Dutch adventure motorcyclist Sjaak Lucassen will take the trip of a lifetime on one of the fastest sportbikes out there. He’ll ride his modified Yamaha YZF-R1 to the North Pole from Anchorage, Alaska.

When Yamaha's "new" YZF-R1 was unveiled at last year's Milan show, everyone wondered how Yoshikazu Koike and his design team-still under the watchful eye of original R1 Design Chief Kunihiko ...

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 ...

Yamaha offers a range of sporty motorcycles right from 125cc novice bikes to litre-class track scorchers. We decode what the YZF-R family is all about Most of Yamaha’s two-wheeled offerings have been ...

The Yamaha YZF-R1 is powered by a 998cc, in-line four, liquid cooled engine which makes 200PS power. The ECU is programmed with five different types of control systems, including traction control, ...

The Yamaha YZF-R1 is one of our favorite liter-class motorcycles, primarily because it was a class leader multiple times. There’s the original R1, which took the lessons of the Honda CBR900RR ...

Charles has been in the industry for 19 years now, and has worked with brands such as Autocar India, Overdrive, Motoring World, CarWale, BikeWale and Powerdrift. He has more experience reviewing cars, ...