Yamaha History: Connecting past to the future.
Yamaha was established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha. The Company's origins have grown to become the world largest manufacturer of musical instrument.

1955: The first Yamaha motorized product was the YA-1 Motorcycle (125cc, 2-stroke, single cylinder, street bike). It was produced and sold in Japan.
1958: The first Yamaha Motorcycles sold in the USA were by Cooper Motors, an independent distributor. The models were the YD1 (250cc, 2-stroke, twin cylinder, street bike) and MF-1 (50cc, 2-stroke, single cylinder, street bike, step-through).

1960: Yamaha International Corporation began selling motorcycles in the USA.
1968: The DT-1 Enduro was introduced. The world's first dual purpose motorcycle which had on & off-road capability. Its impact on Motorcycling in the USA was enormous.
1970: Yamaha’s first 4-stroke motorcycle model, the XS-1 (650cc vertical twin) was introduced.
1971: The SR433 high-performance Snowmobile was introduced.
1973: Yamaha continued expansion into new markets by introducing Generators (ET1200).
1975: Yamaha pioneered the very first single-shock, production motocross bikes. This was the beginning of the YZ Monocross machines that changed motocross forever.
1976: The legendary SRX440 snowmobile hits the market and quickly catapults Yamaha to the forefront of the snowmobile racing scene..