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2009 Yamaha YZF R1
Saturday, August 6, 2011
2009 Yamaha YZF R1
The new-generation YZF-R1 is more closely linked to our MotoGP winning M1 than ever before. For 2009 this legendary motorcycle is equipped with an all-new 998cc inline four-cylinder engine with a crossplane crankshaft that runs with an uneven firing interval of 270º - 180º - 90º - 180º. This innovative new design ensures superb throttle linearity, giving a feeling that the rider’s throttle hand is directly connected to the rear tyre. The new engine feels and sounds smoother than ever, and emits an unforgettable growl from the exhaust. Pushing out 182 PS at 12,500 rpm with 115.5 Nm of torque at 10,000 rpm, this MotoGP-inspired engine is without a doubt the most technologically advanced powerplant ever seen on a Yamaha supersport bike. And for the ultimate in feel and controllability, the new-generation R1 runs with an all-new Deltabox chassis offering an idealized rigidity balance.
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2009 Yamaha YZF R1
ALL NEW FOR 2009 YZF-R1
- In the supersport liter class, there's always lots of talk about power. You expect that. What you wouldn't have expected – until now – is a radically superior way to deliver that power. Introducing the 2009 YZF-R1, the first ever production motorcycle with a crossplane crankshaft. Crossplane technology, first pioneered in MotoGP racing with the M1, puts each connecting rod 90° from the next, with an uneven firing interval of 270°- 180°- 90°- 180°. This all but eliminates undesirable inertial crankshaft torque, which allows the engine's compression torque to build smoothly and provide a very linear power delivery out of the corners. It's a feeling that's simply unmatched, like having two engines in one: the low-rpm torquey feel of a twin with the raw, high-rpm power of an inline 4. In fact, the new YZF-R1 is not a continuation of existing supersport development; it is breakthrough technology that represents a paradigm shift in both technology and performance.
- This next-generation R1 keeps all the technological superiorities developed for its predecessor: YCC-T (Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle) is MotoGP inspired fly-by-wire technology used to deliver instant throttle response. YCC-I is Yamaha Chip Controlled Intake which is a variable intake system that broadens the spread of power. The fuel injection system provides optimum air/fuel mixtures for maximum power and smooth throttle response.
- The R1 features Yamaha D-MODE (or drive mode) with rider-selectable throttle control maps to program YCC-T performance characteristics for riding conditions. The standard map is designed for optimum overall performance. The “A” mode lets the rider enjoy sportier engine response in the low- to mid-speed range, and the “B” mode offers response that is somewhat less sharp response for riding situations that require especially sensitive throttle operation. Switching maps is as easy as pushing a button on the handlebar switch.
- In keeping with this machine's exceptional cornering ability and crisp handling, the all new aluminum frame has been designed to offer exceptional rigidity balance. The rear frame is now lightweight CF die-cast magnesium, contributing the optimum mass centralization. Suspension includes new SOQI front forks which use one of the tricks developed for our winning MotoGP bikes: independent damping. The left fork handles compression damping and the right side handles the rebound damping. And the rear shock adopts new bottom linkage for optimum suspension characteristics.
- All new bodywork does more than add break-away-from-the- crowd styling. Completely new, the new model has a more serious, less busy look. The side fairing is smoother for a sleeker appearance. And, instead of the usual four bulb headlight design, the '09 model now has only two projector-type bulbs mounted closer to the nose of the bike. This positions ram air ducts closer in for a more compact, smooth look. In addition, the rounded lenses are new and unique to the supersport industry.
- Crossplane crankshaft technology proven in victory after victory on MotoGP machines provides a high-tech uneven firing interval. Unlike typical in-line-four engine design, where the two outer and two inner pistons move together in pairs with 180°intervals, the crossplane crankshaft has each connecting rod 90° from the next with a unique firing order of 270° –180° – 90° – 180°. This overcomes the inherent fluctuations in inertial torque during each engine revolution, and the accompanying peaky torque characteristics. Instead, compression torque continues to build, giving the rider more linear throttle response with awesome power and traction out of the corners.
- To maximize rider comfort as well as power output, this newly designed engine adopts a coupling-type balancer that rotates in the opposite direction as the crankshaft.
- This engine features new forged aluminum pistons to take maximum advantage of the power characteristics. As proven on previous models, titanium intake valves are lightweight titanium.
- A forced-air intake system is adopted to increase intake efficiency by using the natural airflow during riding to pressurize the air in the air cleaner box. This contributes to outstanding power delivery characteristics in the high-speed range, while the design also helps to minimize intake noise.
- Slipper-type back torque-limiting clutch greatly facilitates braking/downshifting from high speed.
- The exhaust system is completely new. It's meticulously designed to enhance engine output while, thanks to its threeway catalyst technology, also reducing exhaust emissions. The silencer is a single expansion type, and, the sound coming through from the unique crossplane-crankshaft-equipped engine is unlike any other in-line four cylinder production supersport.
