2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 reviews

• Ipertest Yamaha YZF R1 2002 (Motocorse.com)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1

  Uno vede una bella copertina patinata, con la R1 in piega e dice: "Toh, c'è la nuova Erreuno. L'hanno provata quelli di Superwheels. Vediamo un po'...".
  
  Senza sapere, magari, i retroscena che ci sono dietro quella foto. Come se si trattasse di una foto e basta, e non anche di una storia. Beh, questa volta, ma solo per questa volta, e proprio perchè è piuttostoparticolare, abbiamo deciso di raccontarla tutta questa storia. Eccola.

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• Silver Dream Machine? (Two wheel freaks)

  

  Model(s) covered: 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1

  Japanese companies are waging war on each other on foreign soil. This is best illustrated with the Suzuki and Yamaha and Honda battle royal. The Yamaha R1 has been eagerly awaited by the sporting faithful and we recently got a chance to sample one. For the proverbial shits and giggles, we also grabbed a 02 Honda 954 and the GSX-R one thou' to test these "front-line" enemies back to back. This is was an early 2002 delivered by Yamaha to their premium dealers and this particular model was supplied to us by Glen Castle of Sportbike Extreme magazine, who in turn, grabbed it from Sky Powersports, Lakeland Florida.

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