Strange Story of How Yamaha Made Motorcycles! | Did You Know?
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- Strange Story of How Yamaha Made Motorcycles! 🏍️✨ | Did You Know? 🤔 Discover the unexpected origins of Yamaha's motorcycle journey! From their beginnings in musical instruments to becoming a powerhouse in the motorcycle industry, Yamaha's story is full of surprising twists and innovative milestones. Join us as we unveil the unique history and fascinating facts about how Yamaha transformed into a global leader in motorcycling. Don't miss this intriguing tale of innovation and success!
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I own 3 Yamahas - a 79 XS650-2F0, an 83 XJ1100, and a 14 Bolt. LOVE them all!
Why does every new channel with potential add overly-loud background music? We don't need music, it's not a commercial.
Yes, I agree. It's hard to hear the narration. great video, otherwise.
I agree! As much as I enjoy music, when it overpowers narrative it is distraction.
Didn't even notice - I rewatched parts I missed and couldn't concentrate on the story, lol. Thanks for pointing it out. 🔊
Hey, I have noted, we will remove music from next video. Thank you for your support.
@@themaverickroadster To clarify - I meant I didn't even notice the music until the comment, THEN I did because of the mention. It's ok
The guy narrating seems to be just reading a script and doesn’t understand motorcycles. I stopped watching when a BSA was putting on screen describing it as a Yamaha model!
To cut a long story short he was gay 😊
@@loneranger5349 not sure what difference that would make🤔
@@loneranger5349 - I think you misspelled "gAI"...
@@loneranger5349 To cut to the 'chase', isn't it a bit stuffy in that closet?
It's much nicer being out here in the fresh air. Most folk are nowadays far more open-minded than they were in that eighties world where your mind resides.
Have a word with mom & pops. To cut a long tale short, I'm sure they already know?
I’m a luthier by trade and Yamaha makes fine guitars, violins, violas, cellos, bass and grand pianos. They also make great motorcycles. I’m a fan of vintage Yamaha dirt bikes. I also love Yamaha snowmobiles especially those from the early 70’s to the mid 90’s. I still want an xs 650 which was the finest street bike Yamaha ever made
My first Street Bike was an XS 650 (late 70's) Great sound/looks, handled good, super reliable, did lots of smokey burnouts. Then I had an XS750 triple tht I didn't care for much I blew 2nd gear, fixed it for $200.00 then I had a 79' XS 11 tht I loved, it went really fast. Back in the day XS650's went for $1,000 to $1,200. I hope you get one someday. Hi from the n.w corner of Orygun
Too many mistakes to count.
You never mentioned the Yamaha RD and RZ models. I lothe to have a 1984 Kenny Roberts limited edition 350cc water cooled 2-stroke. If Yamaha built a fuel injected 2-stroke with emissions compliant engine I would buy one TODAY!
They are the best tuners of naturally-aspirated car and motorcycle engines. 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
Worth mentioning the 125 and 250 racing bikes of the late 1960s which, with an extremely sophisticated 4-cylinder two-stroke design produced 44bhp and 73bhp respectively.
This gave Yamaha complete dominance, and with riders of the calibre of Phil Read and Bill Ivy onboard they took all the world titles.
In 1968, on the extremely long Isle of Man mountain circuit, using the 9-speed gearbox to keep his engine buzzing at 18,000rpm Bill Ivy shattered the previous record with a truly incredible 100mph lap (i.e. average speed over the 37-mile course.)
And that was on the little 125 version…
I own the greatest motorcycle in the world. 2015 Yamaha Vmax! A legend….. enough said.
My main bike is a Super Tenere 1200. It's the perfect balance between globe-trotting power and features and simple maintenance. As a recovering BMW owner having and adventure tourer that is both reliable and easy to care for us refreshing.
My 1978 Yamaha DT250 Enduro (equally street & dirt oriented) was the finest performing motorcycle, overall, all aspects considered I've ever owned !
Just fabulous execution it all felt greater than the sum of its parts.
I rode it for my Sophomore & Junior year in High School all over San Diego - about 20,000 miles worth.
One ride & it's brilliant combination of utterly solid handling, braking & seamless seemingly limitless powerband won you over.
Though only 250cc single air cooled 2 stroke it would ramp up to 75 mph in a blink - and back then we STILL had the 55 mph Freeway speed limit so you didnt dare do it for long lol - !
I used to say it felt more nimble & useful on the street than any street bike I had ridden & yet had better off road manners & feel than many pure dirt bikes.
I later had the much larger Yamaha XS750 Special 3 cylinder shaft drive street bike - a heavy beast that though powerful didn't feel anywhere near as well developed as its DT250 cousin.
Truly Yamaha had genuine expertise at making small displacement 2 stroke trail dirt & dual sport bikes, and this proved it.
Great memories Yamaha !
You should also mention how Yamaha designs intakes, exhausts, and entire engines as a subcontractor to major auto manufacturers like BMW and Toyota.
Yamahs designed much of the engine for the famous Taurus SHO, the Lexus LFA, and the new BMW Z4 and its Toyota Supra cousin.
I had a pair of '84 XVz12 Ventures and an XJ650 that were all well made and great fun.
The yamaha's I love the most are the ones I've had in the past. I had a 1976 Factory Cafe Racer rd350 I had a 1968 Factory Road racer td1c I currently have to 1975 Yamaha rd350 that are being built. But honestly I love all Yamaha motorcycles
I drive MT 07 with exellent and legendary CP2 engine and I love it!
