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Bench Racing
The "Bench Racing Session" is
one of the newest additions to Yamaha
Motor Australia's innovative and constantly
changing web site.
The bench race is a forum for Yamaha owners
to share stories of their favourite rides
with their fellow riders. Long and short,
recent or distant, whatever model
of Yamaha, these are the rides these people
considered the best, most exciting, thrilling
and idyllic experiences they ever had
on their Yamaha machines.
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THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A NAKED |
What brought me to an FZ6N? Two words: seat height. I find supersports uncomfortable, I didn’t want a cruiser and preferably I wanted a naked bike. ...
RIDER:
Tanya Britton
AGE:
Young enough to want it, old enough to afford it.
LIVES:
Chapel Hill
YAMAHA:
FZ6N
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A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN MOTORCYCLING |
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When Yamaha rang me to tell me I’d won the lucky door prize
at the Brisbane Motor Show - a Yamaha Vino, I asked the gentleman ...
RIDER:
Kathryn Wilson Cork
AGE:
You don’t ask a woman that.
LIVES:
The Gap
YAMAHA:
Vino 125
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THE R1 EXPERIENCE |
My R1 was kind of a divorce present. And maybe a manifestation of my mid-life crisis. I’d had a hard year.
So why did I buy ...
RIDER:
Tony Phillips
AGE:
32
LIVES:
Adelaide
YAMAHA:
R1
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MY FIRST OFF ROAD RACE |
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When I heard the all new Yamaha Australian Off-Road Series was kicking off at Raymond Terrace
I thought that it could be a good time to have ...
RIDER:
Miles Davis- Cycle Torque Newspaper
AGE:
37
LIVES:
Winmalee (Lower Blue Mtns)
YAMAHA:
WR250F
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TDM900 – THE ULTIMATE AUSSIE ADVENTURER |
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I have a confession to make, I'm a member of the secret order of TDM900 lovers,
and what"s more, I believe there's a side to this beast ...
RIDER:
Geoff Udy
AGE:
Yes
LIVES:
Ravensbourne, Qld
YAMAHA:
TDM900
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XT660X RIDER IMPRESSION |
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One of the first few riders in the country to put serious miles on the brand new XTX Motard is Greg from Mansfield Motorcycles in Victoria.
“Just ...
RIDER:
Greg Edwards
AGE:
N/A
LIVES:
Victoria
YAMAHA:
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HIS’N HERS WARRIORS |
Col:
I’ve been riding about 30 years, and had all sorts of bikes, but I’ve only ever had a few that weren’t Yamahas. I even had one ...
RIDER:
Col and Lesley Robinson
AGE:
Old enough to enjoy it
LIVES:
Murrumba Downs
YAMAHA:
XV1700 (x2)
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Not to turn this into a scooter war – but... |
I was just reading some of the stories on the site and noticed, in particular the letter from Tony Carson about the Aerox. Not to turn ...
RIDER:
Michelle Thompson
AGE:
LIVES:
Broadview, South Australia
YAMAHA:
Aerox 100
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The Killarney Trailride and the YZ250WR |
I’m not racing anymore and I’m carrying a few injuries so I only do maybe one ride per month, and that’s usually one of the Darling ...
RIDER:
Gary Kimlin
AGE:
55
LIVES:
Forest Hill
YAMAHA:
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Hard Core Racer… turns scooter aficionado! |
We own a bicycle store at Taringa (ahem… TC’s Bike Barr), so we’re not that far from the GPO, and I wanted to get a scooter ...
RIDER:
Tony Carson, former enduro/motocross racer and Australian rep mountain bike racer
AGE:
35
LIVES:
Brisbane
YAMAHA:
Aerox 100
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Mark's Quad |
I’ve been using Yamaha products for over twenty-five years so naturally I chose Yamaha when I first took up ATV riding six years ago. And that’s ...
RIDER:
Mark Beechey
AGE:
44
LIVES:
Melbourne Victoria
YAMAHA:
YFM660R Raptor
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ONE YEAR WITH THE RAPTOR |
The Raptor’s sudden arrival prompted many questions, including, “why an XTZ-based 660cc when the F1 technology of the YZ426 would seem to be the obvious choice”? ...
RIDER:
GEOFF UDY
AGE:
Old enough to know better
LIVES:
Ravensbourne, Qld
YAMAHA:
YFM660R
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The Australian Safari on a WR250F |
Being an avid fan and regular rider of the WR/YZ400, and then the WR426 since the new models' inception in 1998, It took a few months ...
RIDER:
Craig Hartley
AGE:
46
LIVES:
Dalby, Qld
YAMAHA:
2001 WR250F
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Gladstone to the Snowies on an FZ1 |
I’d been doing a little bit of reading on the FZ1 and I thought it would be a really nice comfortable bike to ride, and the ...
RIDER:
Rob
AGE:
N/A
LIVES:
Gladstone
YAMAHA:
2001 FZ1
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First Race with Fox Team Pitmans Yamaha |
My favourite ride was the 2000 Mannum ThumperNats and my first outing with Fox Team Pitmans Yamaha, Australia’s first female Motocross race team. Riding my ...
RIDER:
Rebecca Lipsett
AGE:
20
LIVES:
Calorama, Vic
YAMAHA:
1999 YZ400
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Weekend at Brooklyn Trail Bike Park |
It seems like an eternity since I last threw a leg over my dirt bike, so when Peter, a mate of mine from Brisbane, rang to ...
RIDER:
Roger
AGE:
28
LIVES:
YAMAHA:
YZ125
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Trackday at Warwick |
The trip out to Morgan Park at Warwick is the first organized ride I’d been on with the TRX850, which in itself is the first road ...
RIDER:
Craig
AGE:
34
LIVES:
YAMAHA:
1996 TRX850
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