Past Articles Yamaha Motorcycle Reviews

2003 Graves Yamaha R1 Test Ride

Monday, October 13, 2003
MotorcycleUSA takes Damon Buckmaster's monstrously powerful Formula Xtreme YZF-R1 around California Motor Speedway for a test ride!

2003 Yamaha TT-R125L

Thursday, August 07, 2003
It wasn't long ago that people in the market for a small bore four-stroke were subject to just a few choices, now there are no less than three excellent machines to choose from.

2003 Yamaha YZF-R6 Comparison

Thursday, July 24, 2003
We can't believe how much performance manufacturers are squeezing out of these middleweights. And they're so closely matched it makes our job tough.

2004 Yamaha Road Star

Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The 2004 Road Star is proof that self help is a lot closer than any shrink would like to acknowledge.

2003 Yamaha YZ125 Comparison

Friday, April 18, 2003
Five bikes go head-to-head in MCUSA's massive 125cc class shootout. Lightest, fastest, best? We've got the answers.

2004 Yamaha FJR1300

Thursday, April 17, 2003
The FJR1300 has been tweaked for 2004, including optional ABS brakes, to make it an even better monster-motored sport-tourer. But you have to act fast if you want one in your garage.

2003 Yamaha Jamie James R1

Thursday, April 10, 2003
Running legal speeds on the Jamie James R1 is hard, very hard.

2003 Yamaha WR450F vs YZ450F

Friday, April 04, 2003
The WR450F is likely the best trail riding bike ever...or is it?

2003 Yamaha V-Star

Thursday, March 27, 2003
The venerable V-Star 1100 series is one of the bargains in the 1000cc-plus cruiser offerings.

2003 Yamaha R6 Quick Ride

Friday, March 14, 2003
All new for 2003, the Yamaha R6 has arrived on the scene to some very fierce competition from the new Kawasaki's ZX-6R and Honda CBR600RR.

2003 Yamaha WR250F WR450F

Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Yamaha has introduced thoroughly revised 4-stroke enduro bikes, the fun-to-ride WR450F and WR250F. We take them for a spin.

2003 Yamaha YZ450F Comparison

Friday, February 28, 2003
The 2003 crop of 4-strokes is by far the best set of performance thumpers we've ever test...maybe even the best bikes?

2003 Yamaha PW50

Thursday, February 27, 2003
To some, putting one's child on a motorcycle seems like a dangerous act. But it doesn't have to be that way if you shop carefully for the right bike.

2002 Yamaha WR426F

Tuesday, February 25, 2003
The Yamaha 4-strokes have proved to be plenty capable at the track, the woods and everywhere in between.

2002 Yamaha Warrior Comparison

Monday, November 25, 2002
It used to be that there was no such thing as a performance cruiser, that is until Harley Davidson and Yamaha decided to produce ultra-powerful twins.

2001 Yamaha FZ1

Wednesday, November 13, 2002
I've just returned from another insane afternoon spent aboard the fantastic FZ1. Excuse me if I already sound very enthusiastic about the model so early in this review, but the FZ isn't the kind of bike to leave you under-whelmed.

2002 Yamaha YZ125 vs YZ250F

Friday, November 08, 2002
There's a rumbling in the air around motocross tracks, but it's not the kind of thunder created by nature.

2003 Yamaha FJR1300

Thursday, November 07, 2002
Yamaha has been slow to set sail on the sport-touring ship. Finally, the muscle-bound FJR1300 is set to land on our shores as a 2003 model.
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