News approved

Why didn't they leave MotoGP? That could have saved some heavy money for other purposes.

They are leaving WSBK for direct customer activities and satisfaction, right? Get some 600's and 400's manufactured here in India, please Yamaha! That would be some customer satisfaction!

It not just Yamaha.All the factory teams will leave MotoGP pretty soon. Its just a matter of time.

the news says WSB and not MotoGp.

btw, i can't really understand the reason.

now that's surprising! but now as they have said,they should focus on customer demands much better..bring in the mid-weight champs!


cheers.

sounds similar

Does this not sounds exactly like what happened to Ducati? Are they planning a new superbike?

Wsbk is my favourite motorsport and Yamaha my favourite team. This is sad news indead

Even sad is the fact that this won't mean new bikes.
Yamaha Europe boss: “WSB withdrawal will have no effect on new road bikes”“consolidation” of the road range, not new development.

But Andrew Smith - Vice President of Yamaha Motor Europe’s Sales & Marketing Operations – says Yamaha’s plans for new road bikes will remain unchanged. Find a Yamaha motorcycle for sale. He told MCN: “There is no connection between the WSB withdrawal and the development of new road bikes.

"There is 00.00% connection, and the WSB decision will have no effect whatsoever on the release of new bikes.

“If you look at the numbers of new models introduced to the market over the past five years, Yamaha stands at least in the top three of manufacturers and probably at number one.

“The market remains very affected by model introductions. In the mature market we are selling to the enthusiast, whose reasons to buy can be substantially increased by a new product, or a product development. We recognise that. We need to bring in new products to stimulate our market.

"We need to bring in new products to help customers come back to Yamaha or to upgrade their current Yamaha.

“We are 54 years old as a company and ultimately we will survive by the new productsYamaha Europe boss: ?WSB withdrawal will have no effect on new road bikes? - | Motorcycle News | Bike News | Motorbike Videos | MCN

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The rules for various classes in Gp's are really getting irritating.For moto2 engines have to be sanctioned by the organisers.For the future moto3 class ECU's will be provided by the organisers with only limited tweaking possible.Maybe after four to five years they will provide all teams with uniform bikes and teams can add stickers of their choice and sponsors that too the stickers should not be costlier than one dollar and radium and 3-d stickers not allowed!!

GP bikes should be like the honda rc166 or rc145's those were the real wild and truly unrestricted bikes.these rules in racing are making it more and more difficult for the companies to innovate and develop machines for the market hence it makes more sense for them to pull out of such events and invest those funds elsewhere.