In the beginning-familiar to most as 1998-Yamaha's cliche-shattering YZF-R1 changed everything. Then, after relatively major makeovers in 2000, '02 and '04, project leader Toyishi Nishida tossed most ...

Both the YZF-R1M and YZF-R1 share the same newly-designed engine, featuring a 998cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, in-line four- cylinder, 4-valve system with a crossplane crankshaft. The high-end YZF-R1M ...

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 released the first YZF motorcycle in 1998 with the debut of the YZF-R1. Extremely fast for the time, the R1 set a new standard for mid-price-range sports bikes, and the word "superbike" soon ...

22 Nov 2025, 14:59 UTC · By: Silvian Secara // The R1’s original DNA remains virtually unchanged as far as performance goes, but its aesthetic became something else entirely ...

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 ...

liquid-cooled inline 4 cylinder DOHC; 4-valves per cylinder ...