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  • Australian SBK Test – Day One: Troy Bayliss takes tenth place at Phillip Island

    Australian SBK Test – Day One: Troy Bayliss takes tenth place at Phillip Island

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    Troy Bayliss took to the track for the first official tests of the 2018 Australian SBK Championship season – after 10 years of racing retirement, and a 21 year absence from the series. The 48-year-old WorldSBK legend and multiple champion last contested the series way back in 1997, before he made a move into British…

  • Movistar Yamaha unveils its new MotoGP livery for 2018

    Movistar Yamaha unveils its new MotoGP livery for 2018

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    Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales were on hand to unveil the new Yamaha Factory Racing YZF-M1’s for 2018. The focus of the 2018 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team Presentation event was to celebrate the start of the new Championship season. Masters of Ceremonies, Izaskun Ruiz and Dylan Gray, presented the launch and welcomed new Yamaha Motor…

  • Watch the 2018 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team presentation LIVE!

    Watch the 2018 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team presentation LIVE!

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    Join Valentino Rossi, Maverick Viñales and the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Team as they present the 2018 YZR-M1 bike livery. Rossi and Vinales set to take the covers off the 2018 YZF-M1 before heading to Sepang for the first official MotoGP test later this month.

  • Yamaha gets serious about three wheels and acquires patent for Brudeli Leanster

    Yamaha gets serious about three wheels and acquires patent for Brudeli Leanster

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    Following the recent announcement of the new Yamaha Niken – the Japanese brand has got its hands on a patent for another leaning multi wheeler, the Brudeli Leanster. The first incarnation of the Brudeli Leanster was unveiled at EICMA way back in 2005, built in a garage by Geir Brudeli and his friends. The innovative…

  • Test ride the new 2018 WR-F Off Road Range with the 2018 Yamaha Enduro Pro Tour

    Test ride the new 2018 WR-F Off Road Range with the 2018 Yamaha Enduro Pro Tour

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    Yamaha has just announced it’s offering an exclusive opportunity to test ride the new 2018 WR-F Off Road Range with its Enduro Pro Tour! No matter whether you’re a beginner, a regular enduro rider or a serious rally challenger, these easy to maintain, lightweight full power WR-F machines are more than up to the job.…

  • Yamaha YZF-R1M online applications NOW open

    Yamaha YZF-R1M online applications NOW open

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    The Yamaha YZF-R1M online application system is now live – so, if you’ve got just shy of £20,000 sat in the bank, this is your chance to put your name down for a new YZF-R1M for 2018.   Inspired by the MotoGP-winning YZR-M1 machinery made famous by Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales, the high specification…

  • Here’s what you can see of the 2018 motorcycles at Motorcycle Live from November 18

    Here’s what you can see of the 2018 motorcycles at Motorcycle Live from November 18

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    The annual EICMA show took place in Milan, Italy this week, with the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers taking the opportunity to unveil their brand-new new 2018 models – many of which will be heading straight to Motorcycle Live at The NEC next week to make their UK debut. Ducati was the first manufacturer to announce new…

  • Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda’s new 2018 models all destined for Motorcycle Live!

    Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda’s new 2018 models all destined for Motorcycle Live!

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    This week has seen some of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers unveil brand-new models – all of which will be making their UK debut at Motorcycle Live at The NEC, Birmingham from 18-26 November. Yamaha announced an innovative new three-wheel leaning motorcycle called the Niken, which translates to ‘two swords’ in Japanese. The model was…

  • VIDEO: Yamaha’s MOTOBOT is back. And the damn thing is getting quicker and closer to Valentino Rossi…

    VIDEO: Yamaha’s MOTOBOT is back. And the damn thing is getting quicker and closer to Valentino Rossi…

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    You ever see that film The Terminator? Where machines rise up against humanity? Check out this video from Yamaha of the latest step in the factory’s Motobot project. The any-bike riding bolt-on robot’s team has been tasked with using the latest tech and a combination of learning AI to make a bot that can be…

  • Yamaha unveils new pickup truck for motorcyclists at Tokyo Motor Show

    Yamaha unveils new pickup truck for motorcyclists at Tokyo Motor Show

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    Yamaha revealed its four-wheel drive, cross-country pick-up; the Cross Hub Concept – and it looks awesome. The Cross Hub Concept is a middle-weight SUV equipped with top-notch Falken rubber, raised suspension and four-wheel drive – and uses a unique diamond-shaped seating arrangement that puts the driver’s seat at the front, with a passenger seat directly behind…


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