Yamaha made many successful 2-stroke motorcycles in India such as the RD, RX and RXG, but with the growing demand for more fuel-efficient motorcycles and ever more stringent emissions norms ...

This was a street-legal trail model that retained the mechanisms, performance and image of Yamaha's competition motocrossers. Its liquid-cooled 2-stroke single-cylinder engine was outfitted with ...

The 1970 Yamaha R-5 was a pretty tought bike to top ... to embrace the 4-stroke ideal, Yamaha, like its other Rising Sun rivals, was still putting most of its faith in 2-stroke technology.

If you've ever attended a Motocross race and heard the throaty growl of powerful four-stroke dirt bikes as the riders ...