Except for a couple of insignificant scratches, the bike we’re about to examine is quite literally in perfect condition. The '98 MY Yamaha YZF-R1 comes equipped with a liquid-cooled DOHC inline-four ...

Allyn started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2008 for outlets such as eHow, USAToday, and subsidiaries of MotorTrend. Formally trained as ...

Back when the R1 first showed up in the late nineties, it absolutely annihilated its competition. Hailing from the model’s first year in production, this 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 is just a few blemishes ...

Yamaha is synonymous with performance-oriented motorcycles, although it wasn't originally established to manufacture bikes in the first place. The company traces back its origin to 1887, when Torakusu ...

The older you get, the faster time goes. It’s hard to believe that the Yamaha YZF-R1, the motorcycle that revolutionized the superbike category, is now a quarter-century old. The original R1, circa ...

With experience of handling leading global sites like ZigWheels, Punya is an avid motorcyclist who has been in the industry for over half a decade. He is always up for a ride to the canyons or the ...