Here’s How The Yamaha YZF-R1 Took Sports Bikes To The Next Level
You don’t need to know the complex differences between a wide variety of types of motorcycles to have a grasp of one key thing: Sports bikes are speed machines. It’s a generalization to say that they’re strictly for racing only, but you’ll certainly see the best of the best sports bikes represented out on high-profile tracks.
There’ll often be at least one Yamaha model racing as well. The Japanese brand has a long history with racing bikes, first competing in July 1955’s Mt. Fuji Ascent Race — the very same month that Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd was officially created. Of the many sports bikes Yamaha has developed over its long history, one of the most important would be the YZF-R1.
These bikes need something more than just speed. More than performance, or style, as important as these factors are. In addition, it would be easier, and surely safer, to just iterate slightly on an existing model’s specs and declare the result the