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  • Yamaha Motor Racing Receives 2014 FIM Environment Award

    In recognition of the renewed ISO 14001:2004 and BS_OHSAS 18001:2007 certificates and the successful KISS Mugello initiative (Keep it Shiny and Sustainable), Yamaha Motor Racing is proud to announce that it’s been presented with the 2014 FIM Environment Award.
    The important award was presented to Marco Riva, General Manager of Yamaha Motor Racing Srl, at the FIM Gala Ceremony held yesterday, Su

  • Yamaha Motor Releases New E-VINO Electric Commuter ~Bringing more practicality while priced in line with gasoline-run models

    IWATA, November 19, 2014 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) will release its new electric commuter model E-VINO from December 2014, which offers the great combination of practicality and affordability. Manufacturing and sales of the new model will be carried out by Yamaha Motor Taiwan Co., Ltd.
    The E-VINO is powered by a newly-developed motor and a new 50V lithium-ion battery. Thanks to thes

  • Yamaha Motor to Release Two New YZF-R1 Supersport Models in Europe and U.S. ~YZF-R1 & YZF-R1M share lineage with MotoGP machines

    IWATA, November 4, 2014 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today the planned release of two new supersport flagship models, the YZF-R1 and its high-end counterpart YZF-R1M, first in Europe in early March 2015 and then in North America. Both models feature an entirely new 998cm3 liquid-cooled, in-line four-cylinder engine with crossplane crankshaft.
    The all-new 2015 YZF-R1 and YZF-

  • Yamaha Motor to Start Publishing News from Mynewsdesk

    Dear Journalists,
    Yamaha Motor will be delivering its releases and newest updates using 'Mynewsdesk' to communicate more effectively and efficiently with you. 
    http://www.mynewsdesk.com/yamaha-motor
    From now on, all our releases will be available on this website, together with a bunchof high-resolution photos pertaining to the release. Hopefully more high quality imagery (stills and movi

  • Promoting Safety Awareness (YRA)

    Yamaha has long worked in a variety of ways to instruct customers in the proper use of our products. These activities are now a part of the Yamaha Riding Academy (YRA) program run all over the world today for a wide range of product categories. In this issue, we focus on the motorcycle category as we introduce Yamaha’s efforts past and present to promote safety awareness.