A First Flat Tracker from Workshop43… Yamaha’s 500cc singles are some of the most versatile motorcycles ever built. The XT500 became a darling of the off-road world, taking home trophies in the big African […]
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T7 Retro Kit: Yamaha Ténéré 700 Retro Enduro
“Retro-kitted” Yamaha T7 from Holy Moly Motorcycles… In the adventure bike world, it seems the major manufacturers have taken the bigger is better approach in recent years: more displacement, more power, and more electronics, […]
SR400 Reborn: Yamaha “SR540MX” Tracker
The People’s Choice: 540cc Dirt Tracker from GM Motorcycles… The Yamaha SR400 remains one of the most beloved machines in motorcycling. It arrived on the scene in 1978 as an easy to ride single-cylinder street […]
Big Bore Four: Yamaha XJR1200 Café Racer
A Reborn XJR from RV Workshop… After the introduction of the original Suzuki GSX-R in the mid-1980s, sporting motorcycles began to move quickly toward aluminum frames, monoshocks, liquid-cooled engines, and full fairings — the hallmarks […]
Giant-Slayer: 500cc Yamaha RD350 YPVS Restomod
Bolt Motor Co. builds a 500cc weapon… The Yamaha RD350 is one of the most iconic sporting motorcycles ever produced. The original air-cooled 350cc two-stroke parallel-twin was produced from 1973-1975, and the RD quickly became […]
Trigger: Yamaha FZ-09 Street Tracker
Triple-Cylinder Super Hooligan Street Tracker from Triston Rue… In 2014, Yamaha introduced the original FZ-09, a naked middleweight packing a feisty three-cylinder crossplane “CP3” engine good for 100+ horsepower and 60 pound-feet of torque. Known […]
XS Monster: “deXSter” Yamaha XS650 Scrambler
A Vinduro-Style XS from Rendy Rides x D73 Custom… The Yamaha XS650 remains one of the best-loved vintage Japanese motorcycles of the 1970s ane early 80s. When the company began developing the bike, most of […]
Continent Crusher: Yamaha Ténéré 700 Custom
Etto Motorcycles Recreates a Trans-Australian Ténéré… The original Yamaha XT600Z Ténéré launched in late 1982, and it brought some serious innovation to the enduro / dual-sport world. Named after the brutal desert section of […]
Mad Max: Yamaha V-Max 1200 Custom
V4 Beast from Lord Drake Kustoms… Back in the early 1980s, Yamaha wanted to develop a two-wheeled hot rod for the American market. They sent the project’s team leader, Akira Araki, stateside for research. “According […]
V4 Two-Stroke: Yamaha “RZ500RR” Restomod
350-lb, 100+hp RZV500R from Championship Cycles… In 1984, Yamaha unveiled the world’s first two-stroke V4 production motorcycle, the RD500LC — a 500cc road-going replica of the YZR500 that King Kenny Roberts rode to the 1983 […]
