Yamaha Could Spoil Rossi's Switch to Ducati
18 Aug 2010, 07:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi's departure from Yamaha might not happen on amicable terms, as initially believed. And that's because the Japanese bike manufacturer is rumored to prevent Rossi from testin...
Emotional Rossi Says Good-Bye to Yamaha
16 Aug 2010, 06:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Valentino Rossi will leave Yamaha at the end of this season for a place with countrymen Ducati. Although it didn't come as a surprise for anyone, the move will mark the end of an extraordinary ...
Valentino Rossi Signs 2-Year Deal with Ducati
15 Aug 2010, 18:51 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Ducati has finally ended the rumors and confirmed the signing of 7-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi for the upcoming 2 years. The Doctor will therefore leave his FIAT Yamaha Team at the end of t...
Yamaha Recalls 2006-2010 YZF-R6
9 Aug 2010, 14:54 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The North American division of Yamaha recently announced it is recalling 54,000 certain model 2006 through 2010 YZF-R6 motorcycles manufactured from August 2005 through March 2010 due to a faulty pl...
Yamaha Unveils SZ, SZ-X, YBR 125 in India
8 Aug 2010, 09:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / India Yamaha Motor has recently unveiled three new motorcycles - the Yamaha SZ, Yamaha SZ-X and Yamaha YBR 125, with the help of Bollywood’s John Abraham, who is Yamaha's brand ambassador...
One-Off Rossi Yamaha R1 Bike Goes Under the Hammer
2 Aug 2010, 07:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A Valentino Rossi-inspired 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 1000cc is to be auctioned by Bonhams at their upcoming Classic California event in November. The civilian version of the MotoGP bike campaigned by the W...
Ben Spies to Replace Rossi at Yamaha
28 Jul 2010, 14:00 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With Casey Stoner making the first move on the riders' market for next season's MotoGP series, all the championship's big guns are now trying to secure their deals for the year to com...
Rossi Feels Like a Winner after Laguna Seca Podium
26 Jul 2010, 07:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The US GP win at Laguna Seca may have been sealed by Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, but it was his teammate Valentino Rossi who feels like a race winner following last weekend's running. The Doct...
New Electric Scooter from Yamaha: EC-03
16 Jul 2010, 13:45 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese manufacturer Yamaha recently unveiled the new EC-03 electric scooter, the first product from a range of zero emission bikes it plans to launch in the near future. Yamaha also revealed goals...
Rossi Doesn't Rule Out 2010 Title Fight
16 Jul 2010, 10:05 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / A lot of people were not exactly enthused with Valentino Rossi's return to the MotoGP action only a month and a half after he suffered a leg injury in the Italian Grand Prix. And not because th...
Update: Rossi Ready for Sachsenring Return
15 Jul 2010, 07:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Only one more hurdle has to be passed in order to see reigning MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi back on the grid for the German Grand Prix this weekend. The Italian proceeded to a second Superbike te...
2010 Yamaha Fazer8 ABS Goes to the UK
9 Jul 2010, 09:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Coming as a worthy successor of the successful FZ6 series, the FZ8 and Fazer8 machines were launched by the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer in March 2010. Now the Fazer8 ABS, one of these latest ad...
Rossi to Test Superbike Yamaha at Misano
7 Jul 2010, 08:33 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Italian champion Valentino Rossi will ride a Superbike-prepared Yamaha on the Misano circuit today, as confirmed in a statement released by his MotoGP team. The Doctor will get on the saddle of a YZ...
Lorenzo Takes Easy Win in Catalunya
4 Jul 2010, 16:02 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo made it three in a row in this year’s MotoGP, after taking a dominant win at his home grand prix, in Catalunya. The Spanish rider from Yamaha had only one true rival for victory ...
Stoner Slams Yamaha for Yoshikawa Decision
28 Jun 2010, 10:48 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Casey Stoner has recently slammed Ducati's rivals Yamaha for their decision to field 41-year-old former World Superbike racer Wataru Yoshikawa for the upcoming three MotoGP races, replacing inj...
Lorenzo Beats Stoner in Dutch GP Practice
24 Jun 2010, 13:57 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo doesn't mess around when it comes to his personal hunt for a MotoGP title this year. Once his in-team rival Valentino Rossi moved out of the way due to an unwelcome injury, the Sp...
Yoshikawa to Replace Rossi in Yamaha Lineup
24 Jun 2010, 08:13 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although initially deciding to continue their current MotoGP campaign with a single rider, in the person of Jorge Lorenzo, FIAT Yamaha Team now confirmed that they will substitute injured Valentino ...
Lorenzo Takes Dominant Win at Silverstone
21 Jun 2010, 06:38 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Jorge Lorenzo had no problem clinching his 3rd win of the season at Silverstone, as the Spaniard dominated the British Grand Prix from beginning to end to stretch his lead in the overall classificat...
Lorenzo Tops Friday Practice at Silverstone
19 Jun 2010, 04:08 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With no Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP field, Yamaha's only rider Jorge Lorenzo seems to have no competition for the top spot of the timing reports. The Spaniard aims to make a clear statement t...
Title Without Rossi Not the Same - Lorenzo
16 Jun 2010, 14:24 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / With Valentino Rossi gone from the 2010 MotoGP title fight, his Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo admits a maiden world title in the series wouldn't feel quite the same. The Spaniard, who used to w...