- This fuel-injected engine takes full advantage of YCC-T (Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle), the MotoGP-inspired fly-by-wire technology used to deliver instant throttle response. There's also YCC-I, Yamaha Chip Controlled Intake, the variable intake system that broadens the spread of power. Fuel injectors have 12 holes for precise fuel delivery that translates to the most power from every fuel charge.
- Have it your way, thanks to Yamaha D-MODE variable throttle control. There are three modes that control how YCC-T responds to throttle input from the rider. The selectable “A” mode puts more emphasis on acceleration in low to midrange rpm. “B” mode, on the other hand, provides less sharp response to input for riding situations that require especially sensitive throttle operation. Selecting the map you want is as easy as pressing button on the handlebars.
- The frame is completely revamped, with a combination of uncompromising rigidity where needed along with carefully achieved flex for the precise rigidity balance this bike needs to give the rider the full benefit of its handling and engine characteristics. No one-technique-fits-all-needs design, it is a sophisticated combination of CF die-cast, stamping, and gravity casting… the exact technology needed for each portion of this advanced frame.
- New SOQI front forks take a page from the championship-winning design of our MotoGP weapon, the M1. Since both forks always move together, compression damping duties can be confined to the left fork, while rebound damping is precisely handled by the right fork.
- The new SOQI rear shock both high and low speed compression damping plus an easy-to-use screw adjustment for preload. This unit also adopts a pillow-ball-type joint for exceptional shock absorption, road hold feeling, and damper response. To achieve maximum performance, a new bottom linkage is used to work with the rest of the chassis refinements for brilliant, crisp handling characteristics.
- Factory racers get machines tailored to their preferences. Welcome to the club. R1 has adjustable footrests, with a 15mm height and 3mm front-to-rear adjustment.
- The press-formed fuel tank has a shape developed using 3-D simulation analysis technology. The elongated shape of the tank allows it to fit neatly within the frame in a way that promotes concentration of mass.
- The newly designed instrumentation includes everything a rider wants to know, including gear position.
Yamaha scooter advertising campaign - Costa Rica
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Some make a jungle of the road. You are better off buying a scooter and receiving a free driving course.
Advertising Agency: Smart, San José, Costa Rica / Creative Director: Marco A. Castro.
Via: adsora.com
Advertising Agency: Smart, San José, Costa Rica / Creative Director: Marco A. Castro.
Via: adsora.com
TALKING MOTORCYCLES - MICHIELS - BMW CAFE RACER
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
NEW ON MOTORCYCLE 74
In the past Motorcycle 74 was mainly a photo blog. In the future we gradually will bring more than only pictures. Today we start off with a series of interviews, talking with passionate people about… motorcycles, what else did you expect?
Not the big stars of the MotoGP, there are already enough magazines filled with them. No, we rather want to talk to the guy in the garage next door, because he might have interesting stories to tell after all. Unveiling his secret vintage motorcycle collection, hand made café racer or restoration project of a classic bike. Examining the person underneath the helmet, the bike, mechanical and much more. First (café -) racer on the interview starting grid is Michiel from The Netherlands.
Profile
First name (or nick): Michiel
Country: The Netherlands
Year of birth: 1980
Occupation: Student
Studies: Geosciences
Motorcycles: Bmw R100 cafe racer, Honda CB 750, Virago XV 920 chopper
Website, blog, other: Just the BMW blog: bmwcafe.blogspot.com
- Motorcycles: cheap transport, hobby, passion or life style?
All of the above. I use them for cheap transport, but it is a passion and a lifestyle too.
- What inspired you (the first time when you where young) into the passion of motorcycles (family, friends, neighbours or something else?) In short: what sparkled your love of motorcycles?
I really don't know, I am the only one in the family that rides motorbikes. It just got in my blood somehow and it never left.
- Tell us something about the first motorcycle adventures and bike(-s) you owned, what brand / type was your first moped or motorcycle?
My first adventure was when I rented a Ducati Monster M800 for a day together with a mate of mine (he rented a Fazer) and took it for a very long ride along the major Dutch rivers all the way into Germany. I had only just gotten my license and had never been on a motorbike for more than an hour at a time. I loved every second of it.
The first bike I bought was Yamaha YZF750. I had a car at that time (a Matra Murena), but from the moment I bought the YZF I hardly ever touched it anymore. I had to take it on a ride after just over a month just to keep the battery healthy.
- You didn’t start as a teenager with a moped?
No, I didn't, eventhough I lived 17 km from my highschool. I went to school on my bicycle. My parents thought mopeds were too dangerous (imagine how happy they were when I bought a motorbike) and promised to pay for my car driving license if I didn't smoke or didn't buy a moped. I never did mind going by bicycle, I did a lot of mountainbiking in those days, including races, and it was a good training.
