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Yamaha YZF-R25

type of motorcycle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ19745314 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Yamaha YZF-R25 is a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha since 2014. It is Yamaha's first 250 cc sport motorcycle since the four-cylinder FZR250 that was sold between 1986 and 1994. A first for Yamaha twins, in common with the R3, the R25 uses an offset cylinder design.

The YZF-R25 was updated for 2019.

Yamaha MT-25

The Yamaha MT-25 is the naked bike version of the YZF-R25, part of the MT series of standard motorcycles and manufactured by Yamaha since 2015.

The MT-25 received an update in October 2019.

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The public source identifies “Yamaha YZF-R25” as type of motorcycle. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Yamaha, YZF-R25 and type.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 1986, 1994, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Yamaha, YZF-R25 and type providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19745314. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2014, 1986, 1994 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from “Yamaha YZF-R25” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.