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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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The Yamaha YZF-R1 is powered by a 998cc, in-line four, liquid cooled engine which makes 200PS power. The ECU is programmed with five different types of control systems, including traction control, ...