Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. A. is pleased to announce that it has been appointed the U.S. distributor of the all-new line of Valentino Rossi's "VR 46" official merchandise. The new "VR 46" merchandise is to be distributed through its Genuine Yamaha Parts and Accessories Division and to be sold at retail exclusively through its Yamaha dealer network nationwide.

"Valentino is without a doubt one of the world's greatest motorcycle racers ever," said Mo Murray, General Manager of Yamaha's Parts and Accessory Division, "and his millions of fans will be blown away when they see the quality and style in each and every piece of this new merchandise."

The complete VR 46 line of merchandise will make its exclusive U.S. debut this weekend at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca with a very special showing planned during the "Crash" concert on Saturday evening July 4th in the Yamaha Marketplace. The Crash concert is brought to you by Yamaha and Star Motorcycles, and its business partner GE Commercial Finance.