You’ve likely heard of Yamaha and know the brand for its renowned motorcycles or maybe one of its pianos. They dabble in a lot of products, but a little-known fact is they created the first commercial e-bike back in the early 90s – go ahead and add that tidbit to your next trivia game night (am I invited?).
The Yamaha YDX-Moro 07 continues the brand’s e-bike legacy, and in the case of our review bike, is a nod to its history with its special 30th anniversary colorway of chrome and blue (silver, and dual blue colors are also available).
Beyond the shiny colors there are a lot of interesting things going on with the Moro: it features Yamaha’s underrated PW-X3 motor that is twitchy and dead-useful in starting climbs, a value-packed
150/160 suspension system with a combo of Rockshox’s Super Deluxe Select+ RT shock and Lyrik fork, and other valuable and desirable components like one-finger Magura brakes, and Shimano’s XT groupset.
