despite revealing several concept models at the recent Tokyo Motor Show. Roland Sands Design has released the above video of their Kenny Roberts-inspired ‘Faster Wasp’, their fifth Yamaha collaboration. It’s powered by...
Yamaha has stripped off the fairings from its R1 and R3 to produce naked and aggressive MT-10 and MT-03 bikes...
What was your favourite motorcycle of the more than 50 new machines that debuted at the world’s biggest motorcycle show in Milan this...
Yamaha has announced it will try to beat Valentino Rossi’s lap times with their Motobot, a motorcycle-riding autonomous robot. The Japanese manufacturer hasn’t stipulated which track or tracks, or whether it would be a race against Valentino or just against his lap records, but it is expected to happen in...
Yamaha has followed the successful formal of BMW with its GS Safari by sponsoring an adventure ride from Melbourne to...
It seems Yamaha is about to go into the production of a leaning three-wheeler version of its popular Masters of Torque MT-09....
Yamaha plans to have an automated self-riding motorcycle available within a decade, according to a report in the Financial Times. The Japanese motorcycle company has already run tests with their Motobot, a robot riding a special motorcycle with outrigger wheels which they claim will beat Rossi’s lap times on several...
A limited edition of just 10 Yamaha SR400 retro motorcycles in 60th anniversary yellow livery is now available in Australia....
Yamaha has unveiled its 04Gen concept with swan-style transparent wings at the first Vietnam Motorcycle Show in Ho Chi Minh...
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...
You either love or hate it when your chrome motorcycle exhaust pipes go blue or rusty, but now Yamaha Motor...
Valentino Rossi has met Yamaha’s self-riding Motobot in this official video from the Japanese manufacturer who plans to have an automated...
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...