When Yamaha launched the YZF-R1 way back in 1998, the bike set the benchmark for what a superbike needed to be. It heralded a ...

Yamaha's 1986 YSR50, for example, was the tiniest of sport bikes. Released in 1987, it featured a full fairing, 50cc single cylinder engine, 5-speed transmission and a front disk brake. And though ...

Racing motorcycles have graced the tracks of the FIM World Championship ... The last of the technologically advanced 50cc thoroughbreds, the 50cc, water-cooled, two-stroke Suzuki RK67 parallel-twin ...

The first iteration of the YZR-M1 was a disaster, a bit like the first V4. Yamaha’s first four-stroke GP engine was 50cc ...