The 2015 Yamaha YZF-R3 is finally here, and we’ve got almost all the details about this ultra-hot appearance in the small-displacement segment. As expected, the R3 is a step up from the R25 machine ...

Yamaha's R3 may be its most affordable sportbike, but our time on the street and the track proves it's far more than the sum of its parts. Tim Stevens Former editor at large for CNET Cars Tim Stevens ...

TJ started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2009 for outlets such as eHow, eHowNow, and MotorTrend subsidiaries. He is certified to work on ...

Focus on the entry-level market has reached fever pitch this year, with Honda updating and enlarging its smallest CBR, Kawasaki just two years from making the Ninja 250 and much more potent 300, and ...

Even if we are used to recall campaigns that involve hundreds or thousands of motorcycles, the latest Yamaha recall aims to fix a staggeringly low number of bikes. Only sixteen 2015 model year Yamaha ...

The R3 is the latest bike to roll into our garage. This is a spicy little sportbike, and one Yamaha suggests makes the most power in its class. However, Yamaha doesn't offer any specific power figures ...

All of a sudden, it seems like everybody is going nuts for small-displacement sport bikes. OK, maybe not “everybody.” But sales of sport bikes under 500cc have doubled in the last five years, which is ...

Yamaha's R3 is the latest entry in the fast-growing under-500-cc sport bike category. And it's fun! The styling is not just reminiscent of the bigger R6, from a distance you might not be able to tell ...