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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 ...
List of motorcycles by type of engine is a list of motorcycles by the type of motorcycle engine used by the vehicle, such as by the number of cylinders or configuration.. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel.
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]
Yamaha 16 Yamaha Factory Racing 2013: Josh Herrin: Yamaha 4 Yamaha Factory Racing 2014: Josh Hayes (4) Yamaha 7 Yamaha Factory Racing 2015: Cameron Beaubier: Yamaha 8 Yamaha Factory Racing 2016: Cameron Beaubier (2) Yamaha 8 Yamaha Factory Racing 2017: Toni Elías: Suzuki 10 Yoshimura 2018: Cameron Beaubier (3) Yamaha 7 Yamaha Factory Racing ...
Yamaha added four-stroke engines to their line-up when they released the XS650 XS1 in 1970. This bike was powered by a Hosk-derived four-stroke air-cooled twin of 654 cc. Work began on a successor to the XS650 two years before its 1972 debut. Although superficially similar to the XS650, the TX750 was an almost entirely new design. [9]
At the end his first year of national competition, . [15] Roberts made a name for himself that year by battling the dominant Harley-Davidson factory dirt track team aboard an underpowered Yamaha XS650 motorcycle, making up for his lack of horsepower with sheer determination. [16] He finished the season ranked fourth in the country.
Their 224,000-square-foot (20,800 m 2) factory was located in Fort Worth, Texas, and housed the complete manufacturing process under a single roof. Although most (305) parts for the bikes were made in-house, such as the seats and wheels, all American IronHorse motorcycles were built with S&S engines and were assembled in-house.
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 .