Out of all these, the YZF-R1 and the YZF-R1M are two of the most powerful commercial motorcycles that the company makes, sitting at the pinnacle of the YZF R-series lineup. Naming conventions ...

We've been asking for a while, so thank you, Yamaha. It's lovely when an OEM listens. Yamaha's R1 and R1M have been all over the news this past year and not always for reasons that made us happy.

That is to say, I had help. See All 91 Photos See All 91 Photos The representative we chose for motorcycling was Yamaha's YZF-R1M, a 998cc (1.0 liter in car speak) inline-four that cranks out ...

Yamaha extends the deadline for online reservations for the track-only YZF-R1M machines through February 28, at midnight. Riders and teams that are in search of their next track machine can order ...