Yamaha VMAX INFRARED Looks Even Meaner than the Carbon Version
12 Feb 2015, 15:29 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha shows yet another anniversary model of the VMAX in the form of the INFRARED, a one-off custom bike created by Jens von Brauck
Yamaha VMAX Creator Kenji Ekuan Dies at 85
10 Feb 2015, 11:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Kenji Ekuan is the designer who created the original shape of the Yamaha VMAX, a bike which is still referred to as a benchmark in the powercruiser segment
Yamaha VMAX Carbon Special Edition Is Evil Beyond Words – Video, Photo Gallery
6 Feb 2015, 14:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha celebrated three decades of VMAX with a carbon fiber special edition machine, sporting multiple carbon parts and dedicated Akrapovic mufflers
2015 Yamaha NMAX All-New Scooter Launches in Indonesia but Goes Global
30 Jan 2015, 10:35 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha introduces a new member of the MAX family in the shape of the 155cc NMAX scooter, sporting ABS and variable valve timing
Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, the Models, an Abarth and Yamaha M1 Close-Ups
29 Jan 2015, 13:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / More photos of Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, their 2015 leathers, Abarth's 695 Biposto and close-up of the MotoGP machine for the next season
High-Res Photos of the 2015 Yamaha YZR-M1 with Rossi and Lorenzo
28 Jan 2015, 17:18 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / As promised, here are the first sets of high-res photos of the 2015-spec Yamaha YZR-M1 machines, unwrapped today in Spain's capital Madrid
2015 Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP Bikes Unveiled in Madrid
28 Jan 2015, 13:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Team Movistar Yamaha has introduced the new MotoGP bikes for the 2015 season, the liveries of Lorenzo and Rossi, and has big plans for the new season
Loris Baz Is the Absolute MotoGP Rookie, Will Ride NGM Forward's Yamaha
26 Jan 2015, 14:41 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / NGM Forward Racing Yamaha has completed the two-rider line-up with the addition of a complete rookie in the Grand Prix races, in the person of Loris Baz. A well-known name in World Superbike, the Fr...
2016 Yamaha Wolverine-R Surfaces, Promises Thrilling Adventures
22 Jan 2015, 10:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Yamaha delivers a new side-by-side machine in the form of the 2016 Wolverine-R. If the name and the R suffix could suggest to someone that Yamaha is up against the likes of Polaris RZR, you’ll...
2015 Yamaha T-MAX Iron Max Looks Sharp and Evil
14 Jan 2015, 14:55 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / When “max” is just a mere word and people want even more, some might just have to make do with what they have. However, desiring more than “max” from Yamaha might just get yo...
Honda Not Expecting Another Year of Marquez Domination, While Ducati Foresees Victories
7 Jan 2015, 16:26 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Repsol Honda team boss Livio Suppo believes that the 2015 MotoGP season is going to be an incredible one, as Yamaha’s 4 victories in the last 6 races of 2014 is most likely a good measure of t...
Yamaha XT250 Recalled for Multiple Failure Potential, Including Shorts
6 Jan 2015, 17:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / One really popular and long-standing Yamaha small-displacement bikes has just been recalled in Canada, and we’re expecting the recall campaign to be soon extended to the US and more markets. W...
Create Your Own Dakar Scene with Yamaha's Mind-Boggling Papercraft Models
4 Jan 2015, 14:03 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / With only hours separating us from the start of the Dakar Rally 2015, Yamaha is delivering one more refined, exquisite, hard-to-put-together piece of marketing contraptions: not one, but two Iwata m...
Yamaha MotoGP Bikes Surface 28 January, Movistar Wants More Space, Abarth Replaces Fiat
3 Jan 2015, 13:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / We still have a month or so to wait until Movistar Yamaha will introduce the 2015 liveries of Valentino Rossi’s and Jorge Lorenzo’s motorcycles and leathers. The launch of the 2015 looks...
Valentino Rossi Believes He's in the Best Shape of His Career
29 Dec 2014, 13:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Winter is a very good time for introspections especially for the MotoGP riders, who are in a well-deserved vacation after 18 rounds of exhausting high-speed racing. While mechanics and engineers are...
Yamaha Recalls YZ250 Bikes over Engine Stalling, Risk of Injury or Even Death
26 Dec 2014, 09:08 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / 2015 model year off-road competition Yamaha motorcycles fall under a recent recall campaign issued by the manufacturer and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC). The recall has number 12-71...
Don't Race a Tuned C63 AMG if Your Yamaha R1 Is Still Limited to 300 KM/H
17 Dec 2014, 16:14 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Today’s lesson is that racing a tuned C63 AMG while riding a motorcycle which is still “factory locked” is one of those things with a rather small chance of success. That is, if yo...
Watch the 2015 Yamaha R1 Transformed into a MotoAmerica Superbike
16 Dec 2014, 16:59 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like Yamaha is betting big money on the all-new, updated YZF-R1 machine. The house of Iwata is planning a full-on charge in the Superbike classes, with special care given to the equally new...
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa Ask for a More Manageable Bike
2 Dec 2014, 16:17 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Life is not going to be easy for the Repsol Honda mechanics in 2015, as it looks like they will have to do quite a lot to make the two contracted riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa happy. What see...
2015 Yamaha YZF-R1, R1M and R3 European Prices Announced
2 Dec 2014, 14:24 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It’s been quite a busy autumn for Yamaha and it looks like the guys in charge of the brand’s sport bikes range have burned the midnight oil to have the all-new YZF-R1, its R1M track-focu...