My 'big-bike' is a tastefully-modded 1982 Yamaha XV1000 , Roadster (chain-drive, TR1 in Europe ) It's still capable of a 12.4 quarter-mile and sounds amazing on full-throttle heading-past 160....I have an XS-2 Cafe'-bike as well . These bikes are bullet-proof once they are 'set-up' right . I've had XT's , TT's, TX's, SR's and more , 40-+ bikes over more than 50-yrs of riding . Riding any-bike keeps you young . Dave nz
I started with a 1973 Yamaha RT3 360cc single cylinder two-stroke enduro. My second bike was a 1980 Yamaha XS Eleven Special. My 3rd was a Yamaha XT-500. My 4th a 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 and now my 5th is a 1979 Yamaha XS Eleven Special. My two XS Eleven Specials are my favorites to date.
Had aused 1982 XS650 Maxim...interesting tidbit...from the factory it had a 750cc engine, but was sold/titled as a 650cc. Durable bike. It is still probably in use today with the never touched factory engine.
I still have one of those in my garage right now.
I was so lucky in the early 80s I found a YZ250 red and white. I happened to meet a ex dealer who had a catch of “OW” factory race parts that are normally crushed at the end of the year. So for pennies I got some ultra rare race parts for my bike.
I agree this guys reading a script. That BSA looking bike I believe was actually a Kawasaki 650 that was dam near a copy of the BSA. I never verified it but I was told you could swap parts between them. In the fifty’s and early 60s they copied a lot.
Why didn't you talk about the fj09? It's a fabulous bike! Came out in 2015.
One word "game changer". AI trained on junior high English papers, apparently.
Yamaha is a world leader in the design and construction of internal combustion engines .their skills casting aluminium are unrivaled
Na, they are good, but Honda with their six-cylinder GP bikes and NSR are better. Suzuki's Wankel is a masterpiece of foundry artwork too?
And BTW…. Their guitars are very solid, especially for the money. BIG bang for the buck.
Thank you! Very Nice vídeo!
Thanks!
My dream Yamaha is the R6.
Commentary is Gibberish…
At 9.41 you talk about the 1968 Yamaha RI but show a picture of a British motorcycle, the BSA A65 rocket, a 650cc parallel twin fourstroke motorcycle made in Birmingham, England.
The Last two stroke yamaha bikes, the venerable135 cc RX-K (King) was a street racing hero, but notoriously became escaping ride for bank robbers.
What a lot of inacuraties... talking about 2 strokes, showing 4 strokes, talking about monoshock, showing classic double springs etc, etc... And on top of that, lousy "music". Not worth watcing. People should learn about a subject before they make a video on it!
Apologies, will do better in the next one. Thanks for pointing it out.
@@themaverickroadster I even saw a BSA in the mix.
I have an R6 and a WR250R
I have several very fine Yamaha trumpets, coincidentally designed by Renold Schilke in Chicago
Test: Call a friend and have them play music or a television in the background. You'll understand the frustration of listening to your otherwise excellent narrative. It must be written somewhere in the YOUTube instructions that music is necessary for a video. Save it for tv commercicals.
Understood, will stop using music from my next video.
@@themaverickroadster I didn't think it was that bad. Way to be a stand-up guy, refreshing in today's world indeed.
In my garage sits Tenere 700, FZ1, YZ250X & WR450F.
My introduction to motorcycles was one of those 125 Yamahas 55 years ago.
The Tuning Fork Company ..... My noise induced hearing loss is not compatible with background noise. 74' DT250 ● (3)XS650's, ● 78' XS750 triple ● 79'XS11 all of them long gone Now I'm old and haven't ridden my 96' 1400 Intruder in a while. but I ride sport quads, so at least I'm riding something
Yamaha Raider!!!
Ai shyte.. wonky timeline, bad/wrong info, kept showing the BSA, 2 stroke Kaw are not water cooled, mispronunciation of names and places...
The information about the Indian Yamaha fleet motorcycles is wrong
Yamaha twin 100 cc and the gr8 XS-750
I always thought the 900Seca was a cool bike.
Factoid: If you tap the spokes in an anti-clockwise direction on ANY Yamaha, you get the Japanese National anthem in perfect harmony. Some even reveal Beethoven's 9th when you blow down the exhaust pipe (I am not at liberty to to say which bikes do this because idiots are getting their lips burned)!
Road a YDS2 250cc twin through university.
Yamaha was not the first manufacturer to make a 4 stroke motocross bike. KTM was.
Saw a schetch of a a single sided swing ar flash by doubt Yamaha ever built one of those....
Wonderful trip down memory lane for me. It reminded me of what an idiot I was getting rid of my 1978 SR 500 single. LOL
You are talking out of your bottom, my friend.
Did you mean the havoc that their militaristic actions brought on them???
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Accurate
low rank doc
I stopped watching when they called a BSA a Yamaha two stroke twin.
i own a fjr superb bike and probably will stay on yamaha
Boy! That 350cc two-stroke R1 sure looks like a BSA🤣 The second showing of the BSA is called a Gold Star, but that was a 441 single, not a twin. Good help is hard to find...Absolutely NO mention of the RD/RZ/LC models which put a HUGE amount of people on two wheels. Overall, I give this video a 3 out of 10 stars based only on the early history of Yamaha.
Yamaha isn't just the best producer of motorcycles, Yamaha is an Icon. An icon that has been losing its greatness through its own Apathy.
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You are making a huge mistake by ignoring the Indian market, Yamaha management. We love you but you are not giving us anything apart from R15.
Yamaha, salute to you for building up a company that builds some of the greatest sounding instruments on the road and that plays melodies to the human ear.
Anyone else here realizes that he shares Hitler's birthday, but went in the opposite direction??
The Venture and the Eluder have missed the mark due to the weak engine, Yamaha could've done a lot better then what they did!
Lose the music
Not watchable. Poorly done.
AI commentary, really strange choice of models, generic visuals and blatant errors. This could be a good video with a bit of work but as it is....
Ditch the music