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2009 North West 200 Races

Dungannon's Farquhar was second on a Kawasaki, while an all-Irish top three was completed by Kilkenny's John Walsh on his Yamaha.

Alain Chevallier

During the 1970s and 1980s, Chevallier designed and built road racing motorcycles using Yamaha engines and campaigned them in the Grand Prix world championships.

Barber Motorsports Park

It also hosts the Keith Code California Superbike School and the Jamie James Yamaha Champions Riding School.

Bas Bron

Bas Bron has also released music under the pseudonyms Fatima Yamaha and Gifted and is a member and the producer of De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, who had international success with their single Watskeburt.

Bil Jackson

He is currently a Yamaha Artist and plays on a set of custom instruments, the Yamaha CSG series, which he personally helped design and test.

Christian Rayer

Thereafter, he was contracted by the Japanese firm Yamaha and participated in the creation of the first competition Trial bike for the brand in 1971, the TY 250cc.

Creative Wave Blaster

The Wave Blaster port was adopted by other sound card manufacturers who produced both daughterboards and soundcards with the expansion-header: Yamaha, Ensoniq, Orchid, Oberheim, Guillemot, Diamond, TerraTec, Roland, and Turtle Beach.

Delta Entertainment Corporation

Delta Entertainment Corporation released music under the labels of LaserLight Digital, Time-Life Music, Reader's Digest Music, Yamaha, Legend and Style, Capriccio and Delta.

Ducati Corse

This comes at a time when advertising of tobacco sponsorship has become illegal in the European Union and other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies, for example Yamaha have ended their five year relationship with Fortuna/Gauloises.

Frequency modulation synthesis

Don Buchla implemented FM on his instruments in the mid-1960s, prior to Yamaha's patent.

GD-ROM

Developed by Yamaha, Sega intended to use the format to curb piracy common to standard compact discs and to offer increased storage capacity.

Goa trance

Hardware samplers manufactured by Akai, Yamaha and Ensoniq were also popular for sample storage and manipulation.

Graham Noyce

In 1979, Noyce claimed the F.I.M. 500cc motocross world championship by defeating a strong field of riders that included his Honda teammate, André Malherbe, as well as Roger De Coster and Gerrit Wolsink riding for Suzuki, Brad Lackey with Kawasaki and Heikki Mikkola with Yamaha.

Heinz Rosner

He had his best year in 1968 when he rode for the MZ factory racing team to finish the 250cc season in third place behind Yamaha team-mates Phil Read and Bill Ivy.

Jaak van Velthoven

Van Velthoven's best individual performance was a third place in the 500cc World Championship in 1973 with the Yamaha factory racing team.

James Haydon

But his pedigree could not be ignored and he was soon called up to stand in at Virgin Mobile Yamaha in the British Superbike series.

Jon Martin

From a young age made up the first loops and beats with the first samplers as Akai MPC60, Korg Electribe R and analog synthesizers such as Yamaha, Nord Keyboards, Juno-60.

Jonah Street

Typically known for riding Honda motorcycles in the Baja 500 during his early wins and KTM motorcycles during his prior entries in the Dakar Rally, it was announced that Street will be teaming with GYTR (Genuine Yamaha Technology Racing) and would be riding a rally-prepared Yamaha WR450F in the 2011 Dakar Rally.

Kevin Windham

After a long battle with Yamaha's Chad Reed, Windham claimed 5 victories but still finished second to Reed in the title chase.

Kimo Kaulani

Kimo's accomplishments have been recognized by several of the music industry’s leading software and equipment manufacturing companies such as Steinberg/Yamaha, MXL Microphones, Sony Pictures Digital and M-Audio.

Korg

In 1989, Korg recruited the design team from Sequential Circuits just as they were relieved of their duties by then-Sequential owner Yamaha.

Leo Sirota

While he was in Japan, he championed Yamaha pianos, against the prevailing fashion in Japan for Bechstein and Steinway instruments.

Ludwig Sugiri

He taught music at Yamaha Music School Jakarta (1993-2000), graduated from Trisakti University and earned a Bachelor Degree in Visual Communication.

