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{{Infobox_Company 
|company_name = Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. 
|company_logo = [[Image:YamahaMotorCo.svg|200px|Yamaha Motor Company Logo]]
|company_type = [[Public]]
|foundation = [[July 1]], [[1955]]
|location_city = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Iwata, Shizuoka]]
|location_country = [[Japan]]
|key_people = 
|area_served = Global
|industry = 
|products = Vehicles, ATVs, Motorbikes, Vehicle Engines, [[Personal water craft]]
|revenue = 12 billion US$ (2005)
|operating_income = 900 million US$ (2005)
|net_income = 550 million US$ (2005)
|num_employees = 39,300 (2005)
|parent =
|subsid =
|homepage = [http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/ Yamaha Motor Global]
|footnotes =
}}

{{nihongo|'''Yamaha Motor Company Limited'''|ヤマハ発動機株式会社|Yamaha Hatsudōki Kabushiki-gaisha}} ({{tyo|7272}}), a [[Japan]]ese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai, [[Iwata, Shizuoka]]), is part of the [[Yamaha Corporation]]. After expanding Yamaha Corporation into the world's biggest [[piano]] maker, then Yamaha [[CEO]] [[Genichi Kawakami]] took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on [[July 1]], [[1955]]. The company's intensive research into metal [[alloys]] for use in acoustic pianos had given Yamaha wide knowledge of the making of lightweight, yet sturdy and reliable metal constructions. This knowledge was easily applied to the making of metal frames and motor parts for motorcycles. Yamaha Motor is the world's second largest producer of [[motorcycle]]s (after [[Honda]]){{Fact|date=July 2008}}.  It also produces many other motorized vehicles such as [[all-terrain vehicle]]s, [[boat]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[outboard motors]], and [[personal watercraft]].

The Yamaha corporate logo is comprised of three [[tuning forks]] placed on top of each other in a triangular pattern.

In 2000, [[Toyota]] and [[Yamaha Corporation]] made a capital alliance where Toyota paid Yamaha Corporation 10.5 billion yen for a 5 per cent share in Yamaha Motor Company while Yamaha and Yamaha Motor each bought 500,000 shares of Toyota stock in return.

== Racing heritage ==
{{see also|Yamaha Motor Racing}}

Yamaha has a long racing heritage where it has had its machines and team win many different competitions in many different areas, particularly in motorcycle racing. Yamaha has had great success with riders such as [[Bob Hannah]], [[Heikki Mikkola]], [[Kenny Roberts]], [[Chad Reed]], [[Jeremy McGrath]], [[Stefan Merriman]], [[Wayne Rainey]], and currently, [[Valentino Rossi]]. Yamaha has won a total of 35 World Championships, including 3 in MotoGP and 9 in the preceding 500cc 2-stroke class.

Yamaha created the innovations which lead to the modern motocross bike, as they were the first to build a production mono-shock motocross bike (1975 for 250 and 400, 1976 for 125) and one of the first to have a water-cooled motocross production bike (1977 in works bikes, 1981 in off-the-shelf bikes).

Since 1962 Yamaha produced production road racing [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|grand prix]] motorcycles that any licensed road racer could purchase. In 1970, non-factory "privateer" teams dominated the 250cc World Championship with Great Britain’s [[Rodney Gould]] winning the title on a [[Yamaha TD2]].

Yamaha also sponsors several professional ATV riders in several areas of racing, such as cross country racing and motocross. Yamaha has had good success in cross country with their YFZ450, being ridden by Bill Ballance, winning 9 straight titles since 2000. Yamaha's other major rider, Traci Cecco, has ridden the YFZ450 to 7 titles, with the first in 2000. In ATV motocross, Yamaha has had success with Dustin Nelson and Pat Brown, both who race the YFZ450. Pat Brown's best season was a 3rd place title in 2007, while Nelson has had two 1st place titles in the Yamaha/ITP Quadcross, one in 2006 and the other in 2008. 

The company also produced Formula One engines from 1989 to 1997, initially for the [[Zakspeed]] team and later for [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]. These never won a race, but drivers including [[Andrea de Cesaris]] and [[Mark Blundell]] scored some good results with them.

== Motorcycle models ==
{{main|List of Yamaha motorcycles}}
Yamaha has made an extensive number of two- and four-stroke scooters, on-road and off-road motorcycles. The [[Yamaha XS 650]], introduced in 1970, was an early success.  

