Yamaha

The story of this Kenny Roberts Rep Custom Anniversary Edition 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 starts simply enough, with Ian spotting the bike and knowing straight away it needed to be his, …
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After riding these six nakedbike beasts in anger and after a bloody long day testing a total of 22 motorcycles flat-out and doing over 450km in laps, I’ve never tasted …
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I mentioned in my World Launch Report on the YZF-R1, I’ve had the pleasure of having lived with four YZF-R1 in the past. I had a 2005 model, followed by …
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It’s fitting that the YZF-R1 was launched at a racetrack. For the third generation in a row, Yamaha chose to conduct the World Press Test of a new R1 model …
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This bike has to be the most blinged R1 that I have ever come across. I could fill this entire column alone just writing about the amazing computer and electrical …
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As far as we know this is the first turbo big bang R1 in Australia and the very first turbo big bang R1 streetfighter in the entire world – yet …
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Attitude, presence and power, Yamaha’s Stryker has taken the engine from the relatively mundane XVS1300 offerings and forged itself a new niche – which Yamaha are defining by its classic …
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Sitting in Gasolina in Melbourne, there couldn’t be a more perfect place to be introduced to Yamaha’s latest offering – the SR400, a bike that is very close …
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When I heard about Yamaha’s MT-07 I was stoked to see what Australia would be receiving, as mid-weight nakedbikes are some of my favourite bikes, in fact when …
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When choosing a learner bike the first thing you realise is that everything is a trade-off, although in some cases this is less true than others, for example Ducati’s Monster …
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