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Design / Dirt / Enduro / Yamaha — No Comments
17
Apr 13

Yamaha WR450F wins Red Dot Design Award

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Yamaha’s latest generation, fuel-injected WR450F enduro bike has been awarded the prestigious Red Dot Product Design Award for 2013. This is the second year running that Yamaha has scooped this prestigious award, with the TMAX having won it in 2012.

Organized by Germany’s Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, the Red Dot competition has been running since 1955. Each year a panel of independent experts evaluate products from a wide variety of industries for their aesthetic form, innovation and ground breaking design. Continue reading →

Cafe Racers / Customs / Germany / Yamaha — No Comments
16
Apr 13

Yamaha XS360 / The Hookie

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Yamaha’s XS360 never sold in huge numbers, admittedly outshone by its slighty bigger sibling, the XS400. Interestingly, both bikes featured an almost identical parallel-twin, air-cooled mill with a crank off-set of 180 degrees, as well as the same 6-speed transmission and frame.

This neat XS360 is by German custom shop, The Hookie, who have retained the most characteristic aspects of the bike while adding a little bit of their own flavour. The original handlebars have been ditched in favour of a pair of classic clip-ons, while a custom all-in-one seat/rear cowling comes in place of the stock seat. Other bits include a custom exhaust, cleaned up mid-frame section, knobbly rubber and deleted fenders. Scroll down for more images. Continue reading →

Jorge Lorenzo / MotoGP / News / Racing / Yamaha — No Comments
08
Apr 13

Lorenzo wins Qatar MotoGP season opener

Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of the Yamaha Factory Racing team does a wheelie after he wins the Qatar Moto GP at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Spanish MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of the Yamaha Factory Racing team does a wheelie after he wins the Qatar Moto GP at the Losail International Circuit in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

The much-awaited start to the 2013 campaign came under lights as the Losail International Circuit celebrated its tenth MotoGP event. World Champion Lorenzo aimed to repeat his performance of last year by taking victory from pole position. Márquez’s much-awaited first race would begin from sixth on the grid.

As the lights went out, a scorching start by Dani Pedrosa saw the Repsol Honda Team rider shoot up into second place by Turn 1, hoping to challenge Lorenzo who began to pull away on his Yamaha Factory Racing bike. The same could not be said for Pedrosa’s teammate Márquez, who endured a slow getaway and dropped to eighth. Continue reading →

Bobbers / Customs / Japan / Yamaha — No Comments
03
Apr 13

Custom bobber / 2%er Custom Bike Shop

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What d’ya think of this cool Yamaha SR500 bobber from 2%er Custom Bike Shop? Leave your comments below. Continue reading →

Cafe Racers / Customs / USA / Yamaha — No Comments
14
Mar 13

Fab ’77 Yamaha XS750 / Ugly Motorbikes

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Built by San Diego-based Ugly Motorbikes – famous for their clean, light, classic café racers – this sweet custom Yammy gets its electronics and battery relocated and hidden under the custom metal seat/tail. The motor has been rebuilt with custom engraved handcrafted velocity stacks and a custom 3-3 baffled exhaust for an aggressive sound. Nigerian calf skin, sporting an aged look, wraps the seat, grips and pegs.

It was recently sold on Seaweed and Gravel for a steal at USD 7,500. Continue reading →

Customs / Yamaha — No Comments
13
Mar 13

Raw it is / Custom Yammy from CBC

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Unfinished Yamaha XS650 from Counter Balance Cycles. Ain’t it cool? Scroll down for more images. Continue reading →

Bikers Café / Cool / Customs / Dubai / Middle East / UAE / Yamaha — No Comments
10
Mar 13

Classified Moto’s awesome Yamaha XV920R at Bikers Café!!

CM's super sweet Yammy chillin' at the café :)

CM’s super sweet Yammy chillin’ at the café :)

First up, the bike you see here looks straight off the charts, something you’d read in the glossies about extremely skilled hands creating magic from bare, lifeless metal. And if you’ve heard of Virginia-based Classified Moto, you wouldn’t be wrong either. The gurus have concocted a decent number of extraordinary machines in the recent past, one being this awesome 1982 Yamaha XV920R. And the best part? We just got it over to Dubai, where it’s sitting pretty at Bikers Café! Continue reading →

Bobbers / Customs / Europe / Yamaha — No Comments
10
Mar 13

Custom Yamaha XS650 / Wheelyshop

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Marc Devriese, owner of Belgium-based Wheelyshop has taken a classic Yamaha XS650 and given it the hardtail bobber treatment. Starting off the build is a hardtail welded to the end of the original frame, along with a fake oil tank to house all the electrical components. To save weight, even the battery gets ditched, leaving the bike with just a kick starter! Continue reading →

Classic / Design / Yamaha — No Comments
06
Mar 13

X650 Storm conversion kit for 650 Yamahas

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The X650 Storm is the newest conversion kit for the 650 Yamaha, based on Craig Vetter’s X75 Triumph Hurricane from 1972. You have to admit the Hurricane is now an iconic motorcycle. Vetter did a sterling job in creating what was in 1972, a breakthrough design. The Storm converts the look of 1977 to 1981 650 Specials and 650 Standards from 1974 to 1979. Continue reading →

Customs / Japan / Yamaha — No Comments
06
Mar 13

Dragstar 400 Springer / Dash Custom

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It’s a fact that Japan’s Dash Custom have some of the awesome-st modded Dragstar 400 ever, most of them fitted with a raked springer front suspension. Check out the gallery! Continue reading →

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