2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 - The Game Changer 
Yamaha's Crossplane Crankshaft Changes Everything
Yamaha's newest YZF-R1 sounds nothing like an inline-four. The syncopated growl instead suggests an extremely high-revving V-4. It doesn't feel like an inline-four, either. A bit throbby at idle, vibration actually decreases as you near redline. And it applies power to pavement better than any production four we've ridden, coming off corners with the steady thrust of a traction-controlled Superbike. Just like that, everything we thought we knew about literbikes has been turned upside-down.
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2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 - The Game Changer
2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 - The Game Changer 
