Yamaha Will Launch Electric Scooters Yamaha EC-03

Japanese Yamaha Factory displays images of EC-03 electric scooter. Bike with zero emissions levels will be launched in the near future, and principals garputala emphasized that they want to lead the market in electric motorcycle segment in 2020.

EC-03 scooter that went on sale in Tokyo on August 1 and one month later for the Japanese market.

This bike is designed as a sweet commuter. Driven by a 50V power lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sanyo with Yamaha Integrated Power Unit (YIPU).

YIPU consists of a DC motor, control unit, and the planetary gear transmission and brake drum that is integrated with a 12-inch rear wheels. According to Yamaha, YIPU have the power of PS 1.9 7.1 lb-ft of torque. Capable of driving those who have a weight of 121 pounds with the distance of 45 km in conditions of full battery with a maximum speed of 28 km / hr.

EC-03 Weight 123.4 lb. or 30 percent lighter than a 50 cc scooter gasoline. For charging the battery takes six hours.

In 2011, Yamaha will introduce the EC-2003 into the European market and Taiwan. Its main target anymore, China's market for electric motorcycles is expected to reach 20 million units a year.

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Design

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Turing

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Front Side

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Side

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Design

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Turing

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Front Side

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Yellow Black Side

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review Right Front

The new YZF-R1 LE sports Valentino Rossi livery as the YZF-M1 MotoGP bike, but comes in a very limited number.

The new 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1LE not only gives much of the technology of the championship, Valentino Rossi, but his look and style of the championship. The R1 is the first ever production motorcycle with a transverse crankshaft. The result? Outrageous torque and raw energy at high speed by providing incredibly smooth power delivery out of corners. While the bold graphic style Fiat Yamaha provides incredibly smooth.

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review Side

2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 LE - USA Specifications
* MSRP $ 14,500 (Fiat Yamaha Team Graphics) Available from January 2010

Motor
Type 998cc, liquid-cooled 4-cylinder DOHC 16-valve (titanium intake valves)

Diameter x 78.0mm long x 52.2mm

Compression ratio 12.7:1

Delivery fuel fuel injection with YCC-T and YCC-I

Ignition TCI: Transistor Controlled Ignition

Transmission 6-speed w / multi disc clutch shoe

Final Drive # 530 O-ring chain

Chassis
Suspension / Front 43mm inverted fork, fully adjustable, 4.7 in travel

Suspension / Rear Single shock w / Piggyback Reservoir, 4-position adjustable, 4.7 in travel

Brakes / Front Dual 310 mm disc, radial-mount ceiling for six piston calipers

Brakes / rear 220 mm disc, single-piston caliper

Tires / Front 120/70-ZR17

Tires / rear 190/55ZR17

Dimensions
Length 81.5 in

Width 28.1 in

Height 44.5 in

Seat Height 32.8 in

Wheelbase 55.7 in

Rake (forward angle) 24.0 °

Path to 4.0

Fuel capacity 4.8 gallons

Dry Weight 454 pounds

Another
Primary Rate Reduction 65/43 (1.512)

47/17 High Rate Reduction (2765)

Value transmission - 38/15 1st gear (2533)

Value Transmission - 2nd gear 33/16 (2063)

Value transmission - 3rd 37/21 (1762)

Value transmission - 35/23 Fourth Gear (1522)

Value transmission - 5th Gear 30/22 (1364)

1 year warranty (limited factory warranty)

Value transmission - Sixth Gear 33/26 (1269)

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review Right Front

The new YZF-R1 LE sports Valentino Rossi livery as the YZF-M1 MotoGP bike, but comes in a very limited number.

The new 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1LE not only gives much of the technology of the championship, Valentino Rossi, but his look and style of the championship. The R1 is the first ever production motorcycle with a transverse crankshaft. The result? Outrageous torque and raw energy at high speed by providing incredibly smooth power delivery out of corners. While the bold graphic style Fiat Yamaha provides incredibly smooth.

