MCN Roadtest: 2009 Yamaha R1 tested

MCN Road Tester Michael Neeves recently tested the all-new 2009 Yamaha R1 in Australia - and he was impressed.

Neevesy says the new 1000cc R1 engine with crossplane crank gives the engine all the top-end rush of an inline-four, with the low down grunt of a twin.

For a full review of the new Yamaha R1, including a technical explaination of the bike's radical new engine, pick up this week's copy of MCN, on sale Wednesday 21 January.

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[Salamiboy34]

not good for fat people, when they sit on it there ass gonna touch the exhaust :D

[mrjimbeam2009]

sounds horrible stock

[CrazyLongboarder69]

Can you double on this bike?? (I know it's a race bike and all) And if not, what is the padding on the back for??

[antotyson1]

@DOREY27 my first bike its r1 i am happy

[PK76able]

forte

[Linkz14]

@DesmosediciAlice Honestly man. I can't take it anymore. I want back the OLD Youtube.

[luisramos123]

@DesmosediciAlice use adblock plus ;)

[luisramos123]

@Linkz14 use adblock plus ;)

[radan9]

This guy loves Yamaha R1... ;)

[DesmosediciAlice]

@Linkz14 too right mate

[Linkz14]

I swear these fu**ing ads are getting out of hand now.

[zelatur]

@Salamiboy34 I think they designed this part of exhaust to not be hot? :P