Articles tagged with "Yamaha"
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Corser increases WSB lead, while Yamaha takes first win
July 17, 2005 The last time Troy Corser went to the Brno circuit in Czechoslovakia for a superbike round, he left with a superpole victory, fastest race lap and two wins and but for a small electronic problem in the second race history almost repeated itself today. In the end, he was not to repeat his 1996 glory, but he did have the satisfaction of increasing his lead in the championship. Without doubt the surprise of the round was the performance of Noriyuki Haga, who gave Yamaha its first victory with the R1-based superbike and brought to four the number of marques which have won so far this year - Suzuki, Honda, Ducati and now Yamaha. Kawasaki’s best so far is third with Chris Walker almost adding a podium on the weekend with a fourth in Leg One. (read more...)
MotoGP: Dutch TT to Rossi and Yamaha
June 26, 2005 Valentino Rossi claimed another win, another record and staked another claim to being the greatest ever when he won the 75th anniversary Gauloises Dutch TT at the famous Assen circuit on Saturday afternoon. In doing so, he became the first Yamaha rider ever to win five consecutive premier-class races and fought off a new challenger to his crown in the form of an ever-improving Marco Melandri. Rossi has always had the ability to find something extra when it counts, but he seems to be regularly performing remarkable feats this year, coming up with several stunners on the weekend to increase his points lead in the 2005 title to 63 points – a buffer of more than two race wins. (read more...)
MotoGP: The Yamaha M1 wins its fifth race from six starts
June 12, 2005 Less than two years ago the Yamaha M1 factory prototype racing machine was not considered competitive – indeed, it was considered by most to be a dog. It struggled throughout the 2003 Moto Grand Prix racing year, and in the hands of two of the finest professional motorcycle racers in the world, Spaniard Carlos Checa and Brazilian Alex Barros, it finished an entire season with just one third place as its sole podium from 32 starts. In 2004, Yamaha was fortunate to be able to obtain a rare and frightfully expensive throttle controller for one of its machines (also known as Valentino Rossi), making the machine far more competitive – from 16 starts in 2004, the Rossi-fitted machine won nine times and placed second twice and won the world championship. It’s win, with Rossi aboard this afternoon, is its fifth win from six starts this season and Rossi is now 58 points clear of his nearest rival. A look back at the results makes interesting reading – though the bike is reportedly far better than it was, no-one else is making it go fast enough to be competitive. (read more...)
Yamaha's RMAX - the worlds most advanced non-military UAV
UPDATED Nov 19, 2004 The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), is a term you'll hear a lot more about over the coming years. In the past it has mainly been mentioned whenever a technologically advanced country (aka the USA) is involved in warfare. The biggest advantage of a UAV is that it can be put 'in harm's way' - it can be put in a dangerous situation where the odds of losing a pilot (the most valuable part of any aircraft) are simply too great. Now Yamaha has unveiled a range of Unmanned Ground, Marine and Air Vehicles that bring autonomous capability to the world around us. (read more...)
Yamaha concepts set for production
Monday December 15, 2003Two bikes seen for the first time as concept bikes at the Paris Motor Show are already rumoured to have been given the green light to go into production. Yamaha introduced its radical MT-01 concept bike to the amazement of all at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, shoveling the air-cooled, V-twin 1600 cc Road Star motor into what is essentially a TZ250 racing chassis, producing a motorcycle very reminiscent of the Harley-engined Buell: very compact, light, quick-steering and an engine-on-wheels. (read more...)
Yamaha two-wheel drive motorcycle
Sunday November 16, 2003 In one of the most significant moves in motorcycle history, Yamaha has announced that it will release a two-wheel drive motorcycle early in 2004.Though it is not the first two-wheel drive motorcycle in history, the new machine will be a landmark model as it seems certain to be the first of many - testing over the last five years has indicated enormous benefits in terms of safety, traction and (probably the one that counts most) outright cornering speed in slippery, sandy or muddy conditions. (read more...)
Clean and Silent two-wheelers of the future from Yamaha
Monday November 3, 2003: Yamaha Motor Company displayed a range of five "Clean and Silent" prototype electrical two-wheelers at the Tokyo Show last week. Most significantly, Yamaha showed a machine which is arguably unlike any two-wheeler seen to date - the Dolsa Wind. (read more...)
Yamaha CDR hard drive combo
The new Yamaha CDR-HD1300 really does offer the very best of both worlds, being a CD recorder of the highest quality, and a music server (aka large capacity hard drive). (read more...)
Yamaha FJ1300R - All Purpose Heavyweight
Yamaha's FJ1300 is the epitome of the modern sports tourer. They've been building litre-plus sports tourers for a long time now and the FJ1300 has a direct lineage which goes back two decades. Along the way it has grown from the original FJ1100 thru a 1200 version, and has now had a complete redesign. (read more...)
Yamaha 2002 Model R1 Motorcycle
For the last four years, the Yamaha R1 has been the top dog - the fastest over-the-counter two wheeler from point A to point B, or from point A to point A, again and again. Last year, Suzuki released the racebred GSX-R1000 and grabbed the International Bike of the Year award. Yamaha's answer is the 2002 R1. Everything is new or modified - the frame, the wheels, the motor, the fuel injection ... no price yet, but due for release shortly. (read more...)
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