Yamaha R1

  • YAMAHA: R1 Race and GYTR

    YAMAHA: R1 Race and GYTR

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    We knew this was coming – but it still hits hard. The first Yamaha R1 appeared just six years after our sister magazine Fast Bikes itself hit the streets – so in many ways, they grew up together. It was the original rulebook-rewriter; the superbike that toppled the mighty Honda FireBlade; the first of the…

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  • Snap up the ‘Piro’ Replica Yamaha R1 on eBay

    Snap up the ‘Piro’ Replica Yamaha R1 on eBay

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    Here’s an eBay auction with a difference: you could be the lucky owner of the unique ‘Piro’ Replica R1 with which Yamaha paid tribute to the late Fabrizio Pirovano at Estoril, the track at which the Italian secured his 10th and final WorldSBK victory in 1993. The bike is now up for auction to the…

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