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It rents Yamaha WaveRunners, too, the equivalent of a floating motorcycle. As many as three passengers can ride on a Yamaha VX110. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nepali 80-year-old former minister to scale Mt. Qomolangma May 18, 2009
Morang Auto Works, the sole authorized dealer of YAMAHA motorcycles for Nepal, is providing the opportunity for the riding enthusiasts of FZ 16 to be a part of "Road Trip to Mt. Qomolangma". Editor: Yan. (Xinhuanet, China)
Fiat club talks Chrysler May 16, 2009
Runnels will be joined by fellow VJMC members, vintage import motorcycle owners and vendors outside Building R. Anyone with a 1979 or older Yamaha, BSA, Honda, BMW or other import bike is encouraged to participate. For people into sports car, this is the place to come, Skelly said. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Infineon tries to keep wheels rolling in down economy May 16, 2009
Yamaha, one of the major AMA players, is cutting its motorcycle output to a 40-year low this year. American motorcycle sales, zapped by the credit crunch, are off 30. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shahrol happy with the riders on trials May 15, 2009
The riders from the expert category were Mohd Iskandar Raduan (Petronas Sprinta Yamaha Raceline), Elly Idzlianizar Ilias and Mohd Zamri Baba (Petronas Sprinta Yamaha Ah Hong), Ahmad Fazli Sham and Ahmad Fazrul Sham (Shell Advance Yamaha Maju), Mohd Edzuan Ab Gani and Mohd Emir Firdaus Hassan (Motul Yamaha YY Pang), Mohd Affendi Rosli (Suzuki Harian Metro SCK) and Shahril Izzuwan Mohd Nor (Idemitsu Honda Racing) ... Overall, I am happy with their performance as this group of riders are more... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Breaking news: Two Longview dealerships on list to no longer offer Chrysler vehicles May 15, 2009
Sparkler wrote on May 14, 2009 12:09 PM:" Who cares what they sell as long as it's American. It's not that they won't honor the warranties, The government "car Czar" will not allow them to. Would you take your new Harley to a Yamaha dealership for warranty work? ". wazzu coug wrote on May 14, 2009 12:49 PM:" My guess is you'll have to take them to McCord's for service work.They're still selling Dodge.I'm sure Chrysler and Jeep will end up there as well. ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Hunt on for a local to take part in Sepang GP May 14, 2009
Driven by frustration and a patriotic dream to put Malaysians back on the GP grid, the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) are joining hands with their partners in motorsports Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM), Two Wheels Motor Racing (TWMR), Moto Millia and Hong Leong Yamaha to embark on a special programme to identifying two riders for the 125cc event in the penultimate round of the world motorcycle championships ... The 17 riders will undergo a three-day trial from today on Yamaha... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
New-housing price index out, Monday May 9, 2009
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. reports. A loss of 63 (75 cents) is expected in the first quarter, compared with a 78 profit the previous year. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Electric thrills May 7, 2009
Major motorcycle manufacturer KTM of Austria is hyping a competition-ready off-roader in showrooms next year (no word yet on Canadian availability), and Honda, Yamaha and BMW have all been talking about going electric in the near future. The future, however, is here with the Zero S.. (Globe and Mail)
Inaugural Elite Series Postseason May 7, 2009
Official sponsors of the Bassmaster Elite Series: Toyota Trucks, Berkley, BOOYAH Baits, Evan Williams Bourbon, Mercury, OPTIMA Batteries, Skeeter Boats and Yamaha Outboards. Supporting sponsors of the Bassmaster Elite Series: Bass Pro Shops, Costa Del Mar, Ramada, SpongeTech and Triton Boats. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Superbike painting May 5, 2009
The only real contender for Mladin's crown was his old teammate, Ben Spies, who now rides for Yamaha in World Superbike, and has become quite a sensation in the European series ... Eligible bikes are the Yamaha YZF-R6, Suzuki GSX-R600, Honda CBR600RR, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, Buell 1125R, Aprilia RSV1000R, Ducati 848 and the Triumph Daytona 675 ... The proving ground series is reserved strictly for up-and-coming riders between the ages of 16 and 21, who compete on 600cc sport bikes that are only... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
And the Idol is... May 4, 2009
Sasha Lee, the fourth Idols winner from the Western Cape, walks away with a recording contract from Sony, a Citroen C1, Yamaha music equipment of her choice to the value of R50 000, an Acer Aspire Notebook and an LCD wide screen monitor, a R10 000 fashion voucher from Truworths, a JNC technology hamper including an LCD TV, GPS, MP4 player and docking station, a Shure SLZ wireless microphone system, a R10 000 Cardies voucher, a Samsung Beatbox with prepaid sim and R1100 worth of airtime from the... (iAfrica.com)
