Brad, I have to commend you on finding Trav. In my opinion he’s about the best automotive storyteller I’ve ever heard! And Trav, I can’t wait for the next installation. Your doing a fine job!
I own a Yamaha 125cc motorcycle as a daily. it may not be fast, or sounds good but it has phenomenal fuel economy of 61km/liter almost running on fuel vapors and totally bulletproof reliability.
I'm a Yamaha bass player. Their musical instruments are top notch. Their marine engines are top notch... So this isn't really surprising for those of us who are Yamaha users of any of their products.
Yes, I have a Yamaha CR 2020 from the late 1970s that is still pumping Heavenly sound like nothing has happened to it through all these years. I hope that Yamaha gets together with Tesla again, and produce really new EVs worth of the Yamaha and Tesla names!!!!!
Yamaha is also involved in the Pontiac Vibe GT and Toyota Matrix XRS. The 2ZZ-GE engine has their touch on it, making 180 horsepower in a 1.8 four banger.
@Marius Bajdechi I'm legit considering getting a VGT or an XRS for my next car. I live at high elevation and need forced induction, and today's cars are out of my budget.
@@OEM1 Indirectly. Yamaha worked on the 1JZ, Toyota then made an evolution on it to make the 2JZ. That's why you won't find YAMAHA markings on a 2JZ, but you will on a 1JZ.
I have 5 yamaha guitars a Nylon acoustic 6 string, an acoustic 12 string, A Pacifica electric 6 string and a RB 200 electric bass. I have Yamaha motif ES synth, modx synth, Steinberg yamaha digital interface. Also a Yamaha PSR 473 syth. A yamaha xv750 motorbike in the garage. And a Toyota Celica GTS with yamaha VVTIL head. Yamaha make great stuff that works and more importantly that lasts. I LOVE Yamaha stuff.
I owned Yamaha snowmobiles, I have two Yamaha acoustic guitars. and they have been decent. but I would never be interested in the collaboration between Yamaha and Ford. FORD'S ARE GARBAGE!!!!!!!
Great video thank you! I can tell you I owned a 05 Yamaha R1 for a time. It had the 5 valve head. 4-2-1-2 titanium Sato exhaust. When you got above 10k the sound of that bike is somthing I'll never forget and it pulled like a freight train... my hands would shake evertime I was about to ride it, until I grabbed the bars, then it was like connecting with somthing slightly more than just a machine and we flew..
I owned a Yamaha Vision motorcycle (XZ550) in the early 80's. It wasn't called the Vision for nothing, because that's exactly what it was. Out of the crate it had carb problems and unacceptable fork flexing, but once those issues were resolved (cleaned out the carbs and added a fork brace), it was literally the stuff of dreams. I'll never forget that bike. Everything about the Vision was a delight.
Yamaha also made the engine for the Ford Thunderbird SC. But did you know they also make some of the finest drums in the world? The PHX ( Phoenix) line is absolutely incredible and super expensive. Their drum pedals are also killer. I have many pedals including a DW9000 but my yammy FP8500C is my favorite!
Yamaha makes decent motorcycles and snowmobiles. and acoustic guitars but collaboration with Ford should have never happened. because it only made the worthless Ford's slightly better. FORD'S ARE GARBAGE!!!!!!!
I concur (in my best Leo in Catch me if you can speak) that the engine was a thing of beauty if you will concur back that it was still just a polished u turd.
In the music world Yamaha is the Toyota of instruments. There pianos are amazing. Yamaha also owns luxury piano brand Bosendorfer for about 13 years or so and is continueslly improving their pianos. Yamaha keeps Bosendorfer runing wile Bosendorfer helps Yamaha improve their pianos, and there are actually Yamaha digital pianos with Bosendorfer samples in them🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Yamaha is the Toyota of instruments? Most, and if not all most definitely the best ones, of the engines made by Toyota, have been designed by Yamaha. I would not say that Yamaha needs Bösendorfer to improve their pianos. But, the acquisition gave access to Bösendorfer's specific production techniques as well as their knowledge of which woods to buy where. In the same way, Yamaha did not need to buy Selmer Paris for them to design and produce great saxophones. The reason the grand pianos in the famous concert halls of the world have all been (Hamburg) Steinways, or at least these halls had a Steinway D available, is because the artist agency that had all the important pianists under contract was owned by Steinway and the pianists had a contractual obligation to in public play Steinway only. You'll see that in recent years, at the Polish annual best Chopin pianist "games" there now is a choice and 50% may go Steinway, while the others chose Fagioli or Kawai. The famous Austrian piano brand is called Bösendorfer and in that registered trade name the ö is short notation for "oe", so if you don't know how to get the ö in typing, then you can replace it by "oe" - in the German language, in correct computer implementations, the ö and oe are sort-ordered as equals. The same applies to ä/ae and ü/ue.
