2022 Yamaha YZF-R7: A Brand New Super Twin Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links Brand new for Yamaha’s...
2022 Yamaha YZF-R1 / R1M: The Superbike of Legends Contents Model Overview Specifications Features Photos Videos Links Revered as one...
We’ve just had a report that Yamaha is upping their date to carbon neutrality for their factories – and to say they’re cinching is the hard understatement of the year. A year ago, the world’s second-largest motorcycle manufacturer had premiered plans for their production plants to go net-zero by 2050...
When Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki – also known as ‘the Big Four’ – signed on to create a swappable...
We have good reason to believe that Yamaha’s working on a refreshed R1 for 2023 – and given that Yammie’s already...
Well this is a bit of a left-field move. Yamaha‘s apparently working on an XSR900 that will be accessible to A2 license holders in Europe – and if the unit hits off like we think it will, the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer’s decision will likely result in a nice boom in...
We here at wBW have covered our fair share of trademarked bikes. True, some have been left on the back...
Yamaha’s retro learner bike has just gotten a refreshed Legacy Edition for 2022 – and judging by the new colors,...
Oh, this is a fun topic. With companies like Honda, KTM And Ducati gunning for the EV industry, you’d imagine that everybody would be more or less on the same bandwagon, happy to give to a bright, clean-emission future ASAP. Well, some brands (cough, Yamaha, cough) are looking at the...
On top of everything the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer has been up to in the past year, Yamaha has also been...
Amidst the offerings of the past few years have come more than a few stories of riders who have experienced...
When we heard that Yamaha was building a prototype to introduce power steering to the motorcycle industry, even we have to admit our eyebrows got a wee bit closer to the hairline than usual. Now that chins have been scratched and new research has surfaced, however, we’ve got some additional...
200 horsepower for production motorcycles is much like 200 mph was for automobiles, always possible but few chased after it....
Yamaha has issued a recall for the 2021 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT over concerns that the throttle grip may break...
Just a few days ago we caught wind of two new electric scooters that Yamaha recently revealed to the moto community – and while the unveiling is certainly a smart move given the demand for accessible electric machines, we can’t say it surprised anybody here at wBW. For one thing,...
Three-time 500cc World Champion Wayne Rainey will ride his iconic Yamaha YZR500 at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, commemorating...
Yamaha is the only manufacturer that has participated in every iteration of the famed Dakar Rally since its inception in...
Yammie’s ADV Middleweight Just Got Rougher and Tougher for EU Yamaha has just gone back to adventure bike basics with their long-distance, off-roading variant of the beloved Ténéré 700 – and the new Ténéré World Raid has fuel capacity increase and suspension at the top of the list of tweaks,...
A hearty congratulations to Yamaha Motor U.S.A.(YMCUS), who has secured Craig Hewitt as their brand new president and chief executive...
Yamaha’s Monster Energy Team has just revealed their team colors for the 2022 MotoGP season, with the scheme remaining very...
Two 750cc–1,000cc Street Models Revealed For Yammie Fans We’ve just been given word that Yamaha isn’t done with their new bikes reveal – and if the rumours are true, this next surprise could be a doozy. With new type-approval documents showing off two machines slotted for the 750cc–1,000cc street segment,...
Now that the Yamaha R7 has had a bit of room on the market to breathe, companies are coming out...
Alas, the wait is over. For fans of the naked bikes, Yamaha has finally released a new MT-10. But that...
The Yamaha Ténéré 700 Raid was one of the more exciting prototypes showcased at EICMA 2021. The bike on display was a higher-spec, more capable iteration of the standard Yamaha Ténéré 700. Now, CycleWorld has spotted the upcoming motorcycle in European patent documents. It appears that the production-ready model will...
Amidst the chaos of industry news that we covered during the pandemic (a sample being the magnesium shortage, the semiconductor...
We’ve just been given the heads up that Yamaha has joined forces with Kawasaki in their quest to build a...
Yamaha Motor USA has been able to expand their funds for their ‘bLU cRU’ Off-Road Racing Contingency Program to a yummy $6 million – that’s a 17% increase in green for amateur racers, according to Yamaha’s press release. We’re told that the money will be spread out to AMA professional...
Yamaha has started a campaign meant to share stories and experiences that are close to home with bike lovers country-wide...
Yamaha USA’s got a new CEO! America, meet Mike Chrzanowski – founding member of Yamaha’s Global Manufacturing Committee and vice...
Holy Motorcycles, Batman – It’s Built Around an Original Catalina 250! The dawn is coming – and by all accounts, it’s coming in the form of a replica Batcycle about to go up for auction. Our report for today’s bit of gossip comes from TopSpeed, along with the news that...
…and They Just Might Join Forces and Co-Develop a Hydrogen Engine To Speed Things Along In a recent Joint Press...
When we last covered what White Motorcyle Concepts (WMC) was up to, they’d just finished putting a hole in the...
Our favorite Team Blue racer hasn’t been very happy with his race bikes lately – and he’s putting his foot down for the 2023 contract. The report from MotorSport.com states that 2022’s pre-season test ended with Quartararo snatching up ninth fastest and 0.707 seconds off the pace – far from...
Take Away Two Wheels And Cinch Him Into A Budget When a gent by the name of Alex Jones completed...
Yamaha has been in the ATV business for a little over four decades now. It made its way into the...
Yamaha’s Doctor is now a member of the Hall of Fame – and the reality of retirement is hitting the iconic MotoGP rider pretty hard. “I always think of this day like a nightmare, because it’s the end of a long career and I thought it would be in Valencia...
Yamaha has just updated the beefiest member of their MT line – and the new 2022 MT-10 is sporting a...
With the release of the narrow and nimble YZF-R7 this previous summer (a sibling to Yamaha’s MT-07), rumors began to...
Yamaha’s got a retro beastie headed for the EU – and the MT-09-lookalike’s 1980’s-themed makeover harkening to Christian Sarron’s racing days (its first big facelift since 2016) is just the thing to pair with the updated Euro5 compliance. The XSR900 has always followed in the footsteps of its sibling, the...
Yamaha’s just announced that they’ve got a total of $115,000 USD in grants from their Outdoor Access Initiative (OAI) to...