“RIDING A BIKE IS LIKE AN ART, SOMETHING YOU DO BECAUSE YOU FEEL SOMETHING INSIDE”.
The Yamaha R1 ,introduced in 1998,is a sport bike manufactured by Yamaha Motor Company.
MANUFACTURER : YAMAHA ALSO CALLED R1
PRODUCTION : 1998-PRESENT
PREDECESSOR : SPORT BIKE

HISTORY
The launch model Yamaha YZF-R1 was available in white / red or blue. In Europe the blue proved to be the most popular and was in very short supply, added to by early models being subject to a world wide recall for a clutch problem. This bike has a compression ratio of 11:8:1 with a 6- speed with a multi plate clutch transmission. Yamaha today describe the launch R1 as the true value of “Kando”. The 1999 R1 saw only minor changes, apart from paint and graphics. Notable change linkage and the gear change shaft length which was increased for better gear shifting.
SAILENT FEATURES OF BIKE
MILAGE : 15 KMPL
DISPLACEMENT : 998cc
NO. OF CYLINDERS : 4
MAX POWER : 200 PS @13500RPM
MAX TORQUE : 112.4 Nm @11500 rpm
FRONT BRAKE : DISC
REAR BRAKE : DISC
FUEL CAPACITY : 17L
BODY TYPE : SUPER BIKE

2015 -2020
At the centennial EICMA motorcycles show, Yamaha officially unveiled a new generation of Yamaha claims a wet weight of 199kg. The new bike has an electronics package that includes a sophisticated Traction Control and Slide Control System, antiwheelie Lift control System (LCS) .The slide control system on the Yamaha is the first on a production motorcycle .Information is fed to the bike through a six -axis gyro and other sensors over 100 times a second.Power delivery is trapped through manipulation of the throttle butterfly and ignition and fuel cuts.

MOTORSPORT
The bike had five wins in the Macau Grand Prix between 1999 and 2013 .Lorenzo Alfonsi won the 2004 Fim super stock 1000 cup,followed by Didier Van Keymeulen in 2005. Yamaha world supervise rider Ben spies won the 2009 Superbike World Championship season title recording 14 wins and 11 poles in his one season WSBK. THE Yamaha Factory Racing Team with riders N. Nakasuga and B. Smith won the 2015 Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
RACE THE RAIN. RIDE THE WIND. CHASE THE SUNSET. ONLY A BIKER WILL UNDERSTAND.







