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COMPARISON: Yamaha YZF-R1 By The Numbers

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COMPARISON: Yamaha YZF-R1 By The Numbers

Being the first new-for-2015 liter-class sport bike to undergo Cycle World performance testing, we were curious to learn how the latest YZF-R1 stacks up against not only its peers but the previous-generation R1 as well. It will be another month before we can assemble all class-of-'15 contenders...

Published on June 25 2015, 20:57
Source: www.cycleworld.com
 
 

Rejoice, sportbike fans, as 2015 is bound to go down as the year of the liter-class superbike. After riding this latest crop of superbikes at their individual intros, your respective MO editors all came back gushing, proclaiming the bike they just finished riding is a viable contender for top... 

http://cf.c.ooyala.com/I4OTFzdDrSokJG8OVd1sZ2GC6ejHA9Qp/3Gduepif0T1UGY8H4xMDoxOjA4MTsiGN We recently took delivery of a 2015 YZF-R1. Naturally, we felt an immediate need to test Yamaha's new street-legal superbike on our Dynojet dyno. While it's a treat to hear that super-trick Crossplane-crank... 

Yamaha is back. After riding the latest R1 at Sydney Motorsports Park in Australia last February, we walked away amazed, but we also left with a huge list of unanswered questions. Racetrack press introductions allow a motorcycle to be tested near its limits, exploring aspects of performance that... 

I felt as giddy as a kid at Christmas when I heard Yamaha's new R1 was prepped and readied for MO's home-soil evaluation. We already knew it was ready to challenge the best of the best – our Troy Siahaan came back from its launch raving about how the R1 is resetting the bar in the stupefyingly... 

Yamaha calls it "the next level," and it is the extension of the line of MT/FZ models at both ends. At the top now arrives the MT-10, essentially a stripped-down 2015 YZF-R1 superbike powered by a reworked crossplane 998cc inline four cylinder of undisclosed power, while the compact MT-03 is the... 

AMA Pro Racing Press Release: Monster Energy Graves Yamaha's Josh Hayes and his No. 4 Yamaha YZF-R1 power into the Buckeye SuperBike Weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio with four consecutive AMA Pro SuperBike victories on his side and a fourth-career premier class title in... 

Editor Score:94.5% Engine 20.0/20 Suspension/Handling 14.0/15 Transmission/Clutch 9.5/10 Brakes 9.5/10 Instruments/Controls 5.0/5 Ergonomics/Comfort 9.0/10 Appearance/Quality 9.5/10 Desirability 10.0/10 Value 8.0/10 Overall Score 94.5/100 Cresting the hill coming onto the front straight at...