Despite needing some cosmetic TLC and a carb overhaul, this 1999 MY YZF-R1 is still in pretty good condition overall. Its aftermarket LED taillight will also require a service as it is currently ...

Crossplane crankshaft design from Yamaha helped innovate sportbikes in the late 2000s by dialing in the riding experience to ...

Featuring a crossplane crankshaft design with an uneven firing order, the 2011 Yamaha R1 has reportedly been designed to be the "Ultimate Cornering Master" of the open super sport class.

The crossplane crankshaft's most obvious difference is to the engine sound and the old R1's banshee wail has been replaced by a gruffer, almost vee twin-like roar.

It gets the CP4 crossplane crankshaft inline 4, 998cc R1 engine, presumably detuned from its 205 hp peak down to somewhere around 160-170 to look BMW's S1000R in the eye.

The YZF-R1 is powered by Yamaha's ferocious 998cc crossplane-equipped inline-four engine. Compared to other inline-four configurations, Yamaha's CP4 mill offers a rowdy powerband that feels like a ...

The 2015 R1 sticks with the inline 4-cylinder, 998cc engine of its predecessors, and likewise uses the crossplane crankshaft from the last generation R1. It’ll put out 200 horses before high ...

But Yamaha didn’t stop there. They took that crossplane philosophy and applied it to the CP3 triple in the XSR900 and MT-09, and the CP2 parallel twin in the MT-07, R7, and Tenere 700.

One of those memories for me is my time with Yamaha's MT-10, specifically, the sound that its 1,000cc crossplane motor made when my wrist twisted until it could twist no more.