In all the time that I have spent working on this 2011 there are two things that I have never done with it. Number one is that I’ve never written it and that seems to quite upset you guys. Number two is that I have never shared any details on 2000 r1 and why they are more special than you might realize. The first Yamaha Yzf R1 motobike race was launched in 1998 and it caused quite a stir when it was launched in the motorcycle industry. It was on the cover of pretty much every motorcycle magazine that month much like the Panigale v4. Hopefully that gives you an idea of how revolutionary the r1 was back then. This 2000 Yamaha R1 Specs is the second iteration of the r1 with subtle changes. What still intrigued people about this was the far valve per cylinder head. Yamaha definitely enjoyed having a unique motor in there R1. They were actually only two years where they had a regular four-cylinder 20 valve engine in it before they changed it up again with the crossplane crank. Personally, I absolutely loved that they want to be unique with main engines so we think two out of the way. Let’s get back to thing one ride in the bike so, to be honest, I don’t have very high expectations for this bike
Even though it is indeed an r1 it is still an 18-year-old motorcycle even while it is just sitting in the garage. The suspension reacts like jelly and it has an unappealing bit of rev hang. As a matter of fact the minute you get out on the bike and away from worrying about its date of birth. What it gets up to in its bedroom it’s still a thousand CC Superbike with a hundred and fifty horsepower that might not be anywhere near. The current close to 200 horsepower phase we’re in now but it’s still considerably more than the average 600. It possesses that extra torque and has the long legs that we buy thousands. Not to mention that it still effortlessly sucks 98% of cars up through its chunky carbs whenever they think they might be able to give you a dog.
The gearbox is one of the things that was drastically redesigned by Yamaha when they launched the whole R1. It feels exactly like I would expect a Yamaha gearbox it hasn’t let me down at any point. It is even a little bit lighter than they are sixes gearbox sounds like I blew the exhaust up. I don’t know what just happened but it just got a hell of a lot louder so I’m guessing it may have blown its exhaust silencer right off. Well that’s not a bad thing yep it just blew its exhaust right off of it lucky that’s a pretty easy fix. I mean I don’t think it’s going anywhere but it would be nice to have it back on an easy fix. When we got the bike I was surprised to see that it didn’t have a ram air intake but it doesn’t appear to hold the bike back. Now that we are riding it in any way and unfortunately the excess valves don’t provide you with an exotic soundtrack but that familiar inline-four is always a comforting sound.
It is actually at the perfect volume it is not so loud that it’s going to go around scaring grandma’s but it is at least loud enough to let cars know that you’re coming. It is a great machine there is no denying that it is an older bike. The Rolls Royce suspension is still apparent on the road. If you’ve ridden new Alita bites this does feel a bit gutless in comparison and it is on the heavier side. We also don’t realize how much brakes have improved over the years. These are working as they should and they just lacked the feedback and bite that you would expect. I suspect that is mainly down to the outdated master cylinder and not so much to do with the calipers. The good news is that none of this will hold you back if you’re actually talented I can’t complain about the suspension weight power and brakes. The fact of the matter is that a talented chap will blow every average rider off even if they’re on a 2018 or 1m before. I rode this bike I was in love with it and riding it hasn’t changed a bit. After all, we actually have to thank someone because there’s no other to this bike. We wouldn’t have the superbikes that we ride today this bike influenced the design of countless bikes in some way or another.
This is all the top budget allows for or if this is what appeals to you won’t be unhappy for the entire length of your ownership. Well at least until the v4 Panigale right past you this ride and review was by no means meant to put you off of the r-1. It is a brilliant bike and the more seat time I spend on it the more I learn to love it. You learn to adapt to its quirks as we do with all motorcycles. It’s not unique in that aspect and it still is a very quick motorcycle even eighteen years later it has more power than my r6. I would say I’m not sure if it is down to the gearing or the riding position. But when you wind it definitely gets lights on the front wheel and occasionally it’ll even pick it up a bit. Anyway, that is pretty much it for the r1 first ride and at this point, I really expected that I wouldn’t want to get rid of the bike after putting in so many hours riding on it. Finally been able to ride it I thought that I’d be so attached to it that I wouldn’t want to sell it and unfortunately that isn’t the case I have zero usefulness back now. The r6 is a superior bike as a daily bike and the money that is invested in this bike can be put to better use anywhere else on other projects.
