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Yamaha to build big engines for motorcycles, ATVs in Indonesia

Sharing parts also planned to improve productivity and margins

A large Yamaha touring motorcycle.

TOKYO -- Yamaha Motor is repurposing idle capacity at Indonesian production facilities to churn out large engines for motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles.

The Japanese company plans to invest billions of yen, or tens of millions of dollars, between 2017 and 2019 to prepare lines with the capacity for some 10,000 to 20,000 large engines a year.

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