YAMAHA Product Reviews

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2012 Yamaha Zuma 125 Review
If riding a small-bore scooter leaves you feeling emasculated, consider the Yamaha Zuma 125: rugged, aggressive styling (especially in black), fat, semi-knobby tires and power enough to shoot its rider across an intersection faster than the average car.

2012 Yamaha YZF-R15 Review
Small-displacement sportbikes are getting more attention as the world economy continues to struggle. The 150cc, Yamaha YZF-R15 was the first sportbike produced in India back in 2008, and the fuel-injected model now receives a host of upgrades.

2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 Review [Video]
To save the suspense, I'll say it up front: Yamaha's new traction control system on the 2012 YZF-R1 works exactly as advertised. The rest of the 2012 Yamaha R1 is largely the same sportbike we've had since 2009.

2012 Yamaha Zuma 50F Review [Video]
Yamaha has given its popular Zuma scooter a major upgrade in 2012. Gone is its 49cc two-stroke heart and in its place is a SOHC, liquid-cooled, three-valve four-stroke engine of the same displacement.

2012 Yamaha and Star Motorcycles Model Preview
As the 2012 model year arrives and the economy is struggling to pick itself up, Yamaha and its cruiser line, Star Motorcycles, is erring on the side of caution with next year's street lineup.

2011 Yamaha FZ8 Review - First Ride
Yamaha's potent FZ8 is enough to make its paternal grandfather, the R1, blush with pride. Its 779cc inline-Four is endowed with some of Yamaha's most inspired sporting technology which should serve it well in its life as an everyday sporting Standard.

2011 Yamaha WR250R Review
Yamaha's WR250R impresses with its competent alloy chassis and low-maintenance 250cc engine. Essentially, it's a street-legal dirtbike. If you're more an on-road person, you may also want to look at its supermoto-style sister, the WR250X.

2011 Yamaha FZ-16 Review
The Yamaha FZ-16 is bringing the company back from the dead in India. After several years hibernating, Yamaha has again made a motorcycle that captures the heart of the Indian enthusiast and should match up well against Honda's CB Unicorn Dazzler.

2012 Yamaha Super Tenere Review
Yamaha's Super Tenere, an adventure-tourer with a 1200cc twin-cylinder engine, is set to go head to head against BMW's iconic R1200GS when it arrives in America next spring. The dual-purpose segment just got a little more interesting.

2011 Yamaha FZ8 coming to the U.S.
Yamaha has announced that it will be importing its sporty FZ8 naked sportster to the U.S. for 2011. It's being touted as a compromise between the less-powerful 600cc middleweights and the bigger literbikes like Yamaha's R1-based FZ1 and Kawasaki's Z1000.