Yamaha Reviews Archives - MCNews https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/yamaha-reviews/ Motorcycle News, Sport and Reviews Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:38:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.mcnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Icon-32x32.png Yamaha Reviews Archives - MCNews https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-news/motorcycle-reviews/bike-reviews/yamaha-reviews/ 32 32 2023 Yamaha MT-10 SP Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-yamaha-mt-10-sp-review-specifications-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-yamaha-mt-10-sp-review-specifications-motorcycle-test/#comments Thu, 11 May 2023 04:23:32 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=412140 2023 Yamaha MT-10 SP Review Motorcycle Test by Rennie Scaysbrook I wouldn’t go so far as to say the base model 2023 Yamaha MT-10 is the perfect bike, but it’s pretty damn good. At a smidge under $25K ($24,649 ride away), the base model represents excellent value in the 1000 cc nakedbike sector. But then […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2023-yamaha-mt-10-sp-review-specifications-motorcycle-test/feed/ 2 Yamaha YDX-Moro 07 E-MTB Review | E-Bicycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-ydx-moro-07-e-mtb-review/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-ydx-moro-07-e-mtb-review/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2023 05:21:54 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=426048 Yamaha YDX-Moro 07 E-MTB By Russell Downie, Images iKapture As an avid mountain biker since almost the day I could walk, and an avid motorcyclist in almost all forms since I obtained a licence at 16 – a mountain bike with an electric motor and battery added seems almost too good to be true… The […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-ydx-moro-07-e-mtb-review/feed/ 1 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 LAMS Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-yzf-r7-review-lams/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-yzf-r7-review-lams/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:49:48 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=368984 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 LAMS Review Yamaha R7 Test by Vicko, Images by RbMotoLens Admission time – I was positively frothing at the thought of Yamaha putting an R7 into production when I read the announcement headline. And then my shoulders slumped when I realised it wasn’t going to be a fire breathing Nori replica, full […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-yzf-r7-review-lams/feed/ 2 2021 Yamaha MT-09 SP Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/#respond Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:18:20 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=359632 2021 Yamaha MT-09 SP Motorcycle Review By Rennie Scaysbrook A while back, I tested the new Yamaha Tracer 9 GT (link) for Trev and noted Yamaha had taken what was a bit of a delinquent sport tourer and turned it into a respectable member of society. That bike is now a genuine alternative to the […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-mt-09-sp-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 0 2021 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT Review | Motorcycle Test https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-tracer-9-gt-review-motorcycle-test/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-tracer-9-gt-review-motorcycle-test/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2021 03:23:49 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=354998 2021 Yamaha Tracer 9 GT Review By Rennie Scaysbrook – Photography by Joseph Agustin The Yamaha Tracer has only been around since 2015 and already it’s gone through two name changes. First, we had the FJ-09, which then morphed into the Tracer 900 GT in 2019, which has now morphed into the Tracer 9 GT […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-tracer-9-gt-review-motorcycle-test/feed/ 1 Rennie rides and reviews the new Yamaha YZF-R7 https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-yzf-r7-review/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-yzf-r7-review/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:48:23 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=341637 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 Review Motorcycle Test by Rennie Scaysbrook Let’s get one thing out of the way first: the new Yamaha YZF-R7 has absolutely nothing to do with the Yamaha YZF-R7. The Yamaha YZF-R7 OW02, I mean. The original R7 (which in my mind should be the only R7) ran for a couple of years […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2021-yamaha-mt-09-launch-report/feed/ 0 2020 Yamaha YZF-R15 Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r15-review/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r15-review/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2020 05:45:33 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=306896 2020 Yamaha YZF-R15 Review Motorcycle Test by Vicko – Images Rob Mott I’ve been spending some time on a few of the smaller offerings of late. Having ridden Yamaha’s MT03 (Link) and more recently I was thrown the keys to the tuning fork mob’s latest little jigger, the YZF-R15. We don’t have the history in […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r15-review/feed/ 1 Yamaha XSR700 Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-xsr700-review-2020/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-xsr700-review-2020/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:46:12 