Motorcycles

The history of Yamaha is very curious as you’ll see in the following article that will open your eyes to a company that wasn’t precisely born in the motorcycle world that every body knows them for.

Yamaha was born in 1877 building high quality musical instruments under the name of Nippon Gakki. An until these days, Yamaha is recognized as one of the leaders in the world of music regarding organs and guitars.

After the World War II in when Yamaha started to focus on the automobile industry when they got enough knowledge building propellers for airplanes. That’s when the Yamaha Motor came to life.

The beginning of Yamaha Motorcycles was based on European motorcycles technologies. But thanks to the innovative spirit of Japanese workers, there is no brand that can surpass the Yamaha technology in the development of 2-stroke motorcycles becoming one of the best in the world due to their motorcycles value and performance.

When talking about reliability, Yamaha Motorcycles have their place in the top brands in the world. Actually in a survey that was conducted in UK in 2004, Yamaha Motorcycles got the third place in that area.

Yamaha Motorcycles also lead the area of motorcycle designs. The company GK Design helps them to create the innovative designs that they introduce to the market every year with great success because their designs amaze the buyers who really love the new technology and designs that Yamaha creates regularly. This ensures the buyer that they are getting great value for their money when dealing with Yamaha Motor cycles.

You might agree that is so curious the fact that a company that is recognized worldwide in the music world is also the top companies in the motorcycle market. But don’t let that fact make you think that this company doesn’t know what they are doing. Yamaha Motorcycles have been one of the best in world and they will keep that recognition in the future thanks to their innovations in technology and design.

The history of Suzuki Motorcycles starts in 1909 when Michio Suzuki started in a warehouse focused on the construction of looms for the industry of silk in Japan. Thirty years later he started to diversify his works and began to consider the construction of machinery for cars and motorcycles. It was in 1951 when he started to work full time in motorcycles and cars.

The Power Free was his first innovation regarding motorcycles. Power Free was a motorized bicycle which made Suzuki to attract the attention of the Japanese government giving him funds to continue in his cars and motorcycles research. Thanks to his continuous innovations, Suzuki motorcycles built better and better every year. It was in 1962 when Suzuki motorcycles won their first competition.

The company began to be recognized and respected by the 60’s by American and European motorcycle community. Being the Suzuki X-6 Hustler their best-selling machine in that time.

In the 60’s and 70’s, European motorcycles companies dominated the motorcycle world, when Japanese motorcycles weren’t that known. But between 1971 an 1976, Suzuki Motorcycles won the World Championship many times which gave them the recognition that they kept for many, many years until now.

By the late ‘80s, Suzuki had gained the respect of all within the racing community at the highest levels. One of the best Suzuki Motorcycles of this era was the GSX–R750. Its design and energy was unbeatable and, at that time, it was the lightest bike around in its class.

Thanks to all the innovations that Suzuki Motorcycles had made in the industry and the different top level motorcycle models they have built. This company is one of the 4 more recognized names in the motorcycle industry in Japan on they are always in the top lists in the world.