Same. As a 47 year old Fisherman/Sportsman that's the first thing that comes to my mind. That and their ATV's (old 3 wheelers and 4 wheelers). 1 word for those in the know-Banshee.
BoyNamedSue4 ya motorcycles and music are pretty niche. If your not into them you likely don't care about brands. Boating really covers all demographics rich to poor, fisherman to tourists. So while it may not be the primary revenue stream it is likely the most recognizable.
Even their musical instrument lineup is insane. Think of other companies in that business. Steinway makes pianos, Gibson makes guitars, Pearl makes drums, Bach makes trumpets, Marshall makes amplifiers, Korg makes synthesizers and so on. Yamaha makes all of the above, and whole lot more. And they're famous in every category. Everything I've touched with a Yamaha logo on it have been a good quality product, and its ranging from motocrosses and boat engines to music instruments and home electronics. I'm incredibly impressed by that company!
You neglected to mention how they got into making motorcycles to begin with. They built pianos, that also making them good at woodworking. During the war, they were called upon to use their expertise in woodworking skills to help them make...propellers for airplanes and boats. As they began putting in putting in propellers to engines, they started repairing and then tinkering with how engines worked. And as they played around with engines, they started making their own. And that's how the Yamaha Motor Corporation side of that company got started. As for other companies like them, there are plenty of them in Japan. Mitsubishi (banking, real estate, electronics and car company and another totally unrelated Mitsubishi that makes pencils). Sumitomo (banking, real estate, heavy machinery, chemicals, cutting tools). Sony (electronics, video games, movies, and now insurance). Seiko/Epson (watches and printers). Brother (sewing machines and printers). Kyocera (ceramics and electronics).
Nikon too and just for the curios they made the lenses of scopes, range finders, sights or whatever military related thing that made use of glass lenses.
Personally, my first experience with Yamaha was outboard boat motors. I then began riding Yamaha quads and snowmobiles. My sister got a Yamaha flute, and twelve year old me was like, “What the hell, I thought they made things with engines??.” Now I own a Yamaha R6 and life is good.
Company man! You forgot to mention how Yamaha was hired by Lexus to tune the exhaust on the Lexus LFA! One of the most beautiful exhaust notes ever. Also I started playing trumpet on a Yamaha. And now I own 3 of their motorcycles.
Great idea for a Yamaha ad: Person A: “Do you have a car?” Person B: “No, I ride a Yamaha.” Person A: “Cool, I love motorcycles!” Person B: “Oh, it’s not a motorcycle...” [cut to person B riding a piano down the street, singing “MAKING MY WAY DOWNTOWN🎶”]
There used to be alot of conglomerates like Yamaha but most of them sell off their separate divisions so they can focus on dominating a single market, they get forcefully broken up due to anti trust laws, or they just keep shares in multiple subsidiaries without keeping their name directly involved. Since im a fan of the game monopoly I kind of miss those old fashioned American juggernaut conglomorates like Yamaha that built damn near everything.
+Tim Harjo I dunno... the ACME products all seemed to work. Wile E Coyote just seemed inclined to behave like one of the cast members from MTv's Jackass before MTv's Jackass was a thing... ... Unless you are inclined to use MTv's Jackass as proof bungey cords, portapotties and shopping carts do not work...
(Probably) their biggest contribution to the music industry - Yamaha DX7 definitely needed a mention here. That synthesizer really shaped the music in 80s and what was to follow after that.
Their piano contributions are way bigger than the DX7. Although that was an influential synth for a while, Yamaha grands have been THE piano of choice in the jazz world for decades, and they're also popular among many classical pianists. They are really the only piano manufacturer that makes an interesting alternative to Steinway.
The PC hardware was also almost entirely Yamaha. Music on PC basically started with the Adlib card. What IS an adlib card? Yamaha OPL2 with support circuitry. What's a Sound blaster card? Yamaha OPL2, support circuitry, and sample playback circuitry. What's a Sound blaster 16? (but also Pro Audio Spectrum 16 and a bunch of other competing cards?) similar to a regular Sound Blaster, but replace the OPL2 with the more capable OPL3, and upgrade the sample playback hardware.
6:26 The part you skipped is the funnest part of Yamaha, I think. With knowledge of building piano, they had knowledge on wood bending and foundry. During WWII, anything to help war effort got better bank loan, so the company made aircraft engine and propeller. They used the engine building knowledge to build motorcycle post-war (and specifically leisure type bike, not delivery bike either), and also just flipped around the aircraft engine and propeller building knowledge to make outrig engine for boat. CEO's hobby was archery, and he saw Europeans using FRP based bows when he went to tourny. He had his company engineer look into it and ends up building FRP boat body as well. That knowledge was flipped for snow mobile and snow blower later on. Having woodcraft knowledge lead them into furniture business too and add these two up and you end up with integrated bath unit system (seriously). With that in mind, they also build pool and control mechanism (originally because some staff in Indonesian office requested water purification system) to go with it. One of testing pool unit failed and had algae glow in it. From there, they acquired a patent in biotechnology (for CO2 capture purposes). With advent of electronic circuitry, they build Electone, which is synonymous to electric piano in Japan. They also dabbled with failed computer industry standardization attempt called MSX. In 90's when DIY PCs were rage, they made sound card, modem, CD-ROM, NIC and router. Mix all those up and Miku Hatsune, or rather vocaloid engine was born. And the scariest part of all is that there are some sectors they pulled out of (PC hardware, furniture), there is not a single failure that affected the companies at all (looking at Square with its Final Fantasy movie fiasco).
For me Yamaha and music goes hand in hand, and that also shows with their motorcycles. The exhaust notes of their motorcycles sound so dang good compared to their respective counterparts. Ever heard the parallel-twin rumble of the MT/FZ-07/XSR700 in an uneven firing order? Or the ungodly sound of the crossplane R1? Or the beating triples yamaha makes? Yamaha is so obessed with sound that they even tune the exhaust notes of modern supercars. A quick google would back this up.
Those are a lot more closely related than musical instruments and motorcycles. They've both got light and strong structural components and rotating parts with gears, bearings, and brakes, all operated with muscle power.
Always loved Yamaha. The most collectible Japanese car of all time the 67 Toyota 2000 GT has a Yamaha Engine and Yamaha wood for the dash board. Yamaha Pianos are loved by Jazz pianists as they have a clean crisp sound. They make fabulous motorcycles and audio components , boat engines Jet skis and on and on it goes . Everything they make is very cool.
I ride Yamaha bikes, and have a Yamaha guitar. Their bikes are top notch, 4 stroke snowmobiles are unbeatable and their grand pianos sell for up to $100,000... Yamaha also builds cylinder heads for some of the most high performance automobiles. Quite the legacy
As a percussionist, the name Yamaha first brings musical instruments to my mind. They are not the best instrument manufacturer out there, but they generally make affordable instruments that are of good quality. You probably won't see many Yamaha instruments in a professional symphony orchestra, but you will frequently see them in academic settings.
Yes my favorite company! I would love a bigger than you know about Mitsubishi, whose name is on everything from crappy compact cars to AC units to WWII planes to a major Japanese bank.
I used to see their tube televisions all over the place but it seems like they focused more on projection rather than flat screen later on before getting out of the business completely a few years ago.
Yep, missed a massive contemporary cultural part of the company in the companies greatest market in Japan. Vocaloid is the most recognizable brand with youth these days and has held concerts in the USA as well.
@@endo_kun_da but how much does Vocaloid actually impact Yamaha's brand recognition when the most famous Vocaloid voice bank by a long shot is Hatsune Miku, an aftermarket voice bank that Yamaha had almost involvement in and is seemingly reluctant to even mention that its a Vocaloid
I can remember as a young child.. the local swimming centre had showers in the locker room with mitsubishi logo's on the handles.. So i guess they do/did that kind of stuff too!
I think of piano keyboards first, but I feel in terms of popularity they're neck in neck with the motorcycles. Especially when I think of dirt bikes racing all I think of are yamahas.
Actually, when I think of Yamaha, I actually think of their line of motors for bass fishing boats. They have a big role in the fishing industry. Speaking of which, that’s a huge industry I’m sure you’d be amazed to dive in to.
I am the worst person to ask how I know them best. My parents were a traveling musical duo. They had Yamaha motorcycles strapped to the back of their motorhome. My dad bought - and actually used - a set of Yamaha digital saxophones; MIDI instruments you blew through to create a tone, made since the 80's. Their drums are great. So are their sportbikes, and motorcycles like the VMax are legendary. So, definitely both, and I couldn't tell you which I want more, because I love them both.
