Torakusu Yamaha founded his titular company in 1887 to make reed organs and pianos. Although the Japanese conglomerate emerged just two years after the Daimler Reitwagen built what was considered the very first motorcycle, Yamaha wouldn’t begin building bikes until 1955. Yamaha’s first attempt was the YA-1, a 125cc, two-stroke machine that proved a harbinger of what was to come for Yamaha after it won the first two races it entered. In 1970, Yamaha introduced its first four-stroke bike,
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