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This month, Yamaha unveiled at the Milan’s third generation of the XP 500 Twin Maximum, better known as TMAX. Besides the general redesign of the body, the aluminum chassis (unique in the scooter segment) has been revised in lowering your weight 4 kg over the previous version. The engine displacement increases up to 530 cc 46.5 hp and greater acceleration in low and middle. The secondary transmission has been revised by adopting belt instead of the previous chain. The windshield is adjustable in height and rear disc increases in size (282 mm). Read the rest of this entry »

Yamaha introduces a new version of the T-MAX the most iconic scooter. The Sport edition of the T-MAX is a new version of the scooter with a standard pack of accessories, including sport screen and tube Akrapovic titanium finish.

All this at a special price:

Sport T-MAX Price: € 10,499

Price T-MAX ABS Sport: € 11,199

This new version are available at the Yamaha dealer network since this July.

The great tourer Yamaha, first created for marketing in 1983 and based on the model winner Paris-Dakar Rally in 1976, brings a special edition of the standard motorcycle equipped with all necessary accessories for an unforgettable experience. The new version of Adventure, which maintains the robustness and advanced technology of the machines that Yamaha uses in Dakar, will fit perfectly when crossing rivers, traversing dirt roads and asphalt roads traverse endless.

This spectacular trail 1200cc super., Available in standard colors of the model comes standard with the following accessories: two panniers, top box Top Case, Skid Plate card protector, shields for the engine, fog lights and ultra durable high screen provides increased protection against the wind.

In addition, the first 100 customers who purchase this new version will receive the gift of a Garmin GPS model valued at € 400 Zumo220.

Design muscular but nothing spectacular

With the design of these Yamaha and Yamaha Fazer8 FZ8 has wanted to get a motorcycle muscular energy to forward motion. Or so they say, because to me, seeing the photos that illustrate this post I do not see nothing special. Maybe when you see it live changed my idea about it, but for now see it as an intermediate step that fails to be neither fish nor fowl. And that the initial approach is interesting, to design a bike halfway between a Superbike and Supersport, but I see you have been given anything that can characterize and stress over their potential competitors. Perhaps most significant is that we can opt for the faired or naked, with and without ABS, but not much else. If you want more motorcycle racing sensations or quieter bike will have to choose another brand.

And that has been created for such a large catalog of accessories ranging from a few over-sized screens for both, number plate, Top Case with back protections for the engine and the fairing (the version that will take), bags luggage and even a clothing line to go along with your bike. Read the rest of this entry »

They have made us wait, these communicators Yamaha. And as promised, at 20 pm sharp, the Super Tenere 2010 we are ‘delivered’ with photos and all its options.

The main trail to the three forks house a twin line 1199 cm3 injection and liquid cooling, with a crankshaft 270 ° crank. Regarding performance, the manufacturer displays a maximum torque to 11.6 kg / m at 6,000 rpm and a maximum output of 100 hp at 7,250 rpm. Read the rest of this entry »

After unveiling a small photo of the FZ8 (naked) under the media pressure, Yamaha released an official photograph Fazer 8. Here is the fairing to light. We stay in a copied / pasted Fazer 1.

The features seem to remain the same as the FZ8: inverted fork, saddle into two parts and molded aluminum frame. For the brakes, we keep the two large discs with 4 piston compressed enforceable.

Yamaha may falter by dint of its small distilling information in dribs and drabs and, thereby, to fatigue his readers. Next (real) new March 12, 2010.

No more information at a snail! Appointment is made to learn all about the Yamaha Super Tenere 2010. All details on the trail to the three forks will be posted on the website dedicated to this bike, February 24 at 20 pm The little originality is that users will be informed at the same time as professionals. Then we can all give us a review simultaneously the rival of the BMW R1200 GS and Ducati Multistrada 1200. Read the rest of this entry »

Yamaha has announced the bill for its innovations. Good prices surprise and fair value of our estimates for FZ8, Fazer8 and Super Tenere.

The Super Tenere 1200 appears to € 14,999. What do you scold finest … at least if one refers to your many comments our presentation item: New for 2010 the Super Ténéré finally unveiled!

The FZ8, which is located directly opposite the Kawasaki Z 750, will receive an introductory price at € 7,999 (its list price is set at € 8,399). A little more expensive so that its direct competitor. Indeed, the market leader is shown to € 7,399. The introductory price of Fazer8 (semi-streamlined version of the FZ8) is, himself, to € 8,499 (list price € 8,899). Both machines will be available in May / June 2010, but it was not until the summer to have the ABS option.