Yamaha
Yamaha Motor Company Limited is a Japanese 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. 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.
1955 Yamaha Motor Co was founded and spun out of the Corporation, although the Corporation remains the largest private shareholder.
It is the world's second largest producer of motorcycles. It also produces many other motorized vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, boats, snowmobiles, outboard motors, and personal watercraft.
1972 The 1970 Yamaha YDS 6 pictured won the 250cc standard or production class I.O.M.Ramsey sprint, during the T.T.of that year. It includes a Brealey Smith tank and seat.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia