Yamaha
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Valentino Rossi talks fears, favourite tracks, and racing at forty.
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Valentino Rossi has been in Milan talking to Radio Deejay about all things MotoGP. The interview touched upon the 2019 MotoGP season, his career, his fears, his favourite tracks, and the young talent in the field that he’s got his eye on. Valentino, yesterday you saw your new bike… “Yesterday really was the start of…
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FIRST RIDE: Yamaha NIKEN
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TRIPLE THREAT MoreBikes was out in Austria for the launch of Yamaha’s hotly anticipated leaning multi-wheeler, the Niken. Espoused as a corner carving king, we’ve been putting it through its paces on some tight and twisty mountain roads, to see just how well the revolutionary bit of kit handles. Meaning ‘Two Swords’ in Japanese, the…
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Yamaha YZF-R1M for LESS THAN £40. But you’ve got to build it yourself.
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Tamiya is producing a Yamaha YZF-R1M that you can get your hands on for under £40. But try not to get too excited, it’s a 1/12 scale model that you’ve got to build yourself. Japanese model makers Tamiya unveiled its latest model, a super detailed Yamaha YZF-R1M model, scaled down to 1/12. And from what we can…
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SPY SHOT: ALL-NEW Yamaha XT 125 dual sport SPOTTED.
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We’ve been sent a spy shot of Yamaha’s new XT125 dual sport machine, which has been caught testing out in India. Yamaha’s inimitable XT125 isn’t currently being produced for the British market, with the last one going on sale in 2012 – but looking at this spy shot of the Japanese factories latest creation, maybe…
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Yamaha patents THREE-WHEEL leaning V-Max! Yep, we’re as gob-smacked as you about it…
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Yamaha has filed patents for this bike – which when overlayed with with a Yamaha V-Max looks absolutely spot on as a modern update of the big bruiser. The biggest difference between the 200bhp old-school muscle cruiser and these latest patents is that THIS version of the Yamaha is a three-wheeler and it leans.…
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VIDEO: Valentino Rossi (and Franco Morbidelli) take the WIN at Rossi’s ‘100km of the Champions’.
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Last weekend Valentino Rossi’s annual 100km dirt-track race, ‘100km of the Champions’, was held at the VR46 Motor Ranch. And it was Rossi and his protégé, Franco Morbidelli, who came out top after a hard fought race against Moto2 stars Mattia Pasini and Lorenzo Baldassarri. Created in 2011 just outside Tavullia – the hilltop town…
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GG Retrofitz CAFÉ RACER KIT for Yamaha’s YZF-R3
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GG Retrofitz of California has just revealed its latest conversion kit which turns a standard Yamaha YZF-R3 into a retro-styled café racer – and we love it. Called the “Rocket Street”, the super cool kit is compatible with Yamaha’s YZF-R3 models from 2015 to 2018. The kit consists of a windshield, individual trim parts, and…
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Lewis Hamilton CRASHES Yamaha YZF-R1 at Jerez. Don’t worry though. He’s fine.
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Reigning-Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton took part in a World Superbike test at Jerez this weekend with Alex Lowes and Michael Van der Mark. During the test he had a small spill on the Yamaha R1 he was riding – but thankfully, the British multiple-time F1 champion escaped uninjured. Sick couple of days in Jerez…
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VIDEO: RIDING the DUNES on Yamaha’s new Ténéré 700.
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It’s been a hell of a long time coming – but we’re finally getting a little bit closer to seeing Yamaha’s new Ténéré 700 in dealers. And to celebrate the hotly anticipated adventure bikes (second, or maybe even third) big launch at EICMA earlier this month, the iconic Japanese factory has released a stylish video…
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OWN a piece of motorcycle racing HISTORY. Rainey, Lawson and Kocinski’s race suits are up for SALE.
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Fancy getting your hands on a rare piece of motorcycle racing history? Well now you can. Famous Venezuelan ex-racer, Carlos Lavado, is selling off the Marlboro Yamaha race suits of American racing legends Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski. Rainey, Lawson, and Kocinski made history throughout the 80s and 90s, taking a total of…
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