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Yamaha launches 4 new mid-drive e-bikes in the USA

Loz Blain September 5, 2018

Yamaha is hitting the US market with a series of four pedal-assist e-bikes covering a range of urban commuting and light MTB riding. Powered by 250-watt, high torque mid drive multi-sensor motors and 500 Wh battery packs, the Urban Rush, Cross Connect, Cross Core and YDX Torc are in stores now.

Yamaha's 2018 e-bike lineup has hit US shores

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Yamaha courts analog and digital music lovers with connected turntable

Paul Ridden September 4, 2018

Setting up a living room hi-fi system generally involves getting to grips with cables, lots of cables. But the audio landscape has changed in recent years. Yamaha has introduced a new turntable that's designed to bridge the gap between analog and digital music formats.

Thanks to its wireless streaming capabilities, the Vinyl 500 turntable doesn't need to sit on top ...

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Project Rhodium Omega celebrates the weird wonders of the Yamaha GTS1000

Loz Blain April 22, 2018

This funky custom motorcycle is built on the crazy foundation of Yamaha's 1993 GTS1000, with its hub-steered front wheel on a single-sided swingarm. The GTS was a beefy, overweight tourer, but JSK Moto has transformed it into a svelte roadster with a crouching robot puma stance.

The single-sided rear swingarms on the Project Rhodium Omega look tasty, while the single-sided front ones ...

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Yamaha and Auto Fabrica release limited edition Type 11 retro-futurist cafe racer

Loz Blain April 19, 2018

This nifty neo-futuristic cafe racer, with its bullet fairing and custom bodywork, is part of Yamaha's global push to promote the customizable nature of its XSR900 cafe racer. The "Type 11 Prototype 2" by the UK's Auto Fabrica will go on sale in limited numbers this weekend in London.

Auto Fabrica's Type 11 Prototype 3: a track-only proof of concept

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Janus body kit transforms the Yamaha MT03 and MT25 into neo-retro-Euro cafe racers

Loz Blain April 12, 2018

A Turkish custom motorcycle shop has put together a quick bolt-on body kit that turns a standard Yamaha MT03 or MT25 into a pretty unique looking neo-retro-cafe racer thing. The Janus body kit looks kind of cool, and it's an easy, cheapish way to get yourself a very distinctive ride.

Bunker's Janus body kit for the MT03, exhaust not included

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Yamaha goes rock-hopping, electric style, with new TY-E trials bike

Loz Blain March 25, 2018

Yamaha's latest electric motorcycle is an interesting one – it's a trials bike weighing less than 70 kg (154 lb). It's also one of the few electrics you'll see with a clutch, for fine control and extra punch when it's time to wheelie over a log or jump on top of a rock.

The Yamaha TY-E is a sub-70 kg electric motorcycle with a clutch for trials competition riding

Music

Yamaha invites SXSW visitors to perform live duets with an AI partner

Paul Ridden March 12, 2018

Japan's Hakuhodo i-studio has teamed up with the Yamaha Corporation to allow professionals and beginners alike to take part in live piano duets with an AI-powered partner at South by Southwest (SXSW) this week at the Austin Convention Center in Texas.

The Duet With Yoo installation at SXSW, where human pianists can experience AI-driven accompaniment in real ...

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Yamaha announces SX Sport Edition of its mega-seller TMAX maxi-scooter

Loz Blain March 8, 2018

One of Europe's biggest-selling motorcycles just got itself a Sport edition. The TMAX SX Sport Edition is a nice-looking, nice-sounding minor upgrade to the TMAX SX, with a specially designed Akrapovic exhaust, sport cut screen and a sporty license plate holder, if such a thing exists.

Capable, fun, practical and surprising. The 2018 Yamaha TMAX scooter now gets its own Sports Edition.

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In photos: Rapid aerodynamic evolution evident in MotoGP testing

Mike Hanlon February 20, 2018

The shape of future sports motorcycles evolved considerably over the last few days as the world's leading sportsbike manufacturers and MotoGP contenders evaluated new aerodynamic fairings at the second last test of the MotoGP pre-season at the Chang International Circuit at Buriram, Thailand.

The advent of a new scientific frontier in racing motorcycle aerodynamics adds yet another variable to ...

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The 100 most interesting sales at Las Vegas motorcycle auctions

Mike Hanlon January 31, 2018

The motorcycle auction marketplace evolved rapidly at the year-defining Las Vegas auctions this year, both on a macro and micro level. Mecum's five day sale was the largest motorcycle auction ever held, while Bonhams set a new world record by fetching $979,000 for a 1951 Vincent Black Lightning.

The 100 most interesting auction sales of motorcycles from January 2018