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Saturday, January 09, 2010

2009 Yamaha World Superbike YZF-R1

Benefiting from an unrivalled influence of MotoGP technology, the 2009 World Superbike winning YZF-R1 represented the most significant development in engine and chassis technology ever seen in the history of the legendary motorcycle.

Featuring a revolutionary crossplane crankshaft engine and unique uneven firing order: the 2009 Yamaha World Superbike Team YZF-R1 delivers near linear torque providing smoother acceleration and greater levels of grip than previously thought possible. setting new standards for litre sports bikes. The already impressive street bike went through some modifications to be track ready for riders Ben Spies and Tom Sykes at the beginning of the 2009 season. Here are the key changes from street machine to race machine.

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