Latest News about Yamaha YZF-R1 [2016-2017]

The manufacturer has revealed both bikes with new colour schemes and technological upgrades. 

The Japanese manufacturer records a growth in revenue for the first six months of 2017 but also sees a dip in sales in Europe and USA.

Valentino Rossi, that wise old man of the MotoGP paddock, has secured second place in the MotoGP riders' championship. He never was within striking distance of 2016 champion Marc Marquez in the latter stages of the championship, but a run of bad luck and mistakes contributed significantly - but he will go home with a smile, knowing that he beat team-mate (and bitter rival) Jorge Lorenzo to second place.

The final round of the 2016 Yamaha YZF-R15 One Make Race Championship concluded yesterday at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai. Antony Peter won the overall championship after winning both races over the weekend.

While we were expecting to see the new R6 at the ongoing 2016 Intermot, Yamaha was busy uploading a video on their YouTube Channel.

Yamaha has announced a host of new colours for many of the bikes in its current international range. From these bikes, the YZF-R1 and the YZF-R1M are the ones that interest us because they are sold in India. We are sure that these colour scheme updates will make it to the Indian bikes since they are imported as CBUs. However, Yamaha had no comment on the same.

Valentino Rossi has pocketed his 113th Grand Prix victory by winning the Spanish MotoGP at the Jerez circuit. The 37-year-old Italian started the race from the pole position, maintaining the lead till he crossed the chequered flag.

Team Movistar Yamaha has officially unveiled the Yamaha YZR-M1 race bike for their 2016 MotoGP campaign. The motorcycle was unveiled by Yamaha factory riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi at the team’s title sponsor Movistar’s headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.

Yamaha has recalled the YZF-R1 and the YZF-R1M in India, as a part of its global recall campaign for the superbikes. The recall, which has been issued to fix a major glitch in the transmission, covers seven YZF-R1 and two YZF-R1M models in the country.

Sales of the 2015 Yamaha R1 and the R1M have been stopped globally for a gearbox defect that may turn out to be dangerous in case of failure. Yamaha will soon announce the Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) of the motorcycles that have been affected by this issue and get them fixed.