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Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha, / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː /; Japanese pronunciation:) is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (ヤマハ発動機株式会社, Yamaha Hatsudōki Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese mobility manufacturer that produces motorcycles, motorboats, outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was established in the year 1955 upon separation from Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (currently Yamaha Corporation) and is ...
The first bike manufactured by Yamaha was actually a copy of the German DKW RT 125; it had an air-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder 125 cc engine [1] YC-1 (1956) was the second bike manufactured by Yamaha; it was a 175 cc single cylinder two-stroke. [1] YD-1 (1957) Yamaha began production of its first 250 cc, two-stroke twin, the YD1. [1]
The Yamaha YZF-R6 is a sport bike, [1] produced by Yamaha as a 600 class from 1999 to 2020. From 2021, production availability is limited to race-only specification in most global markets, [2] [3] causing race organisers to realign their engine eligibility criteria to encourage other manufacturers having larger than 600 cc displacements to enter road-race competition from 2022. [4]
Yamaha DragStar 1100 XVS1100/XVS1100A. The Yamaha DragStar 650[ 1] (also known as the V Star 650 and the XVS650/XVS650A) is a cruiser -style motorcycle produced by Yamaha Motor Company between 1997 and 2017. The XVS650 came in two models: the Custom with a lower seat height and slightly less weight, and the Classic with a higher seat.
Yamaha MotoGP Racing or Yamaha Factory Racing is the official Italian-Japanese factory team of Yamaha in MotoGP. [1]The team was founded in 1999 following the retirement of Wayne Rainey, who had run a factory-supported team in the 500 cc class for the previous two years, with Kenny Roberts and Giacomo Agostini having run their own works supported teams before him. [2]
Yamaha claimed this was the world's first mass-produced four-valve motorcycle engine. [3] The TX500 was also claimed to be the first motorcycle to use an integrated circuit-based voltage regulator. [8] The air/fuel mixture was delivered by two 32 mm Keihin constant-velocity (CV) carburetors in early models and by 38 mm Mikunis beginning in 1976.
The Banshee 350 (YFZ350) is an all-terrain vehicle, produced by Yamaha Motor Company. It was manufactured in Japan from 1987 through 2012. They were available in the United States from 1987 to 2006, in Canada until 2008 and in Australia from 1998 until 2012. The Banshee utilized a two-stroke twin-cylinder non-powervalve system version of Yamaha ...