Here are some historical stories about the famous Yamaha in Japan! History of Yamaha First, Yamaha repaired imported pianos and then made musical instruments. The company started out repairing imported pianos, and then started making musical instruments, and then started making electronic musical instruments, and then started making DSP. Then, in order to use DSP for other purposes, Yamaha started to make routers. In this way, Yamaha began to make musical instruments, electronic devices, and network-related products. Then, why do I make motors, furniture, and so on? Piano repairing gave him expertise in woodworking, which he used to make furniture, which he then used to make housing equipment. During the war, the military said, "You make furniture, so you can make wooden propellers," so they made propellers for fighter planes, which led to the production of engines. We made engines, so we will make motorcycles. Since we make engines, we also make boats, and FRP is used to make the hulls. Using FRP, make a waterslide, and then a swimming pool. The water in the pool became muddy, so we made a water purifier. Water purifier was a failure, and algae grew profusely → Started algae cultivation → Bio-enterprise As a result of Yamaha's continuous efforts to turn every possible success and failure into a new business, the word "Yamaha" conjures up images of all kinds of products, and this has led to a phenomenon where people have lost track of what kind of company Yamaha is.
Can't have anything but respect for them, especially in the motorsport even though they are not a motoring focused company, they make arguably some of the best engines that have ever been made.
@@stephanschroder6154 Ducati do not really stand at the top of anything, they only produce motorcycles and they are definitely not the highest standard, they are full of problems and unreliability.
They repaired pump organs first then after that they made their first organ. Torakusu Yamaha made his first piano in 1,900. If memory servs me right he was helpt by Kouichi Kawai who worked for Yamaha until 1,927 when he started making his own pianos. Typing this after playing a K Kawai grand piano haha🎹🎶
I owned a 1991 Taurus SHO. The motor is still one the most beautiful pieces of automotive engineering I've even seen. The most was gorgeous, and it SCREAMED.
Me with my 1989 toyota corolla ae90 with a swapped yamaha 2zzge engine and 7 speed manual from an 05 toyota runX.... Listening to them say yamaha only worked on expessive cars
Yamaha is my favorite company when it comes to anything. Who else can make $120,000 grand pianos, world class stereos and synthesizers, class leading motorcycles and the entire automotive industry has on speed dial? I cant think of anything they ever made and people said dont buy that, never actually.
As a musician, i think they make the best beginner instruments, but also excellent quality instruments. Their electric bass guitars are so nice and sound phenomenal for the price.
I had a 2004 Yamaha R6 and the .598cc engine was just unbelievable. The power didn't even really show up until 10,000rpm and then you better lock in the foot pegs and hang on. It pulled dso hard until 18,000 rpm and sounded like the naturallly asperated F1 cars. I love Yamaha and had no idea they made the engine for McLaren F1. Great video
Killer Documentary! I've lost track of how many Yamaha badged / built / designed things I've owned over the years.. My MR2s have always been my favorite cars, and I currently rock 2 of their bikes. TW200 [3rd one] and a WR250R [2nd one] Without a doubt, Yamaha is one of The Best companies ever!
It is so cool to think that a muscle car's engine was made by a company that also creates beautiful instruments. Very Nice storytelling, i like this video a lot.
It's their pursuit of perfection in small and intricate parts of instruments that translates well into legendary engine tuning. They basically build a grand piano inside the hood of the car
Yamaha, along with Honda and Suzuki make really great engines. I own racing motorcycles made by them all and they’re excellent. They now get 200bhp per liter out of a naturally aspirated engine. Who needs turbos or superchargers with horsepower like that?
I raced an R1 here in the US for 2 years, absolute time of my life that I was fortunate enough to find sponsorships and live my dream, if even for a short time.
I used to own an sho and was in a club for sho's. Ford built them for the police force and had designed the engine but decided to get Yamaha to build them because the production quantity was too small for them to set up another plant. Yamaha did a great job putting them together though. They had an unserviceable transmission though, couldn't even change transmission oil without drilling a hole. Probably expected the police to just get new car by the time the trans would potentially have an issue
The 1LR-GUE V10 in the LFA was not solely built by Yamaha. It was a collaboration with Toyota. The creation of the V10 was lead by Lexus' chief engine designer Okamoto Takamitsu. The engine starts life at Toyota's Myochi plant. It is at this plant that the engine block is made from molted aluminium. The block is then sent to Toyota's Honsha factory. The same factory that used to be Toyota's F1 engine facility. The block will get milled, drilled and polished and emerges as a precise engine block. In a sealed room Takumi’s hone every sharp edge using precision polishing tools. After this a highly skilled Takumi pre-assembles the finished engine blocks to check if they fit precisely. Disassembled they travel as unit to Yamaha’s Iwata city plant. It is at this plant that 4 highly skilled Yamaha Takumi’s fully assemble V10. A process that takes 2,5 days for one engine. Before the engine gets put into an LFA, it undergoes a half day of exhaustive testing. Everything mentioned here was documented on episode of "Mega Factory" by NA- GEO. You can find it here.
Yamaha is always my first choice when it comes to motorcycle i can say i'm a fan of yamaha. When people ask me what bike to buy i always recommended yamaha...
Ive had my yamaha sound bar for nearly 10 years now and it still sounds as good out of the box. I only recently noticed....my daughter had friends round and she turned it up super loud and i remember thinkin "holy shit" no distorsion or anything.
