Whatever else you do, do not walk into your local Yamaha dealer and ask to see "one of them-there Eff-Jay-Arr 13 automatics." Why? Because it's liable to wind up a Yamaha sales associate like an old ...

Some 20 minutes prior to strapping into my new confines, I was sitting in a small classroom with Nicolas Rondet, the lead instructor at the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School based at Infineon Raceway ...

I’ve been passionate about motorcycles ever since I started riding dirt bikes in childhood and now I’m doing my best in blending mechanical engineering with motorcycle journalism. Yamaha’s notorious ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover luxury automotive, motorcycles and related topics. This article is more than 9 years old. The sport touring class of ...

The new 2016 Yamaha FJR1300 aims to offer the perfect balance of sporty performance and cruising comfort. Like the others, the FJR straddles the divergent worlds of smooth cruising and grippy ...

October 28, 2005 Yamaha is introducing an interesting innovation to motorcycling with a 2006 version of the Yamaha FJR1300 – a computer operated, electric gearshift which eliminates the need to ...

The 2013 Yamaha FJR 1300A receives a welcome update that improves the design and performance. This sport-touring bike is designed to give the rider as much comfort and amenities as possible while ...

Allyn started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2008 for outlets such as eHow, USAToday, and subsidiaries of MotorTrend. Formally trained as ...