Yamaha YZF-R1 LE Review Side

2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 LE - USA Specifications
* MSRP $ 14,500 (Fiat Yamaha Team Graphics) Available from January 2010

Motor
Type 998cc, liquid-cooled 4-cylinder DOHC 16-valve (titanium intake valves)

Diameter x 78.0mm long x 52.2mm

Compression ratio 12.7:1

Delivery fuel fuel injection with YCC-T and YCC-I

Ignition TCI: Transistor Controlled Ignition

Transmission 6-speed w / multi disc clutch shoe

Final Drive # 530 O-ring chain

Chassis
Suspension / Front 43mm inverted fork, fully adjustable, 4.7 in travel

Suspension / Rear Single shock w / Piggyback Reservoir, 4-position adjustable, 4.7 in travel

Brakes / Front Dual 310 mm disc, radial-mount ceiling for six piston calipers

Brakes / rear 220 mm disc, single-piston caliper

Tires / Front 120/70-ZR17

Tires / rear 190/55ZR17

Dimensions
Length 81.5 in

Width 28.1 in

Height 44.5 in

Seat Height 32.8 in

Wheelbase 55.7 in

Rake (forward angle) 24.0 °

Path to 4.0

Fuel capacity 4.8 gallons

Dry Weight 454 pounds

Another
Primary Rate Reduction 65/43 (1.512)

47/17 High Rate Reduction (2765)

Value transmission - 38/15 1st gear (2533)

Value Transmission - 2nd gear 33/16 (2063)

Value transmission - 3rd 37/21 (1762)

Value transmission - 35/23 Fourth Gear (1522)

Value transmission - 5th Gear 30/22 (1364)

1 year warranty (limited factory warranty)

Value transmission - Sixth Gear 33/26 (1269)

Yamaha OX99-11 Supercar 3498 cc V12

Yamaha OX99-11 Supercar 3498 cc V12

Yamaha initially approached a German company to come up with some designs for the supercar. However Yamaha dismissed the proposals as they were considered to similar to existing supercars. IAD were at this point hired to continue work on the project. In 1992 IAD came with an initial version of the OX99-11.
The Yamaha OX99-11 was a supspercar designed by IAD, an English engineering consultancy, and Yamaha subsidiary Yilon Technology.
While the Yamaha OX99-11 was originally slated to appear in 1994, the roots of the OX99-11 project began in 1989 when Yamaha began competing in Formula One, later this spawned the desire to create a supercar based on Formula One technology.
Despite the fact the Formula One team was less than competitive, a new engine called the OX99 appeared in 1991, helping to give the new car a name.

Yamaha OX99-11 Supercar 3498 cc V12

The new car featured an unusual and somewhat ugly design, features like the prominent front spoiler, tandem seating, cockpit shaped roof and protruding engine scoop stood out from other vehicles. Other features of the car which were rather extreme included the carbon fiber chassis and OX99 engine which were borrowed from the F1 car.
Budget disagreements meant the Yamaha OX99-11 project was taken from IAD and handed over to Ypsilon Technology, who were given 6 months to finish the project. A further blow to the project was came in the form of a financial crisis which hit Japan and it was decided that there wouldn't be enough buyers capable of handing over the vast sums of money needed to buy the car. In 1994 the Yamaha OX99-11 project was axed. By this point only 3 prototypes had been constructed.

Yamaha issues Voluntary Recall Repair Program due to Rhino Rollover Deaths

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (7272.T) halted sales of three models of its Rhino off-road recreational vehicles until those already sold are repaired to reduce the risk of deadly rollovers, the U.S. Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday.

The U.S. government has investigated more than 46 driver or passenger deaths linked to the Rhino 450, 660 and 700 models of off-road vehicles, mostly involving rollover accidents. "Of the rollover-related deaths and hundreds of reported injuries, some of which were serious, many appear to involve turns at relatively low speeds and on level terrain," the safety agency said in a statement.

Some 145,000 of Rhino models 450, 660 and 700 have been distributed nationwide since 2003, it said.


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