November 6, 2024—Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is pleased to announce that Yuki Okamoto, who won his first All Japan Road Race Championship JSB1000 title this season, will enter the FIM Supersport World ...

IWATA, November 1, 2024 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that it has commenced considerations for a merger with Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd. (YMPC)-a consolidated subsidiary ...

My story got somewhat sidetracked, but around the time that the V4 prototype was completed, I thought we should begin gathering information on the U.S. market, so we hired an American market research ...

Ever since Yamaha’s initial entry into the U.S. outboard market, I had been thinking the next marine product we should develop was a stern drive as it is the logical extension of an outboard. The U.S.

Our next task was to increase yearly production to 300,000 units and was assigned to us by President Koike himself. Our product lineup still had no models above 60 hp, and looking at our sales network ...

In May 1971, I was suddenly summoned by Managing Director Koike. When I arrived at his office he simply said, “You and Ueshima are being recommended for promotion to executive officer. I want both of ...

So with this and similar failures, the Yasukawa Research Lab was disbanded in February 1962 and absorbed into the company’s engine department. Thereafter, the only project on which work continued ...

Our jobs weren’t just about developing motorcycles; we also entered them in races. The YA-1 dominated the top spots in the Mt. Fuji Ascent Race and then the stage moved to the Asama Highlands Race.

- These entries are an English translation of written and edited Japanese. - The names of companies, groups, municipalities, facilities, historical events, technical terms, nicknames, etc., are as ...

Y-Connect automatically adjusts the meter clock when connected. iOS : You can enable notifications for each category from the notification settings. Android : You can ...

SUS Settings is the setting of the electronically controlled suspention, functioning as one of YRC (Yamaha Ride Control) Settings. * The vehicle model shown on the meter screen may differ from the ...

Both companies reached an agreement of intent to form a joint venture in October 1972, about a year after Brunswick first approached Yamaha about forming a business partnership. Specifically, Sanshin ...