Two-stroke motorcycle engines are akin to the dodo bird – or nearly so. Ring-ding streetbikes all but disappeared by the 1990s, reaching their zenith in the mid-’80s with the GP-inspired Yamaha RZ500, Suzuki RG500 Gamma and Honda NSR400, all of which were never officially available in America but were sold nearly everywhere else. The sporting [...]
It’s easy to have an opinion on Yamaha’s C3, but take a moment to think about the C3’s purpose. Where does the C3 fit into the world of motor scooters?
Well, I believe the Yamaha C3 is an experiment in efficiency. When you add up the specs you can really see how Yamaha has successfully [...]
David Philippaerts of the Yamaha Monster Motocross Team has won the 2008 FIM Motocross World Championships.The 24-year-old captured the premier class MX1 title with a fifth-overall finish in the final round of the series, Sept. 14 in front of a crowd 30,000 at the Faenza circuit in his native Italy. Philippaerts finished third in the [...]
“Well, well! Meet George Jetson!” That’s the first thing I heard when I pulled into The Rock Store on a Sunday afternoon. The Yamaha Morphous didn’t stand a chance at blending in with the arriving cascade of crotch rockets and cruisers.
I wasn’t sure what to expect. What would be everyone’s reaction to this perplexing machine? [...]
The word icon is described as an important and enduring symbol. For Yamaha and Star Motorcycles, the VMax stands near the top of its bikes eligible for icon status. First seen in 1985 and barely revised since, this all-new VMax has gone through a decade-long gestation, with development work going back to 1997. The first [...]
After providing as much speculation, information and product renderings to readers as possible, we can finally spill the beans on the much anticipated R1. Yamaha has pulled out all the stops with a ground-up re-do of its iconic literbike. New bits abound, including its styling, chassis and, most intriguingly, a MotoGP-derived firing order of its [...]
Yamaha recently unveiled its 2009 model-year lineup in Las Vegas, Nevada. While the headlining news is a totally new R1 literbike with a unique new engine, budget-minded riders will be tempted by the new FZ6R middleweight funster, while cruiser fans will be eager to see the new 942cc V Star cruiser.
The original FZ6 was a [...]
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