When I think of Yamaha growing up I think precision. Rob dahm can do it in his garage now, but back then it was obvious that Yamaha had a more modern factory. They were machining formerly cast parts and we thought Japan lived in the future.
The Ford Taurus SHO used a Yamaha formula 1 mother . It could spin at 8000 RPM all day long and is one of the best motors ever put into a car. Sadly the SHO (W) , pun intended Was the wrong car to put the most beautiful Motor ever built. This motor was used in the days of 3.5L engines . HP of F1 karts at that time in the hi 700HP and over 10,000 rpm.
I had a Matrix XRS with the 2ZZ motor. Redlined at 11k and would hit lift at bout 9k rpm. The problem was these motors are high rpm and required the owner to drive and maintain it correctly which many of us didn’t; resulting in sludged motors that warranty had to cover. I did it once 🤣
When you first showed the first generation Ford Taurus SHO, you inadvertently identified it as having 356 horsepower. Only the EcoBoost produced that number. My second year SHO was a great car for the times until the throttle cable stuck which incidentally occurred several years later in my Contour SVT.😡
I also might have misheard, but I think he said suspension work for certain cars were by Yamaha, but I think it was a former Lotus engineer who did the work for cars like the AW11. Still Yamaha has some amazing hits.
Yamaha also has been making great atvs and dirt bikes but the thing that really sucks is that they never update anything for example the banshee had only one major upgrade in the 30+ years it was out and their new sxs are great but also haven’t had any changes in years
I would rather have something reliable for years than a go fast turd for months. Still have my '07 Rhino and use it everyday on the farm. I've also had polaris, can-am, and kawasaki sxs's come and go. They were fun, but just did not last like my Yamaha.
I had a Yamaha PW80 dirtbike as a kid, and later a TTR-125. I remember asking my father once "Why doesn't Yamaha make cars?" Since they make electronics, motorcyles/quads and other motorsport vhicles, and even instruments. When I looked into it I was amazed to find they had worked on many carp projects, but never had their own true division. Now I have another question.. Why doesn't Toyota make motorcycles?
Hey Jay as a kid I had a 1981 yz 80 2 stroke dirt bike! I bought it old and it seized but got it rebuilt for a few hundred dollars and boy did that thing sing! Effortless power all through the rev range! I remember the ttr 125 good reliable bike! And in 2010 I bought my 2 sons a pee wee 50 yammy for them! They loved it till they got into pc gaming ! I then offered them a go kart and to my shock said nah and went on to playing there games! If my parents said do you want to a go kart I would of leapt with joy! Boy today's kids are happy to play a computer game over a go kart! Then I got rc cars for them that lasted 2 weeks then back to pc! Anyway have a good day when I saw you having a pee wee and ttr I had to say hello! Take care God bless Glenn! I'm a male this is not my iPad!
@@mareewalker1096 You know I was pretty big into computer games as well, but I still would have ran at the chance to ride. I was never able to ride the bike at my home though, so we would have to load them up and go to places where there are trails since I live in a very suburban area. So riding wasn't something I got to do very regularly. But I also was very into skateboarding. PC gaming is a huge thing these days, and there are lots of grown men & women playing games, but people need to learn to unplug a bit and get outside more. Thanks for the comment though, Glen. And yes that's interesting that we both had those models. Even today I try to go and ride when I get a chance, and I've been considering getting a street bike now that I'm a little older and less reckless. God bless you as well, and take care!
@@drownthepoor ha ha I could not ride my bike as a kid at home but there was a spot about 30 minute walk and dad said you can ride it there but you MUST push it there! Ha ha I pushed it far enough for dad not able to hear then I'd kick it over and ride the rest of the way! That turned to riding it all over the place till I got caught by cops! Lucky they did not take it they warned me! Still kept riding it to the spot but stopped riding it anywhere and everywere! It impressed a girl I dated for a bit ha ha! I learned to drive at young age as I had .family with a farm 12 years old! Anyway I started waking up at 1 am in morning and quietly get keys to dad's car and sneak out and push the car down driveway then roll down the street and start it and go joy riding with my mates! Around 15 years old! Kept doing that till I had an accident going to fast and had to swerve to miss a parked car and drove up onto foot path and damaged front suspension! I rolled the car down my street and into driveway and in the morning dad went to shop and as soon as he got home I new what was coming! He charged into my room and you can guess what happened! See my house was on a street on a hill so I pushed it out of driveway quickly jump in then roll down street and start it and coming I came from top of street switch engine off and roll down then had enough speed to turn into driveway then push door closed quietly and put keys away job done! Anyway pleasure talking with you Jay I thought you might like that story we had some fun back in the day! Hope all your family is well and happy take care God bless you all! Glenn from Australia!
@@drownthepoor ohh don't get a road bike to dangerous! My mate had both arms and legs smashed to pieces when a car turned out on a main road he hit the side of the car broke both legs both arms! When he came to his foot was next to his head ! It's not that you can't ride it's that people that don't look! See when you get to a intersection people are not thinking motorbike there only thinking cars! Even when driving along you look for cars you don't think motorbike! Very dangerous be careful if you do!
