MotoGP championship leader Valentino Rossi has committed his future to Yamaha by signing a new two-year deal.

He joined the Japanese manufacturer in 2004 and two of his seven world titles - in MotoGP, 500cc, 250cc and 125cc - have come with the team...

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Steve Plater rode a scintillating race on Monday to take his maiden victory in the Relentless Supersport Junior TT run over four laps of the 37.73-mile Isle of Man mountain course. But Ian Hutchinson suffered more bad luck as he retired at Sulby Bridge with a blown engine on lap two.

Plater opened his account with a strong 10th place in Saturday’s Dainese...

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Story by Gary James in Mugello, Saturday, 31 May 2008

James Toseland, buffeted by a 12th-place finish and a crash in his last two races, yesterday bounced back strongly to finish fifth fastest on a streaming-wet track in practice for the Italian MotoGP round here, even though his fastest time in the first session was only good enough for 13th position overall.

The British rider completed less than a dozen laps in the morning's one-hour session on drying roads, but ...

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MCN has just completed the first road test of Yamaha's new learner sportsbike, the YZF-R125. Built to steal the massive sales figures of the Honda CBR125R, the R125 is an all-new liquid-cooled four-valve four-stroke motorcycle designed for European riders and...

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The Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike Team is already in a high state of readiness after participating in two successful winter tests in Qatar and Australia to meet the challenge of the forthcoming World Superbike Championship season.

Noriyuki Haga and Troy Corser (both representing the Yamaha Motor Italia World Superbike Team) will continue their...

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SACRAMENTO, California , January 25, 2008 (ENS) - Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA, and South Seas Cycle Exchange of Honolulu will pay $2 million to the state of California to settle a 2005 lawsuit over the importation of motorcycles that failed to meet California emissions standards.

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... ace Olie Linsdell will ride for the Yamaha UK official road-race Team in 2008. Team Black Horse Yamaha is managed by Isle of Man TT ace Ian Lougher, in partnership with Black Horse motorcycle finance and Yamaha UK. Olie will be riding in the at the ...

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Ian Lougher won the Southern 100 event in July Ian Lougher and Team Black Horse will campaign Yamaha machinery at this year's North West 200, Isle of Man TT and Ulster Grand Prix road races.

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Yamaha officially unveiled its 2008 YZR-M1 MotoGP machine at title sponsor Fiat's home town of Turin, in Italy, on Friday.

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26 December 2007 Australian superbike rider Gareth Jones has arrived in New Zealand and is confident he will do well in the Wanganui street race. The Boxing Day race on the famed Cemetery Circuit will be the 20 year-old's first taste of street racing.

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