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  • 2020 Yamaha YZF R1 and R1M released

    2020 Yamaha YZF R1 and R1M released

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    Evolution not revolution for Yam’s litre superbike, with high-rpm engine mods seemingly aimed at WSB improvements. Is it enough to top the league leaders though? Yamaha’s been ploughing its own superbike furrow for a decade now, with the crossplane crank big-bang configuration on its R1 engine. Having the uneven firing order from the unique crankshaft…

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  • Lower Yamaha Pricing For 2012

    Lower Yamaha Pricing For 2012

    Some fantastic news from Yamaha – they’re reducing the retail price of some of their best bikes, effective immediately on existing stock and 2012 models. The models affected are:

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  • 2012 Yamahas Revealed

    2012 Yamahas Revealed

    Yamaha has released first images of their new 2012 anniversary colour schemes, which sees the iconic ‘speedblock’ graphics making their way on to pretty much the entire range, while the YZF-R1 also gets a bit of a face lift, and a new electronics package which includes traction control.

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