== Electrical vehicles ==
=== Motorcycles ===
*[[Yamaha Alba]]
*[[Yamaha Frog]]
*[[Yamaha Libero]]
*[[Yamaha Gladiator]]
Yamaha Maxim
*[[Yamaha Mest]]
*[[Yamaha Eccy]]
*[[Yamaha Passol]]
*[[Yamaha EC-02]]
*[[Yamaha Passol-L]]
*[[Yamaha Yz85]]
*[[Yamaha V-Star]]
*[[Yamaha YZF-R1]]
*[[Yamaha YZF-R15]]
*[[Yamaha YZF-R125]]
*[[Yamaha FZ1]]
*[[Yamaha FZ16]]
*[[Yamaha Scorpio Z]]

===Mopeds===
:''See also [[List of scooters]]''
*[[Yamaha PAS]] ([[Nickel metal hydride]] battery)
*PAS Lithium ([[Lithium ion]] battery)
*PAS Business (Ni-Cd battery)
*[[Yamaha YQ50 Aerox R]]
*Yamaha Boxer
*Yamaha Champ
*Yamaha Champ CX
*Yamaha Jog
*Yamaha Jog R
*Yamaha Jog Aprio
*Yamaha ZX Super Jog
*Yamaha Neo's
*Yamaha BW'S
*Yamaha Morphous
*[[Yamaha XF50X]] (C3/Vox/Giggle)
*Yamaha FS1 ([[Yamaha FS1E]])
*Yamaha Lagend
*Yamaha DT50
*Yamaha TZR
*[[Yamaha QT50]]
*[[Yamaha Zuma]]

=== Golf carts ===
Yamaha G1<br />
Yamaha Drive

=== Personal Watercraft ===
*[[WaveRunner]]

=== Wheelchairs ===
*JW Active
*JW-IB
*Nesquick sponsored Race chair

=== Wheelchair upgrade parts ===
*JWX-1
*JW-II
*JW-I
*Wetard chair 85 {{Fact|date=October 2008}}

== All-Terrain Vehicles ==
*Yamaha BW80|BW80 / Yamaha BW200|200 / Yamaha BW350|350
*Yamaha YFZ450R|YFZ450
*Yamaha Raptor 80|Raptor 80 / Yamaha Raptor 250|250 / Yamaha Raptor 350|350 / Yamaha Raptor 660|660 / Yamaha Raptor 700R|700
*Yamaha Blaster 200|Blaster 200
*Yamaha Banshee 350|Banshee 350
*Yamaha Warrior 350|Warrior 350
*Yamaha Bruin 350|Bruin 350
*Yamaha Kodiak 400|Kodiak 400 / Yamaha Kodiak 450|450
*Yamaha Grizzly 80|Grizzly 80 / Yamaha Grizzly 125|125 / Yamaha Grizzly 350|350 / Yamaha Grizzly 400|400 / Yamaha Grizzly 450|450 / Yamaha Grizzly 550|550 / Yamaha Grizzly 600|600 / Yamaha Grizzly 660|660 / Yamaha Grizzly 700|700
*Yamaha Big Bear 400|Big Bear 400
*Yamaha Wolverine 350|Wolverine 350 / Yamaha Wolverine 450|450
*Yamaha Tri-Z 250|Tri-Z 250

== Snowmobiles ==
Yamaha has recently claimed a 100% [[four-stroke]] snowmobile line-up, making them the only snowmobile manufacturer to do so. In Canada though, there are still three models that Yamaha manufactures that are still 2 stroke. They are the Bravo, VK 540 and the Venture XL. Yamaha had introduced four-strokes to their line-up in 2003 and the line-up became four-stroke based for model year 2005. Many say that Yamaha has proven snowmobiles can be clean, efficient, and reliable all while maintaining strong performance. The RX-1 released in 2003 was the first performance-oriented four-stroke snowmobile to ever hit the market. It was not, however, the first modern four-stroke snowmobile produced. That honor belongs to [[Arctic Cat]] for their Yellowstone Special, released in 2000, which was designed as a rental sled that could meet [[Yellowstone National Park]]'s stringent [[emission standard|emission]] requirement. However, the Yamaha received much criticism for its weight disadvantage when compared to similar two-strokes, despite its excellent fuel economy and low-range [[torque]]. Yamaha is now on the cutting edge of four-stroke technology with the introducing of their 80FI engine which is equipped on the Phazer and Venture Lite models. This engine has one of the highest [[specific output]] of any four-stroke in production, with 160 HP/L, Yamaha achieves this even without the use of a [[forced induction]] system. Yamaha is also a key player in the "four-stroke wars", which are a series of advertisements from opponent [[Ski-Doo]] who claim their 2-tec and power-tek equipped two-strokes are still cleaner and more efficient than four-strokes, while Yamaha still claims the four-strokes are cleaner. Yamaha also broke a multi-year absence from sno-cross in the winter of 2006-07 with their introduction of a factory race team headed by former [[Arctic Cat]] racer Robbie Malinoski.

