2025 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M Preview
2025 Yamaha YZF-R1 in Team Yamaha Blue
An announcement earlier this year stated that the Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M would no longer be offered as street-legal models in Europe, but the brand has now announced upgrades to the platform for the U.S. market in 2025. Upgrades include new braking components, redesigned suspension, and the addition of aerodynamic winglets.
Both models receive Brembo braking components for 2025, and the YZF-R1 gets a redesigned and fully adjustable KYB fork.
The most significant upgrade is to the brakes. Both models will now feature Brembo components befitting supersports of their caliber, including radial-mounted Brembo Stylema monoblock front calipers and a new Brembo master cylinder.
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The YZF-R1 also benefits from a redesigned and fully adjustable 43mm KYB fork. The YZF-R1M returns with an Öhlins NPX fork, as well as the Öhlins Electronic Racing Suspension, which gathers data from the motorcycle?s IMU to adjust front and rear damping in real time. The R1M?s ERS also provides dynamic tuning modes for street and track, as well as manual modes.
New for 2025 are carbon-fiber winglets.
The R1 and R1M also receive carbon-fiber winglets, a feature that?s become popular on sportbikes in recent years and are designed to provide downforce for enhanced front-end feel when braking and cornering. The R1s also get new rider- and passenger-seat covers, claimed to ba...
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2025 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M Preview
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