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25 Days of Christmas: Day 21 – 2016 Yamaha PW50

25 Days of Christmas: Day 21 – 2016 Yamaha PW50 Santa Claus is willing to bet this is where it all started for an awful lot of you. If you look back at almost any home movies from current and past motocross champions, most of them are of riding around the yard on a Yamaha PW50 while parents scream into the camera’s mic. It’s probably THE best place to start.

25 Days of Christmas: Day 14 – Yamaha TT-R50E

25 Days of Christmas: Day 14 – Yamaha TT-R50E Yes, this is another ‘big ticket’ item, but if you’re planning on getting a youngster into riding, it’s tough to find a better place to start. Or, this thing will fit into anyone’s trailer as the perfect little bike to get around once you get to the track. Santa Claus is old school and has bumper brackets on the back of

25 Days of Christmas – Day 2: Yamaha EF2600C Generator

25 Days of Christmas – Day 2: Yamaha EF2600C Generator How do you think Santa will be charging his smartphone, tablet, and laptop while he flies all over the place this Christmas? You know he’s going to need the quietness of the Yamaha EF2600C generator to be sure he’s not spotted going roof to roof this year. Not only does it run nice and quiet, but it is made to

#TBT 2012 Video Interview with Bobby Kiniry

#TBT 2012 Video Interview with Bobby Kiniry With Bobby Kiniry recently announcing his intention to go Pro Bass fishing in the next chapter of his competitive life, it seemed appropriate to dig up an old interview with the long-time Canadian Nationals competitor from New York State. Kyle Carruthers caught up with him at the 2012 Yamaha Press Ride Day up at Motopark. Thanks for all the great memories, Bobby. The

2016 Yamaha Off-Road Press Day at Motopark

2016 Yamaha Off-Road Press Day at Motopark By Billy Rainford One of the many cool things about working in the moto industry is getting the opportunity to ride brand new bikes when they become available. There was a time when every brand would bring out their new line-up and the media would get the chance to ride them all back to back to compare. That was back in the ‘Shootout’

2016 Yamaha Off-Road Press Day at Motopark

2016 Yamaha Off-Road Press Day at Motopark We got a chance to try out the 2016 Off-Road line-up of Yamaha Motorcycles Tuesday, October 20th up at Motopark in Chatsworth, Ontario. We dragged Pro motocross rider, Hayden Halstead, along for the trip and he had a blast, as usual.

Frid’Eh Update #39 Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada

Frid’Eh Update #39 Presented by Yamaha Motor Canada By Jeff McConkey and Billy Rainford Hello and welcome to Week #39 of the Frid’Eh Update this week presented by Yamaha Canada. In 2015, #39 was the rider out of Prince George, BC who turned a lot of heads as a young amateur rider just a few short years ago. In a sport the defines the old cliché, “What have you done

Yamaha Introduces All-New YXZ1000R

YAMAHA MOTOR CANADA LTD. YAMAHA INTRODUCES ALL-NEW YXZ1000R _____________________________________ First and Only Pure Sport Side-By-Side Solidifies Yamaha Leadership in Powersports Performance Sept 1, 2015 (Toronto, ON via Kennesaw, GA) – Yamaha Motor Canada Ltd. introduces the all-new YXZ1000R, the world’s only pure sport Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicle. Boasting a high-performance 3-cylinder 998cc engine with a class- defining 5-speed sequential shift manual transmission, the two-seat YXZ1000R provides a superior driver-connected experience in