Yamaha Motor Company has pulled the wraps off its flagship supersport motorcycle - YZF-R1 and higher-spec R1M - for the 2020 model year. The 2020 Yamaha R1 made a grand debut last weekend during the ...

It’s been quite some time since the fans of Yamaha’s flagship sports machine have been waiting for a new generation of their beloved R1. The EICMA 2014 brings an all-new YZF-R1 but also an even better ...

Yamaha has fired all cannons in the latest instalment of the World Superbike wars with the release of the new YZF-R1 and R1M. MotoGP gods Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo made an appearance at EICMA ...

Touted as the sharpest and most track-focused supersport bikes you could get your hands on, Yamaha has updated their mad YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M superbikes with recalibrated equipment and a couple of new ...

Yamaha's R1 is one of the most iconic and recognized names in motorcycling. For a while there in the 2000s, it became more or less synonymous with "faired sportsbike" in the minds of the bike-curious ...

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The Yamaha R1 traces its origins to the Yamaha M1, their MotoGP machine. Yamaha Japan is gearing up to introduce the 2017 Yamaha R1 and 2017 Yamaha R1M. The motorcycles will be available from June ...

Yamaha has unveiled its 2015 models including the R1, limited-edition R1M, R3, T-Max, MT-09 Tracer, WR450 Rally and WR250F in a live online event in Milan. Valentino Rossi, who rode the totally new R1 ...

Yamaha is recalling each and every YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M, their new flagship superbike, all over the world. Because it could light you on fire. Or seize up and make you crash. The 2015 Yamaha R1 and R1M ...

The 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 and R1M motorcycles have been unveiled, the latter of the two being a limited edition model. With the R1 comes many bragging points, not the least of which is the new engine and ...

At the Laguna Seca round of the FIM World Superbike Championships last weekend, two major manufacturers launched new motorcycles. Ducati unveiled the Panigale V4 25°Anniversario 916 and Yamaha took ...