Yamaha News 1986–2009

Issues of Yamaha's international dealer magazine whose index names a personal watercraft. This is Yamaha writing about Yamaha at the time, which makes it a primary source and a better foundation than the from-memory secondary reference the model tables currently lean on.

Read this before using the list. 56 of the 77 rows below came from an index pass that read headlines, subject tags and model codes only, and nobody has read those issues. For those rows, absence is not evidence: a model missing from one was not necessarily absent from that issue, it may sit in body text the pass never searched. That covers the 32 issues held in no form at all and the 8 held only as page images with no text layer. It does not cover the 21 rows marked Full issue read, which were read end to end. Open the linked PDF before quoting anything.

Twenty-one issues have since been read in full. Copies of 45 issues were obtained, and 21 of them, 2003 No.2 onward, carry a complete text layer that has now been read end to end. What those issues actually say is written up at History. The remaining 8, 2000 No.2, 2001 No.3, 2001 No.5, 2002 No.2 through No.5 and 2003 No.1, are page images with no text layer. They cover the FX140 launch, they were never readable, and nothing here claims they have been read.

This index

Issues listed: 77
Full issue read: 21
Index read and confirmed: 7
Named in the index only: 45
Issue number disputed: 4

Launch era (1986-1989)

Year	No.	Headline	Models named	Checked
1986	9	A New Type of Water Vehicle	WaveRunner, WaveJammer	Index read and confirmed
1986	10	New water vehicles enjoy a big response	WaveRunner, WaveJammer	Named in the index only
1987	2	Water vehicles now for sale	not recorded	Index read and confirmed
1987	3	New fun and new excitement for the beach	WaveRunner, WaveJammer	Index read and confirmed
1987	6	A newsletter for US Water Vehicle owners	not recorded	Index read and confirmed
1988	4	Helpful Tools for Water Vehicle Dealers	not recorded	Named in the index only
1988	5	A Taste of Speed on Water Vehicles	not recorded	Index read and confirmed
1988	8	Popularity-winning Water Vehicles gather 140 people for race	MJ500T, MJ500S	Index read and confirmed
1989	5	Sweeping victory for Yamaha Water Vehicles	not recorded	Named in the index only
1989	6	U.S. Water Vehicle Dealers' Meeting	not recorded	Named in the index only
1989	7	WaveRunner III and Super Jet in the 1990 product listing	WaveRunner III, SuperJet	Named in the index only

WaveRunner era (1990-1999)

Year	No.	Headline	Models named	Checked
1990	4	Instruction and Racing: A Great Water Vehicle Formula	not recorded	Named in the index only
1990	6	Water Vehicle Dealers Meeting	not recorded	Named in the index only
1991	4	WaveRunner III, dependable champ of Hawaii's lifeguards	WaveRunner III	Issue number disputed
1991	5	WaveRunner III, dependable champ of Hawaii's lifeguards	WaveRunner III, MJ-650T, MJ-650TL, MJ-650TX	Issue number disputed
1991	7	1991 Marine Jet (Water Vehicle) Jamboree in Spain	MJ-650TX, WaveRunner VXR	Named in the index only
1992	2	MJ-650 range in the product listing	MJ-650TL, MJ-650TX, MJ-650SJ, MJ-650MP	Named in the index only
1992	3	New Water Vehicle User's Club Open	not recorded	Named in the index only
1992	7	Marine Jet TZ and Marine Jet Pro TX in the '93 product range	Marine Jet TZ, Marine Jet Pro TX	Named in the index only
1993	4	Big Catch on a Water Vehicle	WaveRunner III	Named in the index only
1993	5	Yamaha dominates British PWC Racing	not recorded	Named in the index only
1994	1	A world record with a message	MJ-650TL	Named in the index only
1994	2	Products of the Year	WaveRaider	Named in the index only
1994	3	Get together with Club Wave	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
1994	4	No handicap for this champ	not recorded	Named in the index only
1995	1	WaveRunners star at Moroccan Youth Festival	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
1995	4	First Water Vehicle race launched	not recorded	Named in the index only
1996	1	Victory on the Super Jet	SuperJet	Named in the index only
1996	2	Yamaha U.K. go racing	SuperJet, WaveBlaster II, WaveRaider 785	Named in the index only
1996	3	Inspecting the '96 WaveRunners	WaveRunner	Issue number disputed
1996	4	Inspecting the '96 WaveRunners	WaveRunner	Issue number disputed
1996	5	Adventure rides attract Water Vehiclers	not recorded	Named in the index only
1996	6	Sponsoring first Water Vehicle race	not recorded	Named in the index only
1997	2	Water Vehicle fever in Barcelona	not recorded	Index read and confirmed
1997	3	Water Vehicles cross the Java Sea	not recorded	Named in the index only
1997	4	New Yamahas runaway winners	GP760, GP1200	Named in the index only
1997	5	GP1200 in splashing debut	GP1200	Named in the index only
1998	1	Leading the recreational market with locally assembled Water Vehicles	not recorded	Named in the index only
1998	4	Mobility for volunteer rescuers	MJ-700VN-R	Named in the index only
1999	2	Water Vehicle of the Year	WaveRunner SUV1200	Named in the index only
1999	4	WaveRunner event is a hit	WaveRunner GP800	Named in the index only

