YAMAHA Brand History
What's
interesting is that Yamaha proved that its bikes are capable of
providing very high performance just from its early days as the YA-1 won
the 125cc class of the Mount Fuji Ascent race just after it was
released. Moreover, in 1955, the company won the first three places of
the All Japan Autobike Endurance Road Race in the 125cc class with the
same YA-1 model.In case you still doubt that YA-1 was a major success for Yamaha, find out that the motorcycle continued its winning series in 1956 when it was often placed on the leading positions in the Mount Fuji Ascent Race. Two years later, Yamaha entered the Catalina Grand Prix in the United States, an event which marked the debut of the company in the international racing events. The Yamaha motorcycle was placed on the 6th position.
During the same year, Yamaha's YA-2 won the prestigious “Good Design” award which underlined the fact that Yamaha's YA series provided some of the best motorcycles of that time.
The time passed by and Yamaha grew up a lot so in 1960 the Japanese company introduced its first outboard engine dubbed P-7. Moreover, one year later, Yamaha steps into World GP but also into the well-known Isle of Man TT race where it took the 6th place.
