Yamaha
Yamaha Wheel Bearing Kit
Yamaha is Japan’s second largest motorcycle manufacturer and one of the Japanese Big Four motorcycle brands (with Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki). Yamaha’s first motorcycle debuted in 1955, the YA-1. It was a copy of the German DKW RT 125, but the Yamaha YA-1 proved itself to be winner in both sales and in the motorcycle racing circuit. With Yamaha achieving instant success with the YA-1, the company found themselves inspired and motivated by the spirit of competition (forming an intense rivalry against Japan’s #1 motorcycle brand, Honda). Throughout the 50s and 60s, Yamaha further developed their motorsports efforts and one of the products that was bred from the company’s racing experience was the 1968 XS-1, Yamaha’s first 4-stroke performance motorcycle. Yamaha continued their foray into 4-stroke motorcycles in the 70s and in 1976, Yamaha countered the multi-cylinder sport bikes from Honda and Suzuki with the 3-cylinder XS750. The 1980s and 1990s was a new dawn of high-performance for Yamaha. During this period, Yamaha unveiled the RZ350 (1983), XV750 (1981), RZV500 (1984), FZR1000 (1987), and the SZR660 and YZF1000R Thunderface (both in 1996). When Yamaha entered the ATV market in 1980, they already had 25 years’ worth of knowledge from building high-performance street and racing motorcycles. The 1980 Tri-Moto was Yamaha’s first ATV sold in America and it was an instantaneous success. The Tri-Moto allowed Yamaha to reach new heights in the 4X4 off-road segment during that prime period of the 1980s and 1990s. Models such as the Tri-Zinger, YFM200, Warrior, Big Bear, Wolverine, Grizzly 600, and Yamaha’s first American-made ATV, the 1999 Beartracker, made Yamaha one of the most in-demand ATV manufacturers in the business. In 2006, Yamaha released the Raptor 700R, the most powerful outdoor ATV available on the market and in 2007, they followed up their Grizzly 600 and 660 models with the Grizzly 700; the first ATV to utilize electric power steering. Today, Yamaha’s motorcycle program operates and maintains more than 20 international subsidiaries across the world and their reach continues to grow year by year. Not bad for a company that started out selling musical instruments over 130 years ago. HQ Powersports is a proud retailer of All Balls Racing wheel bearing kits and we stock an array of All Balls seals and products that are a direct fit for popular vintage and late-model 2 and 4-wheel powersports rides from Honda, Husaberg, Buell, Ducati, Cobra, Can-Am, Indian Motorcycle, Victory, Yamaha, Polaris, Kawasaki, Triumph, Aprilia, BMW, and other domestic, Japanese, and European powersports vehicle manufacturers. Find front wheel bearing kits and rear wheel bearing kits by All Balls Racing at HQ Powersports.