Yamaha Seri V ditawakake minangka montor bèbèk kang murah lan gampang panganggone. Seri V iki diprodhuksi wiwit taun 1970an kanthi seri V50, V70 and V90. Then branched out to different variations in the mid 70s with the V50p (to replace the V50) and V75 and then in the late 70s added the V80. In early 1980 Yamaha got rid of the V70, V75 and the original V80 models and introduced two new models, the V50m and the V80m. Thus reducing the number of models to two.