With experience of handling leading global sites like ZigWheels, Punya is an avid motorcyclist who has been in the industry for over half a decade. He is always up for a ride to the canyons or the ...

The older you get, the faster time goes. It’s hard to believe that the Yamaha YZF-R1, the motorcycle that revolutionized the superbike category, is now a quarter-century old. The original R1, circa ...

In the '90s, Japan's "big four" (Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha) clashed for superbike supremacy, making some of the fastest and wildest superbikes the world had ever seen. Launched in 1998, the ...

Yamaha has announced the YZF-R1 sport bike will be making a return as part of its upcoming 2024 lineup. This probably doesn't come as a surprise. There are few names in the motorcycle industry that ...

In case you’ve never heard of GYTR, it stands for Genuine Yamaha Technology Racing, a division that makes performance accessories using state-of-the-art materials like carbon fiber and aircraft-grade ...

Luke started working as a Freelance Writer for HotCars in 2020. After three years, he moved to a more permanent role with the TopSpeed motorcycle content team as a Journalist. All the way back in the ...

In a recent update, Yamaha Motor Co. UK has apparently made a statement that they will not be updating their litre class bikes to Euro5+ compliance. This means that the well-loved inline-four YZF-R1 ...

Nürburgring’s Nordschleife (North Loop) race track in Germany is famous among petrolheads and motorcyclists, whether they use it for racing, testing, or simply to get their adrenaline pumping. It is ...

Take one visibly unstable three-wheeler from the 1970s, and give it five times the horsepower and 200+ km/h (124+ mph) top speeds thanks to a screaming superbike motor ... This truly frightening, ...

All the way back in the late 90s, Yamaha came out with what has since become a class-defining motorcycle in the form of the YZF-R1. Able to marry liter-class power with supersport track performance ...