Yamaha has come a long way since its start as an organ builder, and the 1970s saw some of the Japanese company's finest ...

Debuting in 1955, the YA-1 was a 125cc single-cylinder two-stroke street bike, and it didn't exactly set the world on fire. However, it set the stage for Yamaha to grow into the motorcycle ...

This was a street-legal trail model that retained the mechanisms, performance and image of Yamaha's competition motocrossers. Its liquid-cooled 2-stroke single-cylinder engine was outfitted with ...

The Yamaha CP2 parallel twin, liquid-cooled engine is exceptionally versatile and used in several motorcycles.