Macintosh startup

The first generation of Power Macintosh computers also do not use the Reekes chime, instead using a chord strummed on a Yamaha 12-string acoustic guitar by jazz guitarist Stanley Jordan.

Mick Doohan

After an arduous recovery, Doohan returned to racing for the final two races but could not prevent Yamaha rider Wayne Rainey from winning his third consecutive title (by four points from Doohan).

Mid America Off Road Association

:There is a movement in MAORA to start a class of race vehicles designed around popular Side by Side (UTV) vehicles, such as those offered by Yamaha, Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Kawasaki.

Motorcycle Safety Foundation

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is a United States national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, and sponsored by the U.S. manufacturers and distributors of BMW, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio/Vespa, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha motorcycles.

Niall Mackenzie

MacKenzie, who hails from Fankerton, near Denny, Stirlingshire; won the British Superbike Championship three times from 1996 to 1998 on a Rob McElnea-run Yamaha team, and the British 250cc and 350cc titles earlier in his career.

On 10 November 2006, it was announced that he would be returning to Yamaha to act as ambassador for the Virgin Mobile Cup and youth development coordinator for Team Virgin Mobile Racing.

Paweł Jaroszewicz

He is endorsed by Meinl, Yamaha, Czarcie Kopyto Pedals, Lime Ears In Ear Systems, Balbex Drumsticks, Red Case Drum Cases and Hesu Cables.

PowerFX

They were first introduced to the Vocaloid software after the introduction of first Vocaloids (Lola and Leon) from the British studio Zero-G at the NAMM Show on January 15, 2004 and were later recommended to Yamaha Corporation by Crypton Future Media.

Radiodrum

The radiodrum has been used to control visual effects, and even robotic acoustic instruments like the Yamaha Disklavier and Trimpin instruments.

Roadliner

Yamaha XV1900A motorcycle, also called Star Roadliner (US), Star Stratoliner (US) or Yamaha Midnight Star (UK)

Santiago, Philippines

, Pepsi Cola, Purefoods, Digitel and PLDT also operate in the city while different car companies abound(i.e. Mitsubishi, Nissan, Isuzu, Hyundai, KIA, Ford, other car companies as well as Yamaha and Honda Motors).

Shaun Muir Racing

After the departure of James Ellison in 2008 to GSE racing Airwaves Yamaha Team, Karl Harris was taken on to race alongside Stuart Easton to compete for the BSB championship in 2009.

From 2013 onwards, the team used the name Milwaukee Yamaha, reflecting the name of its major sponsor, Milwaukee Tools.

Silent piano

Silent pianos are available from many manufacturers, including Steinway, Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Grotrian-Steinweg, Kawai, Yamaha, Schimmel and Seiler.

Superjet

Yamaha SuperJet, a personal watercraft made by Yamaha Motor Corporation

Tech 3

Tech 3 is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in MotoGP World Championship under the name Monster Yamaha Tech 3 and in the Moto2 World Championship under the name Tech 3 Moto2.

V50

Yamaha v50 A step-trough 2 stroke motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha

Yamaha Entertainment Group

A 25-year veteran in the music industry, Chris Gero has spent the last 15 years spearheading Yamaha’s artist branding.

Yamaha Mio

Based on sales performance and also technical studies of its predecessor Yamaha Nouvo by Yamaha's R&D team, in 2003 Yamaha Motor successfully developed and marketed Yamaha Mio in Southeast Asia countries and on March 2004, Hong Leong Yamaha (HLY) introduced this model in Malaysia, renaming it Yamaha Ego.

Yamaha Motor Racing

Although the pair were fighting for the title from different pit boxes (as Valentino Rossi chose to use Bridgestone tyres and as Jorge Lorenzo continued with Michelin), Yamaha operated as one brand and not two separate manufacturers.

Yamaha TW200

The Yamaha TW200 is also credited with being the very first motorcycle to the North Pole, ridden by Shinji Kazama in 1987.

YART

YART (Yamaha Austria Racing Team) is an Austrian world endurance championship racing team based in Heimschuh in Styria.


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