Yamaha’s entry-level YZF-R7 is coming in for the first major changes since the model was launched four years ago, with ...

The new Yamaha R7 is a beautiful looking midsize sportsbike - however it's based on a parallel twin engine rather than a 4 cylinder power plant, does it make any sense? I'm now on that Twitter thing!

Yamaha puts the CP2 engine in just about everything, and yet, somehow, it works. The R7 is a great middleweight sports bike that has a hard edge to it. While it won’t outperform many other ...

Michael R. Gordon is a national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. He has covered seven wars and reported on the State Department and the Pentagon. He is the author of “Degrade and ...