And I no longer ride but an old mate has a KTM 520 is it if I'm right! I no it's 5 something 4 stroke! That is a weapon! The power that 4 strokes have these days and rev like a 2 stroke! WEAPON!
Close. Yamaha worked on the 1JZ, Toyota made the evolution on the JZ with the various 2JZ models. That's why you won't find YAMAHA markings on a 2JZ, but you will on a 1JZ. Still the DNA is there. Toyota investing in Yamaha was one of their biggest moves for sure.
Glad someone made a doc about Yamaha they more than deserve the recognition. My 1JZ-GTE Toyota motor has Yamaha on its timing cover. Who would have thought piano keys and cylinder head valves kinda do the same thing 🤯 they are the best at making cylinder heads for this reason.
I wish more emphasis would have been placed on motorcycle development. Lage capacity V4 V-Max (based on Honda V4), EXUP exhaust valve system, 5 valve Genesis heads, forward leaning engines, temporary ownersip of Ohlins, crossplane inline 4 to mimic V4, etc.
Brad, I have to commend you on finding Trav. In my opinion he’s about the best automotive storyteller I’ve ever heard! And Trav, I can’t wait for the next installation. Your doing a fine job!
He’s amazing isn’t he
@@IdealMediaChannel what car is the car in the title picture
@@WEPA305 LFA rendered with a Yamaha emblem
I own a Yamaha 125cc motorcycle as a daily. it may not be fast, or sounds good but it has phenomenal fuel economy of 61km/liter almost running on fuel vapors and totally bulletproof reliability.
I also own a 115cc Yamaha and it's fun to drive despite being a little slow
@@weesamexpress6730 you own an Rx 115? Am I right.
@@2strokepakistan933 its the Vega 115 in the philippines
@@weesamexpress6730 awesome brother, I also own an yamaha Rx 1983.
Same here, own 2 Yamaha Bikes, one 125cc and the other is 155cc
I'm a Yamaha bass player. Their musical instruments are top notch. Their marine engines are top notch... So this isn't really surprising for those of us who are Yamaha users of any of their products.
Especially the synthesizers the CS- 80 and the DX7. Yamaha commercial audio equipment is OK .
I have their snowmobiles motorcycles and can confirm they also make a bulletproof engine .
Yes, I have a Yamaha CR 2020 from the late 1970s that is still pumping Heavenly sound like nothing has happened to it through all these years. I hope that Yamaha gets together with Tesla again, and produce really new EVs worth of the Yamaha and Tesla names!!!!!
@@jorgerobles628 bad match... Tesla is a temporary fad. The big dogs have a better budget and operations ability to surpass and supercede the conman
I don't own a Yamaha instrument, but played several Yamaha pianos. I agree🎹🎶
Yamaha is also involved in the Pontiac Vibe GT and Toyota Matrix XRS. The 2ZZ-GE engine has their touch on it, making 180 horsepower in a 1.8 four banger.
Dont forget the legendary 4A-GE and they say they had a hand with the 2JZ as well
I have a 2ZZ MR2 Spyder. It's such a good combo!😊
@Marius Bajdechi I'm legit considering getting a VGT or an XRS for my next car. I live at high elevation and need forced induction, and today's cars are out of my budget.
@@OEM1 Indirectly. Yamaha worked on the 1JZ, Toyota then made an evolution on it to make the 2JZ. That's why you won't find YAMAHA markings on a 2JZ, but you will on a 1JZ.
I have a 2zz Celica. I have done a lot of work on my high mileage engine and have come to absolutely love the 2zz
I have 5 yamaha guitars a Nylon acoustic 6 string, an acoustic 12 string, A Pacifica electric 6 string and a RB 200 electric bass. I have Yamaha motif ES synth, modx synth, Steinberg yamaha digital interface. Also a Yamaha PSR 473 syth. A yamaha xv750 motorbike in the garage. And a Toyota Celica GTS with yamaha VVTIL head. Yamaha make great stuff that works and more importantly that lasts. I LOVE Yamaha stuff.
From outboard boat engines to home stereos Yamaha is always my first choice. They seem to combine the most performance and reliability possible
My first clarinet was a Yamaha.
My first keyboard was a Yamaha.
I owned Yamaha snowmobiles, I have two Yamaha acoustic guitars. and they have been decent. but I would never be interested in the collaboration between Yamaha and Ford. FORD'S ARE GARBAGE!!!!!!!
250s on boats keep oil in water out they are run forever not fast or slow but just strong reliability 😅
@@MusicAuthority-b9r I don't know man my stepdads 97 f-150 runs pretty well and is pretty reliable
Great video thank you! I can tell you I owned a 05 Yamaha R1 for a time. It had the 5 valve head. 4-2-1-2 titanium Sato exhaust. When you got above 10k the sound of that bike is somthing I'll never forget and it pulled like a freight train... my hands would shake evertime I was about to ride it, until I grabbed the bars, then it was like connecting with somthing slightly more than just a machine and we flew..
I owned a Yamaha Vision motorcycle (XZ550) in the early 80's. It wasn't called the Vision for nothing, because that's exactly what it was. Out of the crate it had carb problems and unacceptable fork flexing, but once those issues were resolved (cleaned out the carbs and added a fork brace), it was literally the stuff of dreams. I'll never forget that bike. Everything about the Vision was a delight.
