Yamaha Bikes in India

Yamaha Motor Company Limited (YMC) is a Japanese manufacturer of premium motorcycles, motor bicycles, ATVs, and sailboats. It even manufactures numerous other combustion engine-based products. It was established in July 1955 by its founding father and first President, Genichi Kawakami. It had been headquartered in Shizuoka, Japan. Under Kawakami, Yamaha’s first motorcycle – the YA 1 – was launched in 1955, with an air-cooled two-stroke, single-cylinder 125cc engine.

That same year, Yamaha entered its new YA-1 in two of the biggest race events in Japan. They were the 3rd Mt. Fuji Ascent Race and the 1st Asama Highlands Race. In these debut races, Yamaha won the 125cc class. In the following year, the YA-1 won again in both the light and Ultra-light classes of the Asama Highlands Race. By 1956, their second bike model, the YC1, powered by a 175cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine, was ready for production. In 1957, it began production of its first 250cc, two-stroke twin-cylinder motorcycle, the YD1.