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Niall's Spin: 2006 Yamaha R1 review
By Niall Mackenzie on 15/10/2010 12:54:16
Niall takes the 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 for a spin and delivers his review
Click to read: 2006 Yamaha R1 owners reviews, 2006 Yamaha R1 specs and to see the 2006 Yamaha R1 image gallery.THE R1 OOZES more class and style than any of the competition and on the road at least matches the opposition for performance and handling
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Road Test: 2004 Yamaha R1 vs. 2007 Yamaha R1
By Niall Mackenzie on 26/05/2008 20:44:57
Yamaha's YZF-R1 goes head-to-head with itself in a bitter, old-versus-new family feud. Niall Mackenzie splits the difference in sunny southern Spain.
in the grand scheme of things this was only a small blip over an otherwise enjoyable lap.Continue the Yamaha R1 2007 vs. 2004 Test - 2/22004 Yamaha YZF-R1 SpecificationsTYPE - SUPERSPORTSPRICE NEW - £5000 (USED)ENGINE CAPACITY - 998ccPOWER - 153.5bhp@10,600rpm
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First Ride: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/03/2008 17:01:39
Yamaha's project leader for the new R1 was a chap called Yoshikazu Koike, and his brief was just two words: "jinba atai." Confused?
getting the results they wanted from injection on the four-stroke GP bike and have reverted to carbs. As a toy on the road, Carlos has the trickest 2001 R1 you can imagine - after all he doesn't have much problem getting hold of factory parts. Anyway, he
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2009 Yamaha R1 - Niall Mackenzie's big bang launch review
By Niall Mackenzie on 30/03/2010 17:15:46
The Yamaha R1 promises to be a genuine breakthrough, making use of a crossplane crankshaft developed in MotoGP to deliver smooth, even power. Will this radical new technology put the R1 ahead of Honda’s awesome current-generation Fireblade?
Click to read: 2009 Yamaha R1 owners reviews, 2009 Yamaha R1 specs and to see the 2009 Yamaha R1 image gallery.It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for the 2009 Yamaha R1. We’ve all been teased with the pictures and the soundtracks, we even got
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Niall Mackenzie on 28/09/2007 15:17:05
First out of the blocks for 2007 and hoping to stay there, Yamaha's new R1 looks the goods. But is it? Who better to say than Niall Mackenzie, ex-GP god turned mortal.
YAMAHA'S TARGET FOR the fifth generation R1 was simple - to put it back on top as the best superbike on the road. But equally as important was for it to be the best on the track.To achieve these targets a performance increase was necessary, together
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First Ride: 2007 Yamaha YZF-R1
By Niall Mackenzie on 02/04/2008 11:15:27
First out of the blocks for 2007 and hoping to stay there, Yamaha's new R1 looks the goods. But is it? Who better to say than Niall Mackenzie, ex-GP god turned mortal.
Yamaha's target for the fifth generation R1 was simple - to put it back on top as the best superbike on the road. But equally as important was for it to be the best on the track. To achieve these targets a performance increase was necessary
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Road Test: CBR954RR vs. ZX-9R v GSX-R1000 v YZF-R1
By John Cantlie, Warren Pole, Niall Mackenzie, Gus Scott on 21/04/2008 21:16:18
Another year, another choice selection of 1,000cc sportsbikes. But this year is a particularly good vintage as Yamaha, Kawasaki and Honda try to close the gap on Suzuki's all conquering GSX-R1000 of 2001.
bollocks. You may say these things, you may even mean them at the time, but your first ride on the new FireBlade, R1 or GSX-R1000 is enough to shut your cake-hole for another six months.Big-bore sportsbikes are the Big Lick, they sit at the head
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Mackenzie rides the WCM MotoGP entry
By Niall Mackenzie on 29/05/2003 11:18:39
The WCM team built a Grand Prix bike around the bones of a Yamaha R1 in less than 14 weeks. Niall Mackenzie tests the impressive Harris WCM GP bike
. Also, considering when I rode it at the official IRTA GP test at Catalunya it was only the second time it had turned a wheel that's even more impressive. I've been doing a lot of development testing with the Crescent Suzuki BSB team this year
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First Ride: Harris WCM GP review
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/05/2003 17:08:59
British MotoGP rookie Chris Burns rides a Grand Prix bike built around the bones of a Yamaha R1 in less than 14 weeks by a British team. Niall Mackenzie tests the impressive Harris WCM GP bike.
. Also, considering when I rode it at the official IRTA GP test at Catalunya it was only the second time it had turned a wheel that's even more impressive. I've been doing a lot of development testing with the Crescent Suzuki BSB team this year
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First Ride: 2008 Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade
By Niall Mackenzie on 07/11/2008 12:08:31
Honda doesn’t do quirky on its sportsbikes without a very good reason. Niall puts Honda's new superbike through its paces
-length bottom cowl. Incidentally, the HRC kitted race version will be available to customers from February and can include a 23% power increase from standard. Up top the new design dash might not be as cute as the Yamaha R1 but the big analogue tacho
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