Company Man, you should talk about the business scandal of 2003-2005 which was General Motors (among other companies following) suing the CARB in order to take back all their leased 1996-2000 Saturn EV1 electric cars (that CARB forced them to make via the zero emissions mandate of 1990) forcibly from their drivers and destroyed them in order to make more money from the petroleum and repairs associated with their gas cars. Talk about how they thought it was a good move for the company in the short run but not in the long run, and how it tarnished their reputation in the eyes of consumers, etc. They made a whole movie about it. 2006's 'Who Killed The Electric Car'. The crushed cars are still sitting in the desert if I'm not mistaken.
The EV1 was only offered as a lease. But the leases were never given a "buyout" option, which is standard in the industry. And as much as people throw a fit about it, the problem with letting people buy it is that US law also forces manufacturers to provide continued support for things like automobiles for X number of years, even after it is no longer on sale. So GM would have to produce parts and keep technicians trained for, IIRC, up to a decade after the last one was sold (though I think it was more like 5 years, give or take a year). That part wasn't a big conspiracy. Other parts of the EV1 were definitely stifiled by inside competition and a move to reduce costs (GM was losing money at that time too) but the inability for people to buy them outright is much more related to consumer rights laws.
Both Yamaha companies are involved in golf, so a player rides in a Yamaha golf cart with a set of Yamaha golf clubs on the back... (most likely it happens)
I had a chuckle at your question about what we think about when we here the name "Yamaha". Growing up my Mom bought a "Yamaha" piano for me to learn to play. But, there was a "Yamaha" motorcycle dealer not far from our home. So, for me the two have always been combined and have always impressed me with their quality.
Lots of Chinese, Japanese and Korean heavy industries operate like this. The immediate example I can think of is Mitsubishi. Back in Shanghai where I was born, I remember how amazed I was when watching TV and there was a Mitsubishi car commercial right before a Mitsubishi elevator commercial. Yes, elevator. Apparently they had more than a quarter of the market share of all elevators in Shanghai back in the early 2000s. Another lesser known example is Samsung being in the financial & health care industry as well as manufacturing medical equipment & chemicals. When your corporation grows into a certain size, it may reach the point where none of the suppliers in the world can satisfy your specific manufacturing needs. Or you just have too much money laying around so might as well do some R&D yourself to offset tax and suddenly your R&D products take off unexpectedly. Or, you might just want to diversify your operation to lessen the impact should one of them fail. Whichever reason it is, it’s hard for mega corporations to stay still and not branch out.
Irza Liando VPN is not banned. even if it is, there's no way they can enforce it considering the wide usage and jurisdiction issues uniquely to VPN. what they've been trying to do is blocking VPN sites but new ones keep popping up and there are also programs people wrote available for download. aaaand im not currently in china.
Here in New Zealand when you hear Yamaha you think Motorbikes first, then boat engines and then Piano's at least that's how most Kiwi's would think about them I imagine.
Some people like me think of mixing consoles, home theaters and profesional sound. Yes, Yamaha is one of the best. I am not a bike guy, but I am a Sound/Video/Music guy.
i think everyone thinks of motorcycles first. My grandparents both played the piano, they're both very conservative and old fashioned, but both of them think of Yamaha "scooters" (what they call motorcycles) first. My grandpa didnt even know they made pianos until fairly recently. My grandma was from North Dakota, my grandpa from Washington, and they both live in Washington, which coincidentally has a huge number of Japanese immigrants. Kinda random but Mr Yamaha reminds me of my grandpa, he was an engineer who was also a top level handyman so whenever something of his or his neighbors broke he'd fix it. One time his neighbors metal detector broke but my grandpa couldnt fix it... so he just built a handful of metal detectors from scratch and gave them away. He did alot of random things like that, his lawn chair broke so he built a new one from old boat rope and left over steel pipes, his lawnmower broke so he kept rebuilding it over and over for _40 years_
not true with badly made guitars the action (fret-board to string) makes a faster player. I own one of the best Japanese made necks in the world called Westone guitars from the Matsumoku factory. Fender guitars from this era had much better made in Japan guitars then the american made units. The US counterparts were more expensive and they culled the made in japan necks for this reason. Go to Ebay and look for a made in japan neck if you doubt me.
The reason why Yamaha has gotten so big is that they have consistently put out high quality products. You never have to worry about being disappointed with any of their products. After watching this video, I was surprised by the amount of Yamaha products I own. I have a Yamaha drumset, which was upgraded from one of their electronic sets. I have a Yamaha grand piano, violin, audio mixer and 2 Yamaha receivers. All excellent products, never had an issue with anything. Also, when I traded in my electric drums I was given a very good amount for them, especially considering electronic items normally depreciate a lot.
Yamaha is one of the most interesting companies in the world, all from applying and extending their knowledge and experience gained from developing their products. A lot of Japanese manufacturers have a similar path, but nothing is as amazing as Yamaha. It progresses like this: Music instruments to computer products: Repair organs, start making their own music instruments, then got into electronic music instruments. Electronic music instruments need DSP (digital signal processor), so it started making DSP. DSP can be used in other areas so they branched out to make stereo systems. Computers and networking devices (routers, switches, etc) also do a lot of digital processing, so they got ito computer and network equipment. Music instruments to furniture and household products: Because of doing the organ repair, they gained experience in woodworking, and started making furnitures and other household items like sinks. Music instruments to engines: During WW2, Japanese Imperial Navy asked Yamaha to manufacture wooden propellers for the war planes. The engines used to test the propellers were not working well and broke down a lot, and they had to repair and tune the engines themselves to save time. They gained lots of knowledge working on the engines that they decided to start making their own engines. They are so good at making and tuning engines, they supply engines to many auto manufacturers including Toyota, Volvo, and Ford (Ford Taurus SHO). Engines to transportation: Because they made the engines, they looked into products to put the engines in, that includes the obvious choice of motorcycles and boats. Golf carts later becomes a major part of business as well. Boats to swimming pools: Boats use fiberglass. Utilizing the skills from the fiberglass manufacturing, they built waterslides. Waterslides are used in swimming pools, so they start making swimming pools. Swimming pools into water purification: swimming pools need water filtration so they engineer pool filtration system. It eventually becomes a water purification system. Pool filtration into biotech: During the development of pool filtration system, the system failed to work properly and the pool developed algae. They did not let it go into waste so they got into algae and biochemistry research. You can look into Fujifilm and how it survived while Kodak and Polaroid failed.
Jerry Wu ah... I see you translated the Japanese and Taiwanese discussion about Yamaha development happened a year or so ago. Good work! :) I'm going to put a Japanese source just in case someone wants to look it up: dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/ヤマハ
For Yamaha, I think of both honestly, I think of their motorcycles, and I also think of the vocaloid software they made that gave birth to Hatsune miku
Myles Callow indeed it was, and Yamaha also made a bunch of audio chips back in the 80's and early 90's, quite known for being on the older adlib and sound Blaster audio cards of the day
Can't believe you forgot to mention that Yamaha's musical equipment and motor industry divisions have hugely been renowned for helping develop some of the most distinguished Toyota/ Lexus automobiles and make their engines/ wooden garnish parts so glorious. You should watch a documentary on the Lexus LFA supercar.
I've never realized how much Yamaha has impacted my life with multiple products. My dad had a Yamaha dirt bike, boat motor, my mom had a Yamaha keyboard, and soon I'll be getting a really nice Yamaha guitar amp.
Comment Highlighted I love their Banshee. It's a blast. Also their watercraft are amazing. My dad still owns his 95 Waveraider he bought in 94. Gives the 16 VX Cruiser a good beating. Lol
Part of Yamaha's success with audio equipment is because in 2013, they acquired Line 6, who are best known for their guitar amps, effects pedals, and processors.
They make, design and produce many, many engines for quite a few automobiles. Subaru Corporation has it's hands in many pies. Same with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Let's not leave out just how vast Samsung's empire is as well.
Many companies that produce any engine-powered vehicles or machines dabble in a lot of different industries. Mainly because all types of engines operate very similarly despite what they are being used it.
"Mitsubishi Kamikaze planes." (I've just spell checked via my Chrome browser) Mitsu Heavy Industries did make those Zeros. (in the US propaganda cartoons even the blades looked a bit like the company logo...)
