The R1’s original DNA remains virtually unchanged as far as performance goes, but its aesthetic became something else ...

Yamaha has stripped off the fairings from its R1 and R3 to produce naked and aggressive MT-10 and MT-03 bikes at the EICMA Motorcycle show in Milan. Yamaha also unveiled a 60th anniversary YZF-R1 60th ...

Yamaha's R1 is one of the most iconic and recognized names in motorcycling. For a while there in the 2000s, it became more or less synonymous with "faired sportsbike" in the minds of the bike-curious ...

We all know Yamaha likes cooking up some exciting motorcycle technology. Earlier, we came across a few cool patents that hinted at a brand-new turbocharged Yamaha motorcycle. Now, the Japanese ...

When Yamaha's "new" YZF-R1 was unveiled at last year's Milan show, everyone wondered how Yoshikazu Koike and his design team-still under the watchful eye of original R1 Design Chief Kunihiko ...

The Yamaha YZF-R1 is one of our favorite liter-class motorcycles, primarily because it was a class leader multiple times. There’s the original R1, which took the lessons of the Honda CBR900RR ...