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The Yamaha Virago 535 is a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha Motor Corporation.It is one of several in the Virago line and is positioned as mid-size cruiser with an engine displacement of 535 cc (32.6 cu in).
Yamaha entered the ATC market in 1980, after paying patent-right to Honda to produce their own version of the All Terrain Cycle. Starting modestly with a 125cc recreational ATC that would remain the foundation of their line through 1985, the YT125 featured a 2 stoke engine with sealed airbox with snorkel intake, an autolube oil injection system, and featured a narrow tunnel above the engine ...
The Yamaha DragStar 650 [1] (also known as the V Star 650 and the XVS650/XVS650A) is a cruiser-style motorcycle produced by Yamaha Motor Company between 1997 and 2017. The XVS650 came in two models: the Custom with a lower seat height and slightly less weight, and the Classic with a higher seat.
In another case, a Ford Model A engine was used to drive a suction pump used to dredge the bottoms of bodies of water for gold mining. [85] At another site, another Model A engine was used to reverse a dredge's bucket line when it scooped a rock too big for the machine. [86] The engine has also been used to power drilling rigs. [56]
The 920 was redesigned in 1984 and engine size increased to 981 cc (59.9 cu in) resulting in the renamed XV1000. In 1986, engine size was again increased to 1,063 cc (64.9 cu in), resulting in the renamed XV1100. This model was discontinued in 2000 as the "Star" range of motorcycles took over as the cruiser line from Yamaha.
The Yamaha XV1900A cruiser was developed to exploit the large displacement end of the market for large cruisers.Yamaha had a well established range of big "Star" cruisers which went up to the Wild Star 1600 cc but there was a need to redesign the engine to meet anticipated exhaust emissions regulations and the opportunity to update the styling, which had remained largely unchanged for a decade.
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The P in Yamaha V50P stood for pedals and was released in the UK in 1975, now that it had pedals it could be bought and used on L-plates. The bike itself was almost exactly the same to the original V50 but instead of having the standard footrests it had pedals that could move the bike when the engine was off.