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Yamaha Motorcycles
Founded: 1887
Age: 137 years
Country: Japan
Website: www.yamaha.com
Total series: 248
Active series: 29
Discontinued series: 219
Yamaha International Corporation started selling bikes in 1960. Yamaha has a wide range of products and excels in the field of Pleasure Bikes, Water Sports Vehicles, Personal Commuting vehicles, Tractors and Life Support vehicles. The mission of the company include producing vehicles that are environment friendly, user friendly and reliable. Yamaha values the opinion far more that anything. Yamaha on road bikes unites the man with the machine and is a totally exhilarating experience and makes cruising on the road a dreamlike experience. The company is always taking on new challenges in improving their products and make them more safe and adding attractive features.
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Brand timeline
1955
- Established in Japan
- Introduction of YA-1 125cc bike
1963
- Yamaha wins Belgium GP 250cc
1964
- Set up subsidiary in Thailand
1965
- New 305cc flagship bike
1968
- Subsidiary in Netherlands
- First four-stroke motorcycle 650cc XS-1
1969
- Introduction of legendary CB-750
1974
- Start of YZ-250 production
1978
- First four-cylinder XS-1100
1979
- XT500 wins Paris-Dakar Rally
1981
- XV750 - first Japanese cruiser style motorcycle
1995
- Introduction of Star Motorcycles brand
2007
- Establishing of Philippine branch