Why buy the Ford Ikon TDCi car? May 3, 2009
Most of these bikes were Suzuki Shoguns and Yamaha RX100s, 2-strokers that were built to go fast and loud. Among the cars, the Ford Ikon was a stunner. (India Times)
Yamaha "Corners" May 2, 2009
Let us tip our motorcycle helmets to Yamaha (via agency Marshall Advertising & Design of Costa Mesa, Calif. for coming up with one in the headline here: "Own the corners. Without cutting any." The body copy offers a less appealing variation on the theme when it opens by saying, "Don't compromise. Optimize - with the all-new FZSR." It's hard these days to encounter the word "optimize" (notwithstanding its rhyme with "compromise") without feeling you're at an excruciating meeting at your office,... (AdWeek)
Cars!! Cars!! Cars!! Asem beba Debi May 2, 2009
The latest information emanating from the Presidency indicates that by next week Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa would be visiting you in your homes riding a horse (Since you guys have hijacked all the state cars) with a cane in hand closely followed by Mr. Victor Smith who would be expected to be riding a Yamaha Okada and carrying Mama Zita who would be using a megaphone to announce to those of you who seem not to hear all the announcements to return the state vehicles. Did I hear Mr. Yaw... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Robust growth in auto sales May 2, 2009
Its competitor Yamaha Motors India sold posted a 48% increase in sales to 15,120 units, thanks to high demand for its 150-cc bikes, while TVS Motors sales rose 3% to 1. 13 lakh units, with light scooters driving demand in small cities and towns. (India Times)
Stoner primed to break Jerez podium duck May 1, 2009
" While Stoner has struggled at Jerez previously, world champion Valentino Rossi has thrived, with five wins in the top division. And Spain's Jorge Lorenzo, who leads the championship from his Yamaha teammate Rossi and Stoner after his win in Japan last weekend, is relishing the chance to race before his home fans. But Stoner is eager to consolidate a handy start to the 2009 season. "Some of our better tracks are coming up later in the season but if we stay focused and keep working as we are... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
2009 Best of the Valley May 1, 2009
Last Updated on Thursday, Apr 30, 2009 - 08:42:47 pm AKDT. News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Joe Gibbs Racing finding its footing in Supercross Apr 28, 2009
Riding a Yamaha, Grant is fourth in the season standings after a sixth-place finish at last week s race in Seattle. He wasted little time picking up his first victory, winning the season-opening race in Anaheim in front of a slew of friends and family. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Affordable, Comfortable Camping for All Apr 28, 2009 Motor Sports Notes: Fairfield's Inglebright chasing first win of season Apr 16, 2009 Frontier Silicon to Offer Last.fm Services as Part of Its Internet Radio Technology Platform Apr 15, 2009 Local/state marketplace: business news in brief Apr 14, 2009 MotoGP: Stoner grabs pole Apr 12, 2009 Petronas sign deal with team of MotoGP champ Rossi Apr 10, 2009 Italian two-wheeler parts maker Verlicchi enters India with Hema Group Apr 10, 2009 Trading two wheels for four Apr 3, 2009 Menendez wins Diamond Drive Apr 2, 2009 Anglers compete in Southern Divisional Apr 2, 2009 Golf-car drivers find routes in Surprise Mar 30, 2009 Off-Road Enthusiasts Rally Around Rhinos in Southern California Mar 27, 2009 Spring brings bikers back to the roads Mar 26, 2009 • First RideSpotlight:Nick Telleria Mar 26, 2009 Anglers looking for the big one Mar 26, 2009 Harley struggles as buyers age and credit tightens Mar 24, 2009 USA World Sales (USAWorldSales.com) the Distributer of Brand Name Products Mar 5, 2009 Motorcycles Help Keep You Young Mar 5, 2009 Corser has high hopes for Beamer Feb 28, 2009 POLICE REPORTS: Feb. 19 (35) Feb 20, 2009 Toyota to Join 'SnoDeo' Snowmobile Test Drive Feb 20, 2009 Motorcycle sales slowest in 18 months on economic downturn Feb 19, 2009 The Ridge will host 1,200 racers Feb 19, 2009 City Exercising Caution On Golf Group Proposal Feb 19, 2009 New anti-lead measure shelves dirt bike sales Feb 18, 2009 Ford, Nissan put stars on display at auto show Feb 12, 2009 Yamaha Motor May Post Full-Year Operating Loss as Motorcycle Demand Drops Feb 8, 2009 Motorcycle Racing: Stoner tops Sepang timesheets Feb 7, 2009 Schmidt wins tough event Feb 7, 2009
"The is the ideal lightweight camping companion," says Colin Iwasa, power equipment sales manager at Yamaha ... To keep your family safe, Yamaha provides a few guidelines for proper generator operation. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
On board the pirate-hunting HMCS Winnipeg Apr 28, 2009
Finally, one of the Yamaha outboard motors on the pirate skiff gave out, and the boat came to a halt. A boarding party armed with machine guns descended from the Winnipeg in an inflatable boat to search the pirate skiff. (Globe and Mail)
