In 1998 the motorcycle world was slapped upside the head, the competition made to look second-rate, and magazine covers awash with a single silhouette, all achieved when Yamaha launched their YZF-R1. If you weren’t alive at the time and invested in the world of two-wheels, it can be hard to explain the storm the bike caused, lightweight and insanely powerful, every high school boy wanted one and… Source

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