The Yamaha YZ450F won the AMA Supercross Championship two years in a row, in 2008 with Chad Reed, and 2009 James Stewart. Yamaha was the first to build a production monoshock motocross bike (1975 for 250 and 400, 1976 for 125) and one of the first to have a water-cooled motocross ...
2025 Yamaha YZ250F Review The YZ250F is a favourite choice for riders who want the ultimate combination of controllable power, agile handling and Yamaha durability. With a Grand Prix-derived chassis, ultra-compact bodywork and an uprated engine, the latest generation […]2025...
Yamaha battled in international races such as the Catalina Grand Prix, where Yamaha rode into a respectable sixth place. Racing allowed Yamaha’s engineers to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their design, which led to the creation ...
Kenny Roberts: Known as “King Kenny,” Roberts was the first American to win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship. His innovative riding style and three consecutive 500cc titles in the late 1970s cemented his status as a legend. ...
Both the YX26 and the DT-1 were 250cc machines and there was considerable overlap in their development. Thus, the YX26 naturally became the “mother” of the DT-1. The official debut of the YX26 came on May 14th, 1967. The venue was the All Japan Motocross Grand Prix race being hel...