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The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:28 pm
by spook

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:43 pm
by kiwi60
I don't know where you find this stuff spook, but keep it coming :thumbup:

That's a good history of some of Yamaha's technical triumphs (5 valve head, EXUP valve, monoshock), and some of their epic failures (TX500/750).

Great reading, and it bought back a few memories of the yammies I've had over the years too. ;)

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:57 pm
by spook
kiwi60 wrote:I don't know where you find this stuff spook, but keep it coming
On the internet... :lol:

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:47 am
by kiwi60
ok, you got me there spook :clap: :D

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:31 am
by Tiger
Cheers Spook, that was relatively brief but informative.

Did you notice that one header was "Two storck technology" ?

I know a few blokes with Two storcks, they must have because nobody could get that silly playing with one.

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 8:29 am
by spook
Tiger wrote:Did you notice that one header was "Two storck technology" ? I know a few blokes with Two storcks, they must have because nobody could get that silly playing with one.

Lol... When you translate Japanese to English, you end up with Engrish :)

Good to meet you today Tiger, Cheers.

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:57 pm
by kiwi60
To quote Mel Gibson from one of the Lethal Weapon movies: 'it flied lice you plick' ;)

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:36 pm
by kiwi60
check this out, it's a bit over 49mins long, but a good watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzJSxZle ... ure=relmfu

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:52 am
by Tiger
Kiwi wins, sorry Spook, much more bling.

Barry Sheene once said "Kenny Roberts could not develop a cold", that may or may not be true but Kel Carruthers was the Engineer [and a World Champion in his own right].

To describe Roberts as a "self taught Engineer" and ignore Carruthers is American cheuvanism [sic] at it's worst.

Kiwi's clip was obviously produced for Yamaha's largest market but it becomes tiresome when the all good things are American, in North Korea they would dub in the latest Kim as the hero of the piece.

A Moto GP in North Korea would be a hoot, under threat of re-education everyone else would stall on the line and the Glorious Leader would cruise to victory on a highly modified version of a Chinese knockoff of a sidevalve Zundapp flat twin.

I am pissed and gibbering, that happens every Saturday night.

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:40 am
by ThomVis
Tiger wrote:I am pissed and gibbering, that happens every Saturday night.
To put your reply in the right perspective. Aus of NZ? ;) :lol:

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:22 pm
by kiwi60
Kiwi wins, sorry Spook, much more bling.
Nah, just moving pictrures, and like the written one that spook put up, I notice they side stepped Yamaha's disasters as well.

100% agree on the pro-American stance, but, they've always have been good at cheer leading and you can't really hold that against them. ;)

Re: The History of Yamaha Technology

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:50 pm
by Hooligan
what's a yamaha?