2011 Yamaha FZ8 Review - First Ride
Yamaha’s potent FZ8 is enough to make its paternal grandfather, the R1, blush with pride. Its 779cc inline-Four is endowed with some of Yamaha’s most inspired sporting technology which should serve it well in its life as an everyday sporting Standard.
2011 Yamaha WR250R Review
Yamaha’s WR250R impresses with its competent alloy chassis and low-maintenance 250cc engine. Essentially, it’s a street-legal dirtbike. If you’re more an on-road person, you may also want to look at its supermoto-style sister, the WR250X.
2011 Yamaha FZ-16 Review
The Yamaha FZ-16 is bringing the company back from the dead in India. After several years hibernating, Yamaha has again made a motorcycle that captures the heart of the Indian enthusiast and should match up well against Honda’s CB Unicorn Dazzler.
2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Review
Yamaha’s Super Tenere, an adventure-tourer with a 1200cc twin-cylinder engine, is set to go head to head against BMW's iconic R1200GS when it arrives in America next spring. The dual-purpose segment just got a little more interesting.
2011 Yamaha FZ8 coming to the U.S.
Yamaha has announced that it will be importing its sporty FZ8 naked sportster to the U.S. for 2011. It’s being touted as a compromise between the less-powerful 600cc middleweights and the bigger literbikes like Yamaha’s R1-based FZ1 and Kawasaki’s Z1000.
2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Preview
The U.S. adventure-touring segment expands next year with Yamaha’s decision to import the on/off-roading Ténéré for the American market. You can bet Yamaha is hoping this bike will take a big slice of the adventure touring segment away from BMW...
Motorcycle.com Best of 2010 Awards
Now in its second year, our Motorcycle.com Best of awards selections process gives us the chance to reflect on the year that was. And for 2010, the spotlights were generally shining on European manufacturers.
2010 Yamaha YZ250F Review
Yamaha attacks the 250F class with a host of updates to old faithful. Its new 2010 YZ250F will do whatever you ask of it, but where it really shines is on the motocross track. It’s faster than Honda’s CRF250R, but less versatile off the track.
2010 Yamaha YZ450F Review
With an entirely new twin-beam frame, rotated engine design, adjustable fuel injection and extreme mass centralization, the 2010 YZ450F off-roader looks like a winner. Handling is superb, but it feels down in power compared to the Kawasaki KX450.
2010 Yamaha/Star Lineup Unveiled
There are some significant updates of Yamaha’s well-rounded line to share, including a surely popular R1 Rossi replica and a retuned R6, along with the introduction of a swoopy bagger from Star Motorcycles, plus a refreshed version of the V-Star 1300.
2010 Yamaha YZ450F Preview
Yamaha’s new YZ450F is set to turn the motocross world upside down. More accurately, the YZ turns it backward! In a bold move, Yamaha engineers have built a new motor that has its intake at the front and its exhaust exiting out the rear.
Best of 2009 - Motorcycles of the Year
With so much high-quality product to choose from, culling the field down into our Best Of winners was an arduous task. But that didn't stop us from coming up with our favorite stuff from the class of '09!
2009 Yamaha FZ6R Review
Wanna fit in at the burger barn but don’t have the bank account to support the high cost of a pure supersport? You just might be interested in the retooled and freshly faired version of the existing FZ6 – the all-new Yamaha FZ6R.2009 Yamaha XJ6 & XJ6 Diversion Review
The Yamaha XJ6 Diversion is similar to the VMax, a Ghost from the ’80s brought back to life by Yamaha in 2009. XJ6 is a Euro version of the fully faired FZ6R. Both are based on the existing FZ6 but have lower specification engines and chassis.
2009 Yamaha R1 Review
Yamaha’s new YZF-R1 provides literbike performance in a package that benefits not only racers, but also lesser-skilled street pilots. Yamaha has upped the ante in delivering mega performance in a package that will benefit sportbike riders of all types.
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