Yamaha has been making blisteringly fast motorcycles for decades. Founded in 1887 as a piano and reed manufacturer, the Yamaha Corporation didn't make its first motorcycle until 40 years after its ...

It therefore comes as no surprise that most high-performance motorcycles from the brand make use of this engine configuration ...

Yamaha, the popular Japanese bike manufacturer, is known for making some really fast bikes. However, it has never held the title of the fastest bike in the world like Suzuki, Honda, or Kawasaki.

It’s one of the oddest bikes ever produced by Yamaha, and we mean that in a very good way. By all accounts, the Yamaha V-Max 1200 – otherwise known as the VMX12 – is an absolute beast of a motorcycle!