Yamaha also made the engine for the Ford Thunderbird SC.
But did you know they also make some of the finest drums in the world?
The PHX ( Phoenix) line is absolutely incredible and super expensive.
Their drum pedals are also killer.
I have many pedals including a DW9000 but my yammy FP8500C is my favorite!
Yamaha makes decent motorcycles and snowmobiles. and acoustic guitars but collaboration with Ford should have never happened. because it only made the worthless Ford's slightly better. FORD'S ARE GARBAGE!!!!!!!
And the Ford Taurus SHO
I had an SHO! One of the best sounding and best looking engines ever.
Opening the hood on that first gen SHO was a thing of beauty
I concur (in my best Leo in Catch me if you can speak) that the engine was a thing of beauty if you will concur back that it was still just a polished u turd.
1JZGTE was Yamaha's gift we never knew we needed!
The 1JZ was not solely done by Yamaha. Yamaha did the headwork for the 1JZ.
I was waiting for the LFA bit, came in right at the end
The real proof of unbridled Yamaha engine works lies in the marine division, so simple, durable and long lasting 👍
In the music world Yamaha is the Toyota of instruments. There pianos are amazing. Yamaha also owns luxury piano brand Bosendorfer for about 13 years or so and is continueslly improving their pianos. Yamaha keeps Bosendorfer runing wile Bosendorfer helps Yamaha improve their pianos, and there are actually Yamaha digital pianos with Bosendorfer samples in them🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Didn't know that interesting little bit of information... Yamaha owns Bosendorfer
Yamaha is the Toyota of instruments? Most, and if not all most definitely the best ones, of the engines made by Toyota, have been designed by Yamaha. I would not say that Yamaha needs Bösendorfer to improve their pianos. But, the acquisition gave access to Bösendorfer's specific production techniques as well as their knowledge of which woods to buy where. In the same way, Yamaha did not need to buy Selmer Paris for them to design and produce great saxophones. The reason the grand pianos in the famous concert halls of the world have all been (Hamburg) Steinways, or at least these halls had a Steinway D available, is because the artist agency that had all the important pianists under contract was owned by Steinway and the pianists had a contractual obligation to in public play Steinway only. You'll see that in recent years, at the Polish annual best Chopin pianist "games" there now is a choice and 50% may go Steinway, while the others chose Fagioli or Kawai.
The famous Austrian piano brand is called Bösendorfer and in that registered trade name the ö is short notation for "oe", so if you don't know how to get the ö in typing, then you can replace it by "oe" - in the German language, in correct computer implementations, the ö and oe are sort-ordered as equals. The same applies to ä/ae and ü/ue.
@@jpdj2715 thanks for the tips. I think I'll leave the spelling as is🎹🎶
Here are some historical stories about the famous Yamaha in Japan!
History of Yamaha
First, Yamaha repaired imported pianos and then made musical instruments.
The company started out repairing imported pianos, and then started making musical instruments, and then started making electronic musical instruments, and then started making DSP.
Then, in order to use DSP for other purposes, Yamaha started to make routers.
In this way, Yamaha began to make musical instruments, electronic devices, and network-related products.
Then, why do I make motors, furniture, and so on?
Piano repairing gave him expertise in woodworking, which he used to make furniture, which he then used to make housing equipment.
During the war, the military said, "You make furniture, so you can make wooden propellers," so they made propellers for fighter planes, which led to the production of engines.
We made engines, so we will make motorcycles.
Since we make engines, we also make boats, and FRP is used to make the hulls.
Using FRP, make a waterslide, and then a swimming pool.
The water in the pool became muddy, so we made a water purifier.
Water purifier was a failure, and algae grew profusely → Started algae cultivation → Bio-enterprise
As a result of Yamaha's continuous efforts to turn every possible success and failure into a new business, the word "Yamaha" conjures up images of all kinds of products, and this has led to a phenomenon where people have lost track of what kind of company Yamaha is.
Can't have anything but respect for them, especially in the motorsport even though they are not a motoring focused company, they make arguably some of the best engines that have ever been made.
@@fs5866 Best just after Honda and Ducati.
@@stephanschroder6154 Ducati do not really stand at the top of anything, they only produce motorcycles and they are definitely not the highest standard, they are full of problems and unreliability.
They repaired pump organs first then after that they made their first organ. Torakusu Yamaha made his first piano in 1,900. If memory servs me right he was helpt by Kouichi Kawai who worked for Yamaha until 1,927 when he started making his own pianos. Typing this after playing a K Kawai grand piano haha🎹🎶
I’m baffled the R1 and other motorcycles aren’t in this masterpiece of a video
Yea, weird. Wonder why.
I was gonna say
Also their M1 in MotoGP and Brabham BT58Y in F1.
I had a 94 SHO, and I just loved that car. If I was able to still drive today, I would most definitely look for another one.
FORD'S ARE GARBAGE!!!!!!
I owned a 1991 Taurus SHO. The motor is still one the most beautiful pieces of automotive engineering I've even seen. The most was gorgeous, and it SCREAMED.