There's Sony. They make and provide a wide variety of consumer and industrial electronics, home entertainment, media production, components, chemicals, video games, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and even life insurance. Also Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and General Electric.
if i not mistaken, is the yamaha corporation that tune the lexus LFA engine, to achieve the "special engine noise" so their 2 companies kinda compliment each other in some limited area too
Yamaha was a music giant when I was little, as my brother played the snare in marching band and was always looking for drum kit pieces at the local music shops, but as I got older, many of my relatives owned Yamaha bikes and/or electrical equipment. Very intriguing to say the least, and thanks for the video Company Man 💜
Yamaha's diversification strategy is smart. A downturn in one segment of the market will have minimal impact on the overall profitability of the company. Would love to see a video on the 3M company. I believe they use a similar strategy of product/market diversification. How they got to medical supplies from mining would be an interesting story.
Plasterarkitekten yes indeed 3M are very big in the adhesive business, particularly masking and packing tapes. They also invented Post-It-Notes and other low tack adhesives in the Scotch brand of tapes. On the medical side of things they keep the adhesive theme going with water proof dressings, medical grade adhesive dressings and the ubiquitous Micropore medical tape. A very diversified company. Makes me wonder how and why they originally diversified from mining and how they were so sucessful in the new areas they branched into. When it comes to innovation in adhesives 3M are the gold standard.
It's deatils like that, what make a video good, and feel well-made. Tho in fact, that took like 20 sec to sync up. It's really worth it to pay special attention while editing...
Awesome video! Can you please do one on the Dutch East India company, I once saw a picture and it was showing that it was bigger than most of the top fortune 500 companies combined.
Dutch East Indies was basically the first multinational company all around. Maintaining total control of actual countries before the rise of capitalism we know today.
What is even more amazing is that yamaha products are all top quality best in value at whatever price point they come in. You can't lose if you just get a yamaha instrument at the budget you're in. I'm a piano student and have used their pianos, digital pianos, and classical guitars extensively.
As both a biker and a musician, I always see Yamaha as a motorcycle brand first (despite playing music for years before ever getting a motorcycle) - the reason is that they're much more dominant in that field - be it their offroad bikes, their maxi-scooters, sportbikes, the whole new naked bike segment, they're killing it, whereas in the music industry I can only recall a few pianos , the Pacifica guitar line and the fact that Billy Sheehan plays a signature Yamaha bass. Compared to the big ones out there like Fender/Gibson/PRS/Rickenbacker/Ibanez/etc, they're not as much of a household name. If I go outside and ask people about an MT-07/09/T-max/R1, chances are they'll know what I'm talking about, but no one will know what a Revstar is.
The Yamaha recording customs are the most used drum sets in studios by a wide margin and all their drums are top of the line, electric pianos and synthesizers are also top of the line and are staples ever since the 70's (the DX7 destroyed the competition back in the day), saxes (I play sax myself) are one of the great 4 sax brands available, guitars and precision basses are used mainly on progressive rock/metal, brass winds, wood winds, acoustic pianos, recording gear, all of them among the best, they might have competition on some of those segments, but I know several professionals that prefer some Yamaha equipment for different reasons.
the drum deparment is extremely popular. not one of the biggest 3 brands, but it is up close, even though they make about any pther instrument... their PA systems and mixers are great as well.
For me Yamaha has always been a motorcykle brand. I have playsed electric guitar for over 30 years. They have some expencive accustic guitar. But they are hard to sell and get your money back. Så Gibsons, Fenders and Hondas for me sadly. But I have a great respect for yamaha.
Mauricio Alonso Garrido thats really interesting. In Danmark mostly yamaha instruments are used in schools. I have never seen a proffesonal guitarist with a yamaha on stage. And I dont know any musicians who play yamaha. All the greatest guitarist in the world are over fenders gibsons ibanez and others. I never seen Satriani or Slash play a yamaha. And that goes also for amature bands.
When i think of yamaha i think of music because back when ff7 was ported to pc yamaha midi synthesizer was what handled the music for it. How crisper and cleaner it was then my generic audio drivers really left an impression on me.
1:37 Being a former consumer electronic salesman when I hear Yamaha I think of good quality amplifiers. Had mine for twelve years and it's like new (except no HDMI). But the consumer electronic part of Yamaha is also separated from the music and motor company
I think of instruments first, but a year ago I would have though motorcycles. I was really into cars and things that moved, so I knew about Yamaha bikes. But when I started learning guitar, my friend had a Yamaha electric guitar and I played it often when I’d go to his house. I know both companies exist, but now that I’m more interested in music I think the instruments first. TL;DR: I have more experience with music.
I didn’t realize Yamaha was anything other than a music instrument brand until I hit college. My personal French Horn is a Yamaha, and I know due to my job that Yamaha is a consistent quality brand for any instrument.
What seems to set Yamaha apart from many other companies is that they manage to create an excellent product in whichever field they pursue. This makes it far more likely that someone who has had a good experience with one product - a piano, say - will extrapolate the same level of quality for even unrelated products like motorcycles. My familiarity with Yamaha is probably atypical: I think first of professional audio mixing consoles, then of small generators that run quietly and produce very stable output. But over the years I’ve bought Yamaha synthesizers (DX-7) and a piano. And if I were in the market for a motorcycle, Yamaha would probably be one of the first places I would look. Yamaha’s success really speaks to the importance of maintaining one’s reputation.
Well, I know Yamaha as a musical instrument manufacturer. If I had the funds and the space a Yamaha grand piano would be my first choice. As a French horn player I have owned 5 different Yamaha horns. Their “custom” series horn is well respected amongst professional horn players. I would think that a Yamaha Motor product would have the same quality that I’ve come to appreciate in their musical instruments.
I would be hard pressed to find a musical instrument manufacturer with the depth of product that Yamaha has. They make everything but bagpipes. And all to very high standards. Probably not to the highest standard in their category, for example, Steinway and Bösendorfer are probably higher quality but Yamaha concert grands are right up there. Same can be said in almost every product category. Plus they make many lines from low end to high of each instrument. Very respectable instrument makers.
Funny, I think of them for their role in computer audio. Their YM3812 FM synthesis chip powered the Adlib sound card, compatibility with which continued to be supported in various other cards for a decade afterwards.
Okay, when *I* think of Yamaha, I come up with either music OR motorcycle, depending on what the context is. I used to sell Yamaha pianos and organs, as well as their keyboards. I own a Korg, but the new Yamaha Genos is one really nice keyboard. I'm looking for my first motorcycle, and I had three different people look at me and tell me the Yamaha FJR1300 as the perfect first time bike for me. I still haven't bought one, but right now, the BMW K1300GT or R1200RT (used) are on the top of my list. As to other companies. Siemens: Founded in 1847, here are some of their work units: Power and Gas Power Generation Services Energy Management Building Technologies Mobility Digital Factory Process Industries and Drives Financial Services Healthineers Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy I was a temp contractor for their Health division. In Japan, Mitsubishi: Everything from aviation, including building one of the best fighters of WWII to civil aviation with the Mitsubishi MU-2, to electronics to shipping to metals to machinery, to food. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships. There are others, of course. In the U.S., Textron Corporation, building everything from Biz Jets to Defense Contracting to engines. Textron owns, among other things, Arctic Cat snowmobiles, E-Z- Go Golf carts, Beechcraft Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Bell Helicopter, Greenlee tools, Jacobsen lawn and turf products, Textron Systems which include: Support Solutions, Electronic Solutions, Unmanned Systems (Hunt Valley, Maryland) Advanced Information Solutions (Austin, Texas) Geospatial Solutions (Sterling, Virginia) Lycoming Engines (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) Marine & Land Systems (Slidell, Louisiana) TRU Simulation & Training (Goose Creek, South Carolina) Weapon & Sensor Systems (Wilmington, Massachusetts): a maker of weapons and surveillance systems So, I think it's pretty easy to say that there are multiple conglomerates that span across multiple divisions with a great emphasis on a wide variety of products.
if its your first bike you should go with something easier man 1200/1300c.c. it's asking for an accident, also the weight, try maybe something around the 250/500c.c. at least, get some experience and then move with something bigger. just my 2 cents.
1300 as a first bike? you're mad, my dad started on a 500cc and was very happy that he did. Only now a year later he is looking to upgrade to over a litre
The other major music keyboard manufacturer, Roland, is one also a wide range company. If I remember well, they also make printers, together with all the music equipment.
NiftyTheLynx Ships, Chemicals, Construction equipment including a joint venture with CAT. Elevators, HVAC equipment, etc. more... Conglomerate companies I believe they call these type of companies. Hyundai, Samsung, Hitachi, etc.
