Yamaha’s Bolt and Bolt R-Spec air-cooled V-twin bobbers return for 2020.Yamaha Motor Corp. Yamaha's budget-friendly, throttle-happy Bolt and Bolt R-Spec cruisers are returning for the 2020 model year.

The history of Yamaha dates back to the 1880s, and it goes without saying that the company looked vastly different than it does today. It was very much focused on the innovation and manufacturing of ...

When Yamaha’s cruiser division released its wannabe Harley-Davidson Sportster in 2013, even the company’s brass were unsure how the Bolt would fare. Motorcycle sales were only beginning to stabilize ...

The mean-looking Yamaha Star Bolt C-Spec cafe version has arrived in Australia at $12,699, but there is no word yet on the Racer version. That’s only $200 more than the R-Spec with upgraded piggyback ...

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For the 2021 lineup, Yamaha has trimmed a few models. Fortunately, while the standard Bolt from 2020 has bowed out, the Bolt R-Spec was kept for the foreseeable future. And looking at the features and ...

Yamaha believes that the cruiser segment is slightly changing and the big deep-fendered, classic-styled bikes are now less popular then they were seven years ago. As a result, the Japanese company ...