LIN JARVIS, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, feels that a European-dominated MotoGP calendar fails to reflect industry reality and should be changed to allow for a developing marketplace in other regions. Of the 18 rounds on the 2013 Moto

's no surprise that the launch of Yamaha's new TMAX 530 went largely under the radar for the average motorcyclist in the UK. Yamaha claim the TMAX 'on one hand it's a sporty motorcycle, on the other hand a practical and comfortable maxi-scooter'. That's a bold

LAST summer we revealed that Yamaha was planning a new model called the ‘Bolt’  - we had no idea what sort of bike it would be, and wondered if it might even be some sort of then-topical tie-in with Olympic star Usain Bolt.It turns out that the Bolt

YAMAHA are set to open a new motorcycle manufacturing plant in Pakistan.The $150 million (£99m) plant will produce Euro-II & Euro-III compliant motorcycles over 125cc.Yamaha first submitted plans for the 50-acre plant just outside of Karachi in 2009

YAMAHA’S forthcoming 250cc sports bike is no secret anymore, having been confirmed by top brass at the firm on more than one occasion despite no official release of pictures (see left for a mock-up currently doing the interweb rounds) or technical

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YAMAHA Indonesia has confirmed it is working on a 250cc sports bike – rivalling Honda's CBR250R and Kawasaki's Ninja 300 – for launch later this year.In a press conference yesterday, relating to Yamaha Indonesia's racing plans for 2013, the firm

YAMAHA has announced a new 400cc version of its X-MAX scooter for 2013.With 31.5 bhp and 25 lb-ft of torque from the liquid-cooled 395cc single, the new bike is capable of 90-plus mph, and should be pleasingly quick off the lights, as the 20 bhp/15

A DOMINANT display by world champion Jorge Lorenzo saw the Spaniard win the 2013 season opener at Qatar, while Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi unleashed some of the old magic to take second. Marc Marquez on the Repsol Honda took the remaining

YAMAHA TECH 3 rider Cal Crutchlow believes that the first race of the 2013 season will be a 'big battle', but that Honda will present the biggest challenge. Winter testing has generated a lot of speculation about who may or may not be in contention