Hell yea they screamed!! Me n a buddy would race people and usually blew their doors in. Big time sleeper car. Awesome.
I knew someone who had that car and that thing was very fast you always excepted the needle to stop but it just kept going faster
i have a yamaha Fz09 as my sports machine, its almost 10 years old and gets anual upgrades. Its an amazing machine. their motors are second to none.
Yamaha make special sounding pianos and acoustic guitars that are amazing and somehow they made the LFA and the supra sound so crazy good.
Excellent history of Yamaha 👍🏼
I've owned several yamaha drum sets,shell kits , audio receivers ......they put out outstanding quality on all their product lines.
Me with my 1989 toyota corolla ae90 with a swapped yamaha 2zzge engine and 7 speed manual from an 05 toyota runX....
Listening to them say yamaha only worked on expessive cars
you have got a new sub. man you are great at telling the history of the car and their makers
Yamaha has been a maker of very solid home audio equipment as well................
Yamaha is my favorite company when it comes to anything. Who else can make $120,000 grand pianos, world class stereos and synthesizers, class leading motorcycles and the entire automotive industry has on speed dial? I cant think of anything they ever made and people said dont buy that, never actually.
As a musician, i think they make the best beginner instruments, but also excellent quality instruments. Their electric bass guitars are so nice and sound phenomenal for the price.
They also make high end expensive instruments like the Yamaha CFX concert grand🎹🎶
Great vid...thanks for the research and passing it on.
Great video some really interesting things I didnt know about Yamaha thanks a bunch mate keep it up
I had a 2004 Yamaha R6 and the .598cc engine was just unbelievable. The power didn't even really show up until 10,000rpm and then you better lock in the foot pegs and hang on. It pulled dso hard until 18,000 rpm and sounded like the naturallly asperated F1 cars. I love Yamaha and had no idea they made the engine for McLaren F1. Great video
Killer Documentary!
I've lost track of how many Yamaha badged / built / designed things I've owned over the years..
My MR2s have always been my favorite cars, and I currently rock 2 of their bikes.
TW200 [3rd one] and a WR250R [2nd one]
Without a doubt, Yamaha is one of The Best companies ever!
Legendary....
Knowledge is awesome. Thanks.
The 4cyl engine in the Yamaha VMAX motorcycle. Amazing! That motor was released in 1985 I believe.
Great story and vid.
I luv the sudden change of thumbnails 👌
Bruh, the quality of this video is impressive… from the music, the storyteller, the editing and etc. Legit one of the best video I’ve ever seen in YT.
You know your getting the highest quality with anything Yamaha . Man I love there stuff.
It is so cool to think that a muscle car's engine was made by a company that also creates beautiful instruments.
Very Nice storytelling, i like this video a lot.
It's their pursuit of perfection in small and intricate parts of instruments that translates well into legendary engine tuning. They basically build a grand piano inside the hood of the car
Yamaha, along with Honda and Suzuki make really great engines. I own racing motorcycles made by them all and they’re excellent. They now get 200bhp per liter out of a naturally aspirated engine. Who needs turbos or superchargers with horsepower like that?
Will those engines work efficiently in a normal weight car? I'm thinking not really, based on the honda s2000.
Really enjoyed this. Thanks for making such a great video!
I Love Yamaha No1🇯🇵🥰👍
I raced an R1 here in the US for 2 years, absolute time of my life that I was fortunate enough to find sponsorships and live my dream, if even for a short time.
I used to own an sho and was in a club for sho's. Ford built them for the police force and had designed the engine but decided to get Yamaha to build them because the production quantity was too small for them to set up another plant. Yamaha did a great job putting them together though. They had an unserviceable transmission though, couldn't even change transmission oil without drilling a hole. Probably expected the police to just get new car by the time the trans would potentially have an issue
The 1LR-GUE V10 in the LFA was not solely built by Yamaha. It was a collaboration with Toyota. The creation of the V10 was lead by Lexus' chief engine designer Okamoto Takamitsu.
The engine starts life at Toyota's Myochi plant. It is at this plant that the engine block is made from molted aluminium. The block is then sent to Toyota's Honsha factory. The same factory that used to be Toyota's F1 engine facility. The block will get milled, drilled and polished and emerges as a precise engine block. In a sealed room Takumi’s hone every sharp edge using precision polishing tools. After this a highly skilled Takumi pre-assembles the finished engine blocks to check if they fit precisely. Disassembled they travel as unit to Yamaha’s Iwata city plant. It is at this plant that 4 highly skilled Yamaha Takumi’s fully assemble V10. A process that takes 2,5 days for one engine. Before the engine gets put into an LFA, it undergoes a half day of exhaustive testing. Everything mentioned here was documented on episode of "Mega Factory" by NA- GEO. You can find it here.
Whats the car in the title picture
Yamaha is always my first choice when it comes to motorcycle i can say i'm a fan of yamaha. When people ask me what bike to buy i always recommended yamaha...
This is amazing
Dude that's such a Chad move to just stay behind the scenes of all these great cars
Great video. Loved it.❤
Great info, I learned so much! thanks
well done guys,full info and complete video at all,nice channel,1st time here!good job,keep up entertainment!
