The Yamaha Racing Team experienced the full range of conditions only Phillip Island can produce in a challenging weekend for the team that has left them frustrated and out for redemption at the final two rounds.
Yamaha Motor has engaged in R&D of fibre-reinforced plastics (FRP) for over 60 years and has applied its findings and technologies to developing and manufacturing boat hulls, swimming pools, and other products. However, in terms of resource recycling and other aspects, there is still room for further development with composites using materials like glass fibre and carbon fibre and improvements to
Two gruelling days of off road racing proved rewarding for the ShopYamaha Off Road Team, with Kyron Bacon dominating the E1 division on both days and Will Dennett picking up a podium in the E2 class and taking a special test win.
Road bike riding is fun but you need to be on your game to avoid a trip over the Armco. That happened to 26-year-old Sam Onion while negotiating the Oxley bends on his MT-07 at Mount Seaview. The incident made the Cessnock baker reflect on the risk versus reward of road riding.
Yamaha Motor Australia is pleased to announce the YZ65 Cup will be returning in November 2024 to run in conjunction with the highest profile SX races in Australia. The first event will be held at Wollongong’s AUSX at WIN Stadium on 2 November. The second event will be held at the AUSX Open at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on 30 November.
After 272 racing laps, 16 races and 8 rounds, the points for the premier MX1 class were all locked up in the 2024 ProMX Championship with a countback required to determine the championship winner.
The WBR Yamaha Team finished the ProMX championship taking three of the top four positions and all four riders inside the top seven, in the MX3 final standings after the final round of racing was completed yesterday.
Ryder Kingsford battled bravely through the final three rounds to secure a third-place finish in the ProMX MX2 championship after a strong performance at the final rounds of season of the championship.
Take 44 hyped-up, adrenaline-fuelled, YZ65 mounted, supercross riding thrill-seekers, 50,000 screaming fans, two massive sports stadiums, and memories created that will last a life time and you get the experience that is the Yamaha YZ65 Cup.
A crash in the first turn of moto one at round seven of the ProMX at MX Farm in Gympie has proven costly for Jed Beaton and his MX1 championship aspirations but where there is hope, there is life and Beaton will come out all guns blazing at the final round.
WBR Yamaha racer, Koby Hantis, will enter the final weekend of racing in the MX3 division of the ProMX Championship as the hunter, just three points behind the championship leader and ready to lay it on the line next weekend.
Yamaha is excited to announce the 2025 WaveRunner lineup, headlined by the completely new, designed from the ground up, JetBlaster Series.
Yamaha Motor Australia’s Corporate Branding and Marine Academy teams recently participated in a clean-up event organised by YMA’s Rightwaters partner Seabin™. The event was part of a Plastic-free July, a global movement to mobilise millions of people worldwide to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. The event also aligned with the Staff Environmental Protection Initiative recently launche
Yamaha Motor announces that it will begin using low-carbon, recycled steel sheets produced in electric furnaces as a raw material for the packaging frames used to ship motorcycles, and will be gradually expanding the scope of use of the material going forward. This is the first time in Japan that steel sheets from electric furnaces have been used for packaging frames for motorcycles (according to
One of Australia’s highest credentialed supercross racers, Matt Moss, will join the CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team for the 2024 Australian Supercross Championship, starting on October 12.
The Capel 200 Trail Bike Rally is the largest recreational, non-competitive trail riding event in WA. The event brings together riders of all ages, genders and abilities and runs over an approved 70km loop of pre-marked course through the Capel and Jarrahwood area of South West WA, using a combination of existing 4WD tracks, trails and firebreaks.
Yamaha Motor Australia is gearing up for an impressive showing at the 2024 Sydney International Boat Show, which is on this week at the Darling Harbour International Convention and Exhibition Centre (Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 August).
The ShopYamaha Off Road Team battled their way through a dry and dusty weekend at Queensland Moto Park to finish rounds seven and eight of the AORC with both riders well placed in the championship, as they head towards the business end of the season.
MT-09's exhilarating ride can now be experienced in a whole new way with the introduction of the MT-09 Y-AMT, the first model to feature the innovative, new Yamaha Automated Manual Transmission.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has announced it has signed a service agreement with YL Forest Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, “YLF”), a company headquartered in Fukuoka City, Japan, that is implementing its proprietary mangrove planting method in the Republic of Indonesia. Going forward, funding provided to YLF by the Company will go toward launching a new mangrove planting project in the country’s province of So
Round six of the ProMX proved to be a day of highlights for the Yamalube Yamaha Racing Team with Kaleb Barham winning his first ProMX MX2 race, Jayce Cosford got his first ProMX podium and Ryder Kingsford maintained his second place in the championship.
Kobe Drew and Seth Burchell stood on the MX3 podium for the WBR Yamaha Team at round six of the ProMX Championship at Toowoomba, while Koby Hantis continues to lead the championship with two rounds remaining.
CDR Yamaha Monster Energy Team racer, Jed Beaton, returned to the winners’ circle at round six of the ProMX Championship at Toowoomba with a stirring ride that keeps his MX1 title hopes alive.
The Deus Ex Machina XT Only event will celebrate the rich history of Yamaha's legendary XT models and launch its latest custom build—a restored and reimagined 1981 XT500, christened North Star.
