Yamaha YZF-R1M

  • Yamaha’s Speed Block R1 and second block of R1-Ms announced

    Yamaha’s Speed Block R1 and second block of R1-Ms announced

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    Yamaha has announced that is to sell the awesome R1 superbike in Yamaha North America colours – the iconic yellow and black speed blocks.The 200bhp superbike is also getting a titanium slip-on Akrapovic end can. The Japanese company is also going to sell another production run of the higher-sped R1-M after the initial production cycle…

  • Yamaha R1 ‘fathers’ reunite with their original bikes

    Yamaha R1 ‘fathers’ reunite with their original bikes

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      Yamaha R1 ‘fathers’ reunite with their original bikes. The current and previous YZF-R1 project leaders celebrated 17 years of development on the YZF-R1 model during the YZF-R1 and R1M press test on 23rd of February. The world’s motoring press had been impatient to get a first hand experience of the all new 2015 models…

  • World launch report: Yamaha YZF-R3

    World launch report: Yamaha YZF-R3

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    £4799 | 41bhp @ 10,750rpm | 22lb-ft @ 9000rpm | Liquid-cooled four-stroke parallel twin 321cc Tested by: Carli Ann Smith Photos: Yamaha You may think that Yamaha has jumped on the 300cc class bandwagon, when actually it could be said, Yamaha are going back to their roots. Think back to the RD series from the…

  • Yamaha R1 | 2015 new motorcycles

    Yamaha R1 | 2015 new motorcycles

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    The 2015 Yamaha R1 is a bike designed from scratch to reinvigorate the flagging supersport market by offering an experience as close as possible to the MotoGP YZR-M1. The four-cylinder crossplane engine makes 200bhp@13,500rpm and 83lb-ft@10,000rpm (before taking into account ram-air) in an incredibly light 199kg wet weight. Advanced computer control makes this exciting power-to-weight…

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