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Yamaha YA-1. YA-1 built August 1954, produced January 1955. 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]
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.
It is powered by a 125 cc (unrelated to the engine used in Indonesian-only Aerox 125 LC) or bored-up 155 cc Blue Core engine equipped with Variable Valve Actuation (VVA) that produces a claimed power output of 8.8 kW (11.8 hp; 12.0 PS) or 11–11.3 kW (14.8–15.2 hp; 15.0–15.4 PS). These engines are shared with the NMAX.
The features of the VMAX include an all-aluminium frame with its 1,679 cc (102 cu in) liquid-cooled 65° V4 DOHC engine used as a stressed member of the chassis, an electroluminescent instrument readout, Yamaha Chip Controlled Intake (YCC-I), fully adjustable suspension, anti-lock brakes, slipper clutch, a fuel tank beneath the seat, and a ...
Ford and Yamaha also developed the Zetec-SE branded 4-cylinder engines used in several Ford cars like the small sports car Ford Puma. From 2005 to 2010, Yamaha produced a 4.4 Litre V8 for Volvo. The B8444S engines were used in the XC90 and S80 models, whilst also adapted to 5.0L configuration for Volvo's foray into the V8 Supercars with the S60.
Yamaha used the designation XP500 for all previous model years; more than 233,000 TMAX scooters have been sold in Europe. [ 18 ] Notwithstanding the fact that the TMAX was Yamaha's second mega-scooter, the first being the YP 250 Majesty introduced in 1996, [ 15 ] motorcycle journalist Kevin Ash said that the "T-Max is the machine that invented ...
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.
The 1,198 cc (73.1 cu in) V4 engine from the Mk1 Venture was modified for performance and was used as the engine in the Yamaha V-Max. Yamaha resurrected the Venture's V4 engine in 1996 in the Royal Star cruiser, then later brought out a full touring version in 1999 as the Royal Star Venture .