Amazing video... was very informative
Great video. Thank you.
Ive had my yamaha sound bar for nearly 10 years now and it still sounds as good out of the box. I only recently noticed....my daughter had friends round and she turned it up super loud and i remember thinkin "holy shit" no distorsion or anything.
This was a phenomenal job !
Brilliant segment,. Well done
When I think of Yamaha growing up I think precision. Rob dahm can do it in his garage now, but back then it was obvious that Yamaha had a more modern factory. They were machining formerly cast parts and we thought Japan lived in the future.
Great vid!!
imagine yamaha starts making their own cars
You are really forgetting the volvo Yamaha 4.4 v8. Amazing sound.
The Ford Taurus SHO
used a Yamaha formula 1 mother . It could spin at 8000 RPM all day long and is one of the best motors ever put into a car. Sadly the SHO (W) , pun intended
Was the wrong car to put the most beautiful
Motor ever built. This motor was used in the days of 3.5L engines . HP of F1 karts at that time in the hi 700HP
and over 10,000 rpm.
I came up with and installed a windshield banner saying SHOtime on my buddies SHO. So much fun racing unsuspecting people and blowing them away.
I had a Matrix XRS with the 2ZZ motor. Redlined at 11k and would hit lift at bout 9k rpm. The problem was these motors are high rpm and required the owner to drive and maintain it correctly which many of us didn’t; resulting in sludged motors that warranty had to cover. I did it once 🤣
Sick video did not disappoint!!!
Love this. Where can I buy a Yamaha tuned car 😄
Would be great to see Yamaha make their own car top to bottom.
Have always been a superfan of Yamaha and Toyota. I own nothing else!
Awesome. Thank you for sharing this content.
Yamaha also designed the 2ZZ-GE engine fore the 2000 Celica....it was fun with 180hp, but plagued with reliability issues.
And they helped with the 2jz my mann
I never had reliability issues.
If you have the money, buy LFA . You wont regret it simply the best car ever build. Way far ahead if italian gabage.
More like cabbage, because Italian cars crumble.
Wow, very nicely done! Got a lump in my throat👍👍👍
My first car was 92 Taurus SHO with a Yamaha engine, loved it
Never seen this channel. But the narrator is an absolute professional! Damn good job guys.
I love Yamaha a legend is the R1! Drive it is to love it!! Best wish Reiner from Germany
Absolutely fascinating...
Great story and video.
Thank you!
Wow man, I did not know this, just amazing!!! Thanks.
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Ford puma 1.7 lump built in Germany shipped to Japan tuned by Yamaha shipped back to Germany and fitted to the car. Great car
After watching this im surprised that they were not successful in F1
・最初は輸入オルガンの修理→楽器関係作る
・楽器やってた流れで電子楽器も作る→LSIも作る
・LSIを作ったからパソコンも作る→他にも利用しようとしてルーター作る
という流れで、楽器、電子機器、ネットワーク関係の製品を作るようになった。
じゃ、なんで発動機や家具とかも作ったのかというと、
・オルガンやピアノ作りで木工のノウハウが蓄積される→家具を作る→住宅設備も作る
・戦時中に軍から「家具作ってるんだから木製のプロペラ作れるだろ」といわれて航空機のプロペラ作る→終戦後にGHQから返してもらった設備でバイクとエンジン作る
・ヤマハ発動機を立ち上げる→設立9日後に初めて作ったバイクでレースに優勝
・社長が弓道やってたからFRPでアーチェリー作る→FRPあるから船も作る
・社長が自分で使ってたアメリカ製の船外機がよく故障するので船外機作る
・FRPを利用してプールを作る→ついでにウォータースライダーも作る
・インドネシアの駐在員の家族から「水道水が汚い」ってクレームがきたから浄水器作る
・バイクから出る二酸化炭素を何とかできないかと思ってバイオ事業化
Great vid
Those motorcycle races posters are FIRE! wow. seriously.
Amazing Saxophones!
Thank you I learned a lot.
Love it! 🤙🏼
When you first showed the first generation Ford Taurus SHO, you inadvertently identified it as having 356 horsepower. Only the EcoBoost produced that number.
My second year SHO was a great car for the times until the throttle cable stuck which incidentally occurred several years later in my Contour SVT.😡
LT5 from the ZR1 was built by lotus
I also might have misheard, but I think he said suspension work for certain cars were by Yamaha, but I think it was a former Lotus engineer who did the work for cars like the AW11. Still Yamaha has some amazing hits.
It was designed by Lotus but built by Mercury Marine.
Yamaha also has been making great atvs and dirt bikes but the thing that really sucks is that they never update anything for example the banshee had only one major upgrade in the 30+ years it was out and their new sxs are great but also haven’t had any changes in years
I would rather have something reliable for years than a go fast turd for months. Still have my '07 Rhino and use it everyday on the farm. I've also had polaris, can-am, and kawasaki sxs's come and go. They were fun, but just did not last like my Yamaha.
