The Yamaha YZR-M1 is an inline-four motorcycle specifically developed by Yamaha Motor Company to race in the current MotoGP series. [1] It succeeded the 500 cc (31 cu in) YZR500 by the 2002 season and was originally developed with a 990 cc (60 cu in) engine.

The YZR-M1 prototype features 1000cc Liquid cooled inline four-cylinder with cross-plane crankshaft producing over 270 horsepower. It also features an Aluminium twin tube Delta Box with Öhlins suspension a six-speed cassette-type gearbox and weighs just over 157kg.

Brembo aluminum caliper, with axial attachment of 2 pistons. Steel brake disc.

yzr-m1(0wm1)(2002) With engine-brake control system In developing the first generation of YZR-M1, the primary focus was on trying to achieve an easier to use engine character and chassis character.

History of YZR-M1 2004-2010. Valentino Rossi talks about his YZR-M1 from 2004 to 2010.

The 2023 Yamaha YZR-M1 racebike is here, and it will be campaigned by Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP in the 21-round 2023 MotoGP World Championship...

The 2012 Yamaha YZR-M1 1,000cc inline four-cylinder machine will be ridden by factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies, as well as satellite riders Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 squad, as they attempt to overturn the Honda supremacy in 2012.

Mar 31, 2022 · Looking specifically at the M1 frame (middle picture, 'Evolution of frame'), Tsuji revealed how and why Yamaha had kept vertical stiffness, while reducing lateral stiffness.

YZR-M1 History: 2004-2010 | The machine Rossi loved. The first meeting between Valentino Rossi and the YZR-M1 occurred in 2004. It is now a famous story that the engine he chose from among the prototypes he first tested was the one he called a "sweet" engine.

Apr 20, 2021 · The 2020 M1 was packaged differently to the 2019 machine, which crucially changed overall balance, so most likely Yamaha has found the right way by tweaking bike balance plus chassis rigidity and geometry.