Siemens would be another company that is a big player in various industries. From household electronics to locomotives to power plant tech... Samsung too. Smartphones and container ships aren't quite the same either.
As someone who works in audio, yamaha is very respected. They made one of the most iconic studio speakers of all time, the NS10, and their current HS8 are staples in studios everywhere. Their guitars are a secret gem too. They're on par with fender and Gibson for half the price.
For Company Man: suggestion for a video on American Machine and Foundry (AMF). They owned quite a few companies in different industries like Yamaha did (bowling, tennis (Head), ski equipment, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and nuclear reactors to name a few) Also, Yamaha made some great tennis rackets!
PLEASE do a Shimano video, They are the gold standard of bicycle components and fishing reels. And... that's it. As far as I know. Two very unrelated and (arguably) very niche industries.
They started financial business as a security for economic down turn. They can borrow money from their own banks when the products don't sell well and company is in financial trouble. Elon Musk should do the same.
I think of atvs I was raised ridding a Yamaha and then started getting into their studio stuff because I always knew they were a top brand in everything they do
"Pianos and motorcycle have nothing in common."
Fool, you can tune both of them.
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Yeah! And they both have keys.
But you can’t tuna fish
And they can both look pretty sharp 😂
Hence the tuning forks
When I hear Yamaha I think of a 4-cylinder guitar or a 6-string motorbike.
Makes me wonder if they use guitar strings for throttle cables :P
@Din Joekhannaz Yeah! Their guitar string are crossed too. They called it crossplane.
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When I hear "Yamaha" I think of Y15ZR
When I hear "Yamaha" I think of the OPL3.
Their boat motors are top of the line too.
BoyNamedSue4 yeah I honestly think about their boat motors more than I think of their motorcycles
Same. As a 47 year old Fisherman/Sportsman that's the first thing that comes to my mind. That and their ATV's (old 3 wheelers and 4 wheelers). 1 word for those in the know-Banshee.
Yamaha is like the Japanese version of Cosworth when it comes to engine manufacturing and design, even outshining them from some perspectives.
When I hear Yamaha I think oh their boat engines (I'm a sailor)
BoyNamedSue4 ya motorcycles and music are pretty niche. If your not into them you likely don't care about brands. Boating really covers all demographics rich to poor, fisherman to tourists. So while it may not be the primary revenue stream it is likely the most recognizable.
Even their musical instrument lineup is insane. Think of other companies in that business. Steinway makes pianos, Gibson makes guitars, Pearl makes drums, Bach makes trumpets, Marshall makes amplifiers, Korg makes synthesizers and so on. Yamaha makes all of the above, and whole lot more. And they're famous in every category. Everything I've touched with a Yamaha logo on it have been a good quality product, and its ranging from motocrosses and boat engines to music instruments and home electronics. I'm incredibly impressed by that company!
You neglected to mention how they got into making motorcycles to begin with. They built pianos, that also making them good at woodworking. During the war, they were called upon to use their expertise in woodworking skills to help them make...propellers for airplanes and boats. As they began putting in putting in propellers to engines, they started repairing and then tinkering with how engines worked. And as they played around with engines, they started making their own. And that's how the Yamaha Motor Corporation side of that company got started.
As for other companies like them, there are plenty of them in Japan. Mitsubishi (banking, real estate, electronics and car company and another totally unrelated Mitsubishi that makes pencils). Sumitomo (banking, real estate, heavy machinery, chemicals, cutting tools). Sony (electronics, video games, movies, and now insurance). Seiko/Epson (watches and printers). Brother (sewing machines and printers). Kyocera (ceramics and electronics).
Fuji, cars and film.
Ken W He did, the war.
Sumitomo even makes tires! One of their Sumic radials is my spare tire.
Thanks for sharing why they started making motorcycles! That was the biggest question the video posed and it didn't answer it.
Nikon too and just for the curios they made the lenses of scopes, range finders, sights or whatever military related thing that made use of glass lenses.
I'm a musician, I love Yamaha. They also made the motor for the original Ford Taurus SHO, a sick 6 cylinder motor that goes down in Ford history.
Glad somebody mentioned this
Clearly not a guitar player lol
They make the best marching drums I'm my experience
Also made motors for Toyotas 70s sportscars
When I was 13 I wanted 1 so bad even comparing the specs with different cars
What about Mitsubishi? They're in so many industries it's hard to keep track of. You should really make a video on them
Yes!! He should. So much history. Cars, planes etc!!
My parents have Mitsubishi air conditioners and I drive a Mitsubishi. Big ups!
I used to have a Mitsubishi TV and my Dream car is an 04 Mitsubishi Eclipse (currently drive a 95 dodge intrepid).
I drive a gtr but owned a Mitsubishi Evo X
Even the fish industry
Boats(big)
Trucks
Forklifts
Planes
Tech
Personally, my first experience with Yamaha was outboard boat motors. I then began riding Yamaha quads and snowmobiles. My sister got a Yamaha flute, and twelve year old me was like, “What the hell, I thought they made things with engines??.” Now I own a Yamaha R6 and life is good.
R6 is peak biking
Company man! You forgot to mention how Yamaha was hired by Lexus to tune the exhaust on the Lexus LFA! One of the most beautiful exhaust notes ever. Also I started playing trumpet on a Yamaha. And now I own 3 of their motorcycles.
INTERESTING.
They also designed and engineered a few engines for many other car companies
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I'm a Kawasaki man myself but that new R6 is calling my name!
How might I play a trumpet on a motorcycle as well???? Lol
and how they made the 2jz probably the greatest engine of all time
When I think Yamaha, I think reliable.
When I think Yamaha, I think FM synthesis.
When I think Yamaha I think crossplane crank r1. Omg that is the best sounding thing Yamaha had ever made.
cochabambas should be the catch phrase
When I think of yamaha I think of Yamaha dt 50cc because in finland when you are 15 you can drive a 50cc moped with a license
yeah 2009 r1 best front end on a bike ever love them so much and the dirt bikes
I love my Yamaha speakers. Their affordable acoustic guitars are nice too.
Great idea for a Yamaha ad:
Person A: “Do you have a car?”
Person B: “No, I ride a Yamaha.”
Person A: “Cool, I love motorcycles!”
Person B: “Oh, it’s not a motorcycle...”
[cut to person B riding a piano down the street, singing “MAKING MY WAY DOWNTOWN🎶”]
Yes lol
This has to be a TikTok video haha.
Lmfao we need this in real life lol
Cut to person A making music with a motorbike
Well Yamaha makes engine for Volvo and Ford cars 🤷♀️
Yamaha is like the ACME from the Road Runner cartoons.
There used to be alot of conglomerates like Yamaha but most of them sell off their separate divisions so they can focus on dominating a single market, they get forcefully broken up due to anti trust laws, or they just keep shares in multiple subsidiaries without keeping their name directly involved. Since im a fan of the game monopoly I kind of miss those old fashioned American juggernaut conglomorates like Yamaha that built damn near everything.
I always though ACME was like Fingerhut. You can order just about anything but it's probably junk when it arrives.
Headcanon Accepted!
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I dunno... the ACME products all seemed to work. Wile E Coyote just seemed inclined to behave like one of the cast members from MTv's Jackass before MTv's Jackass was a thing...
... Unless you are inclined to use MTv's Jackass as proof bungey cords, portapotties and shopping carts do not work...
Guess they make explosives too
(Probably) their biggest contribution to the music industry - Yamaha DX7 definitely needed a mention here. That synthesizer really shaped the music in 80s and what was to follow after that.
I still own one
Also Vocaloid, though I guess that's kinda niche comparing to other stuffs they sell.
Their piano contributions are way bigger than the DX7. Although that was an influential synth for a while, Yamaha grands have been THE piano of choice in the jazz world for decades, and they're also popular among many classical pianists. They are really the only piano manufacturer that makes an interesting alternative to Steinway.
Never gonna get rid of mine
they have great musical instruments of every type but their synthesizers are truly the cream of their crop.
Yamaha, the same company responsible for the amazing Sega Genesis/Mega Drive sound chip!
Allie-RX And most sound chips of the era lol
MegaCrasherMusic It’s not because it was never present in any PC hardware.
There were a lot of yamaha sound chips in PCs of the time
Allie-RX don’t forget the YM-3812 FM synth. The voice behind the Ad-Lib and Sound Blaster cards of the 80’s
The PC hardware was also almost entirely Yamaha.
Music on PC basically started with the Adlib card.
What IS an adlib card? Yamaha OPL2 with support circuitry.
