YAMAHA Motorcycle Reviews
New riders
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YAMAHA XVS250 DRAGSTAR (2000-2004)
New price: N/A- 249cc
- 21 bhp
- 65 mpg
- Low seat height
"If your heart's set on a smaller capacity cruiser, you'll find it hard to beat"
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YAMAHA XVZ1300 ROYAL STAR (1996-2001)
New price: N/AUsed price: £3,800- 1294cc
- 75 bhp
- 40 mpg
- Low seat height
"Detuned Vmax powered full dresser is truly different"
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YAMAHA XTZ660 (1991-1999)
New price: N/A- 659cc
- 47 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Tall seat height
"From a time when Continental cool meant enormous trail-style bikes"
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YAMAHA XVS1100 DRAGSTAR (1998-on)
New price: £6,999- 1063cc
- 62 bhp
- 46 mpg
- Low seat height
"Somewhat old tech but light weight and manageability are always useful"
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YAMAHA V-MAX (1991-2004)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,000- 1198cc
- 140 bhp
- 35 mpg
- Low seat height
"An ill-handling, raw powered Rottweiller of a motorcycle"
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YAMAHA TW125 (1999-2004)
New price: N/A- 124cc
- 11 bhp
- 70 mpg
- Medium seat height
"If you've a camper van and a beache to ride across – perfect. In every other way entirely impractical"
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YAMAHA TT600RE (2004-on)
New price: £4,899- 595cc
- 42 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Tall seat height
"Some off-road pretensions, but it's most at home pressed into the role of tough urban commuter"
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YAMAHA TT250R (2004-2005)
New price: N/A- 249cc
- 19 bhp
- 47 mpg
- Tall seat height
"An undemanding, unfussy enduro bike for newer riders"
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YAMAHA TRX850 (1996-2000)
New price: N/A- 849cc
- 79 bhp
- 43 mpg
- Medium seat height
"A match for Ducati's 900SS in its day but never sold well"
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YAMAHA FZS1000 FAZER (2000-2005)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,600 - £2,900- 998cc
- 143 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
"Does the lot and does it all extremely well"
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YAMAHA BT1100 BULLDOG (2002-2007)
New price: N/A- 1063cc
- 64 bhp
- 45 mpg
- Medium seat height
"Owners love their Yamaha BT1100 Bulldogs. Everyone else hates 'em"
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YAMAHA FJR1300 (2001-2012)
New price: N/AUsed price: £2,800 - £5,700- 1298cc
- 143.5 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
"With shaft drive, comprehensive fairing, hard luggage, massive tank capacity etc, it ticks plenty of boxes"
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YAMAHA FZ1 FAZER (2006-2015)
New price: N/AUsed price: £4,400- 998cc
- 150 bhp
- 41 mpg
- Medium seat height
"The awesome 2002 R1 engine in a more practical but still high-spec chassis"
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YAMAHA MT-03 (2006-2016)
New price: N/A- 660cc
- 45 bhp
- 56 mpg
- Medium seat height
Ideally an urban/commuter tool, the MT-03 gives you more than enough fun if you want some bendy weekend scratching, too
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YAMAHA R6 (2006-2007)
New price: N/AUsed price: £5,400- 599cc
- 131 bhp
- 38 mpg
- Tall seat height
"The most high-tech, track focussed motorcycle you could buy when it was released"
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YAMAHA R6 (2004-2005)
New price: N/AUsed price: £3,700 - £4,000- 599cc
- 108 bhp
- 42 mpg
- Medium seat height
"Still comes with toys like radial brakes and is seriously underrated"
YAMAHA models
- AEROX YQ50
- BT1100 BULLDOG
- BWS 125
- DT125X
- FAZER 8
- FJR1300
- FZ1 FAZER
- FZ6 FAZER
- FZ8
- FZR1000
- FZR400
- FZS1000 FAZER
- FZS600 FAZER
- MAJESTY 400
- MT-01
- MT-03
- MT-07
- MT-09
- MT-09 SP
- MT-09 TRACER
- MT-09 Y-AMT
- MT-10
- MT-10 SP
- MT-125
- NIKEN
- NIKEN GT
- NMAX 125
- R1
- R125
- R1M
- R3
- R6
- R7
- R9
- SCR950
- SR125
- SR400
- TDM850
- TDM900
- TENERE 700
- TENERE 700 EXTREME
- TENERE 700 WORLD RAID
- TMAX 500
- TMAX 560
- TRACER 700
- TRACER 9
- TRACER 9 GT
- TRACER 900
- TRACER 900GT
- TRICITY 300
- TRX850
- TT250R
- TT600RE
- TW125
- TZR50
- V-MAX
- VITY 125
- WR125X
- WR250X
- WR450F
- XJ6
- XJ6 DIVERSION
- XJ6 DIVERSION F
- XJ600 DIVERSION
- XJ900 DIVERSION
- XJR1300
- XMAX 250
- XMAX 300
- XMAX 400
- XSR125
- XSR700
- XSR900
- XSR900 GP
- XT1200Z SUPER TENERE
- XT125R
- XT125X
- XT600
- XT660R
- XT660Z TENERE
- XTZ660
- XV125 VIRAGO
- XV1900 MIDNIGHT STAR
- XV250 VIRAGO
- XV535 VIRAGO
- XV950
- XVS1100 DRAGSTAR
- XVS1300 CUSTOM
- XVS250 DRAGSTAR
- XVS650 DRAGSTAR
- XVS950 MIDNIGHT STAR
- XVZ1300 ROYAL STAR
- YBR125
- YBR250
- YS125
- YZF-R125
- YZF1000 THUNDERACE
- YZF600 THUNDERCAT