Blast from the Past: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1

Despite being launched way back in 2015, the Yamaha R1 is still grabbing headlines in 2024, thanks to Valentino Rossi and Jonathan Rea. MCN covered its world launch that year, did a bucket load of features and I ran a long termer. Check out this video to see the story of the Yamaha, a potted R1 history and some tasty sports news from the Feb 25th 2015 issue of MCN. Enjoy. 00:00 – Intro 03:03 – Yamaha R1 press launch, Eastern Creek, Australia 03:53 – Racing the Carl Cox Motorsport Suzuki GSX-R7/11 at Phillip Island 04:12 – Living with an R1 in 2015. 06:26 – R1 features in MCN 07:32 – Crashing my BMW at Brands Hatch 07:41 – Championship-winning R1s 08:49 – Yamaha R1 first ride launch report 14:49 – History of the R1 15:38 – 2020 Yamaha R1 16:41 – Yamaha R1M 17:50 – Yamaha MT-10 18:37 – Retro sports news: Sam Lowes, Guy Martin, Troy Bayliss and the WSB Brits