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=309730 Yamaha XSR700 Review This week we’re looking at the smaller of the two from Yamaha’s retro ‘Sport Heritage’ range. For the unfamiliar, the XSR lineup consists of the bigger brother XRS900 which runs the impressive 847cc triple shared with the MT-09 (which probably gets the most attention) – and the XSR700 as reviewed here which […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-xsr700-review-2020/feed/ 0 Motorcycle Review | Honda ADV 150 versus Yamaha YZF-R15 https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-review-honda-adv-150-versus-yamaha-yzf-r15/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-review-honda-adv-150-versus-yamaha-yzf-r15/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:47:42 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=306894 Honda ADV 150 versus Yamaha YZF-R15 comparo Motorcycle Test by Vicko – Images by Rob Mott Eh? Why are we looking at these two at the same time? Sure they share a 150cc sized stump puller within, but other than that they couldn’t be much more different. The short answer is that we thought it […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycle-review-honda-adv-150-versus-yamaha-yzf-r15/feed/ 2 Yamaha MT-03 Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-mt-03-review/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-mt-03-review/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 03:13:08 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=302252 Yamaha MT-03 Test Motorcycle Test by Vicko – Images by Rob Mott I’m the first to admit that as a relatively seasoned rider I do find it challenging to get excited about entry level bikes. They generally don’t stir my nether regions like their full sized big brothers can – nor should they be expected […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-mt-03-review/feed/ 1 Yamaha Tenere 700 Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tenere-700-review-new-xtz690-tested/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tenere-700-review-new-xtz690-tested/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 01:00:10 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=300600 Yamaha Tenere Review Motorcycle Test by Wayne Vickers – Images RbMotoLens Yamaha’s popular Tenere 700 is already a bit of a sales hit, in fact it is the biggest selling motorcycle in Australia. After spending some time exlporing my local dirt tracks on it, I can see why. Yamaha have pretty much nailed it. I […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tenere-700-review-new-xtz690-tested/feed/ 3 Yamaha TMAX 560 Review https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tmax-560-review-australia/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tmax-560-review-australia/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:45:06 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=299732 Yamaha TMAX 560 Test Motorcycle Test by Vicko – Images RbMotoLens Scooters. They’ve not quite established themselves in Australia as well as they have in Europe. Admittedly the boom in home delivery services has given them a proper sales nudge and I reckon the tide is turning. It’s easy to see why. They’re light, convenient, […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/yamaha-tmax-560-review-australia/feed/ 5 Riding the McAMS Yamaha YZF-R1 British Superbike contender https://www.mcnews.com.au/riding-the-mcams-yamaha-yzf-r1-british-superbike-contender/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/riding-the-mcams-yamaha-yzf-r1-british-superbike-contender/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2020 04:48:24 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=300598 McAMS Yamaha British Superbike R1 230 hp, plus, no traction control, no rider aids – how hard and scary is a British Superbike to ride? We take an exclusive spin on Yamaha’s 2020 R1 Superbike. By Adam Child ‘Chad’ Photography by Joe Dick Unlike ASBK, British Superbike machines are fitted with a control ECU and […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/riding-the-mcams-yamaha-yzf-r1-british-superbike-contender/feed/ 3 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 Review | Part Two | Track https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r1-review-part-two-track/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r1-review-part-two-track/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:00:43 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=293967 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 Review | Part Two Yamaha YZF-R1 Test by Vicko – Images by SD Pics So I’ve put down my thoughts on how the new R1 performs on the road in Part 1 of the R1 review here (link). But I was also lucky enough to get some time on track with it. […]

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]]> https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r1-review-part-two-track/feed/ 0 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1 Review | Part One | Road https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r1-review-part-one-road/ https://www.mcnews.com.au/2020-yamaha-yzf-r1-review-part-one-road/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2020 20:52:45 +0000 https://www.mcnews.com.au/?p=293966 2020 Yamaha R1 Review – Part 1 Yamaha YZF-R1 Test by Vicko – Images by TBG Having ridden the outgoing R1 last year I had a good idea of what I was in for, but was still shaking my head a few days after riding the new 2020 Yamaha YZF-R1. It’s a far more well […]

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