Yamaha has just introduced its 2009 YZF-R1 top supersport model with the intention of becoming a class leader. That means a lot of engineering refinement, something that would normally make the ...

It boasted 125 horsepower and a quite astonishing top speed of around 146 mph. ... What Yamaha then did with the YZF-R1 in the late 1990s was take these virtues and elevate them further.

Yamaha is no stranger to these kinds of machines. One of the world's premiere motorcycle manufacturers, Yamaha has had plenty of great motorcycle soundtracks throughout their history that are ...

Yamaha's YZF-R1S expands the R1 range down into a slightly younger demographic with the “S” variant that sheds some of its fancy metallurgy in favor of slightly less-noble metals with a ...

Every once in a while, a motorcycle comes along that changes things. A bike that doesn’t need to have its worth justified or qualified - a bike that’s just plain good. The 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 ...