What's a Sound blaster card? Yamaha OPL2, support circuitry, and sample playback circuitry.
What's a Sound blaster 16? (but also Pro Audio Spectrum 16 and a bunch of other competing cards?) similar to a regular Sound Blaster, but replace the OPL2 with the more capable OPL3, and upgrade the sample playback hardware.
Funnily enough, The best sounding thing Yamaha makes isn't a musical instrument. It's the Crossplane R1.
I've been lookin for this comment and agree 100%😂
6:26 The part you skipped is the funnest part of Yamaha, I think. With knowledge of building piano, they had knowledge on wood bending and foundry. During WWII, anything to help war effort got better bank loan, so the company made aircraft engine and propeller. They used the engine building knowledge to build motorcycle post-war (and specifically leisure type bike, not delivery bike either), and also just flipped around the aircraft engine and propeller building knowledge to make outrig engine for boat.
CEO's hobby was archery, and he saw Europeans using FRP based bows when he went to tourny. He had his company engineer look into it and ends up building FRP boat body as well. That knowledge was flipped for snow mobile and snow blower later on. Having woodcraft knowledge lead them into furniture business too and add these two up and you end up with integrated bath unit system (seriously). With that in mind, they also build pool and control mechanism (originally because some staff in Indonesian office requested water purification system) to go with it. One of testing pool unit failed and had algae glow in it. From there, they acquired a patent in biotechnology (for CO2 capture purposes).
With advent of electronic circuitry, they build Electone, which is synonymous to electric piano in Japan. They also dabbled with failed computer industry standardization attempt called MSX. In 90's when DIY PCs were rage, they made sound card, modem, CD-ROM, NIC and router. Mix all those up and Miku Hatsune, or rather vocaloid engine was born.
And the scariest part of all is that there are some sectors they pulled out of (PC hardware, furniture), there is not a single failure that affected the companies at all (looking at Square with its Final Fantasy movie fiasco).
I’m not sure the MSX computer standard was really a failure, but rather something that was successful for a time.
For me Yamaha and music goes hand in hand, and that also shows with their motorcycles. The exhaust notes of their motorcycles sound so dang good compared to their respective counterparts. Ever heard the parallel-twin rumble of the MT/FZ-07/XSR700 in an uneven firing order? Or the ungodly sound of the crossplane R1? Or the beating triples yamaha makes? Yamaha is so obessed with sound that they even tune the exhaust notes of modern supercars. A quick google would back this up.
As an Australian i know them for generators and outboard engines for boats
PAvel Solochiny Also make nissan GTR engine
They also made the v8 for the Ford Taurus SHO
I know them for motorcycles but was aware of their music involvement.
Shimano is another company like Yamaha. Shimano makes industry leading bicycle components, along with high end fishing equipment...
Those are a lot more closely related than musical instruments and motorcycles. They've both got light and strong structural components and rotating parts with gears, bearings, and brakes, all operated with muscle power.
I have used both and somehow never realized it's the same company.
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When I think of Shimano, I think of fishing equipment, since I hate bicycles and have no interest in them.
In the Eighties Nikko R/C Cars were popular in Europe, but Nikko also made musical instruments ;-D
Yamaha should just make a motorcycle sounding piano or a piano sounding motorcycle
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Or a Yamaha motorcycle with Yamaha speakers
If they make electric motorcycles and keyboards, that's easy
Always loved Yamaha. The most collectible Japanese car of all time the 67 Toyota 2000 GT has a Yamaha Engine and Yamaha wood for the dash board. Yamaha Pianos are loved by Jazz pianists as they have a clean crisp sound. They make fabulous motorcycles and audio components , boat engines Jet skis and on and on it goes . Everything they make is very cool.
Yamaha-tuned head*. The block is still Toyota.
They also provided the engine for the first two generations of the Ford Taurus SHO.
Christopher Conard that’s pretty cool!
Almost all of the good high performance Toyota engines had Yamaha helping them out with it.
the 2000GT? the Supra's granfather has a Yamaha? HA! Nice!
I ride Yamaha bikes, and have a Yamaha guitar. Their bikes are top notch, 4 stroke snowmobiles are unbeatable and their grand pianos sell for up to $100,000... Yamaha also builds cylinder heads for some of the most high performance automobiles. Quite the legacy
When I think of Yamaha, I tend to think of their “music sirens”, especially here lately. Only a couple remain operational, but they sound amazing.
As a percussionist, the name Yamaha first brings musical instruments to my mind. They are not the best instrument manufacturer out there, but they generally make affordable instruments that are of good quality. You probably won't see many Yamaha instruments in a professional symphony orchestra, but you will frequently see them in academic settings.
Their drum kits are some of the best though
The Yamaha CFX concert grand piano definitely isn't cheap though🎹🎶
@@MERCEDES-BENZS600GUARD_V12 What concert grand piano IS cheap?
I beg to disagree. Top notch pianists and symphony orchestras use Yamaha concert pianos.
I actually think of audio equipment when I think of Yamaha.
I have a Yamaha home theater system so I thought the same thing.
It's kind of an extension of the music business
Same here. Used their powered pro audio monitors in a mixing booth about 7 years ago. Awesome. And my boss also bought the subwoofer too.
HS80M ftw
For me it varies. Sometimes I think about their keyboards and sometimes their motorcycles when I hear "Yamaha"
a lot of Asian companies have incredibly wide product ranges. Daewoo makes everything from kitchen appliances to military grade firearms
Yes my favorite company! I would love a bigger than you know about Mitsubishi, whose name is on everything from crappy compact cars to AC units to WWII planes to a major Japanese bank.
when i was a kid mitsubishi made some of the best pencils around too
Mitsubishi bank is among the 5 richest banks in the world.
I used to see their tube televisions all over the place but it seems like they focused more on projection rather than flat screen later on before getting out of the business completely a few years ago.
yes! He should do a video on mitsubishi! I love Mitsubishi
Music and Bikes are RELATED!
Exhaust!!!!!!
Ajmal Najath yes engine man thank u I am a car/motorcycle enthusiast to
They’re both musical instruments
they both make sound
That sweet sweet crossplane inline 4
Heck yea
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When I hear Yamaha, I think synths, keyboards and Vocaloid
v3xman I did not expect to find you here
Yep, missed a massive contemporary cultural part of the company in the companies greatest market in Japan. Vocaloid is the most recognizable brand with youth these days and has held concerts in the USA as well.
v3xman Dominos Pizza, now with Miku
Same?
@@endo_kun_da but how much does Vocaloid actually impact Yamaha's brand recognition when the most famous Vocaloid voice bank by a long shot is Hatsune Miku, an aftermarket voice bank that Yamaha had almost involvement in and is seemingly reluctant to even mention that its a Vocaloid
"Tuned to Perfection". All the motorcycles I've owned have been Yamahas. The keyboard pianos I've owned have been Yamaha.
Bet you'd like a Lexus LFA, too, cause Yamaha helped tune that engine as well :)
@@realromanvice yea it's a nice car. Plus lotuses too. It's a camry engine tuned by yamaha
Mitsubishi is a automotive company and electronics company
defense industry as well
And construction as well.
And makes pens and pencils as well
Used to be, if not still is aviation. So is Honda as well
I can remember as a young child.. the local swimming centre had showers in the locker room with mitsubishi logo's on the handles..
So i guess they do/did that kind of stuff too!
I think of piano keyboards first, but I feel in terms of popularity they're neck in neck with the motorcycles. Especially when I think of dirt bikes racing all I think of are yamahas.
Danie F i saw a yamaha motorbike in taiwan. it was my first time.
Actually, when I think of Yamaha, I actually think of their line of motors for bass fishing boats. They have a big role in the fishing industry. Speaking of which, that’s a huge industry I’m sure you’d be amazed to dive in to.
DannyBTalks i get it =D
Same, I think of the boat motors and musical instruments before motorcycles
I am the worst person to ask how I know them best. My parents were a traveling musical duo. They had Yamaha motorcycles strapped to the back of their motorhome. My dad bought - and actually used - a set of Yamaha digital saxophones; MIDI instruments you blew through to create a tone, made since the 80's. Their drums are great. So are their sportbikes, and motorcycles like the VMax are legendary. So, definitely both, and I couldn't tell you which I want more, because I love them both.
You're the only person to ask.
