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Best sportsbike of 2009: Triumph Daytona 675

4 April, 2020
Before the Tourist Trophy kicked off, MCN had a little ride around the Isle of Man to elect the sports bike of the year, 2009. In a test ride, it compared the KTM RC8 R, the Yamaha YZF-R1, the Aprilia…

Yamaha R1 Replica Valentino Rossi

4 April, 2020
In this marvellous video you can see a Yamaha R1 2008 Replica Valentino Rossi, prepared by the Brasilians from Motostore. With this kind of a bike, maybe Rossi could run shoulders with the likes of Noriyuki Haga in the Superbike…

Yamaha R1 2009: new pics

3 April, 2020
We’ll follow up with more dynamic shots and the technical specs, but in the meantime you can feast on these photos of the highly anticipated Yamaha R1 2009, with its three different colours of black, blue and white.

Valentino Rossi's Oldest Fan Celebrates Birthday on Yamaha R1

2 April, 2020
Hilda Wright may just be Valentino Rossi’s oldest living fan ever. This 102-year-old English lady (that’s right 102!) celebrated her birthday by sitting and revving the engine of Rossi’s Yamaha YZF-R1 which he used for a parade lap at the…

Sterilgarda to Sponsor Yamaha World Superbike Team

1 April, 2020
During last night’s Italian TV show “Paddock, uomini e corse” (Paddock, men and races) it was revealed that Sterilgarda will be Yamaha’s new main sponsor and will make their first appearance on the liveries of Ben Spies and Tom Sykes…

WSBK Misano Race 1 – Spies does it again

30 March, 2020
In today’s WSBK race 1 at the Misano World Circuit we got more for our money’s worth in a highly entertaining and difficult wet to dry, flag to flag race.The Santamonica track had seen rain all morning but when the…

Ben Spies Gets a Volvo for explaining Safety

30 March, 2020
Ben Spies has taken WSBK Championship by the horns and given it a good shake and has become a sort of demi-god to European fans. The American rider is so popular that Volvo Italy contacted him for their promo “Real…

Chinese eCommerce sells motorcycles at crazy prices

29 March, 2020
Our reader, ottononservono, gave us this tip of a Chinese site that sells motorcycles at such low prices we doubt them to be true.A Ducati 1098 Biposto is going for 2,400 EUR (could it really be euro??), and a Yamaha…

Yamaha R1 leader in Europe

29 March, 2020
The Yamaha R1 is conquering most competitions in Europe, as our friends from Motoblog tell us after an analysis of current standings shows it to be a protagonist. Not to take away from the teams of mechanics, riders and other…

Jorge Lorenzo at Motorland Aragon Circuit

27 March, 2020
The current FIM rules prohibit testing with official machines on circuits that are on the MotoGP calendar during the racing season, but that doesn’t mean that riders can’t ride on tracks with street bikes, like Jorge Lorenzo did yesterday at…

Yamaha YZF-R1 on track wallpaper

27 March, 2020
In a gallery of pics of the 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1, we get a closer look at this lovely bike for 2010, with some new colours. If that’s not special enough for you, check out the Yamaha R1 Fiat Team Replica…

Valentino Rossi on the Yamaha R1 through Paris

27 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi arrives for his media appointment on board his special edition Monster Energy Yamaha R1, midday in a rainy Paris. Riding his way down the Champs-Élysées before revving his bike to the max and performing a burn-out underneath the…

Ben Spies signs Yamaha WSBK and MotoGP Deal

23 March, 2020
WSBK fans can take a collective sigh of relief of at least another year, because Yamaha has officially announced that Superbike sensation Ben Spies will remain in WSBK in 2010 and then will switch to MotoGP in 2011 with the…

Yamaha R1 wheelie spied on Google street maps

20 March, 2020
I knew Google could do a lot, but I certainly wasn’t expecting to see these shots of a Yamaha R1 wheelie in Marseilles captured on Google street view. If you swing the image, you can see the bike proceeding down…

2010 Superbike of the year video

19 March, 2020
video platform video management video solutions video player There is so much motorcycle eye candy in this sports bike of the year test that it gets difficult to pick which is the best, unless you’re a die-hard fan of one…

Perfect year for Paola Cazzola

15 March, 2020
It was a perfect year for the Italian female rider Paola Cazzola, who was riding with the Yamaha YZF-R1 from the Yamaha team Pielle Moto- Villa Sandra. Paola won the five races in the Championship, achieved five pole positions and…

Riders for Health Yamaha R1 Unveiled

14 March, 2020
We saw a sketch of the customised Valentino Rossi inspired Yamaha R1 back in October and the bike was finally unveiled this weekend at the Cycle World International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, California. This special R1 was wanted Don…

Even the Best can Bin It

14 March, 2020
Niall Mackenzie was one Britain’s most successful GP motorcycle racer and partecipated in the 500cc World Championship and later went on to three successive British Superbike Championships, from 1996 to 1998 on a Yamaha. Mackenzie is currently a Road test…

Yamaha R1 takes on Aprilia RSV4

14 March, 2020
The guys from MCN took the Yamaha R1 and Aprilia RSV4 out for a ride to see how they compare. Both great bikes, with plenty of power, but the Aprilia actually comes off as a little slow at low revs.…

Yamaha R1 Factory MotoGP Replica

14 March, 2020
The good news here is that the Yamaha R1 Factory MotoGP Replica is available in the colours of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, having won at Jerez and Motegi, respectively.The bad news is that the R1 Factory MotoGP Replica built…

Yamaha R1 on ice /video

13 March, 2020
‘Theoretically’, climatic conditions such as snow, ice, frost and the likes are not exactly ideal for most bikers. This unwritten rule is particularly obvious when it comes sportsbikes, which rely on the best possible road grip to unleash their full…