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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One Japanese manufacturer owned the sport bike class for six years. In 1998, another one took it away in a single model year.

12 pages packed with bikes that defined a generation! Featuring: 1998 YZF-R1, 2001 GSX-R1000 K1, 2004 ZX-10R, 2005 GSX-R K5, 2008 Fireblade, 2009 R1, 2010 S1000RR ...