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Yamaha Unveils Updated Models for 2025

Patrick Lambie — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:49:39 +0000

Yamaha Motor Canada is proud to announce the newest additions to our road lineup. The Tracer 9, Ténéré 700, MT-07, and MT-03 receive a host of exciting updates, while the remainder of the Sport Heritage, Touring, Hyper Naked, and scooter lines return largely unchanged. Shift into the future with the new TRACER 9 and TRACER […]

Yamaha Announces the Exhilarating All-New YZF-R9

Patrick Lambie — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:55:00 +0000

Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, is proud to announce the newest edition to its iconic R-series lineup, the all-new 2025 Yamaha YZF-R9. A new breed of performance street bike, the R9 is aimed at providing true Supersport-levels of performance in an accessible package that enhances the capability and confidence of riders of across a spectrum of […]

Yamaha Unveils Next Generation MT-09

Patrick Lambie — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:28:20 +0000

Yamaha Motor Canada is excited to announce the all-new 2024 MT-09 to Yamaha’s Hyper Naked lineup. The game-changing MT-09 broke cover in 2013, a decade later, Yamaha has taken the MT-09 to the next level of Darkness. Combining intelligence and style, further pursuing the sharpened purity of the Dark Side of Japan. The new MT-09 […]

Yamaha Unveils New Sport Touring Flagship TRACER 9 GT+

Patrick Lambie — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:56:10 +0000

Yamaha Motor Canada is excited to announce the latest entry to its Sport Touring range, the 2024 TRACER 9 GT+, boasting an entire suite of rider aids and technological advances designed to propel it to the flagship position of the range. The new TRACER 9 GT+ is a technological juggernaut, starting with a groundbreaking new […]

Yamaha Celebrates 50 Years of YZ

Patrick Lambie — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:32:41 +0000

Yamaha Motor Canada is excited to mark the 50th anniversary of its legendary YZ model line with the introduction of the new 2024 50th Anniversary Edition YZ125, YZ250, YZ250F and YZ450F. With bold heritage livery inspired by the iconic 1990s-era YZ two-strokes campaigned by riders like Damon Bradshaw and Jeff Emig, these Anniversary Edition models […]

First Impression – Brett McCormick on Yamaha’s 2020 R1

Brett McCormick — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:34:43 +0000

Growing up in Canada, one can always count on August being great weather for the most part, and we can also count on September throwing curveballs every year.

Canadian rider invited to next Yamaha VR46 Master Camp

Yamaha Motor Canada — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:28:58 +0000

August 9, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – Yamaha Motor Canada is pleased to announce that Canadian amateur racer Jake LeClair has been selected to attend the 8th edition of the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, based out of Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Motor Ranch in Tavullia, Italy this coming September. The VR46 Master Camp is designed to give […]

Yamaha Unveils New 2020 R1 and R1M Supersport Motorcycles

Yamaha Motor Canada — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:09:57 +0000

Toronto, ON – July 13, 2019 – Yamaha Motor Canada is thrilled to announce the latest evolution of its flagship open-class supersport motorcycles, the 2020 YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M. Featuring a refined engine, augmented electronic control features, enhanced suspension performance, advanced bodywork, outstanding aerodynamic performance and next-generation R-series design, the 2020 R1 and R1M were built […]

2019 Yamaha YZF-R3 – Initial Impression

Steve Hoffarth — Mon, 27 May 2019 20:16:28 +0000

As I ride north from Belleville Ontario, I’m reflective on just how good new riders have it today. Beneath me is the kind of bike I should have started riding some 25 years ago. Instead I went through three bikes in three years before I found the right alignment and connection with a 1988 Yamaha […]

YAMAHA MOTOR CANADA INTRODUCES 2019 bLU cRU TEAMS AND RIDERS

Yamaha Motor Canada — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:08:32 +0000

April 5, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – Yamaha Motor Canada is pleased to announce its roster of elite bLU cRU race teams and riders that will compete for championships in racing series across the country in 2019. Following a successful 2018 campaign that included nine Canadian national championships, a Gold medal and a Team of the […]

Yamaha NIKEN Wins 2019 Red Dot “Best of the Best” Award for Design

Yamaha Motor Canada Ltd. — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:53:29 +0000

March 28, 2019 (Toronto, ON) – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that the NIKEN motorcycle, featuring Leaning Multi-Wheel (LMW) technology, has been honoured with a “Best of the Best” 2019 Red Dot Award in the Product Design category. The globally-renowned Red Dot Awards are presented annually in three categories of competition: Product […]

Inside Motorcycles Commuter Series – Yamaha YZF-R3

Inside Motorcycles — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:21:14 +0000

Welcome back to Inside Motorcycles’ online Commuter Bike series and a look at the Yamaha YZF-R3