The second bike is said to have belonged to Bollywood actor John Abraham and is lying in a police station in Mumbai.

Pictures of a few Yamaha R1 superbikes left abandoned have surfaced.

The first is a 2008 Yamaha R1 left in a pathetic state at a police station in Delhi. It is expected to have been seized during a nationwide crackdown by the DRI on illegally imported superbikes in India. This bike is said to be a limited edition variant of the Yamaha R1.

The second bike is said to have belonged to Bollywood actor John Abraham and is lying in a police station in Mumbai. It is suggested that it is the same bike in which John met with an accident in 2006 when he lost control and hit a cyclist.

The Yamaha R1 is one of the fastest bikes on sale and comes powered by a 1.0-litre engine that revs to 13,750 rpm.

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The Yamaha YZF-R15 V3.0 is now available with dual-channel ABS. The bike is priced at Rs. 1.39 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Apart from this, the R15 V3.0 is mechanically identical to the non-ABS version. It is powered by the same 155cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled, fuel-injected engine that produces 19 BHP @ 10,000 rpm and 14.7 Nm of torque @ 8,500 rpm. The engine is mated to a 6-speed gearbox. 

The bike comes with telescopic fork suspension at the front and a monoshock at the rear. The braking setup consists of a 282 mm disc at the front and a 220 mm disc at the rear, equipped with dual-channel ABS.

The Yamaha YZF-R15 V3.0 is available in three colour options - Thunder Grey, Racing Blue and Darknight.

The 2018 Yamaha YZF-R1 was unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show and now the superbike has been launched in India at Rs. 20.73 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The bike will be imported as a completely built unit (CBU). There are two colour options on offer – Tech Black and Yamaha Blue.

Visually, the new R1 hasn’t changed much as compared to last year’s model. Its overall length is 2,055 mm while the width and height measures 690 mm and 1,150 mm respectively. The wheelbase is 1,405 mm and the seat height is 855 mm. The wet weight of the bike is 200 kg and it has a 17-litre fuel tank.

As is with outgoing model, the styling the 2018 R1 is heavily influenced by the YZR-M1 MotoGP bike. The front features twin-LED headlights with LED DRLs. It is based around an aluminium deltabox chassis and features 43 mm upside-down telescopic front forks and a monoshock at the rear.

Under the bodywork, the 2018 R1 gets a 998cc, inline 4-cylinder engine with a crossplane crankshaft and titanium connecting rods. The engine delivers a maximum output of 197 BHP @ 13,500 rpm and 112.4 Nm of torque @ 11,500 rpm and is mated to a 6-speed gearbox. The bike also gets an updated Quick Shift System (QSS) which allows clutch-free downshifting as well as upshifting. The R1 uses a ram air intake system and a lightweight titanium exhaust. The bike features an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) which senses the chassis movement and controls traction, slides, front wheel lift, braking and launches.

The 2018 R1 is equipped with ABS and brakes come in the form of dual 320 mm discs in the front and a single 220 mm disc at the rear. The bike rides on 17-inch alloys shod with 120/70 and 190/55 section ZR rated tyres in the front and rear respectively.

Yamaha has issued a worldwide recall for the YZF-R1 and YZF- R1M motorcycles. The company has found a defect, which relates to deformation of the transmission gears and breakage in the R1 and R1M motorcycles manufactured in the year 2015.

In India, the company has recalled 9 units in total including 7 units of the YZF-R1 and 2 units of YZF-R1M. The company will rectify the error by replacing the transmission with a modified one on a free of cost basis.

Yamaha plans to begin the recall exercise through a factory modification campaign, which will be run through its authorised superbike dealership network across the country. The owners of the affected bikes will be contacted through mail as well as phone calls, to fix an appointment.

Yamaha claims that there has been no problem reported from anywhere in India so far.

Yamaha has confirmed its plans to launch the MT-10 in Europe at the end of May 2016. The naked bike features a 998cc, in-line four-cylinder, water-cooled engine with a crossplane crankshaft. If those terms sound familiar, it's because what we have here is a naked R1, with the power output expected to be in the range of 165 BHP and 101 Nm of torque, with the engine not making as much power as the R1, but delivering a better mid-range.

The MT-10's brutish and unapologetic look is anything but safe, with the term horribly beautiful seeming rather apt. The menacing "ray of darkness" design is more European than Japanese and the MT-10 will lock horns with BMW's S1000R among others. The MT-10 will come with a heap of gizmos on-board, including ABS, traction control (with three modes), selectable rider modes, and cruise control.

The aluminium deltabox frame is supported by USD forks up front with a rear monoshock. Stopping power comes from a 320 mm discs up front with a single 220 mm disc at the rear.

Yamaha has silently introduced the YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M motorcycles in India. While the R1 is priced at Rs. 22,34,300 and the R1M costs Rs. 29,43,100 (ex-showroom, Delhi).

Both bikes are powered by a 998 cc, liquid-cooled, parallel 4-cylinder engine the produces 197 bhp @ 13,500 rpm, while the peak torque is 112.4 Nm @ 11,500 rpm. The engine is mated to a 6-speed transmission. Stopping power comes from 320 mm dual discs and a 230 mm single disc at the front and rear respectively.

The two motorcycles have aluminium deltabox frames, side-mounted exhausts and telescopic fork front and swingarm rear suspensions. The R1M adds an electronic racing suspension (ERS) which can be adjusted. The R1 weighs 199 kg, about 8 kg lesser than its predecessor. It is equipped with features like a new TFT dashboard screen, LED headlamps and tail lamps.

The R1M is more track-focussed. Its body work uses a lot of carbon fibre for saving weight, but the bike weighs 1 kg more than the R1. The bike also gets a data logging GPS system that can be used via an iOS or Android app, lean angle sensitive traction control, full throttle launch control, linked ABS, 4 stage lift control and a quick shift system.

The R1 is available in two colours - racing red and racing blue. The R1M comes in only one colour - silver blue carbon.

Japanese two-wheeler major, Yamaha has unveiled the 2015 YZF-R1 motorcycle at the EICMA show in Milan, Italy.

The new R1 design is inspired by the YZR-M1 MotoGP racer. It has two LED headlamps positioned on either side of a central forced air intake, LED tail lamps and a side mounted exhaust system manufactured mainly from titanium. The bike uses a new Deltabox aluminium frame with a 43 mm fork suspension at the front and an upward-truss-type swingarm rear suspension. The bike's fuel tank is made out of aluminium and has a capacity of 17 litres. The R1 rides on cast magnesium alloy wheels and has a wet weight of 199 kg.

The R1's engine is also inspired from the M1. It is a 998cc 4-stroke, in-line 4-cylinder crossplane unit that is capable of producing close to 200 bhp and 113 Nm of torque. The R1 has twin injectors fueling each cylinder. Power is transmitted to the rear wheels through a 6-speed gearbox.

Yamaha has given the R1 safety features such as banking-sensitive traction control, slide control, anti-wheelie control, quickshifter, launch control, ABS and a unified braking system. The bike has a TFT LCD instrument cluster with bar-type tachometer, speedometer, and brake pressure display.

The YZF-R1 will be available in three colour options - Team Yamaha Blue/Matte Silver, Rapid Red/Pearl White, and Raven. The bike is likely to make it to India by mid-2015.