Yamaha Motor Racing By the Numbers
YAMAHA MOTOR RACING BY THE NUMBERS
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During last fall’s EICMA motorcycle show in Italy, a small group of moto scribes had the pleasure of visiting the Yamaha Motor Racing headquarters in Milan. We had the chance to tour the facility and meetwith Lin Jarvis, the managing director, and Marco Riva, the general manager. While touring the place I jotted down some miscellaneous numbers that point to howbigYamahaisand just how serious the company is about MotoCP.
-Andrew Bornhop
TOTAL COMPANIES WITHIN THE YAMAHA CORPORATION.
63,627 YAMAHA EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE. 65.8 PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL 2013 BUSINESS THAT GAME FROM MOTORCYCLES.
65 WORK ENGINEERS ON THE IN JAPAN YAMAHA WHO YZR-M1 MOTOGP PROJECT.
1,000 CAPACITY, IN CC, OF CURRENT MOTOGP Ml ENGINE.
12-15 TOTAL WEEKS IT TAKES TO PRODUCE A FINISHED CRANKSHAFT FOR THE M1 MOTOGP ENGINE.
3.5 DAYS IT TAKES YMR TO ASSEMBLE AN Ml MOTOGP ENGINE.