I am just waiting for the Hitachi episode...
me to lol, excavators and who knows what else
excavators & vibrators has a good ring to it
Oh hey I have a TV from them
pentesting stuff too
And Mitsubishi
Company Man, you should talk about the business scandal of 2003-2005 which was General Motors (among other companies following) suing the CARB in order to take back all their leased 1996-2000 Saturn EV1 electric cars (that CARB forced them to make via the zero emissions mandate of 1990) forcibly from their drivers and destroyed them in order to make more money from the petroleum and repairs associated with their gas cars. Talk about how they thought it was a good move for the company in the short run but not in the long run, and how it tarnished their reputation in the eyes of consumers, etc. They made a whole movie about it. 2006's 'Who Killed The Electric Car'. The crushed cars are still sitting in the desert if I'm not mistaken.
The Lavender Town Project even just on the EV1....
That would require him to be seen taking sides. He straddles.
Forcing owner to give up their car ? That sounds like a very b*tch move... Unless they were renting the car in wich case it's not the driver property
Machin Truc they were leased cars, the manufacturer still owns them.
The EV1 was only offered as a lease. But the leases were never given a "buyout" option, which is standard in the industry. And as much as people throw a fit about it, the problem with letting people buy it is that US law also forces manufacturers to provide continued support for things like automobiles for X number of years, even after it is no longer on sale. So GM would have to produce parts and keep technicians trained for, IIRC, up to a decade after the last one was sold (though I think it was more like 5 years, give or take a year). That part wasn't a big conspiracy. Other parts of the EV1 were definitely stifiled by inside competition and a move to reduce costs (GM was losing money at that time too) but the inability for people to buy them outright is much more related to consumer rights laws.
They should combine their 2 industries and make a motorbike with a built in keyboard
Someone Who Writes Comments on RUclips you have to play certain things to control the bike.
Both Yamaha companies are involved in golf, so a player rides in a Yamaha golf cart with a set of Yamaha golf clubs on the back... (most likely it happens)
syxepop probably a sponsorship in that case.
That would be BEYOND the sponsorship thingie since each Yamaha company sells one part of the equation, no sponsorship needed...
Someone Who Writes Comments on RUclips they already did and it was called the motoboard. Look it up.
I had a chuckle at your question about what we think about when we here the name "Yamaha". Growing up my Mom bought a "Yamaha" piano for me to learn to play. But, there was a "Yamaha" motorcycle dealer not far from our home. So, for me the two have always been combined and have always impressed me with their quality.
Lots of Chinese, Japanese and Korean heavy industries operate like this.
The immediate example I can think of is Mitsubishi. Back in Shanghai where I was born, I remember how amazed I was when watching TV and there was a Mitsubishi car commercial right before a Mitsubishi elevator commercial. Yes, elevator. Apparently they had more than a quarter of the market share of all elevators in Shanghai back in the early 2000s. Another lesser known example is Samsung being in the financial & health care industry as well as manufacturing medical equipment & chemicals.
When your corporation grows into a certain size, it may reach the point where none of the suppliers in the world can satisfy your specific manufacturing needs. Or you just have too much money laying around so might as well do some R&D yourself to offset tax and suddenly your R&D products take off unexpectedly. Or, you might just want to diversify your operation to lessen the impact should one of them fail. Whichever reason it is, it’s hard for mega corporations to stay still and not branch out.
Discoloured Buttflaps Wait, how did you get here? I thought Chinese governments have banned VPN.
Irza Liando VPN is not banned. even if it is, there's no way they can enforce it considering the wide usage and jurisdiction issues uniquely to VPN. what they've been trying to do is blocking VPN sites but new ones keep popping up and there are also programs people wrote available for download.
aaaand im not currently in china.
Discoloured Buttflaps well, VPN apps had ever been removed from App Store because China banned it.
there are shit tons of downloadables on PC/Mac/Linux
awesome! can you speak shanghainese?
Here in New Zealand when you hear Yamaha you think Motorbikes first, then boat engines and then Piano's at least that's how most Kiwi's would think about them I imagine.
Got a Yamaha bike, never heard of Yamaha pianos... and from welly
Some people like me think of mixing consoles, home theaters and profesional sound. Yes, Yamaha is one of the best. I am not a bike guy, but I am a Sound/Video/Music guy.
what you doing here tech showdown get back to benchmarking :)
Very good
i think everyone thinks of motorcycles first. My grandparents both played the piano, they're both very conservative and old fashioned, but both of them think of Yamaha "scooters" (what they call motorcycles) first. My grandpa didnt even know they made pianos until fairly recently. My grandma was from North Dakota, my grandpa from Washington, and they both live in Washington, which coincidentally has a huge number of Japanese immigrants.
Kinda random but Mr Yamaha reminds me of my grandpa, he was an engineer who was also a top level handyman so whenever something of his or his neighbors broke he'd fix it. One time his neighbors metal detector broke but my grandpa couldnt fix it... so he just built a handful of metal detectors from scratch and gave them away. He did alot of random things like that, his lawn chair broke so he built a new one from old boat rope and left over steel pipes, his lawnmower broke so he kept rebuilding it over and over for _40 years_
As a musician, when I think of yamaha, I think of the cheapest instrument you can buy that still sounds halfway decent
exaxtly. Yamaha is the brand of amateurs who love playing but can't quite afford a top-of-the-line instrument.
It all depends on the instrument their brass instruments are great
Whats wrong with those people? Do you need top of the line if you aren't a pro? =
Honestly, a true musician can make music out of the cheapest low end instrument....
not true with badly made guitars the action (fret-board to string) makes a faster player. I own one of the best Japanese made necks in the world called Westone guitars from the Matsumoku factory. Fender guitars from this era had much better made in Japan guitars then the american made units. The US counterparts were more expensive and they culled the made in japan necks for this reason. Go to Ebay and look for a made in japan neck if you doubt me.
The reason why Yamaha has gotten so big is that they have consistently put out high quality products. You never have to worry about being disappointed with any of their products. After watching this video, I was surprised by the amount of Yamaha products I own. I have a Yamaha drumset, which was upgraded from one of their electronic sets. I have a Yamaha grand piano, violin, audio mixer and 2 Yamaha receivers. All excellent products, never had an issue with anything. Also, when I traded in my electric drums I was given a very good amount for them, especially considering electronic items normally depreciate a lot.
Yamaha is one of the most interesting companies in the world, all from applying and extending their knowledge and experience gained from developing their products.
A lot of Japanese manufacturers have a similar path, but nothing is as amazing as Yamaha. It progresses like this:
Music instruments to computer products: Repair organs, start making their own music instruments, then got into electronic music instruments. Electronic music instruments need DSP (digital signal processor), so it started making DSP. DSP can be used in other areas so they branched out to make stereo systems. Computers and networking devices (routers, switches, etc) also do a lot of digital processing, so they got ito computer and network equipment.
Music instruments to furniture and household products: Because of doing the organ repair, they gained experience in woodworking, and started making furnitures and other household items like sinks.
Music instruments to engines: During WW2, Japanese Imperial Navy asked Yamaha to manufacture wooden propellers for the war planes. The engines used to test the propellers were not working well and broke down a lot, and they had to repair and tune the engines themselves to save time. They gained lots of knowledge working on the engines that they decided to start making their own engines. They are so good at making and tuning engines, they supply engines to many auto manufacturers including Toyota, Volvo, and Ford (Ford Taurus SHO).
Engines to transportation: Because they made the engines, they looked into products to put the engines in, that includes the obvious choice of motorcycles and boats. Golf carts later becomes a major part of business as well.
Boats to swimming pools: Boats use fiberglass. Utilizing the skills from the fiberglass manufacturing, they built waterslides. Waterslides are used in swimming pools, so they start making swimming pools.
Swimming pools into water purification: swimming pools need water filtration so they engineer pool filtration system. It eventually becomes a water purification system.
Pool filtration into biotech: During the development of pool filtration system, the system failed to work properly and the pool developed algae. They did not let it go into waste so they got into algae and biochemistry research.
You can look into Fujifilm and how it survived while Kodak and Polaroid failed.
Jerry Wu ah... I see you translated the Japanese and Taiwanese discussion about Yamaha development happened a year or so ago. Good work! :)
I'm going to put a Japanese source just in case someone wants to look it up:
dic.nicovideo.jp/t/a/ヤマハ
For Yamaha, I think of both honestly, I think of their motorcycles, and I also think of the vocaloid software they made that gave birth to Hatsune miku
Justin Noker oh god was that Yamaha..... cool
Myles Callow indeed it was, and Yamaha also made a bunch of audio chips back in the 80's and early 90's, quite known for being on the older adlib and sound Blaster audio cards of the day
Yep .I am the same but I also think of jetskis. ..
yeah boiiiii weeb nation unite!
