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Crashed 2005 R1 sets new Ring record
A crashed, repaired, road-legal 2005 Yamaha R1 has unofficially set a new lap record of the Nurburgring. Lapping in 7 minutes, 10 seconds, Andy Carlile bested the previous record by a full 20 seconds. Andy’s R1 is completely street legal, down to the tires, mirrors, license plate and headlight and uses a completely stock motor. Photo: Frozenspeed ...
01 June 2012
Photos: an R1 in the sand dunes
How’s this for a magazine cover? With the help of Yamaha Europe and Michelin, French mag L’Integral equipped 10-time Dakar winner Stephane Peterhansel with a 50th Anniversary R1 and sent him to the Sahara desert to grab these images on the huge sand dunes there. The only modifications necessary? A set of bar risers and a pair of race wets, the rear hand-cut to form paddles. And I thought I was...
26 March 2012
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A cop, a squid or both?
Your first reaction upon seeing a police-liveried R1 is likely one of worry. Could the cops finally be riding bikes capable of catching other motorcyclists? Then you scope the lack of gloves (or any other safety gear this side of the mandatory helmet), the loud exhausts, the anodized gewgaws and, lastly, the inches-wide chicken strips on that back tire. What on earth is going on here? Like the po...
12 March 2012
2012 Yamaha R1: traction control
Call this one a recession special. In lieu of an all-new model or significant updates, Yamaha is instead heaping its flagship R1 with classy new paint jobs and all manner of popular aftermarket upgrades. Foremost among those? A seven-level traction control system, bringing the 2012 Yamaha R1 up to speed with bikes like the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R and BMW S1000RR. The rest of the upgrades read like ...
14 September 2011