I’ve been passionate about motorcycles ever since I started riding dirt bikes in childhood and now I’m doing my best in blending mechanical engineering with motorcycle journalism. Yamaha’s 2010 ...

There's no arguing that Valentino Rossi is the greatest of all time. The 30-year-old Italian has eight world championships to his name and at press time was leading the '09 title chase. He's the only ...

It’s got enough tarmac-fracturing power to make a bunch of newer liter-bikes tremble with fear. Released to celebrate Yamaha’s 50th anniversary, the special-edition YZF-R1 LE saw a limited production ...

We don’t know the total cost of all the modifications, but you can reasonably assume that figure isn’t skimpy. To mark the company’s 50th anniversary, Yamaha developed 500 copies of the YZF-R1 LE for ...

The older you get, the faster time goes. It’s hard to believe that the Yamaha YZF-R1, the motorcycle that revolutionized the superbike category, is now a quarter-century old. The original R1, circa ...

Not many performance motorcycles can stand up to Yamaha's YZF-R1 – especially when adrenaline and racing history are put to the mix. The YZF-R1 has MotoGP DNA with street-tuned manners and boasts a ...

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 ...

Introduced back in 1998, the Yamaha YZF-R1 was the bike to spark the imagination of many riders as the century drew to a close. In those days, the R1 was known as one of the highest power (140 crank ...

Yamaha has announced the YZF-R1 sport bike will be making a return as part of its upcoming 2024 lineup. This probably doesn't come as a surprise. There are few names in the motorcycle industry that ...

The 2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 is a carryover model from 2020, inheriting that year's updates. It's a high-performance literbike designed for experienced riders seeking exhilarating acceleration, precise ...