I think of music
Can't believe you forgot to mention that Yamaha's musical equipment and motor industry divisions have hugely been renowned for helping develop some of the most distinguished Toyota/ Lexus automobiles and make their engines/ wooden garnish parts so glorious. You should watch a documentary on the Lexus LFA supercar.
Both. I play a Yamaha bass clarinet and me and my dad have had motorcycles in our homes pretty much our entire lives.
I've never realized how much Yamaha has impacted my life with multiple products. My dad had a Yamaha dirt bike, boat motor, my mom had a Yamaha keyboard, and soon I'll be getting a really nice Yamaha guitar amp.
You can’t go wrong with Yamaha. Anything Yamaha...
Comment Highlighted I love their Banshee. It's a blast. Also their watercraft are amazing. My dad still owns his 95 Waveraider he bought in 94. Gives the 16 VX Cruiser a good beating. Lol
Comment Highlighted yes I heard their guitars are pretty nice.
DHG JoeMomma Nice. I guess we can also say that anything Yamaha is going to be fun.
Ankle Bre8ker They are! I’ve played many and owned several throughout the years. Their drums are Awesome too 😎
Part of Yamaha's success with audio equipment is because in 2013, they acquired Line 6, who are best known for their guitar amps, effects pedals, and processors.
They make, design and produce many, many engines for quite a few automobiles.
Subaru Corporation has it's hands in many pies. Same with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Let's not leave out just how vast Samsung's empire is as well.
Many companies that produce any engine-powered vehicles or machines dabble in a lot of different industries. Mainly because all types of engines operate very similarly despite what they are being used it.
Mitsubishi too!
Or Volkswagen
Philip Wrighton, VW owns car production companies and car design companies. No diversity.
Doesn't Samsung build ships?
Motorcycles just because I have grown up around then
Very similar - MITSUBISHI!
They make great art pencils lol
I have a Mitsubishi T.V
Mitsubishi, Yamaha and Hitachi all have very similar stories :)
Omega52 Trivia: Mitsubishi Pencil has absolutely nothing to do with the former Mitsubishi conglomerates, not even its history.
"Mitsubishi Kamikaze planes." (I've just spell checked via my Chrome browser)
Mitsu Heavy Industries did make those Zeros. (in the US propaganda cartoons even the blades looked a bit like the company logo...)
Yamaha just means quality to me. I had a Yamaha stereo receiver and speakers in the 80s and a Yamaha motorcycle in the 90s.
There's Sony. They make and provide a wide variety of consumer and industrial electronics, home entertainment, media production, components, chemicals, video games, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and even life insurance.
Also Hitachi, Mitsubishi, and General Electric.
if i not mistaken, is the yamaha corporation that tune the lexus LFA engine,
to achieve the "special engine noise"
so their 2 companies kinda compliment each other in some limited area too
shng sam well the lfa engine was developped and engineered by Yamaha and Toyota. Dont think their purpose was to sound good
from the website they said " acoustic design work for the engine of the Lexus LFA "
archive.yamaha.com/en/news_release/2009/20091021.html
shng sam Thats amazing! I never knew they really tuned it to achieve such an incredible sound. Thanks man
yeah, i only realized it when watching some show when LFA first launched.
the car really sound amazing, sounding similar to 90s F1 cars
Yamaha makes absolutely amazing car engines. They really don't get enough credit for the stuff they work on.
When I hear Yamaha I think Drums
65 Drums #drumline
65 Drums Ahh you legend! Good to see you appreciate good content as well. Keep up the good work mate.
Hey thanks man! I love this channel :)
when i think of drums i imagine pearl (although i dont play drums so what do i know)
65 Drums
Yamaha makes some of the best sounding acoustic drums, especially Bass drums and toms.
Yamaha was a music giant when I was little, as my brother played the snare in marching band and was always looking for drum kit pieces at the local music shops, but as I got older, many of my relatives owned Yamaha bikes and/or electrical equipment. Very intriguing to say the least, and thanks for the video Company Man 💜
Always watch your videos on 1.25 speed
THANK YOU! I didn't know you could do that!
Me too ahahaha
Dude. It usually annoys me to watch in higher playback speed. But it works for his videos
perfect
omg amazing
Yamaha's diversification strategy is smart. A downturn in one segment of the market will have minimal impact on the overall profitability of the company. Would love to see a video on the 3M company. I believe they use a similar strategy of product/market diversification. How they got to medical supplies from mining would be an interesting story.
Andrew Erntell 3M also produce tape of all sorts. Including reflective tape used on clothing.
Plasterarkitekten yes indeed 3M are very big in the adhesive business, particularly masking and packing tapes. They also invented Post-It-Notes and other low tack adhesives in the Scotch brand of tapes. On the medical side of things they keep the adhesive theme going with water proof dressings, medical grade adhesive dressings and the ubiquitous Micropore medical tape. A very diversified company. Makes me wonder how and why they originally diversified from mining and how they were so sucessful in the new areas they branched into. When it comes to innovation in adhesives 3M are the gold standard.
I was so satisfied at 10:05 when the girl playing the piano syncs up with the keyboard soundtrack in the background 😳
It's deatils like that, what make a video good, and feel well-made. Tho in fact, that took like 20 sec to sync up. It's really worth it to pay special attention while editing...
Dude, Yamaha Recording Custom drum kit. By far the finest of any drum kits, in my opinion.
I always thought it was cool that Yamaha motorcycles had tuning forks as their logo. 🇯🇵
Nokia had a similar situation in their early days, being both a cell phone manufacturer and a boot manufacturer.
I could get a pair of Nokia boots??
Also toiletpaper and tyres
Yes. I have rain boots that are made by Nokia. they are indestructible.
WHERE CAN I GET A PAIR OF NOKIA BOOTS
They made OEM car speakers for long time for BMW aswell.
Awesome video! Can you please do one on the Dutch East India company, I once saw a picture and it was showing that it was bigger than most of the top fortune 500 companies combined.
Dutch East Indies was basically the first multinational company all around. Maintaining total control of actual countries before the rise of capitalism we know today.
That still exists?
Yeah! Would love to see that
What is even more amazing is that yamaha products are all top quality best in value at whatever price point they come in. You can't lose if you just get a yamaha instrument at the budget you're in.
I'm a piano student and have used their pianos, digital pianos, and classical guitars extensively.
He always surprises me with videos I don't expect
I try.
Company Man You succeed
As both a biker and a musician, I always see Yamaha as a motorcycle brand first (despite playing music for years before ever getting a motorcycle) - the reason is that they're much more dominant in that field - be it their offroad bikes, their maxi-scooters, sportbikes, the whole new naked bike segment, they're killing it, whereas in the music industry I can only recall a few pianos , the Pacifica guitar line and the fact that Billy Sheehan plays a signature Yamaha bass. Compared to the big ones out there like Fender/Gibson/PRS/Rickenbacker/Ibanez/etc, they're not as much of a household name.
If I go outside and ask people about an MT-07/09/T-max/R1, chances are they'll know what I'm talking about, but no one will know what a Revstar is.
The Yamaha recording customs are the most used drum sets in studios by a wide margin and all their drums are top of the line, electric pianos and synthesizers are also top of the line and are staples ever since the 70's (the DX7 destroyed the competition back in the day), saxes (I play sax myself) are one of the great 4 sax brands available, guitars and precision basses are used mainly on progressive rock/metal, brass winds, wood winds, acoustic pianos, recording gear, all of them among the best, they might have competition on some of those segments, but I know several professionals that prefer some Yamaha equipment for different reasons.
the drum deparment is extremely popular. not one of the biggest 3 brands, but it is up close, even though they make about any pther instrument... their PA systems and mixers are great as well.
For me Yamaha has always been a motorcykle brand. I have playsed electric guitar for over 30 years. They have some expencive accustic guitar. But they are hard to sell and get your money back. Så Gibsons, Fenders and Hondas for me sadly. But I have a great respect for yamaha.
Mauricio Alonso Garrido thats really interesting. In Danmark mostly yamaha instruments are used in schools. I have never seen a proffesonal guitarist with a yamaha on stage. And I dont know any musicians who play yamaha. All the greatest guitarist in the world are over fenders gibsons ibanez and others. I never seen Satriani or Slash play a yamaha. And that goes also for amature bands.
Yams.. AHA!
Now you gotta eat 'em, now you gotta eat 'em, eat the yams.
