OPEN CLASS IN SESSION!All-new, light, powerful and packed with MotoGP technology, the YZF-R1 is the most advanced open-class production motorcycle ever built with the world's first electronic variable-length intake funnel system.
Boundaries are for pushing!Our engineers live for sportbikes. They're never satisfied and continually push the boundaries of what's possible.Perfection may not be attainable in this lifetime, if you listen to the philosophers. Our best refutation of that ridiculous argument is the YZF-R1 -- a motorcycle that represents just how close we've come to refining the 20-valve, Deltabox III-framed R1 into the rippingest two-wheeled conveyance ever released on planet Earth. The worldwide media has tripped all over itself heaping praise upon the R1 ever since its introduction, including being named Sport Rider magazine's Bike of the Year not once, but twice.
Hailed by Cycle World magazine as having 'The best power-too-weight ratio of any production bike ever. 20-valve, 1000cc engine pushes just 390 pounds in a near sub-600-size package. Razor sharp han-dling, silky 6-speed transmission, triple disc brakes.
Hailed by Cycle World magazine as having 'The best power-too-weight ratio of any production bike ever. 20-valve, 1000cc engine pushes just 390 pounds in a near sub-600-size package. Razor sharp han-dling, silky 6-speed transmission, triple disc brakes.
MOTOGP TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN ACTUALLY OWN YZF-R1 is unlike anything before. Benefitting from even more MotoGP technology for 2012 with new seven-level traction control and the World GP 50th Anniversary livery option. The World GP livery includes a 50th Anniversary emblem on top of the fuel tank and a special numbered plate showing the production number of only 2,000 units that will be produced worldwide. From the track to the street, it truly is "the 1".
THE BACK-TO-BACK SUPERBIKE CHAMPION With back-to-back Superbike Championships and packed with MotoGP technology, the 2013 YZF-R1 is the most advanced Open Class sportbike on the planet. And unlike anything else. That's because it's the world's first production motorcycle with a crossplane crankshaft. Resulting in incredibly smooth power delivery and outrageous torque for a rush like never before. From the track to the street, the R1 truly is "the 1".
MOTOGP TECHNOLOGY YOU CAN ACTUALLY OWN YZF-R1 is unlike anything before. Benefitting from even more MotoGP technology for 2012 with new seven-level traction control and the World GP 50th Anniversary livery option. The World GP livery includes a 50th Anniversary emblem on top of the fuel tank and a special numbered plate showing the production number of only 2,000 units that will be produced worldwide. From the track to the street, it truly is "the 1".
COMPLETELY NEW FROM THE TRACK UP. Introducing the most MotoGP-inspired R1 ever. From the advanced "rider active" electronics package, to the powerful crossplane crankshaft engine, the line between Supersport bike and factory MotoGP has never been more blurred.
COMPLETELY NEW FROM THE TRACK UP. Introducing the most MotoGP-inspired R1 ever. From the advanced "rider active" electronics package, to the powerful crossplane crankshaft engine, the line between Supersport bike and factory MotoGP has never been more blurred.
Everything except the name has changed. MotoGP, the highest form of motorcycle racing, is our proving ground. The technology Yamaha has pioneered and proven on MotoGP circuits around the world can now be enjoyed by racers and riders alike. The all new R1 provides racers and enthusiast sport riders with a taste of what it would be like to ride the race winning Yamaha M1. A showcase of Yamaha's technology leadership, the all new R1 raises the bar with its uncompromised performance and handling