The Makita Suzuki rider will be joined by riders from Attack Kawasaki, Team Graves Yamaha, Honda and others in preparations for the AMA Superbike Showdown at Infineon on May 15-17. Teams from the Daytona SportBike series will also be in attendance. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Customers include Bang en, Bose, Bush, Cyrus, Denon, Goodmans, Grundig, harman/kardon, Hitachi, JVC, Magic Box, Ministry of Sound, NAD, Onkyo, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, PURE, Revo, Roberts, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, TEAC, Tivoli Audio and Yamaha. Frontier Silicon is a trademark or registered trademark of Frontier Silicon Ltd.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cochise Motorsports opened on April 17, 1979, as Cochise Yamaha. Cliff Allison has owned and operated the business since then. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
World champion Valentino Rossi was second fastest with his Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, who was the pole sitter in 2008, in third place ... Another experienced rider, Yamaha's Colin Edwards, completes the second row having lapped within a second of Stoner. (India Times, India)
Petronas announced yesterday that they had signed a three-year agreement with Yamaha Motor to become official sponsors and premium partners of Fiat Yamaha, who have reigning MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy and Jorge Lorenzo of Spain in their ranks. Fiat Yamaha were also the manufacturers champions last season ... Under the partnership, Fiat Yamaha will carry the Petronas branding on the teams liveries, including on the bikes of Rossi and Lorenzo, as well as on team equipment and... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Hema Group produces forks, nipples and rear forks, exhaust systems and supply these to Hero Honda TVS, Yamaha and Royal Enfield among others. Text. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
He found racing success both locally with the South Dakota Motocross Association and while living in Minnesota, then switched to the more entertainment-oriented world of freestyle motocross, performing aerial stunts aboard a Yamaha 250ZX.. The racing was getting to be too much, he said, and the switch to freestyle dove-tailed nicely with his love of big air. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
For the first time in nearly 15 years BASS legend scored victory out of an aluminum rig on the Connecticut River in 1994 Menendez scored victory at a top-level BASS event with aluminum, piloting a 17-foot G3 armed with a 90-horsepower Yamaha engine across Dardanelle for three days of the weather-shortened tournament. With the victory, Menendez earns $100,000 and valuable points in the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings, which awards the top 36 anglers qualifying berths in the... (ESPN -- Outdoors)
ROANOKE RAPIDS The prize is a fully rigged Yamaha Skeeter Bass boat, but the goal is to compete in the Bassmasters Classic. Anglers from seven states have made Roanoke Rapids home for a week as they prepare to compete in the 2009 Bass Federation Nation Southern Divisional Tournament. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
For Bob Colianni, who lives in Sun City Grand, charging his Yamaha golf car once gives him two full 18-hole rounds of golf. In street terms, he can start out at the heart of the retirement community - Sunrise Boulevard and Remington Drive - and drive to the Safeway near Bell Road and Loop 303 and back, two or three times, he said. (AZCentral)
Press Release Source: Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. ... Thousands Gather in Glamis to Celebrate the Yamaha Rhino Rally at the Dune Tour ... March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of off-road enthusiasts flocked to the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, commonly known as "Glamis," in Southern California this past weekend (March 20-23) to celebrate one of their favorite past times with family and friends at the Yamaha Rhino Rally at the Dune Tour. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Six years ago, Gordon was waiting at a stop sign near Yamaha Jack s Central Honda in Ellensburg for an elderly woman to cross the street. The woman made it to the midway point of the road, when out of nowhere a 16-year-old girl drove her car into the back of Gordon s motorcycle, causing his sissy bar to bend into his back and forcing him over his handlebars. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
When I came home to my 1973 Yamaha 110, I stripped the lights and put metal plates on the front. I really fell in love with dirt bikes. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Presented by Yamaha Outboards and Skeeter Boats, the tournament will kick off the 2009 tournament season ... While the individual competition will take center stage, 12-angler teams from each state will compete for the top prize of a Skeeter/Yamaha boat rig, valued at 32,000. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