When i think of yamaha i think of music because back when ff7 was ported to pc yamaha midi synthesizer was what handled the music for it. How crisper and cleaner it was then my generic audio drivers really left an impression on me.
1:37 Being a former consumer electronic salesman when I hear Yamaha I think of good quality amplifiers. Had mine for twelve years and it's like new (except no HDMI). But the consumer electronic part of Yamaha is also separated from the music and motor company
I think of instruments first, but a year ago I would have though motorcycles. I was really into cars and things that moved, so I knew about Yamaha bikes. But when I started learning guitar, my friend had a Yamaha electric guitar and I played it often when I’d go to his house. I know both companies exist, but now that I’m more interested in music I think the instruments first. TL;DR: I have more experience with music.
cool, but i wish you went more into how they got their start into motorcycles,, and why the two companies share the same name
I was looking for this comment! I felt the same way. Perhaps it's got to do with what they were forced to produce for WWII?
that makes sense
I didn’t realize Yamaha was anything other than a music instrument brand until I hit college. My personal French Horn is a Yamaha, and I know due to my job that Yamaha is a consistent quality brand for any instrument.
Music, and motors...
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Motors that sound like music! 😍
When I hear Yamaha I think of music because I like to play the piano and I love listening to music
What seems to set Yamaha apart from many other companies is that they manage to create an excellent product in whichever field they pursue. This makes it far more likely that someone who has had a good experience with one product - a piano, say - will extrapolate the same level of quality for even unrelated products like motorcycles.
My familiarity with Yamaha is probably atypical: I think first of professional audio mixing consoles, then of small generators that run quietly and produce very stable output. But over the years I’ve bought Yamaha synthesizers (DX-7) and a piano. And if I were in the market for a motorcycle, Yamaha would probably be one of the first places I would look.
Yamaha’s success really speaks to the importance of maintaining one’s reputation.
Well, I know Yamaha as a musical instrument manufacturer. If I had the funds and the space a Yamaha grand piano would be my first choice. As a French horn player I have owned 5 different Yamaha horns. Their “custom” series horn is well respected amongst professional horn players. I would think that a Yamaha Motor product would have the same quality that I’ve come to appreciate in their musical instruments.
I would be hard pressed to find a musical instrument manufacturer with the depth of product that Yamaha has. They make everything but bagpipes. And all to very high standards. Probably not to the highest standard in their category, for example, Steinway and Bösendorfer are probably higher quality but Yamaha concert grands are right up there. Same can be said in almost every product category. Plus they make many lines from low end to high of each instrument. Very respectable instrument makers.
I know Yamaha for music because school keyboards. Music keyboards not computer.
MIE Keyboards were the best things to remember in Elementary.
Funny, I think of them for their role in computer audio. Their YM3812 FM synthesis chip powered the Adlib sound card, compatibility with which continued to be supported in various other cards for a decade afterwards.
And of course yamaha provided a sound chip for the sega mega drive too!
also don't forgot DX7 , in almost every 80s pop songs
I think of boat motors
Jttv i think of 4-wheelers
Same
Same
Yep, me too. The world runs on Yamaha outboards.
Same
Okay, when *I* think of Yamaha, I come up with either music OR motorcycle, depending on what the context is. I used to sell Yamaha pianos and organs, as well as their keyboards. I own a Korg, but the new Yamaha Genos is one really nice keyboard.
I'm looking for my first motorcycle, and I had three different people look at me and tell me the Yamaha FJR1300 as the perfect first time bike for me. I still haven't bought one, but right now, the BMW K1300GT or R1200RT (used) are on the top of my list.
As to other companies.
Siemens: Founded in 1847, here are some of their work units:
Power and Gas
Power Generation Services
Energy Management
Building Technologies
Mobility
Digital Factory
Process Industries and Drives
Financial Services
Healthineers
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
I was a temp contractor for their Health division.
In Japan, Mitsubishi: Everything from aviation, including building one of the best fighters of WWII to civil aviation with the Mitsubishi MU-2, to electronics to shipping to metals to machinery, to food.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships.
There are others, of course. In the U.S., Textron Corporation, building everything from Biz Jets to Defense Contracting to engines.
Textron owns, among other things, Arctic Cat snowmobiles, E-Z- Go Golf carts, Beechcraft Aircraft, Cessna Aircraft, Bell Helicopter, Greenlee tools, Jacobsen lawn and turf products, Textron Systems which include:
Support Solutions, Electronic Solutions, Unmanned Systems (Hunt Valley, Maryland)
Advanced Information Solutions (Austin, Texas)
Geospatial Solutions (Sterling, Virginia)
Lycoming Engines (Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
Marine & Land Systems (Slidell, Louisiana)
TRU Simulation & Training (Goose Creek, South Carolina)
Weapon & Sensor Systems (Wilmington, Massachusetts): a maker of weapons and surveillance systems
So, I think it's pretty easy to say that there are multiple conglomerates that span across multiple divisions with a great emphasis on a wide variety of products.
if its your first bike you should go with something easier man 1200/1300c.c. it's asking for an accident, also the weight, try maybe something around the 250/500c.c. at least, get some experience and then move with something bigger.
just my 2 cents.
1300 as a first bike? you're mad, my dad started on a 500cc and was very happy that he did. Only now a year later he is looking to upgrade to over a litre
tl;dr both
FJR isn't a good first bike because of power, it's because it's heavy. Get a smaller bike that you can learn to control
Justs saw a nice F800GT that would have been a nice bike for me, and if I had the money, I would have bought it.
The other major music keyboard manufacturer, Roland, is one also a wide range company. If I remember well, they also make printers, together with all the music equipment.
So...
What about that Dove soap and Dove chocolate.
yusss dove plz explain it
@Sierra explain the identical logos!
Mitsubishi also made cars and televisions.
NiftyTheLynx Ships, Chemicals, Construction equipment including a joint venture with CAT. Elevators, HVAC equipment, etc. more... Conglomerate companies I believe they call these type of companies. Hyundai, Samsung, Hitachi, etc.
NiftyTheLynx well washers and dryers to
Mitsubishi also made fighter aircraft at one point...
NiftyTheLynx stationary too
Air conditioners too, similar to those of Hitachi, Samsung, Hyundai, LG and such.
Siemens would be another company that is a big player in various industries. From household electronics to locomotives to power plant tech...
Samsung too. Smartphones and container ships aren't quite the same either.
Mikosch2 Hyundai had its hands everywhere until 1997 when it started splitting off, but a lot of those companies use the patent name.
As someone who works in audio, yamaha is very respected. They made one of the most iconic studio speakers of all time, the NS10, and their current HS8 are staples in studios everywhere. Their guitars are a secret gem too. They're on par with fender and Gibson for half the price.
Motorcycles - I own an R6
You should do Remington arms and Remington hair products
Fucking aliens man
...and Remington typewriters ;-D
Are they seriously the same company? No way.
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Evan G yeah same
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Same
Jet ski is a Kawasaki product.
F Bart no there are also yamaha jetskis
For Company Man: suggestion for a video on American Machine and Foundry (AMF). They owned quite a few companies in different industries like Yamaha did (bowling, tennis (Head), ski equipment, Harley Davidson motorcycles, and nuclear reactors to name a few)
Also, Yamaha made some great tennis rackets!
Motorcycles. It’s just the way I was raised.
Barq same dude
Barq, Raised like animals? Respect lol
Outboard motors here.
Same
i knew yamaha from their program "Vocaloid" and pianos
デーモンPurple I saw this coming
I knew it when i. Still 3 years old XD my uncle buy old Yamaha motorcycle
And i just realize if YAMAHA make Vocaloid when i want to buy the software
Same
PLEASE do a Shimano video, They are the gold standard of bicycle components and fishing reels. And... that's it. As far as I know. Two very unrelated and (arguably) very niche industries.
They also make excellent rowing equipment
Both me and my mom's friend played with Yamahas. The differences is the "music" HIS Yamaha made was...
Louder.
I guess I was conscious of, but never actually thought about how weird it is they're so successful in two very different product lines.
BlizVision it always seemed normal to me
Hyundai and Samsung makes EVERYTHING...from phones to ships and even Insurance.
Hell Samsung even has parks and jet fighters
They started financial business as a security for economic down turn.
They can borrow money from their own banks when the products don't sell well and company is in financial trouble.
Elon Musk should do the same.
I think Music
Same!
Me too
agreed
I think of atvs I was raised ridding a Yamaha and then started getting into their studio stuff because I always knew they were a top brand in everything they do