Yamaha’s racing history has been a great source of inspiration for the Japanese manufacturer and led to a continuous improvement of its YZF-R series sportbike. Now the fourth generation of the YZF-R15 ...

Torakusu Yamaha founded his titular company in 1887 to make reed organs and pianos. Although the Japanese conglomerate emerged just two years after the Daimler Reitwagen built what was considered the ...

Yamaha released the first YZF motorcycle in 1998 with the debut of the YZF-R1. Extremely fast for the time, the R1 set a new standard for mid-price-range sports bikes, and the word "superbike" soon ...

Yamaha is synonymous with performance-oriented motorcycles, although it wasn't originally established to manufacture bikes in the first place. The company traces back its origin to 1887, when Torakusu ...

Yamaha revived memories of the legendary YZF-R7 OW02 when it unveiled a new model sport bike with a similar name in 2022. The previous version produced in the late 90s remains one of Yamaha's most ...