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 ...

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 ...

In case you value historical significance and raw power equally, this is something you’ll definitely want to look at. Yamaha sent shockwaves throughout the liter-bike realm upon releasing the beastly ...

Before the 1998 YZF-R1, superbikes were defined as motorcycles with 750cc four-cylinder or a 1000cc twin engine. However, with racing DNA running through its veins, a 998cc inline-four DOHC engine, ...

In the '90s, Japan's "big four" (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha) clashed for superbike supremacy, making some of the fastest and wildest superbikes the world had ever seen. Launched in 1998, the ...

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 ...

Introduced back in 1998, the Yamaha YZF-R1 was the bike to spark the imagination of many riders as the century drew to a close. In those days, the R1 was known as one of the highest power (140 crank ...