TJ started writing for TopSpeed in 2015, but has been writing on motorcycle and automotive topics since 2009 for outlets such as eHow, eHowNow, and MotorTrend subsidiaries. He is certified to work on ...

It’s hard to believe that bikes like the Yamaha R1 or R1M need a performance boost, but the 2018 versions were just unveiled and had received a fair share of updates, most of which are addressing ...

Remember the Kawasaki Ninja H2 story, with the house of Akashi announcing that the base version of the supercharged superbike, initially sold as a limited-run machine would enter production again?

Yamaha’s overhaul of the YZF-R1M (and the base-model YZF-R1) added innovations from the brand’s YZR-M1 race bike. Among them is a slide-control system that is the first of its kind for a Yamaha ...

Yamaha's legacy of winning motorcycles has earned it a reputation for performance. Here are some of the top speed demons ever ...

The Yamaha YZF-R1M is indeed an engineering marvel. The litre-class sportbike is capable of achieving serious triple-digit speeds in seconds. It has also been designed to break and set new lap records ...

Both the YZF-R1M and YZF-R1 share the same newly-designed engine, featuring a 998cc liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, in-line four- cylinder, 4-valve system with a crossplane crankshaft. The high-end YZF-R1M ...