=== Current line-up ===
*Apex
*Nytro
*FX Nytro
*[[Phazer]] (4th Generation)
*RS Vector
*RS Venture
*VK Professional

=== Significant previously produced models ===
*Bravo
*V-Max     
*SRX

== Snowblowers ==
*YT-600E
*YT-600ED
*YT-660EDJ
*YS-870
*YS-870J
*YS-1070
*YT-1080ED
*YT-1080EX
*YT-1290EX
*YT-1290EXR
*YS-1390A
*YS-1390AR
*YAMAHA-R15

==[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|Remote-controlled helicopters]] ==
*Yamaha R-50
*Yamaha R-MAX

== Outboard motors ==
* 4 stroke series
* 4 stroke jet drive series
* 2 stroke V6
* 2 stroke portable / mid range
* [http://www.yamaha-motor.com/outboard/products/lifestylehome/home.aspx Full list]

== Kart engines ==
=== KT series 2 stroke ===
*KT100SD
*KT100SC
*KT100SEC
*KT100SP
*KT100J
*KT100AX
*KT100A2

== Other vehicles ==
Yamaha has also built engines for other manufacturers' vehicles, most notably the [[Ford SHO V6 engine|V-6]] and [[Ford Yamaha V8 engine|V-8]] engine for the [[Ford Taurus|Ford Taurus SHO]].  The [[Volvo XC90]] uses a larger version of the same Yamaha V-8 engine. They also built [[Formula One]] racing engines from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, with little on track success. In 1991, Yamaha developed its F1 engined [[supercar]] called the [[Yamaha OX99-11|OX99-11]] where two drivers sit in tandem in front of the engine, but the project was canned due to the world recession and lack of interest.

Yamaha also tunes engines for other manufacturers, [[Toyota]] being one of them. Yamaha logos are, for instance, found on the [[Toyota S engine]]s.[http://www.toysport.com/webpages/Techinfo/References/toyota_twin_cam_article.htm] as well as the [[Toyota_ZZ_engine#2ZZ-GE|2ZZ-GE]] utilized by [[Toyota]], [[Pontiac]], and [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]].

Yamaha developed a prototype for a two-seater sports car with help of [[Albrecht Goertz]]. While the Yamaha/Nissan partnership never progressed beyond the prototype stage, Toyota took up the design and released the [[Toyota 2000GT]]. 
[http://zhome.com/History/Truth/GoertzMyth.htm]

Yamaha is also one of the big 4 companies in the [[Personal water craft]] market.

== Water purifier ==
=== Alkalion purifier ===
*OH-A21N
=== Purifier ===
*OH-U20-SA2
*OH-U20-SB1
*OH-U30-HS
*OH-U30-KA4
*OH-U30-SB3
*OH-U40-KA2
*OH-U40-SB1
== Business machines ==
*'''Robot'''
*'''Surface mounter'''
*'''Pool'''
*'''[[CNC]] machine'''
*'''Golf car'''
**G31E
**G31AL
*'''Engine'''
**MT series (2 stroke)
***MT 110
***MT 110 VLS
**MZ series (4 stroke)
***MZ 125
***MZ 175
***MZ 200 (New Model)
***MZ 250
***MZ 300
***MZ 360
*'''Gasoline Engine Water Pump'''
***YP20G
***YP30G
*'''Underground oil tank'''
**My Tank
*'''Oil separator'''
**Pattol series
*'''Food additive'''
*'''Gas heat pump'''
**M series
**SH series
**3HP multi
**Living mate
**YCJ series

== External links ==
*[http://www.yamahavino125.com  Yamaha Vino 125 Fan Site]
*[http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/ Yamaha Motor Co.] global site
*{{dmoz|Recreation/Motorcycles/Makes_and_Models/Yamaha|Yamaha Motorcycles}}


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