The 50th Anniversary livery remains one of the most fetching limited-edition liveries Yamaha has come up with. On the 2013 R1 50th Anniversary edition, it had black and carbon fiber-like accents ...

Yamaha's R1 and R1M have been all over the news this ... Visually, the most notable difference is the new carbon fiber aerodynamic winglets. The R1 was one of the last superbikes to hold out ...

Other improvements over the stock R1 are: nearly all body panels are made out of carbon fiber, Yamaha Racing’s excellent Communication Control Unit (derived from the MotoGP YZR-M1) which allows you to ...

Visually, the graphics on the superbly chiseled carbon fiber bodywork have been revised ... Finally, the more street-friendly 2018 Yamaha YZF-R1 features the same updated quickshifter along ...

The standard R1 uses a 43mm KYB inverted fork in ... to even higher levels of fit and finish thanks to full carbon-fiber bodywork," says Yamaha. This includes "a carbon windscreen fairing, side ...

Yamaha’s flagship supersport, the YZF-R1M remains unchanged for 2023. The R1M is priced much higher than the standard R1, but it justifies that with high-end track-ready hardware. It features ...

2015 Yamaha R1 - engine detail Chassis-wise ... but replaces some of the bodywork with carbon fiber to effect some 5-odd pounds of weight loss. 2015 Yamaha R1M - in action on the racetrack ...