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  • Announcing the 2019 Yamaha Motorsports Media Conference

    January 9, 2019 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 2019 Yamaha Motorsports Media Conference will be held at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on February 5th, 2019.
    The Conference will consist of two parts. Part 1 will be the Global Media Conference, where Yamaha Motor will present its worldwide racing strategy and officially introduce its rider and team li

  • New Yamaha Factory Racing Squad to Contest 2019 AMA SX and MX Championships with YZ450F

    December 28, 2018 – The opening round of the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship is set for Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. Contesting the premier 450cc class will be the Monster Energy/Yamaha Factory Racing Team run by Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A (YMUS).
    The team’s lineup will feature #51 Justin Barcia and #7 Aaron Plessinger, both riding

  • Yamaha’s First Industrial Drone Yamaha Motor Newsletter (December 20, 2018 No. 68)

    In what’s being called the “aerial industrial revolution” by some, various industries around the world are turning their attention to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones. These typically use multiple rotors connected to the body and an incredibly diverse range of models are being developed and marketed today, from small ones for hobbyists that fit in the palm of your

  • Ratthapong Wilairot Doubles in Thailand Finale to Claim First ARRC SS600 Title

    December 3, 2018—The sixth and final round of the 2018 season of the Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) took place from November 30 to December 2 at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand. Local hero Ratthapong Wilairot of the Yamaha Thailand Racing Team won both Race 1 and Race 2 aboard his YZF-R6 in the premier SuperSports 600 class to pull off a stunning comeback from 6th in the standi

  • Unmistakable Big Single Flavor: The SR400 Yamaha Motor Newsletter (November 6, 2018 No. 67)

    The SR400 4-stroke single-cylinder street bike first appeared in 1978. Its production was brought to a temporary halt in 2017 but the bike was re-released in the autumn of 2018, having been made compliant with current emissions standards and receiving greater polish to its high-quality ride and simple yet beautiful exterior. SR fans both in and outside Japan will be glad to see their faithful p

  • Katsuyuki Nakasuga Wins 8th All Japan JSB1000 Title and Adds Greater Glory to the YZF-R1’s 20th Anniversary

    November 5, 2018—Round 9 of the All Japan Road Race Championship’s JSB1000 class was held at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 4, 2018. It was a special round, as it marked the 50th holding of the Motorcycle Federation of Japan Grand Prix (MFJGP). The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Katsuyuki Nakasuga, who contests the championship aboard a YZF-R1, took 2nd in Race 1 and in doing so sec

  • MXGP World Championship Star Jeremy Seewer to Contest Finale of 2018 All Japan Motocross Championship

    October 9, 2018 ― MXGP World Championship contender Jeremy Seewer will race the YZ450F for the Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team in the premier IA1 class at Round 9 (MFJGP) of the All Japan Motocross Championship, set to be held at Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on October 28, 2018. By supporting his entry in the final round of the season, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. aims to bring

  • New documentary movie released! Challenge, Ascend, Overcome. Youthful Passion to the World.

    Inside Yamaha’s R&D departments there is a climate that encourages spontaneous, independent research. There, efforts are being made to expand engineers’ horizons so that they can facilitate innovation with Yamaha style.

    This is the story of how one amateur trials-riding engineer got his colleagues involved in his passion, and went on to form a team that took on the challenge to be the b

  • Yamaha Factory Racing Team to Enter Round 9 of the 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship Series, the 50th MFJGP, with Special-Color YZF-R1 20th Anniversary Livery

    September 29, 2018—The Yamaha Factory Racing Team will enter Round 9 of the 2018 All Japan Road Race Championship, the 50th MFJGP at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on November 3–4 with riders Katsuyuki Nakasuga and Kohta Nozane riding machines sporting special red and white coloring commemorating the YZF-R1’s 20th anniversary.
    The Yamaha Factory Racing Team has competed the 2018 All Japa

  • Katsuyuki Nakasuga to Make Wild Card Entry at the Grand Prix of Japan Aboard a Special Red and White YZR-M1

    September 20, 2018—Katsuyuki Nakasuga will make a wild card entry in the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Round 16 of the 2018 FIM MotoGP World Championship. He will ride a YZR-M1 with the same special anniversary red and white colors that the YZF-R1 sported at the Suzuka 8 Hours this year. He will ride for the Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing team in the race at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Tochigi

  • AMA Motocross Competitor Yusuke Watanabe to Return to All Japan Motocross Championship at MFJGP

    September 10, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that Yusuke Watanabe, who this season contested the AMA 250cc Motocross Championship in the United States, will race at Round 9 (MFJGP) of the All Japan Motocross Championship to be held at Sportsland SUGO in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan on October 28, 2018. He will ride for the 3D Racing team aboard a YZ250F in the IA2 class.
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  • Riders from Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan Selected for Sixth Yamaha VR46 Master Camp

    September 6, 2018—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, a training programme in cooperation with Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy to discover and develop young riding talent, will be held between September 12 and 16 of this year.
    The sixth edition of the Camp will feature riders from Asia, with two from Malaysia and one each from Indonesia and J

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