Yamaha Motorcycle Reviews

First Ride

First Ride: 2006 Yamaha FZ-1

Rob Hoyles rides the all-new FZ-1 in South Africa

First Ride

First Ride: 2006 Yamaha MT-03

Rob Hoyles writes about Yamaha's new MT-03

Road Test

Living with a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R6

Tim proves that the Yamaha R6 can handle the tracks, the commute and life as a tourer

Motorbike

2004 R1 review

User friendly meets original raging bull in one super-smart package, the 2004 R1 makes you ride fast. Very fast.

First Ride

First Ride: 2004 Yamaha FZ6 Fazer

Having resisted the urge to tear down the hotel curtains and make them into a set of lederhosen, Jon Urry braves rain and ice-rink-like Austrian roads to put Yamaha's new emissions-friendly Fazer to the test

Road Test

Living with a 2001 Yamaha YZF-R6

Harriet's track day R6

Road Test

Living with a 2003 Yamaha FJR1300

...a long term test of the FJR1300 from Giles

First Ride

First Ride: 2003 Yamaha XV1700 Road Star

Welcome to the slightly different world of the great big cruiser with Yamaha's latest (and larger) incarnation of its 1600 Wild Star. Big and shiny it certainly is, but is it any good?

Road Test

Living with a 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1

Cantlie goes mega fast and offends the law on his R1

First Ride

First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R6

Getting back on the R6 was like getting back on an old friend. I don't normally ride my old friends, you understand, but the R6 responds like no other to a massive session of throttle abuse