Yamaha YZR-M1 MotoGP bike ( 2006 )

Yamaha created the innovations which lead to the modern motocross bike, as they were the first to build a production monoshock motocross bike ( 1975 for 250 and 400, 1976 for 125 ) and one of the first to have a water-cooled motocross production bike ( 1977 in works bikes, 1981 in off-the-shelf bikes ).

He developed an interest in motocross aged 12 and got his first bike, a Yamaha YZ-80, at age 13.

However, it established Yamaha as a performance bike manufacturer in India.

The RD was fully imported in earlier models but by 1990 the bike was manufactured completely by Escorts Yamaha in India.

Where as the Honda and Yamaha were fast street bikes that could be easily raced the Suzuki was clearly a race bike that could be ridden on the street.

The Yamaha YZF-R1, sometimes referred to as the R1, is an open class sport bike, or superbike, motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha Motor Company since 1998.

The same engine is used in the Yamaha FZX700 model, a naked bike that was introduced in the USA in 1986.

left Gardner began his racing career in 1977 at age 18, riding a second-hand Yamaha TZ250 bike in the Australian championship and finishing second on debut at Amaroo Park.

Minutes before the start of the race, Roberts ' Yamaha blew a seal and sprayed the bike with oil.

In 1981, Yamaha introduced a new square-four engined bike, similar to Suzuki's RG500.

Roberts won the season-opening round in Argentina on the old square-four Yamaha, but then switched to the new OW61 YZR500 V4 engined bike.

In an attempt to repeat the success of the SR500, Yamaha placed a more modern engine derived from the XT600 into a light, sporty street bike.

He first raced in MotoGP in 2002 for the Red Bull Yamaha WCM team on a two-stroke 500 cc bike, and joined the factory Suzuki squad a year later, for a five-year spell.

For the Superbike World Championship Noriyuki Haga joined the PATA RACING TEAM APRILIA ( Satellite Team ) as a solo rider on the Aprillia RSV4 Factory bike He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, Iron Nori, and Haga-san. He is currently riding for the Swan Yamaha team in British superbikes.

In 1975, the Japanese company Yamaha licensed the algorithms for frequency modulation synthesis ( FM synthesis ) from John Chowning, who had experimented with it at Stanford University since 1971.

Cheney's most noted successes were in the Grand Prix road racing championships, with Phil Read using his chassis in tandem with a Yamaha engine to win the 1971 250cc world championship.

These became essential with the appearance of complex synthesizers such as the Yamaha FS1R, which contained several thousand programmable parameters, but had an interface that consisted of fifteen tiny buttons, four knobs and a small LCD.

A custom video chipset allowed the system to display 4, 096 colors and 380 individual sprites onscreen simultaneously, while the onboard Yamaha YM2610 sound chip gave the system 15 channels of sound with seven channels reserved specifically for digital sound effects.

* 1988 – Roland E-20: Roland's first entry into the auto-accompaniment keyboard market, going head to head with Yamaha and Casio.

The chase scene featured Lola T70 Mk. IIIs with dummy turbine engines racing against Yamaha TA125 / 250cc 2-stroke race replica motorcycles through two San Francisco Bay Area automotive tunnels: the Caldecott Tunnel between Oakland and Orinda, and the underwater Posey Tube between Oakland and Alameda.

She performed solo with a Yamaha CP-70 unless the venue was able to provide a piano.

; Sinful Attraction Tour: For her tenth tour, Amos returned to the trio format of her 2002 and 2003 tours with bassist Jon Evans and drummer Matt Chamberlain while expanding her lineup of keyboards by adding three M-Audio MIDI controllers to her ensemble of her piano, a Hammond B-3 organ, and a Yamaha S90 ES keyboard.

; Night of Hunters tour: Amos's eleventh tour was her first with a string quartet, Apollon Musagète, ( Amos's equipment includes her piano and a Yamaha S90 ES keyboard ) and her first time touring in South Africa.

In 1972, Yamaha introduced the ' RZ201 ' at the Tokyo Motor Show, a prototype with Wankel engine, weighing 220 kg and producing 60 hp from a 660 cc engine ( US patent N396448 ).

* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services

Yamaha signed a contract with Stanford University in 1989 to jointly develop digital waveguide synthesis, and as such most patents related to the technology are owned by Stanford or Yamaha.

While not purely a hardware synth, the DS-XG sound cards based on the Yamaha YMF-7 # 4 family of audio chipsets ( including 724, 744, 754, and 764 ), including the Yamaha WaveForce 192 ( SW192XG ) as well as many from other manufacturers and even some PC motherboards with such an audio chipset, included hardware-assisted software VL physical modelling ( like a VL70m or PLG-VL, and compatible with same ) along with the Yamaha XG, wave audio, and 3D gaming sound capabilities of the chipset.

But since they were not fully compatible with the AC-97 and later AC-98 standards, these chipsets faded from the market and have not been manufactured by Yamaha in nearly a decade.

This sound was emulated by the Yamaha DX7 with a patch that was enormously popular during the 80's ( see DX7 Rhodes ).

Although Yamaha used the Deagan knowledge to improve their own designs, for vibraphones they discontinued the use of the Deagan name and Deagan model legacy ; as of 2008, no visible trace to Deagan remains, although Yamaha continues to use the Deagan name for a line of orchestra bells and chimes.

Yamaha, Roland and Korg now have sampling as a default option with the Yamaha Motif line ( introduced 2001 ), the Roland Fantom series ( introduced 2001 ) and the Korg Triton ( introduced 1999 ), Korg OASYS, and Korg M3 Workstations have a fairly large screen to give a comprehensive overview of the sound, sequencer and sampling options.

Winning the Australasian Yamaha Battle of the Bands in 1978, Sweet Jayne went on through various cassette, vinyl and film clip releases and line up changes and played 700 gigs over 6 years.

Hagar currently endorses Yamaha Guitars, which are currently producing a line of Hagar signature guitars named the Yamaha AES620 SH.

This model was discontinued in 2000 in the US and 2003 in the UK as the " star " range of motorcycles form took over as the cruiser line from Yamaha.

The Yamaha DragStar 650 is sold in the U. S. as the entry-level versions of the V-Star line.

The Clavinova is a long-running line of digital pianos created by the Yamaha Corporation.

Applications ranged from the Supersport YZF-R6 and YZF-R1 models using electronic fuel injection with YCCT and YCCI to the less extreme but still powerful Yamaha FZ6 and FZ1 Fazer line, using a simpler fuel injection designs but essentially the same basic engine design.

On September 5, 2006, driving a promotional 2006 Dodge Ram on Florida Route A1A, his driving license having been revoked in a previous incident in North Carolina, Lane crossed a double yellow line to pass two cars, striking head-on the 1983 Yamaha Motorcycle ridden by 56-year old, Gerald Morelock, who was traveling in the oncoming lane.

DTX electronic drum is the line of electronic-MIDI drum and percussion sets manufactured by Yamaha.

The Club Custom is the first line of drums from Yamaha to feature new lacquering techniques with swirls, which was previously only thought possible with wrap finishes.

Power Tour Custom-A line of Yamaha drums in production from the mid 80's to the mid 90's.

In 2009 Yamaha re-launched the Diversion line in the form of the XJ6 Diversion and XJ6 N. The former has a half-fairing while the N version is a naked motorcycle.

Yamaha has kept the engine displacement at 600cc for the new Diversion line.

The 28 Series is a line of home stereo system components manufactured by Yamaha.