Yamaha XS

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The XS model series are motorcycle models from the Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Yamaha in the Naked Bike and Chopper category . The first motorcycle in this series was introduced by Yamaha in 1969 with the XS 1, the first Yamaha motorcycle with a four-stroke engine . The first series has become a motorcycle classic 40 years after it was launched. In the course of time, others were added to the first series, with the type designation TX sometimes also being used for closely related models. The Yamaha XS 750 was presented as a prototype under the name GX 750 . The XS model range was discontinued in 1983. In 2007, Yamaha presented a prototype in the tradition of the first model, the Yamaha XS-V 1 Sakura, at the Tokyo Motor Show .

  • Yamaha XS model range

  • Yamaha XS 400

  • Yamaha XS 650

  • Yamaha XS 750

  • Yamaha XS 850

  • Yamaha XS 1100

Engine variants

All engines in this series are four-stroke engines in series construction . First, with the XS 1 series (later XS 2), a two-cylinder was introduced as a co-rotating parallel twin with 650 cm³ and two valves per cylinder and chain drive. All subsequent models were equipped with either two or four valves (XS / TX 500) per cylinder, one or two overhead camshafts and some with balance shafts. The models XS 250/360/400 and XS500 / TX 500 have two cylinders and a chain drive. The models XS 750 and XS 850 each have three cylinders and a cardan drive. The Yamaha XS 1100 was the largest model with four cylinders and cardan drive.

  • XS 650 (1969–1984, 447 and 3L1, R2 engine), the first motorcycle series with a four-stroke engine from Yamaha, initially as the XS 1 and XS 2
  • XS 360 (1976-1977, R2 engine)
  • XS 250 (1977–1980, R2 engine)
  • XS 400 (1978–1990, R2 engine)
  • XS 500 (1973–1979, R2 engine)
  • XS 750 (R3 engine)
  • XS 850 (R3 engine)
  • XS 1100 (R4 engine)

literature

  • Joachim Kuch, Jürgen Gaßebner: Yamaha motorcycles since 1955 . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 978-3-613-02280-5 .

Web links

Commons : Yamaha XS  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Yamaha XS-V 1 Sakura Yamaha Motor Germany@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.yamaha-motor.de
  2. ↑ Technical data Yamaha XS 500
  3. ↑ Technical data XS 750 and XS 850
  4. ↑ Development history of the Yamaha XS 1100