Yamaha Models

Introduced as Yamaha’s small kids’ off-road fun bike, this nameplate was developed to give young riders an approachable first step into motorcycling while carrying the look and spirit of the company’s motocross machin...

This youth-oriented off-road play bike was introduced by Yamaha in 1983 as a larger, more capable companion to the smaller PW50. It was aimed at children who had outgrown the beginner bike but were not ready for a ful...

This small Japanese-market scooter was introduced in 1979 as the Carrot, with export versions marketed as the QT50. It occupied Yamaha’s playful, lightweight commuter niche rather than the larger scooter segment, and ...

Yamaha first used the R7 nameplate on the 1999 YZF-R7 (OW02), a rare, limited-production superbike homologation special created as a race-focused base machine for Superbike competition. It stood apart from Yamaha’s ma...

Yamaha introduced this middleweight standard for the 1986 model year as the YX600 Radian, a U.S.-market street bike that leaned into the classic upright “standard” formula rather than full sport styling. Contemporary ...

This nameplate was introduced for the 2008 North American market as Yamaha’s answer to the big-displacement custom-cruiser segment. It debuted as a factory-built cruiser with a highly individualized “chopper” look, bu...

Yamaha introduced this youth sport ATV for the 2024 model year, giving younger riders a new entry point into the brand’s Raptor family. It was positioned as a scaled-down sport machine with styling inspired by the lar...

Yamaha introduced this entry-level sport ATV for the 2011 model year, positioning it beneath the larger sport models in the Raptor family. Yamaha’s own technical review describes the machine as a new YFM125R launched ...

Introduced for the 2008 model year, this entry-level sport ATV was Yamaha’s answer to riders who wanted a smaller machine with a more serious performance character. Yamaha launched it in 2007 as the new YFM250R, posit...

This youth-size sport ATV was introduced for the 2004 model year as Yamaha’s smallest member of the Raptor family, bringing the aggressive styling and sporty image of the larger Raptor line to beginner riders. It was ...

Introduced for the 2001 sales season, this Yamaha sport ATV marked a new chapter for the company’s recreational lineup. It arrived as a big-displacement machine aimed at riders who wanted more aggressive performance a...

This sport ATV nameplate arrived for the 2006 model year as Yamaha’s larger-displacement successor to the earlier Raptor 660. It was created to carry the company’s performance-focused Raptor line forward with a more m...

Yamaha introduced this entry-level youth ATV in its 2006 model lineup, positioning it as the smallest member of the sporty Raptor family. It was aimed at beginner and leisure riders who wanted a compact, easy-to-manag...

This youth sport ATV first appeared for the 2009 model year and was positioned as an approachable entry point into Yamaha’s sport-oriented off-road lineup. Early official materials describe it as a compact 90-class ma...

This side-by-side nameplate appeared as a smaller-displacement member of Yamaha’s Rhino family, offering the same two-seat, work-and-play concept that made the broader Rhino line popular in North America. It was posit...

Yamaha’s Rhino 660 was introduced as a new kind of side-by-side utility vehicle and marked Yamaha’s entry into the SSV segment. It arrived for the 2004 model year in North America after being unveiled in 2003, and it ...

Yamaha’s Rhino 700 was the 700cc evolution of the original Rhino side-by-side, developed after the Rhino 660 established the nameplate in North America earlier in the decade. Yamaha’s own historical materials describe...

This 125cc scooter nameplate appeared in the U.S. market for the 1985 model year and remained a familiar part of Yamaha’s small-scooter lineup through 2001. It was positioned as a practical step-through commuter, aime...

Yamaha introduced this large-format scooter to the U.S. market for the 1983 model year as part of its Riva family, positioning it as a more refined, comfortable alternative to the small-displacement scooters that domi...

Yamaha’s Riva large-scooter line was introduced to North America in the mid-1980s as part of the brand’s push to make scooters more practical and highway-capable than the small-displacement machines most riders knew a...

The Riva Jog was Yamaha’s North American introduction of the original JOG scooter, a small-displacement runabout that expanded Yamaha’s scooter lineup beyond its earlier home-market debut. Yamaha first launched the JO...

Yamaha’s small-displacement urban scooter was introduced in the U.S. market for the 1987 model year, where it was positioned as part of the Riva scooter family and marketed as a lightweight, easy-to-use runabout. It a...

This Yamaha big-bore cruiser was introduced for the 1999 model year as the company’s flagship V-twin for the American-style cruiser market. It marked an important step in Yamaha’s cruiser strategy: instead of simply f...

Yamaha’s large-bore Road Star line was launched in 1999 with the XV1600 as the company’s flagship V-twin cruiser, and the 1700cc version arrived as a revised successor for the North American market in 2003 as a 2004 m...