Yamaha ends factory Dakar Rally motorcycle programme

The Japanese marque has been a mainstay of the Dakar since the event’s inception in 1979, scoring nine wins in the motorcycle class since then.
However, its last triumph came all the way back in 1998, when Stephane Peterhansel took the last of his six Dakar wins on two wheels on a Yamaha.
Success has been harder to come by in recent years amid the domination of KTM and Honda, with its last …Keep reading