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New VMAX: Power and Adrenalin

Jun 17, 2008

“Power, power, power!” That’s what you always hear when our riders step off the VMAX, usually with a grin on their faces. “That punch is so impressive, you know. To have power like that is just not known ...

Midnight Star 1300: A US cruiser with a piece of European flavour

Aug 09, 2007

American Authenticity combined with European riding character

Radical performance cruiser with accessory line up introduced in Europe

Sep 01, 2002

The response to our web survey on Yamaha Designcafe web page was a clear verdict: 92 % of the several thousand respondents found XV 1700 PC Warrior an interesting concept. Riders from many countries ...

Road Star Warrior

Oct 01, 2001

Hot Rod introduced in US: XV 1700 PC Road Star Warrior stands for a new generation of Power Cruisers with the soul of a sport bike.

V-max: Category of its own

Mar 01, 2001

V-max is a category of its own. The mighty V4 has made it to motorcycles cult heaven. The men behind this monument on two wheels recall the making of V-max.

V-max: Main changes from 1985 to 2001

Mar 01, 2001

20 years: Milestones of Yamaha Custom

Dec 01, 2000

The roots of custom bikes, or lets say choppers, go back to the end of the sixties, when American rockers chopped their machines to pieces and put them back together in a different form.

1990's: When custom became fashion

Sep 01, 2000

Peter Fonda was the hero of the baby boomer generation in the early seventies. In his cult movie 'Easy Rider' he as 'Captain America' on his Harley Chopper was the rebel symbol against a bourgeois ...

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