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 ...

The 2023 Yamaha YZF-R1 is a carryover model from 2020, inheriting that year's updates. It's a high-performance literbike designed for experienced riders seeking exhilarating acceleration, precise ...

Last year, Yamaha placed second in SlashGear's ranking of the world's best motorcycle makers. Yamaha has a history of building a broad range of models, like the various bikes in the R series, which ...

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 ...

Yamaha jump-started the liter-class sportbike segment 21 years ago with its original '98 YZF-R1. Over the years it evolved, at times teetering toward a more street or track focused design depending on ...

In the '90s, Japan's "big four" (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha) clashed for superbike supremacy, making some of the fastest and wildest superbikes the world had ever seen. Launched in 1998, the ...

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 ...

Yamaha's legacy of winning motorcycles has earned it a reputation for performance. Here are some of the top speed demons ever ...