Yamaha R1: The superbike icon over the years
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The Yamaha R1, officially the Yamaha YZF-R1, is one of the best known and most successful of all Japanese superbikes. It was revolutionary when it was first launched in 1998 because of its light weight and huge power, managing to steal the mantle of Honda’s FireBlade before being successively reinvented into the noughties and 2010s.
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Yamaha R1: The superbike icon over the years
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