October 19, 2020—Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA (YMUS), is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with the Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing team to field their campaign in both the 450 and 250 classes of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross and Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championships. The Monster Energy Star Yamaha Racing 450 team will be spearheaded by Aaron Plessinger and newly-crowned 2020
October 12, 2020—Yamaha Motor Europe is delighted to confirm that the reigning FIM Supersport World Champion Andrea Locatelli will join Toprak Razgatlıoğlu at the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team for the 2021 FIM Superbike World Championship campaign. With Garrett Gerloff remaining at the GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team for 2021, where he will be joined by Japanese ace Kohta Nozane, it means
October 12, 2020—On October 10, 2020, at Round 9, the final round of the AMA Motocross Championship held at Fox Raceway in Pala, California, the Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing team’s Dylan Ferrandis, who competed in this season’s 250MX class on the YZ250F, took 2nd/5th for 3rd overall in the event to win his first ever AMA Motocross championship title. It was his second title of the year aft
September 27, 2020 –Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a one-year renewal agreement with Grand Prix racing legend Valentino Rossi. Fans all over the world will be delighted to know that the nine-time World Champion will be participating in the 2021 MotoGP World Championship as a fully supported Factory Yamaha rider for the PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team.
Due to
June 23, 2020—On June 21, 2020 at the final round of the AMA 250SX West Championship held in Salt Lake City, Utah, Monster Energy/Star/Yamaha Racing’s Dylan Ferrandis finished 4th aboard his #1 plated YZ250F to clinch the 2020 championship for back-to-back titles. With Aaron Plessinger’s 2018 championship win, this marked a third consecutive title for Yamaha in the class.
The AMA Supercro
Around the world today, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has drastically affected people’s lives and brought illness and even death to countless victims. To stem the spread of the disease, numerous countries have asked or required people to stay home and avoid going out as much as possible.
However, this unprecedented restriction of people’s freedom to go about their daily lives can defi
Debuting at EICMA in 2018 and already a 2020 winner of international design awards like the iF Design Award and Red Dot Award, the all-new Ténéré 700 is the latest addition to a long line of motorcycles that carry on Yamaha’s Spirit of Adventure, a value born and bolstered in the grueling Paris–Dakar Rally.
The development theme for the model had the project team return to those very roots,
Japan is an island nation blessed by abundant fishing grounds that dot the archipelago’s coasts, providing fresh catches that make their way not only to tables in the local communities, but also to major city centers like Tokyo and Osaka. To make such quick distribution of fresh seafood possible, Japan’s transport industry employs a number of innovative logistics methods.
In February 2020,
At Yamaha Motor, we employ a “theoretical-value-based production” system at our factories that analyzes every factor and work process involved in manufacturing our products. This is to systematically reduce wasted actions, eliminate inefficient steps, etc., and maximize the efficiency of work deemed to have true value.
However, if the people actually performing the work don’t fully understand
February 7, 2020 – The PETRONAS Yamaha Sepang Racing Team is excited to start its 2020 MotoGP World Championship campaign, with riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo unveiling their 2020 Yamaha YZR-M1 at the team’s home, Sepang International Circuit, on the eve of the official pre-season test at the world-renowned venue.
Franco and Fabio were joined by Team Principal and Sepang Inte
February 7, 2020—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) is actively engaged in racing efforts all over the world under its three main principles of raising the value of the Yamaha brand, incorporating technologies and feedback from racing into our products, and promoting the healthy spread of motorcycle racing.
The results of those efforts in 2019 included Maverick Viñales placing 3rd overa
February 6, 2020 – The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team opened their garage doors at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia today to show the set-up for 2020. In the upcoming MotoGP season, the Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team will again be competing with riders Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi and continue their close relationship with title sponsor Monster Energy Company.
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