Four-stroke era (2000-2009)

Year	No.	Headline	Models named	Checked
2000	2	WaveRunner and WaveJammer in the contents	WaveRunner, WaveJammer	Named in the index only
2000	3	A Security Role for the Okinawa Summit	MJ-700VN-R	Named in the index only
2001	1	2001 PWC Dealers Meeting	not recorded	Named in the index only
2001	3	WaveRunner still dominates!	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
2001	5	Release of world's first PWC with 4-stroke engine	FX140	Named in the index only
2002	1	Kiwi Cahill zeros in on world's best	GP1200R	Named in the index only
2002	2	WaveRunners join the action at F1 opener	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
2002	3	6,500 km up the Amazon on a WaveRunner	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
2002	4	Yamaha's Revolutionary 4-stroke Watercraft Debuts	FX140	Named in the index only
2002	5	First woman to cross from South Korea to Japan on a WaveRunner	WaveRunner	Named in the index only
2003	1	Middle East WaveRunner Workshop 2003 unveils FX140	FX140	Named in the index only
2003	2	Yamaha is SLSA's preferred supplier	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2003	3	YMA commissions award-winning television commercials	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2003	4	WaveRunner XL700 three-seater for surf rescue	WaveRunner XL700	Full issue read
2003	5	The market share for WaveRunners is 46 percent	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2003	6	FX140 Cruiser and GP1300R press test rides	FX140 Cruiser, GP1300R	Named in the index only
2004	1	Two new FX models at 160 hp	FX High Output, FX High Output Cruiser	Full issue read
2004	2	The full range of Yamaha outboard motors and WaveRunners	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2004	3	Dealership carries outboards and WaveRunners	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2004	4	15 personal watercraft enthusiasts set out from Jakarta	not recorded	Named in the index only
2004	5	Caribbean friendship crossing on FX140 WaveRunner	FX140	Full issue read
2004	6	Rental demand drives WaveRunner sales	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2005	1	WaveRunners chosen as rescue craft for rowing competition	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2005	2	Yamaha Motor began manufacturing personal watercraft (Marine Jets) in 1986	not recorded	Full issue read
2005	3	GP1300R ridden by six-time IJSBA world champion Nicolas Rius	GP1300R	Full issue read
2005	4	SLSA clubs supplied with outboards, WaveRunners and ATVs	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2005	5	Yamaha began R&D in 1983 that led to our first Water Vehicle	not recorded	Full issue read
2005	6	WaveRunner sales outlook as the market recovers from regulation	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2006	2	Caspian dealership to supply outboards, WaveRunners and ATVs	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2006	3	WaveRunner Safety Riding School programme	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2006	4	WaveRunner share grows from 54% to 68%	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2006	5	Yamaha personal watercraft distributor meeting	not recorded	Named in the index only
2007	3	YMMC has produced over 600,000 personal watercraft	not recorded	Named in the index only
2007	5	Power with Intelligence points the way to the PWC of the future	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2008	2	Seven WaveRunner models on display	WaveRunner	Full issue read
2009	1	Yamaha outboard motors, WaveRunners and snowmobiles displayed	WaveRunner	Full issue read

Rights

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77 issues · 21 read in full · 7 index verified · 45 indexed only