As Harley keeps most of its focus on its aging consumers, rivals like BMW, Honda and Yamaha are attracting younger customers who seem less interested in cruising on what their old man rides. U.S. sales of light sport bikes, intended for the younger crowd, have increased more than 50 percent in the last five years, and the Japanese makers have popular cruisers of their own. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Their Yamaha home theater systems can transform your living room into a mini movie theater. The Yamaha home theater audio systems in particular have received very good ratings from consumer electronic groups as well as reviewers who already own these systems ... Their selection of Yamaha home theater systems include the Sylvania DVD players DVD C750, DVD C6760, DVD C6860, DV S5950, YSP 800, YSP 900, YSP 3000, YSP 3050,and YSP 4000 or the Yamaha receivers RX Z11, RX V863, RX V661, RX V663, HTR... (PR Newswire)
"The driver's brain gets activated by riding motorbikes" in part because it requires heightened alertness, Ryuta Kawashima said after his research team and Yamaha Motor conducted a string of experiments involving middle-aged men ... A self-professed motorcycle fan, 49-year-old Kawashima cited a new study conducted jointly by Yamaha and Tohoku University, for which he works. (Newsmax)
He switched to BMW Motorrad, his sixth team in 15 years, after two years on a Yamaha and second place in last year's championship. He likened the challenge to 2002 when he joined Carl Fogarty's Petronas team but said unlike starting with "bits of paper and clay models", the development of the new BMW S1000RR began with a bike that was "pretty good at base level" when he came on board. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The man, who resides in the 5000 block of W. 7 Mile Road, had made arrangements to sell a 1995 Yamaha ATV to another party via Craigslist on the Internet. The agreed upon price was $1,500 and in short time the man received a check for $4,800. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
For a $3 entrance fee, participants 18 years of age and older with a valid driver's license will get to try out the latest 2009 models from such major manufacturers as Artic Cat, Polaris, Ski-Doo and Yamaha. In addition, attendees can browse snowmobile and winter gear from a wide array of vendors, as well as participate in top speed "radar runs.". (PR Newswire)
This was followed by Yamaha, which sold 162,135 units or about a 44 percent market share. This left Suzuki and Kawasaki trailing far behind their two rivals. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Business)
Ballance, who rides for the factory Yamaha team, has set a goal to win his tenth-straight championship and then retire on top ... Since Knight will not race for the full season this year, contenders like New Zealand's Paul Whibley (Team GEICO Kawasaki), Australia's Josh Strang (Team FMF Suzuki), New York's Nathan Kanney (Team Red Bull KTM), California's Kurt Caselli (Team Red Bull KTM), Pennsylvania's Barry Hawk (Am-Pro Yamaha) and rookie threat Thad DuVall (Am-Pro Yamaha) are focused on this... (Lake Wales News, FL)
In the past couple of years, Alexander went on, carts purchased from Yamaha Golf Car Company (and whose bid this time around was 420 less per unit than was Club Car s) have had difficulty with choke and throttle cables, as well as with brakes. We feel strongly that the Club Car is a better product and worth the additional money, he said. (Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post, TX)
"It's going to disappoint a lot of little kids," said Dick Schieffer, owner of Sturgis Yamaha, BMW, Suzuki. The Safety Improvement Act prohibits children's products from having more than 600 parts per million of lead. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Unlike the Yamaha V-8 in the last version, the new SHO will have a 3. 5-liter V-6 EcoBoost engine with twin turbochargers. (USA Today -- Autos)
Yamaha Motor May Post Operating Loss as Motorcycle Demand Drops ... Yamaha spokesman declined to confirm or deny a Nikkei newspaper report that said the company will likely post its first operating loss since 1983 in the fiscal year ending in December ... Yamaha, the maker of Royal Star Venture motorcycles, is losing customers in North America and Europe as rising unemployment forces people to spend less on leisure goods. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
Indeed, Yamaha star Rossi and his compatriot Loris Capirossi of Suzuki were both on the pace again, having also featured in the top three on Thursday and Friday ... Also in good form over the three days in Sepang was Tech 3 Yamahas Colin Edwards, coming in fourth quickest on the new Yamaha M1, which he debuted on Thursday. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Not only did Schmidt earn a position at the Classic through the Central Division, he won a Skeeter/Yamaha boat package valued at more than $64,000 and an invitation to the 2009 Bassmaster Elite Series ... Sponsors of the Federation Nation include Toyota Tundra, Purolator, Skeeter, Yamaha, Triton Boats, Mercury Marine, Berkley, MotorGuide, Lowrance Electronics, Advance Auto Parts, Evan Williams Bourbon, Longhorn and Ramada Worldwide. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
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