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The serial number dates it to 1954/1955 British Seagull was a British manufacturer of simple and rugged two-stroke marine outboard motors , produced from the late 1930s until the mid-1990s. Originally based in Wolverhampton , the company moved to Poole, Dorset , a centre for boating and yachting.
PSR-OR700 (2007, Oriental version of Yamaha PSR-S700) PSR-A2000 (2012, Oriental model and black version of Yamaha PSR S710. And the first A series whose Pitch Band and Modulation uses a Joystick) PSR-A3000 (2016, Oriental version based on Yamaha PSR-S770 and first A Series to have multiple colours in the board)
The first known outboard motor was a small 11 pound (5 kg) electric unit designed around 1870 by Gustave Trouvé, [9] and patented in May 1880 (Patent N° 136,560). [10] Later about 25 petrol powered outboards may have been produced in 1896 by American Motors Co [9] —but neither of these two pioneering efforts appear to have had much impact.
Yamaha also sponsors several professional ATV riders in several areas of racing, such as cross country racing and motocross. Yamaha has had success in cross country with their YFZ450, ridden by Bill Ballance, winning 9 straight titles since 2000. Yamaha's other major rider, Traci Cecco, has ridden the YFZ450 to 7 titles, with the first in 2000.
1927 Johnson Seahorse outboard motor at the Tellus Science Museum. The original company that made Johnson inboard motors and outboard motors was the Johnson Brothers Motor Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. They started building inboard 2-cycle marine engines in 1903 in a barn behind the house, along with matching boats.
Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社, Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha, / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː /; Japanese pronunciation:) is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company.
Later Yamaha swapped the 249cc engine for a 246cc engine but little else changed and almost all parts were interchangeable. In the late 1990s Yamaha removed both short track models from the market and only the 136 inch track was available. Yamaha Bravo was an extremely reliable sled and could go 20,000 or more km trouble free.
The Yamaha DT is a series of motorcycles and mopeds produced by the Yamaha Motor Corporation. Models in the DT series feature an engine displacement of 50 to 400 cc (3.1 to 24.4 cu in). The first DT model, the DT-1, was released in 1968 and quickly sold through its initial 12,000 production run.