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TOOELE VALLEY, UTAH (October 29, 2009) - Team Graves Yamaha announced today they will be joining the Yamaha Champions Riding School at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for special testing sessions during the November 9-10 Pro School as well as the December 2-4 Riding School. This is a rare opportunity for a casual rider to be present at a professional race team testing session with Team Graves Yamaha riders participating in the events.
"We are excited to get the chance to join the Yamaha Champions Riding School for our test sessions," said Road Race Team Manager Tom Halverson. "We gain so much value from our testing, and having the chance to partner with such a great school just adds to improving our race team's ability to reach their goals of a championship in... [Read More]
A huge R1-Forum.com congrats to Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies for their 2009 Champoinship winning seasons! Yamaha Motors, the race teams and crews went big and delivered!
Rossi Wins Ninth World Championship
The incomparable Valentino Rossi took his ninth world-championship crown by riding to third place in a dramatic rain-drenched race in Sepang, Malaysia on Sunday, Oct. 25. It is also the Italian's seventh title in the premier MotoGP class and his fourth premier title for Yamaha - more than the Italian has won with any other manufacturer - and his 163rd career podium. Meanwhile Rossi's Fiat Yamaha YZR-M1 teammate Jorge Lorenzo was forced to start from the back of the grid after a sighting-lap problem but he recovered brilliantly and rode a superb race to chase Rossi home in... [Read More]
Cypress California, October 27, 2009- Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. announced today that it will be re-directing its Road Racing and Supercross / Motocross motorcycle racing efforts for the 2010 season.
For Supercross and Motocross, Yamaha partner L&M racing will continue to compete in the 450 class with defending AMA World Supercross Champion James Stewart aboard the all-new YZ450F. Additionally, other satellite teams will soon be announced to further compliment and strengthen Yamaha's off road racing efforts.
For Road Racing, we will continue to partner with Championship-winning Graves Motorsports who will now assume additional responsibilities for Team Yamaha within the current AMA class structure.
This new direction for our racing efforts for the... [Read More]
The Yamaha World Superbike Team are proud to announce an all-British rider team for the 2010 season, with double World Superbike Champion James Toseland making a welcome return to the paddock. The popular 28-year-old recognised world wide as the UK?s number 1 rider has taken the opportunity to stay in the Yamaha family replacing Spies and moving across from the Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP satellite team. Toseland enjoyed a strong rookie season in MotoGP in 2008 and has been a regular protagonist in the mid pack battles over the two years. His focus and commitment combined with his previous experience and success should prove a winning combination with the Yamaha team.
Partnering Toseland, current Yamaha World Supersport rider Cal Crutchlow moves up to the 1000cc class next year. 24yr old Crutchlow has been enjoying an incredible rookie year in the World Supersport Championship and with two rounds remaining, championship leader Crutchlow can already claim nine pole position... [Read More]
The 2010 model are out... Including a Limited Edition Rossi Fiat inspired R1, slightly revised settings is all that's updated on the R6 and a all new YZ450F are among the highlights!
H-D's Electra Glide Ultra Limited approaches CVO levels of opulence. It feels like a Buick Roadmaster, and we mean that in a good way. It is an effortless cruiser, with mellow vibes coming from the rubber-mount 103-inch engine.
Yamaha attacks the 250F class with a host of updates to old faithful. Its new 2010 YZ250F will do whatever you ask of it, but where it really shines is on the motocross track.
Little bikes deserve more time in the limelight, don't ya think? We wanted to take a closer look at this market segment, so we collected 5 machines with various engine configurations, all in the 250cc range, and created a 250cc Streetbike Shootout!
The Ducati Streetfighter is an animal - both in its general nature and its ferocity when hard on the gas. After testing out the high-end S model on the Ascari Circuit in Spain, we decided to find out how the base Streetfighter works on the street.
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