Yamaha

  • Build your own Tracer with Yamaha My Garage app

    Build your own Tracer with Yamaha My Garage app

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    Yamaha has added sport tourers in its My Garage app family. The apps let you choose and accessorise your own versions of the Japanese manufacturer’s bikes and scooters and view them in 3D. The latest app is loaded with the new sport touring models, meaning that every FJR1300 and Tracer customer can now build the…

  • Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally)

    Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally)

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    Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally). Alex Lowes has won the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race in Japan alongside Yamaha Factory Racing team-mates Pol Espargaró and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. It was the second year in succession that Yamaha has won the prestigious annual race, second place…

  • Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner

    Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner

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    Yamaha R125 and R3 2017 illustration appears and is a stunner.   Check out this damned-fine illustration made by the chaps over at moto-blast.org. They say that this is what the R15 could end up looking like when it’s given some styling tweaks ahead of being released as part of the 2017 line-up from Yamaha…

  • Alex Lowes’ Yamaha team tops Suzuka 8-hour timesheets in closed-off rain-hit test

    Alex Lowes’ Yamaha team tops Suzuka 8-hour timesheets in closed-off rain-hit test

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    So here’s some great news from the latest Suzuka 8-hour test from Japan – Alex Lowes and his Yamaha team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga have bagged the fastest time on the works bike. The pair took the best time in the afternoon, two-hour session at the famous Japanese circuit with the Yamahas sitting pretty with a best…

  • Rossi: “We are fast and I‘m comfortable”

    Rossi: “We are fast and I‘m comfortable”

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      The German GP is all about getting points back for Valentino Rossi after an uncharacteristic mistake in Assen. He’s had three DNFs in 2016 already. There’s no doubt Rossi has had the pace to win, but luck just hasn’t been on his side in Assen or Mugello. Closing down the significant 42-point gap to…

  • Lowes crashes out of WSB again

    Lowes crashes out of WSB again

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    After a top 5 result in Race 1 for Alex Lowes, the Brit once again showed some great pace at Laguna Seca in Race 2, before attempting a move down the inside at the final corner that resulted in a lowside that affected teammate Niccolo Canepa. Canepa subsenquently crossed the line in P8, as Lowes…

  • Yamaha ‘s Yard Built continues with the XSR700 Otokomae

    Yamaha ‘s Yard Built continues with the XSR700 Otokomae

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    Yamaha’s Yard Built Platform returns to Spain for a special build just in time for summer with Ad Hoc Café Racers. The partnership has delivered a rough and tough take on the XSR700. Ad Hoc’s David Gonzalez is no stranger to customising Yamaha motorbikes. The Barcelona based custom builder has already received international recognition for…

  • Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW

    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW

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    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700: World Launch report – part two FIRST VIDEO REVIEW. Here’s the world’s first on board riding review from the £6,299 Yamaha MT-07 Tracer 700 world launch in Italy.   The latest addition to the Yamaha MT family is based around the firm’s MT-07, 75bhp motor but gets a 50mm longer swingarm…

  • Yamaha MT-07 Tracer: World Launch report – part one

    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer: World Launch report – part one

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    Yamaha MT-07 Tracer: World Launch report – part one. We’re at the world launch of Yamaha’s new Tracer 700 – we’re in Italy right now at the official presentation of the new model and we’re going to be riding it tomorrow. The latest addition to the Tracer range is going on sale from next month…

  • Video: Yamaha SCR950 walk-around

    Video: Yamaha SCR950 walk-around

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    Yes, it’s an advert from Yamaha USA, but this video gives all the details about the new Yamaha SCR950 scrambler. We first reported that the bike was being launched for the American market a couple of weeks ago, and there’s still no news about it crossing the Atlantic so we could get our hands on it,…


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