Yamaha's R1 and R1M have been all over the news this past year and not always for reasons that made us happy. In fact, at times, it was borderline confusing. The company discontinued the road-going version in Europe: sad. Then, we heard there'd be track-only versions in Europe, and the road-going model is still available in the US: pretty happy.
Finally, there are rumors that Yamaha might ditch the cross-plane engine in MotoGP in favor of a V4, which would certainly bring a tear to a few cross-plane-lovers' eyes. Like I said, the news has been all over the place.
But there's no confusion about what the 2025 R1 and R1M will look like because Yamaha's just dropped all the delicious deets. Let's dive in.
