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Note also the part about how Harley managed to block there progress in the US market which cost Yamaha big. History of the Yamaha Motor Yamaha Motor Company Limited is a Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles. Originally part of Yamaha Corporation. The company also manufactures other motorized equipment: all-terrain vehicles, boats, snowmobiles (see also Yamaha Snowmobiles), outboard motors, and boats. In 1887, Thorakusu Yamaha founded the company Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (since 1987 - Yamaha Corporation) for the production of Western musical instruments - harmonium, and later the piano. Soon the company mastered the production of metal components for these tools, and from the 1920s it also began to produce propellers for aircraft. In 1954, the Japanese government returned to Nippon Gakki a metal factory confiscated at the end of World War II. It began the production of motorcycles. On July 1, 1955, this production was spun off into an independent company, called the Yamaha Motor Company Limited, and its president was Genichi Kawakami, who also continued to lead Nippon Gakki. The first model, the Yamaha YA-1, copied from the DKW RT 125, was nicknamed “Aka-tombo,” which means “red dragonfly” (due to its simple shapes and chestnut-red color). It was the “Red Dragonfly” Yamaha owed its first sports victories: in the very first race at the foot of Mount Fuji on the YA-1, a victory was won. In 1959, Yamaha Motor began production of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) motor boats. In 1960, a subsidiary of Yamaha International Corporation was established, which began selling Yamaha products in the United States. In 1968, the company began producing snowmobiles, in 1975 - golf cars, in 1978 - snow-removing equipment. In 1964, a subsidiary of Siam Yamaha Co. was founded. in Thailand, motorcycle production was launched in Taiwan in 1966. In 1972, the headquarters was moved to Iwata. In 1976, the first Yamaha arc welding robot was introduced. By the end of the 1970s, having mastered the US motorcycle market, the Yamaha Motor Company ranked second in the world for their production. In 1981, the company made an attempt to oust Honda from the first place, having begun mass production of new models. Competitors answered in the same way, and Harley Davidson managed to impose restrictive tariffs on imports of Japanese motorcycles in the USA. Yamaha Motor Company was not ready for this, because, unlike Honda, it did not have its own production facilities in the USA; as a result, Yamaha Motor was left with a million unsold motorcycles, a debt of $ 1 billion and a net loss of $ 126 million. For the main corporation, Nippon Gakki, this had a limited effect, since at that time it controlled only 39% of Yamaha Motor's shares, and electronic musical instruments Yamaha enjoyed great success. In 1982, Yamaha Motor began a partnership with the French scooter manufacturer Motobecane (MBK), and soon Yamaha Motor became the largest shareholder of this company. Since 1985, Yamaha Motor began operations in India. Since 2001, India Yamaha Motor (English) Russian. became the full property of Yamaha Motor. There are two factories in India. In 2013, Yamaha Motor Research and Development India Pvt was founded in India. Ltd. and marketing company Yamaha Motor India Sales Pvt. Ltd. In 1990, the Yamaha Motor Company began a partnership with the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Minarelli, in 2002 the company became part of the Yamaha Motor. In 2015, Yamaha and the Italian sports car brand Abarth entered into a partnership agreement for the 2 seasons of the MotoGP World Championship 2015 and 2016. In November 2016, two joint products were introduced as part of the EICMA show - the Yamaha XSR900 Abarth motorcycle and the Fiat 500 Abarth Tributo.

I like my 365 for carry. It's easy to conceal and shoots well. It comes with a lot of factory grease so you need to make sure you tear it down and clean/lube it before shooting. I'm sure you know that already though. I usually do but was impatient to try it out and the result was several fail to feeds with the first rounds. After cleaning and lubing it, I've never had another problem.

No matter what brand I ran I always wore out two rears to one front until I went darkside. Now it’s almost two fronts to one rear.

I find myself doing much the same every spring. Bike gets a bit temperamental in the spring after being ignored all winter so I have to give her a little drink of something and spend a little one on one time up the highway with her to help get her spirits back up to her normal self.

I have, in the past, dumped a full can of B12 or Seafoam in a tank fill it with gas and go take a spirited ride and run the tank out. Many times this has cleared up intermittent fuel issues. After that, do a carb sync on it and it will many times straighten out.

I gotta say, they've had an eye for styling from day 1, IMHO. The YA-1 is a very cool looking bike!

Ended up buying another one yesterday. Saw it when I picked up the Kimber but had never heard of the brand and wanted to do a bit of research first. Everything I've read has been pretty positive so for the money, I felt it was a decent deal. I think it's made in Turkey. That's what I've read but haven't actually looked yet. It is a Citadel Boss 25. Came with two five round magazines but 10 rounds are available. I'll probably shoot it over the next day or so. It's.12 gauge shotgun changed for 3" rounds. The only thing I really don't like about it is that the stock is not adjustable for length. Stock comb is adjustable for height though. I don't have the optics shown, just the fl9p up iron sites. May add some optics later but for my use, I really don't need them.

Most any dresser Apes will work anything under 14 you shouldn't have to change any cables... IV had apes on most my other bikes and fixing do some on my 05 venture.. The dresser Apes has a bend to bring closer and away from the fairing. Me my self with most factory bars I end up bent over witch kills my back and hands turn num at times.. By raising your bars you sit up straighter and hands don't turn num as much