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Yamaha Motor Company Limited, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO:
7272), a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai,
Iwata, Shizuoka), is part of the Yamaha Corporation. After expanding Yamaha
Corporation into the world's biggest piano maker, then Yamaha CEO Genichi
Kawakami took Yamaha into the field of motorized vehicles on July 1, 1955. The
company's intensive research into metal alloys for use in acoustic pianos had given
Yamaha wide knowledge of the making of lightweight, yet sturdy and reliable
metal constructions. This knowledge was easily applied to the making of metal
frames and motor parts for motorcycles. Yamaha Motor is the world's second largest
producer of motorcycles (after Honda)[citation needed]. It also produces many
other motorized vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, boats, snowmobiles,
Yamaha outboard motors, and personal watercraft.
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