IN a shock turn of events Noriyuki Haga has been signed by Swan Yamaha for the 2012 British Superbike championship.Haga had originally been rumoured to join the British series on a Ducati 1199 Panigale, but our source close to the deal has revealed

NORIYUKI HAGA has been confirmed at Swan Yamaha for the 2012 British Superbike season.Visordown broke the news last week that Haga would be joining Swan Yamaha, the signing has since been confirmed today (Monday) and will see the former World

HERE'S WHAT a couple of foreign motorcycle magazines think the new XJ650 Diversion from Yamaha will look like - and according to them we will see the bike sometime over the next couple of months.The machine is rumoured to be one of the new models

YAMAHA and Ben Spies have signed a one-year extension to the current rider agreement that will see the American stay with the factory outfit in 2012.Spies took third position at the Catalunya race after a slow-start to the season with the factory

THE current Moto2 championship leader Stefan Bradl has courted interest from Yamaha for a move to MotoGP in 2012.The idea behind the acquistition of the German to ride for Yamaha next season was reported in Speedweek, with the consideration

YAMAHA have unveiled the livery that will cover the machines of Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies for the upcoming MotoGP season.The factory M1 will feature the plain blue and white speed block design, that was shown during the first pre-season test

YAMAHA has revealed the 2012 version of its age-old Japan-only SR400 – making us wonder whether such a bike could be the solution to some of the firm's problems outside its home market.While the 2012 SR is basically unchanged, other than a couple

FORMER INDEPENDENT Kawasaki team Hayate may be about to get thrown a lifeline for 2010 by Yamaha.It's reported the team can be saved from extinction by an agreement to lease engines from Yamaha.If successful, the idea would be a prototype

A GTR1400-beater? Let's hope soINFORMATION IS coming through from the French that Yamaha is accelerating the development schedule of its all-new FJR1400 to try and take potential sales from the Kawasaki GTR1400.The computer-generated image is just

REPORTS from the MotoGP paddock suggest Yamaha or Honda could offer Rossi's chief mechanic, Jerry Burgess, a sizeable wage increase to lure the Australian away from joining the Italian at Ducati in 2011.Burgess, one of the most successful