The new Yamaha FJR1300A is a big-torquing sports tourer with a healthy dose of modern technology. While keeping the...
There is no replacement for displacement and you’ll buy the Yamaha Star Tourer (XV1900AT) just for its thumping engine....
Learners really are spoilt for choice with Yamaha now dropping the price and raising the power on the Yamaha FZ6R. The learner-approved bike arrives at $9990 ($500 more for the Team Yamaha blue and white livery) which is $1300 less than the previous model. But the news gets even better...
Yamaha YZF-R15: The quality of bikes coming from India will change the way riders think. The new KTM Duke 390...
Yamaha Bolt is the new star in its “Star” stable of cruisers. The youth-oriented, stripped-down Bolt hits Australia in September 2013 at a...
The new Yamaha Bolt cruiser is expected to become the brand’s top-selling non-LAMS road bike with about 500 sales in a full year. The youth-oriented, stripped-down Yamaha Bolt hits Australia in September, at a very reasonable $11,999 for the base model and $500 more for the R spec. The media...
Yamaha Australia has just announced the pricing on their new bobber-style Bolt cruiser. The base model will cost $11,999 and...
Yamaha XV1300: Most cruisers are air cooled and low revving, but the Yamaha XV1300A and T (touring model) are delightful...
The all-new Yamaha MT-09 naked bike has arrived at $10,999 (plus on-road costs). It promises to be a flexible weapon able to mix it with the big boys on weekend jaunts, handle weekday commuting duties and even tour. Yamaha Australia communications manager Sean Goldhawk says they have “heaps of pre-orders”...
The “Masters of Torque” range has increased with Yamaha unveiling the Street Rally version of the recently released MT-09 895cc...
Yamaha has just made the TMax 530 scooter safer. Last year they made it lighter and more powerful. Now they...
Yamaha has added electronic suspension adjustment to its sports tour-de-force FJR1300. It is now called the FJR1300E and costs $26,999, up $2000. What a difference a year makes. When the updated FJR1300 was launched a year ago, Yamaha Motor Australia decided not to import the FJR1300E which also adds upside-down...
Yamaha Super Tenere now comes in two models, the XTZ1200E featuring extra trimmings such as electronic suspension adjustment, grip warmers,...
Yamaha’s SR400 typifies Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. As modern...
Being a communist, Grant Roff (aka Spannerman and Groff) found the original 1978 Yamaha SR500 had great appeal. “They only cost about $750 for a rough one at the time and about $1500 for a good one,” says the Motorcycle Trader editor. “They were a good working man’s bike. But...
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...
Yamaha Motor Australia is giving no hints of new models except to say it has “a couple of launches coming up”. One of those is likely to be the next in the successful series of Masters of Torque, the MT-07, which has taken Europe by storm. The other could be the...
Sometimes maligned as a bit of a “softie”, Yamaha Motor Australia has “Australianised” the XTZ660 Tenere. What they mean is...
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 scheme (LAMS) list. The new Yamaha MT-07 is the latest in the “masters of torque” series and arrives at just $8999. Some of the other exciting and/or exotic models in this...
If you think the MT-09 – the flagship of the Yamaha “Masters of Torque” range – was aggressive, how about...
Yamaha has developed a new Blue Core engine which is compact, powerful, but also more economical. The first bike to...
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...
Yamaha will reveal its new R1, R6, R3 and an adventure-style MT-09 at the EICA motorcycle show in Milan on...
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...
TV presenter, race car driver and motorcycle fan Grant Denyer says he only got into TV to pursue a racing...
Yamaha has unveiled its 2015 models including the R1, limited-edition R1M, R3, T-Max, MT-09 Tracer, WR450 Rally and WR250F in a live online event in Milan. Valentino Rossi, who rode the totally new R1 on stage for the launch, says he was involved in the development of the bike. “It...
The 2014 YZF-R1 price has been slashed $3000 to make way for the hi-tech 2015 R1 arriving in March at...
Yamaha has made the TMax 530 scooter both safer and meaner. The 2015 model comes with LED headlights, sportsbike brakes...
The revolutionary Yamaha VMax muscle cruiser is celebrating 30 years in 2015 with the launch of a carbon model. It also comes as the drag bike’s designer, Kenji Ekuan, has died at the age of 85. He was also responsible for designing the bullet train and the red-capped Kikkoman soy...
The Yamaha MT-09 Tracer is basically an MT-09 naked bike with a swag of accessories that turn it into a tourer...
Japanese motorcycle giant Yamaha is planning to make small cars for the European market from 2019. It’s not such a...
The mean-looking Yamaha Star Bolt C-Spec cafe version has arrived in Australia at $12,699, but there is no word yet on the Racer version. That’s only $200 more than the R-Spec with upgraded piggyback rear shock, yet it adds clip-on handlebars and footpegs relocated higher and further back for a more...
There are few changes to the 2016 Yamaha road bike line-up, except for a variety of new colours and graphics...
A retro-styled Yamaha MT-07 has been revealed at the fourth annual Wheels & Waves Festival in Biarritz, France. There is...
Yamaha Motor Australia has added a high-output version of its top-selling naked bike, the MT-07 and made ABS standard on the LAMS version. The full-power, higher-revving 689cc version of the 270 degree parallel twin has 55kW of power at 9000 revs compared with the 655cc LAMS version with 38kW at 8000rpm....
Yamaha’s all-conquering MT-07 continues to show its ability to be customised with this latest retro XSR700 edition in honour of...