Yamaha hasn’t announced the updated R1 in America as of now. The 2023 version currently sells for $17,999 MSRP, while the YZF-R1M comes in at $26,999.

The first rendering features a yellow-black-white livery with three so-called speed blocks, evoking images of the bike made famous by Kenny Roberts Sr. back in the 1970’s.

The 2016 Red Dot Award for Product Design is the third accolade that goes to Yamaha's new generation superbike, the 2015 YZF-R1. The R1 thus marks a most important moment in Iwata's history, as it ...

On the tech side, the Yellow/Black is identical to the stock R1, so you'll be reining the same 200 PS @ 13,500 rpm, with a peak torque of 112.4 Nm (82.8 lb-ft) at 11,500 revs per minute.

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 ...

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 ...