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In 2005, Yamaha announced the creation of "[[Star Motorcycles]]," a new standalone brand name for its cruiser series of motorcycles. Although a separate brand, Star motorcycles continue to be sold at Yamaha dealerships. | In 2005, Yamaha announced the creation of "[[Star Motorcycles]]," a new standalone brand name for its cruiser series of motorcycles. Although a separate brand, Star motorcycles continue to be sold at Yamaha dealerships. | ||
==History== | |||
Yamaha: the firm whose trademark of three tuning forks highlights its musical origins. The whole story began in 1851, when [[Torakusu Yamaha]] was born, for he was later to show an aptitude for engineering and to complete two apprenticeships, one in clock-making, the other | |||
in medical equipment. | |||
These skills enabled him to repair an organ which he had been asked to look at; a chance happening which inspired him to build one himself and so the Yamaha Musical Instrument Company was set up, prospered, joined together with others, and became the Nippon Gakki Company. I t became one of the world's largest in its field but fell on hard times in the 1920s and 1930s before making a slow recovery in the late 1940s. The firm's continuous search for new products eventually led to the sphere of transport and in 1954 it began to design a [[motorcycle]], despite the many Japanese marques already in business. | |||
==Other Vehicles== | ==Other Vehicles== | ||