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The Yamaha XS750 and XS850 was a line of inline three cylinder motorcycles produced by the Yamaha Motor Corporation from 1976 to 1981 for the worldwide motorcycle market. It was publicly voted by readers as the 1977 Motorcycle News Machine of the Year, ousting the sitting-winner of four-years, the Kawasaki Z1 .
Yamaha BT1100; Yamaha Diversion; Yamaha DragStar 650; Yamaha FJR1300; Yamaha QT50; Yamaha Royal Star Venture; Yamaha VMAX; Yamaha XJ650 Maxim; Yamaha XJ750 Maxim; Yamaha XJ900; Yamaha XJ1100; Yamaha XS Eleven; Yamaha XS750; Yamaha XT1200Z Super Ténéré; Yamaha XV535; Yamaha XV1100; Yamaha XZ 550
The Yamaha XV750 or Virago 750 was a Yamaha V-twin cruiser motorcycle. Made from 1981 to 1983 and 1988 to 1998, it was part of Yamaha's Virago line of cruisers. It was Yamaha's first foray into the V-twin cruiser market and shares a frame and many components with the larger XV1100 Virago. This model suffered from starter problems.
The XS Eleven was the first four-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle from Yamaha. [4] It built on technology first used by Yamaha in their earlier XS 750 four-stroke triple, but was an entirely new development and design. The XS 1100 engine was a new clean-sheet design with several innovative and relatively unconventional elements compared to other ...
The first bike manufactured by Yamaha was actually a copy of the German DKW RT 125; it had an air-cooled, two-stroke, single cylinder 125 cc engine [1] YC-1 (1956) was the second bike manufactured by Yamaha; it was a 175 cc single cylinder two-stroke. [1] YD-1 (1957) Yamaha began production of its first 250 cc, two-stroke twin, the YD1. [1]
Not until 1976 would Yamaha answer the other Japanese brands with a multi-cylinder four stroke of their own. The XS-750 (and later 850) a 750cc triple cylinder machine with shaft final drive was introduced almost seven years after Honda's breakthrough bike. Yamaha's first four-cylinder model, the XS-1100 followed in 1978, again with shaft drive ...
The Yamaha XS650 is a mid-size [2] motorcycle that was made by the Yamaha Motor Company. The standard model was introduced in October 1969, and produced until 1979. The "Special" cruiser model was introduced in 1978 and produced until 1985. The XS650 began with the 1955 Hosk SOHC 500 twin. After about 10 years of producing 500 twin, Hosk ...
Yamaha XJ900; Yamaha XJ1100; Yamaha XJR400; Yamaha XJR1200; Yamaha XMAX; Yamaha XS Eleven; Yamaha XS400; Yamaha XS 650; Yamaha XS750; Yamaha XSR700; Yamaha XSR900; Yamaha XT350; Yamaha XT125R; Yamaha XT200; Yamaha XT225; Yamaha XT250; Yamaha XT 500; Yamaha XT550; Yamaha XT 600; Yamaha XT660R; Yamaha XT660Z Ténéré; Yamaha XT1200Z Super ...