I have to wonder what parents are really thinking when they make the decision to let their child ride a motorcycle. Don’t ...

Note: It’s purely MotoGP. Now that we have that clarified, here’s the big breaking news: Yamaha recently declared that it was formally retiring its iconic inline-four "big-bang" M1 – the same platform ...

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Have confirmed that the YZR-M1 machines will be powered by the V4 engine from the 2026 season onwards. This decision aligns with Yamaha's intentions to transition, underlining ...

Although Yamaha has long been known for building some of the world’s finest motorcycles, its ventures into the car world have been surprisingly limited and often under the radar, like when it helped ...

In modern context, we call a 650cc parallel twin a middle-weight machine, but the late 1960s were a different time, with a different context. The motorcycle horsepower wars and gentleman’s agreements ...

In comparison to sport bikes, which are engineered for speed and agility, cruiser motorcycles are built for prolonged comfort. Drivers usually choose cruisers for relatively light-duty riding. To be ...

Following the Hungarian GP, Yamaha have announced their plans to debut its long-awaited V4 engine at the San Marino GP this year. Test Rider Augusto Fernandez is set to race the new prototype machine ...

While most of us associate the Yamaha name with motorcycles, it actually first started with music. Torakusu Yamaha built his first reed organ in 1887, launching a company that became Japan's top piano ...