L&M San Manuel Yamaha Team Intro 11

We have a trio of videos from the L&M San Manuel Yamaha team intro, which you can get to by clicking any of the images below.

Get the full scoop from James on his new ride, an MXoN overview, and more.

Get more from Larry on how he signed up James, and plans for '09.

Kyle Chisholm is James' new teammate at L&M, and will jump to the 450s.

Last week James Stewart and Kyle Chisholm were introduced as the two newest riders on the San Manuel Yamaha team, which is run by L&M Racing, at a rooftop event at a club in Hollywood.

Also unveiled were the plans for San Manuel to sponsor the team through the 2010 season. L&M's also planning to race not just the Supercross series, but to branch out to X Games events, selected outdoor Nationals in the U.S., and possibly even some FIM Grand Prix events in Europe. Of course, we already know that James will be venturing to Paris this year for the Bercy Supercross.

James’ new teammate will be 20-year-old Kyle Chisholm. James and Kyle have been longtime friends, and both rode Kawasakis throughout their careers before signing up with San Manuel Yamaha. After moving out of amateur racing, Kyle raced a pair of seasons in the Canadian Nationals, finishing second in the MX2 East division in ’05, and taking the title in ’06. Since then, he’d made steady progress up the standings. He’s also looking forward to moving up to the bigger bike.

Check out the photos below (each one can be clicked for a larger version). There’s some scenes from the intro, as well as a few shots from his first day on the new bike. You can also check out the videos for each rider (click the images at the top of the page for each rider, as well as an interview with L&M’s Larry Brooks.

From left to right, it’s Mike Kranyak (he’s a co-owner of the team, and the M in L&M), Team Manager Larry Brooks, Yamaha’s Keith McCarty (It was worth attending the press conference just to hear him talk about James doing the worm and the sprinkler), and emcee Larry Nastan..

This lovely lady did the unveiling of James’ new bike.

James Stewart with his new Yamaha. It's going to take us a little bit to get used to him aboard a blue machine..

Larry Brooks introducing the L&M Racing crew. Dan Rambert (far right) will be the liason between Yamaha and L&M.

James blitzing the whoops during his first day on his race bike.

Does he look comfortable already? Yep.

So how does he look on the new bike? Looks like it's working well to us. We'll get a partial answer next weekend at the U.S. Open...and the real answer in January at A1..