Yamaha – from the smallest beginnings to the second largest motorcycle manufacturer

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1887 is the year yamaha was founded. This means that the company is so old that it must have turned to other things before motorcycle production – a hint of what this could be give the three crossed tuning forks of the brand logo. Yamaha first built musical instruments, as early as 1887 harmonies. To this day, Yamaha is the world's largest producer of pianos.

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Yamaha is a group with many divisions – so many that it threatened to become confusing. In 1955, all vehicle activities were outsourced to the newly founded Yamaha Motor Company. And there are many of these activities, because in addition to the motorcycles, Yamaha also builds boats and boat engines (outboard and built-in motors), generators, quads and ATV, jet skis, robots and "side by side" vehicles (depending on the view small SUVs or large quads).

No. 2 worldwide

Apart from that, Yamaha has been involved in motorcycle racing for a long time. In total, Yamaha won no less than 39 world titles. On September 17, 1970, Don Vesco drove 405.25 km/h with his "Big Red" Yamaha. Two 350cc Yahaha engines were installed in the bike.

In Germany, the bestseller Yamaha mt-07, a Naked Bike, which is ranked 4th in new motorcycle registrations in March 2019.