T135 Development Story (Project Leader)

"Proud" is the word that the T135 Project Leader, Mr.Toshinori Kuromoto uses. But to build a model that truly inspires pride of ownership demands new advances in technology and true innovation.

The T135 boasts neo technologies throughout the total package of the kind that truly make this model a proud flagship of the Yamaha brand. “I think of the T135 as an epoch-making model for Yamaha in everything from its great engine and chassis to the magnificent styling,” says Mr. Kuromoto. “Everyone on the development team gave it their all and the result is a model that we can proudly call ‘an embodiment of the Yamaha brand’.”

Of course, in order to be a machine that they could truly be proud of, it had to be one that moved their souls as engineers. The leadingedge engineers that made up this development team also continued to evaluate it as discerning riders at the same time in order to make sure it was a model that was truly satisfying to ride. In other words they looked at it not as a commercial object but as a motorcycle that they would want to ride as a user. And when the T135 was finished they were all satisfied with the job they had done.