Yamaha Motorcycle Reviews: Yamaha Motorcycle Tests and Comparisons

Yamaha motorcycle reviews and comprehensive testing. We take the latest bikes through their paces and evaluate them on the street and on the track.

Yamaha Reviews

The Japanese company was well known for its musical instruments, but in 1955 it began producing motorcycles. It began with simple and inexpensive machines but has grown to its position as a powersports powerhouse, offering some of the best sportbikes, cruisers and off-road bikes on the market. It ranks second only to Honda as the leader among Japanese manufacturers.

2009 Star V-Max Review/Test

VMax takes it to the max!

The new VMax is a reinvention of an icon for Yamaha and Star, retaining its distinctive style and adding huge upgrades in handling. And with a whalloping 200 hp on tap, it's a tire-melting machine of the first order!...

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2009 Star Motorcycles VMax Preview

A thrill ride beyond compare!

The 2009 Star Motorcycles VMax is ridiculous! It’s ridiculously big and it’s ridiculously overpowered. But more than any of that, it’s ridiculously entertaining!...

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2008 Yamaha Morphous Review

A scooter ahead of its time

The Morphous is a unique looking scooter that does not inspire indifference. It's got a super low 25.8-inch seat height and is shockingly long at 93.3 inches, which is just one inch shorter than a Harley-Davidson Softail Fat Boy....

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Yamaha Reviews

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2008 Yamaha C3 Review Fun and affordable fuel injected scoot
2008 Yamaha Majesty Review A masterful machine
2009 Yamaha RD350 Concept Could this be the return of the two-stroke sportbike?
2009 Star V-Max Launch Is the new Max mad enough?
2009 Yamaha R1 Preview New Yamaha Literbike Ready to Launch!
2008 Yamaha XT660Z Tenere Review The nomadic Yamaha is back!
2008 Yamaha WR250R & WR250X Review Street-legal off-roader or Supermoto with bli...
2008 Yamaha R6 - First Ride The Screamer Gets Some Grunt
2008 Yamaha Street Preview Revised R6 and Supermoto, Too!
2008 Star Motorcycles Raider Choppers Hit the Mainstream
2007 Yamaha V-Star 1300 Intro Report Providing the handling, looks, comfort and perf...
Yamaha R1 First Ride
Yamaha Majesty The Speed Scooter
2006 Yamaha FJR1300 Model Intro Good value and a solidly engineered bike that's fun ...
2006 Yamaha FZ-1 Yamaha Sets a New Standard with a Sport Standard Standard-Bearer
2006 Star Stratoliner Press Introduction
2006 Star Roadliner Star Looks to the Past to Find the Future
Graves AMA SuperStock Yamaha R1 Track Test
2005 Yamaha XT660R
2005 Yamaha R6 Track Test
2005 Yamaha R6 Intro
2005 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe What do you get, when you cross a Royal Star with...
2004 Yamaha V-max
2004 Yamaha R1 Street Test
2004 Yamaha FZ6
'04 Yamaha RoadStar Of Mice and Men...
The Evolution of Hatch The cousins Hatch do the 2003 Dirt Rider 24 hour at Glen Hele...
2003 YZF-R6: Not To Be Outdone...
'03 R6: How To Find Your Inner Redline
2003 Yamaha YZ450F Four-Stroke Competition Bike for the Masses
2003 Yamaha Zuma "Please sir, I want some more."
Patrick Racing Road Star Warrior Look maw, no turns!
First Ride: Yamaha BT1100 Bulldog Naked urban retro standard cruiser all-purpose lov...
2002 Yamaha FJR1300 Sexual Silver!
Yamaha Diversion 900 Bored? You Don't Need a Hobby, You Need a Diversion
SRX! Further Adventures of Senor X
First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 Jin Sato Bai!
2002 Yamaha Silverados
First Ride: 2002 Yamaha Road Star Warrior A Real Performance Cruiser?
2001 Yamaha FZ-1 Hop-up The FZ-1 Yamaha should have built
2001 Yamaha Vino, Modified A large sheep in small sheep's clothing.
2001 Yamaha Vino What Europe's Known All Along
2001 Yamaha Fazer 1000 A New Breed of Muscle Sport?
2001 Yamaha WR426F Showing Love for the Bark Buster Set
First Ride: 2001 Yamaha YZF-R6 Sheer Madness...
Year 2001 Yamaha YZ426F ... and Titanium for All!
2000 Yamaha V Star Classic Cruisin' on a Budget
2001 Yamaha Fazer 1000 (2) An upright R-1
2000 Yamaha Road Star Not Soft and Fluffy
2001 Yamaha Tmax 500 When Worlds Collide
2001 Yamaha Dirtbikes Oh lord, they've done it again.
First Ride: Y2K Yamaha YZF-R1 Better Than Ever?
1999 Yamaha YZF-R7 OW-O2
First Impression: 1999 Yamaha Road Star
First Ride: 1999 Yamaha YZF-R6
1999 Yamaha Customs New Star Models, and We Ride the New Venture
Yamaha TDM 850
1998 Yamaha YZ400F A Hot Start
1998 Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic
ATV Test: 1998 Yamaha Grizzly 600 Is Yamaha's New Uberquad Big Enough For Ya?
First Impression: 1998 Yamaha XT350 A Tale of Two XTs
1997 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Deluxe
Silver Country Adventure Yamaha's 1997 ATV Lineup
Yamaha Majesty The Speed Scooter
Yamaha XT225 Beginner Bike, or Dual-Sport Bargain?
1997 Yamaha Warrior
Yamaha Debuts All-New Four-Stroke YZM400F Daily News
1996 Yamaha Virago 1100 Special
The Grand Prix Fantasy Yamaha RZ500
Yamaha TRX 850 Japan's Other Twin
Italian Stallion: Yamaha YZF1000R THE ULTIMATE ROAD WARRIOR
1996 Yamaha Royal Star Tour Classic
1996 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace Fireblade on Steroids
1995 Yamaha Virago 750 Yamaha's Venerable V-Twin Cruiser Simply Styles Down The Boul...

