Yamaha

  • VIDEO: Valentino Rossi rides La Panoramica on a CUSTOM Yamaha XJR1300.

    VIDEO: Valentino Rossi rides La Panoramica on a CUSTOM Yamaha XJR1300.

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    It’s not very often we get to see Valentino Rossi out on the open road – but the Doctor released a short film of him riding his custom Yamaha XJR1300 on La Panoramica late last year and we thought you should see it. Speaking about the stretch of Tarmac near his hometown of Tavulia, Rossi…

  • Want to see Yamaha’s plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

    Want to see Yamaha’s plans for a carbon-fibre road bike that BRUISES when damaged and emits LIGHT from a wound to the frame?

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    Here’s a design patent from Yamaha that’s going to blow a few minds – a carbon-fibre framed motorcycle that BRUISES when the frame is damaged, even if the bike falls over at a standstill. It might sound like a thought-pattern straight from the latest sci-fi blockbuster movie, but the truth of the matter is that…

  • Got a Yamaha R3? Fancy turning it into THIS?

    Got a Yamaha R3? Fancy turning it into THIS?

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    Check out this new fairing kit for the brilliant roadbike that turns the popular small Yam into something that looks like Kenny Robert’s legendary YZR500 GP machine. The Rocket kit is being sold by Californian company GG Retrofitz and costs $1,198 for the Race (track) version and $998 for the Street (road) set-up. Fitting the…

  • MotoGP: Lorenzo to RETURN to the paddock for 2020?

    MotoGP: Lorenzo to RETURN to the paddock for 2020?

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    Following Jorge Lorenzo’s retirement at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season, there’s been a lot of speculation about what the three-time World Champion will be doing next year. And it looks like he’ll be back in the paddock for 2020. During an interview on Austrian TV, Lorenzo said that he expects to be back…

  • Full Metal Jacket. CUSTOM Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles.

    Full Metal Jacket. CUSTOM Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles.

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    Wow. Have you seen this one-off custom Yamaha Niken from Game Over Cycles in Poland? Unveiled at a custom bike show in Bad Salzuflen, Germany – the bike was created in collaboration with Yamaha Poland. But it’s Game Over Cycles who’ve been hard at work to create this metallic monster. Stripping off pretty much all…

  • ZERO miles Bimota YB8 goes under the hammer. OWN a piece of Italian motorcycling history.

    ZERO miles Bimota YB8 goes under the hammer. OWN a piece of Italian motorcycling history.

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    Fancy owning a piece of Italian motorcycling history? Well now you can. There’s a zero mile Bimota YB8 going under the hammer next month. Founded in 1973 in Rimini, Italy by Valerio Bianchi, Giuseppe Morri, and Massimo Tamburini – Bimota made its name building motorcycles around the engines of other manufacturers. The early 90s Italian/Japanese…

  • Yamaha announces new SPORT PACKS for MT-125 and MT-03.

    Yamaha announces new SPORT PACKS for MT-125 and MT-03.

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    Following the world launch of Yamaha’s latest generation MT-125 and MT-03, the Japanese factory has revealed a pair of sport packs for its small capacity hyper naked motorcycles. The MT-125 Sport Pack includes a fly screen, a license plate holder, engine protectors , a tank pad and LED blinkers – sharpening the bikes looks while…

  • WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Yamaha’s TMAX Tech MAX 560

    WORLD LAUNCH: First RIDING impressions. Yamaha’s TMAX Tech MAX 560

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    We’re out in Portugal for the launch of the new Yamaha TMAX. Currently, we have reached the halfway point through today’s ride and while we grab a quick bite to eat, I thought I’d share my brief first impressions of the latest generation machine…

  • WORLD LAUNCH: We’re riding Yamaha’s 2020 TMAX on Wednesday. And we’ll be bringing YOU our FIRST RIDE impressions right HERE.

    WORLD LAUNCH: We’re riding Yamaha’s 2020 TMAX on Wednesday. And we’ll be bringing YOU our FIRST RIDE impressions right HERE.

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    MoreBikes is heading out to Portugal for the world launch of Yamaha’s next generation TMAX super scooter. And if you want the inside scoop of the Japanese factories new super scooter, stay tuned – because we’ll be bringing you our first riding impressions right here. First launched in 2001, the seventh generation of Yamaha’s flagship…

  • MotoGP: Valentino Rossi: “I’m not happy. Many things will change in my garage!”

    MotoGP: Valentino Rossi: “I’m not happy. Many things will change in my garage!”

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    There’s going to be some major changes in the VR46 corner of the MotoGP paddock over the winter, with Valentino Rossi saying that he knows what’s needed from the Yamaha factory in order to get the Italian back up to the front of the races again. Speaking after the final round of the 2019 MotoGP…


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