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The scooter was Yamaha's first production scooter and was only released to the Japanese market. The original Passol was launched in March 1977. To compete with Honda 's Road Pal, which had Sophia Loren to promote it, Yamaha brought in actress Kaoru Yachigusa to promote the bike through commercials. [ 1 ]
The Yamaha NMAX is a scooter produced by Yamaha since 2015. It was officially launched in February 2015 at the Sentul International Circuit in West Java , Indonesia. [ 1 ] The scooter's production base is in Indonesia and has been exported to various countries as Yamaha's global scooter model.
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]
As of November 2020, the number of electric scooters in China had reached around 300 million, with annual sales of more than 30 million units. [80] There were only 31,338 electric scooter sales outside the Asia-Pacific region including Europe. The US market is comparatively small, with an estimated 2,000 sold in 2012. [81]
Note there is no single fixed definition of a scooter (also known by the full name motor-scooter), but generally a smaller motorcycle with a step-through frame is considered a scooter, especially if it has a floor for the rider's feet (as opposed to straddling the vehicle like a conventional motorcycle). Other common traits of scooters can ...
In 1997 Yamaha introduced the Aerox to the European market. It came in two models, the 2-Stroke 50 cc [1] (Internally known as the YQ50) powered by the Minarelli MA-50 horizontal Liquid cooled engine with a front and rear disc brake (DD), this engine came restricted to 45 km/h from the factory to follow European law on 50 cc mopeds.
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SG-175B (1996, Yamaha Electric Guitars 30th Anniversary, with Buddha inlay replicated from Carlos Santana model) SG-25S / SG-25T (1991 by Yamaha custom shop, Yamaha Electric Guitars 25th Anniversary, based on SG-3000, S = pearl inlay on the body (hummingbird and floral), T = Takanaka model (tremolo and HSH pickups)) SG-200 (1978) Yuri Kasparyan ...