Yamaha Motorcycles News

In a country where half a million motorcycles are sold, but where stars of the sport rarely visit, the Spaniard made an early morning trip to the Yamaha Motor Thailand factory in Bangkok before spending the afternoon at the capital city's most important dealership, the Yamaha Rider's Club.

The revolutionary Yamaha R1 is today revealed as MCN's Bike of the Year. An expert panel of judges headed by MCN Editor Marc Potter voted unanimously in favour of the bike, with Potter presenting the award to a delighted Yamaha at the NEC show.

Way over in the land of Europe, they got this thing called graduated licensing. The idea is folks learning to ride a bike, in particular young folks, have to prove their riding ability by sampling horsepower-restricted small-displacement motorcycles.

ASO, the organizers of the famous Dakar race, have published the map and the contestants line-up for the 2010 edition.

YAMAHA'S new YZF-R1 stormed into the superbike category earlier this year with a throaty rumble similar to the roar of a V4 engine.

Fly racing is proud to announce it has signed a clothing contract with the DNA Shred Stix/Star Racing Yamaha team.

The jaw-dropped expression of Army Spc. Devin Carey said it all. As the soldier's family, friends and fellow motorcycle enthusiasts looked on with delight Saturday, Carey saw what was once his beat-up old bike unveiled as a gleaming red, white and blue rocket.

A performance bike shop in Gwinnett County surprised a special customer Saturday with a motorcycle makeover worth thousands of dollars.

Star Touring and Riding Chapter 456 is collecting non-perishable food for Burlington Assembly of God's Caring Kitchen.

Yamaha Motor Europe has launched a contest where three winners can take home a race replica of Valentino Rossi's, Ben Spies' or Cal Crutchlow's world championship-winning motorcycles.

Racer Productions, producers of the Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series, is pleased to announce that off-road racing legend Randy Hawkins has been inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

Sometimes it takes some added incentive to give the old steed a good service and check-over. My nudge came from a volleyball-size rock.

Ducati's long-awaited Hypermotard 796 will make its West Coast debut this weekend at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in San Mateo, Calif.

MCN will be riding the new BMW S1000RR at the world launch next Tuesday. Chief road tester Trevor Franklin will be riding the Honda Fireblade , Suzuki GSX-R1000 , Yamaha R1 and Kawasaki ZX-10R during the days before he flies out to Portimao in Portugal, so he can give the best idea of how the new BMW is going to fit into the 1000cc sportsbike ...

Rieju has unveiled the finished version of its new learner-legal 125 sportsbike, the RS3.

The JGR/ Toyota Motocross bike concept unveiled at SEMA had a whole lot to show, by way of Toyota logos.

Click here to access the "Apparel & Gear Reviews" archives. When Yamaha invited me to test its new FZ6R last winter, naturally I began shopping for the right apparel coordinates to match the sizzling graphics on the sporty bodywork.

It seems that insurance companies will do anything to separate us from our hard earned dollar, and this loophole is no different.

THIS time of year the talk is all about the brand new models breaking cover at the various international motorcycle shows.

This is written by an amateur with no mechanical experience other than my own do it yourself maintenance.