Yamaha COMPARISONS

2008 Supersport Shootout: CBR600RR vs Daytona 675 vs ZX-6R vs R6 vs GSX-R600
2008 Literbike Shootout: ZX-10R vs CBR1000RR vs GSX-R1000 vs YZF-R1
2007 Liter Bike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 : Yam...
Sport-Tour 2006 BMW K1200GT :: Triumph Sprint ST :: Yamaha FJR1300AE
2007 Power Cruisers Shootout Mmm...Power
Mongrels to Mecca Exploding tires, closed roads, creative pit-stops and American pri...
Big, Naked and Beautiful: Open-Class Standards 2006 2007 Buell XB12Ss v. 2006 Honda ...
It Ain't The Tool: Revisited
2006 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR : Kawasaki ZX-6R : Suzuki GSX-...
2006 Open Superbike Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX-10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 :...
Rocket, Roadliner, Road King
2005 Best of the Best: R6 v. GSX-R1000
2005 Sport Touring Comparo BMW R1200RT :: Buell Ulysses :: Honda ST 1300 :: Honda In...
The B-Team: Value Supersport Shootout 2005
2005 Open Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 1000RR : Kawasaki ZX 10R : Suzuki GSX-R1000 ...
Sit Up or Lay Down? 2005 Yamaha FZ-1 v. YZF-R1
2005 Middleweight Supersport Shootout Honda CBR 600RR :: Suzuki GSX-R 600 :: Kawasak...
2004 MO-ron Sport Tourer Comparo BMW K 1200 GT :: BMW R 1150 RT :: Honda ST1300 ABS ...
Honda Shadow A.C.E. v. Yamaha V-Star 1100 Middleweight Import Cruiser Shootout
2004 Middleweight Standards F 650CS :: Sportster 1200R :: FZ-6 :: Ninja 500R :: Spee...
Classic Tourer Comparo Roadstar Silverado :: Victory V92TC :: Nomad 1500 :: Road Kin...
MO SPORT-TOUR 2003 Exporting Democracy and Goodwill Toward Motorcycles
2003 Harley V-Rod Vs. [modified] Yamaha Warrior
2003 Six Hundred Shootout Part I: Pure Prurient Performance Is 636cc Cheating? Kawas...
2002 Scooter Smackdown In Which Calvin, Stickie Actually Smack Down
2002 Naked Bike Shootout We Like to Play the Emperor's New Clothes
What Size Victory? 600? Openbike? Twin? 600? Literbike? Twin? How many horsies can y...
2001 Power Cruiser Comparo In search of enlightenment and two-wheeled bliss.
2001.5 Supersport Comparo The Best of the Rest
2001 Open Class Shootout Four Big Devils in the City of Angels
2001 World Supersport Shootout World SuperSport Shootout, Part I
2000 Valuebike Shootout Who let the MO out?
2000 Openbike Shootout Thank you, may I have another?
Road Star vs. Fat Boy Comparo Japan vs. America
Year 2000 World Supersport Shootout 600(4)+748=Fun
Honda Valkyrie Interstate v. Yamaha Venture Clash of The Titans
Y2K 250 Motocross Shootout The Main Event!
Overlooked and Underrated We Are Worthy
1999 600cc Supersport Shootout Head-On Collision
The Best of the Best: Part III The Super Bowl
1998 Sport Tourers The Truth is Out There
The Best of the Best: Part One
.25 Caliber Shootout Three Japanese Fighters Whip Out Their Little Guns
1997 Middleweight Cruiser Shootout Cruise Light!
Open Superbikes, 1997 Power Trippers!
Heavyweight Cruisers, 1996 Five Fat Uglies on Five Fat Bikes
Top 600s, 1997 1997 600cc Sportbike Shootout
Value 600-Class Sportbikes, 1997 Budget-Value 600s: Yamaha FZR600 Vs. Suzuki GSX-600...
Battle Royal: USA Vs. Japan on the Highways of America
Matchup of the Heavyweight Contenders
Open Warfare, 1996
Frugal Flyers: A Six-Bike Shoot Out

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