I had a Yamaha PW80 dirtbike as a kid, and later a TTR-125. I remember asking my father once "Why doesn't Yamaha make cars?" Since they make electronics, motorcyles/quads and other motorsport vhicles, and even instruments.
When I looked into it I was amazed to find they had worked on many carp projects, but never had their own true division.
Now I have another question.. Why doesn't Toyota make motorcycles?
Hey Jay as a kid I had a 1981 yz 80 2 stroke dirt bike! I bought it old and it seized but got it rebuilt for a few hundred dollars and boy did that thing sing! Effortless power all through the rev range! I remember the ttr 125 good reliable bike! And in 2010 I bought my 2 sons a pee wee 50 yammy for them! They loved it till they got into pc gaming ! I then offered them a go kart and to my shock said nah and went on to playing there games! If my parents said do you want to a go kart I would of leapt with joy! Boy today's kids are happy to play a computer game over a go kart! Then I got rc cars for them that lasted 2 weeks then back to pc! Anyway have a good day when I saw you having a pee wee and ttr I had to say hello! Take care God bless Glenn! I'm a male this is not my iPad!
@@mareewalker1096 You know I was pretty big into computer games as well, but I still would have ran at the chance to ride.
I was never able to ride the bike at my home though, so we would have to load them up and go to places where there are trails since I live in a very suburban area.
So riding wasn't something I got to do very regularly.
But I also was very into skateboarding.
PC gaming is a huge thing these days, and there are lots of grown men & women playing games, but people need to learn to unplug a bit and get outside more.
Thanks for the comment though, Glen. And yes that's interesting that we both had those models. Even today I try to go and ride when I get a chance, and I've been considering getting a street bike now that I'm a little older and less reckless.
God bless you as well, and take care!
@@drownthepoor ha ha I could not ride my bike as a kid at home but there was a spot about 30 minute walk and dad said you can ride it there but you MUST push it there! Ha ha I pushed it far enough for dad not able to hear then I'd kick it over and ride the rest of the way! That turned to riding it all over the place till I got caught by cops! Lucky they did not take it they warned me! Still kept riding it to the spot but stopped riding it anywhere and everywere! It impressed a girl I dated for a bit ha ha! I learned to drive at young age as I had .family with a farm 12 years old! Anyway I started waking up at 1 am in morning and quietly get keys to dad's car and sneak out and push the car down driveway then roll down the street and start it and go joy riding with my mates! Around 15 years old! Kept doing that till I had an accident going to fast and had to swerve to miss a parked car and drove up onto foot path and damaged front suspension! I rolled the car down my street and into driveway and in the morning dad went to shop and as soon as he got home I new what was coming! He charged into my room and you can guess what happened! See my house was on a street on a hill so I pushed it out of driveway quickly jump in then roll down street and start it and coming I came from top of street switch engine off and roll down then had enough speed to turn into driveway then push door closed quietly and put keys away job done! Anyway pleasure talking with you Jay I thought you might like that story we had some fun back in the day! Hope all your family is well and happy take care God bless you all! Glenn from Australia!
@@drownthepoor ohh don't get a road bike to dangerous! My mate had both arms and legs smashed to pieces when a car turned out on a main road he hit the side of the car broke both legs both arms! When he came to his foot was next to his head ! It's not that you can't ride it's that people that don't look! See when you get to a intersection people are not thinking motorbike there only thinking cars! Even when driving along you look for cars you don't think motorbike! Very dangerous be careful if you do!
And I no longer ride but an old mate has a KTM 520 is it if I'm right! I no it's 5 something 4 stroke! That is a weapon! The power that 4 strokes have these days and rev like a 2 stroke! WEAPON!
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I've been a Yamaha fanboy for 40 years.
I never knew this thanks for the education. Subscribed
The 2jz head was designed by Yamaha, they truly make awesome pieces of machinery.
Close. Yamaha worked on the 1JZ, Toyota made the evolution on the JZ with the various 2JZ models. That's why you won't find YAMAHA markings on a 2JZ, but you will on a 1JZ. Still the DNA is there. Toyota investing in Yamaha was one of their biggest moves for sure.
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I've owned 3 Yamaha bikes, Toyota's with Yamaha involvements, a Yamaha powered go kart. I'm definitely a Yamawhore.
Yamaha also made had their touch on the red top 3s gte beams engine. One of favorite Toyota engines.
Thought itll be click bate but I know there channel is far better than that. Learned a lot watching this video thanks for the great upload
Glad someone made a doc about Yamaha they more than deserve the recognition. My 1JZ-GTE Toyota motor has Yamaha on its timing cover. Who would have thought piano keys and cylinder head valves kinda do the same thing 🤯 they are the best at making cylinder heads for this reason.
Lol @ this guy dancing around with a desktop microphone in his hand like it's cool 😄
I wish more emphasis would have been placed on motorcycle development. Lage capacity V4 V-Max (based on Honda V4), EXUP exhaust valve system, 5 valve Genesis heads, forward leaning engines, temporary ownersip of Ohlins, crossplane inline 4 to mimic V4, etc.
Watching this while listening on my Yamaha studio monitors!
Yamaha needs to hire Yamaha to fix their MotoGP engine😂😢
U still can’t get an LFA either…