Kenny Roberts Tribute: 1300 XJR Street Beast from Tumulte… If we had to make a list of 21st-century bikes we wish were sold in North America, the Yamaha XJR1300 would be near the top. Introduced […]
Tag: Yamaha
Ready to Race: Yamaha WR450 Street Tracker
Street-Legal 450 Framer from Ted Gail… In flat track racing, a “framer” is a race bike consisting of a purpose-built frame installed with the rider’s engine of choice. In the old days, you often saw […]
Sonauto Edition: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré
Dakar-inspired Super Ténéré 750 from BIKE Factory… In 1947, famed French racing driver Toto Veuillet founded Saône-Auto (Sonauto), which would become France’s first importer of Porsche cars and Yamaha motorcycles. Sonauto was involved in many […]
Chesterfield Edition: Yamaha XTZ750 Super Ténéré
Dakar Tribute: Smoking Hot Super Ténéré from BIKE Factory… The 1980s were a heady time for the Paris Dakar Rally and other African rally raids. Machines like the Yamaha XT600 Ténéré and BMW R80GS had […]
Project Snoopy: Yamaha SR400 Scrambler
Bulldog Approved: Custom SR400 from Hageman MC x Alessandro Bonomi… When the Yamaha SR400 was quietly put to rest in 2021, it had been in continuous production for more than 40 years. Introduced in […]
Le Petit Démon: Yamaha SCR950 Street Tracker
El Rollo-Racing SCR from HardHeads Motostudio x Altísimo Cromo… Introduced in 2017, the Yamaha SCR950 is one of the most underrated production bikes of recent years. The steel-tube frame, 41mm forks, and 942cc 51bhp […]
Fast and Left: Yamaha SR500 Flat Tracker
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 […]
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 […]