- Travelling or holidays with a motorbike, is that something for you?
I'd love to, but I would really like to have some more money on the bank before I did that. All my bikes are old and can fail, I do want to be sure that both rider and bike make it back in such an occasion. On top of the list of places to go, on one of my bikes is Norway, followed by England and the Alps.
- You live in the Netherlands, traffic indigestion is a huge problem. Do you think motorcycles can provide a genuine solution to the problem of traffic jams or do we all have to use the public transport?
No, they can not. Motorcycles demand commitment, when large masses of people start buying motorbike just for transport there will be a huge rise in accidents because they are not involved enough. Public transport should be the solution, but unfortunately the company that runs the trains here is arrogant. I hate public transport. I think everybody will just have to live with the overcrowded roads.
- Motorcycles and gasoline in the future? Are we going electric?
We will definitely go electric. I have had the opportunity to ride a 300bhp electric VW Golf and an Electric Lotus Elise. They are great cars. So as soon as they find a way to solve the limited range we will probably go electric. However, for me it will never replace the feeling of a combustion engine.
- On a motorcycle your sitting above and very close to the engine, compared to car driver. What is it that makes a human being “loves” an engine?
Tough one. I don't really know. I think it is the feeling of being in control of such a powerful apparatus?
- It’s only since half a century that private transport has been available to a broader public. Do you think the success will be the end of it? How do you see the evolution of motorcycles, cars and public transport in the future?
No. The end of transport as we know it is not because of the transport. It will be because of the overpopulation of the whole planet by people to selfish not to overconsume. Everybody wants a house, a car, a vacation twice a year, a computer, a flatscreen, plenty to eat etc... etc... This earth is way, way, way to small to support that for so many people. In the end that will cause everything, not only oil, but also food and other materials needed for modern society, to run out.
- Would you consider an electric vehicle?
For everyday use? Yes. For fun? No.
- The painful question: Any hard confrontation with asphalt? (crashes)
Not on my motorbikes and I'd like to keep it that way :)
- Do you follow any motorsport competitions (motogp, sbk, motocross etc)?
I do follow F1 Grand Prix, but I usually prefer playing sports instead of watching them.
- Is motorsport popular in your country?
Not very, at least not as popular as for example in Spain, Germany or England. I think it has to do with our culture. You're not really supposed to stand out and when you do a very expensive, loud, polluting sport you are standing out very high above the rest.
- Other hobbies, collecting, sport in the leisure time?
Like I have any money left with all those motorcycles ;). I do like sports, but I change sports regularly. The ones I do on a sort of regular base are mainly mountain biking and squash.
- Are you a member of a motorcycle club or do you attend social activities regarding motorcycles?
Nope. I don't like riding in large groups and most clubs are single type/brand clubs and I don't like how 'narrow minded' a lot of those clubs are. For example: If I were to join a Honda CB club they'll probably look down on my BMW and vice versa. I am very active on internet forums however and I do visit events organized by members of those forums. And I go to the café racer meeting in Achterveld, the Netherlands every year of course.
- Is the cafe racer a lively scene in The Netherlands?
Not really, but it sure isn't dead either! It is good to see that there are still new (young) people who start building old beat up CB's, Gs's and the like, but to say that it is very lively, not really. Once a year there is a very big meeting in Achterveld though, very worthwhile to visit, even if you're not Dutch. (Cafe Racer forum / club in The Netherlands: roadrocketclub.nl)
- You’re into café racers, a type of bike with historical British roots.
What attracts you to this type of bike or this scene? Are you a “retrophile” (loving vintage stuff), is it the design of bike, the music, clothing or lifestyle in general?
I like riding. That's the best argument, caferacers are made to ride. I do also build choppers, choppers are more fun to build, you can really go wild because the effect on the driveability doesn't really matter, but as soon as I finish a chopper I always sell it.
- The fun is in the building itself, isn’t it? Do you made plans and drawings before the customisation?
Well, the fun in building choppers is definitely in the build of the bike, for café racers it's more evenly divided between building and riding. I hardly ever make plans, sometimes I do have an image in my head before I buy a bike, but usually a project just grows. I'll just make something and see if it looks right and more often than not a bike turns out way different than I thought it would look like.
- You own a vintage BMW, rebuilt to café racer, not really the brand and engine type (flat twin or boxer) we would associate with the café racer scene? Or not? Why a vintage Beemer?
Easy question :). I didn't want a BMW. I wanted a Guzzi. I went to a shop that had a 850 le mans for sale and took it for a test ride, I liked it a lot, but the shop also had a large collection of BMW's and the salesman insisted I rode a R100. I didn't want one, but why refuse a test ride? I loved it from the first second, it was so much better than my own expectations made me think. It just is the right bike for me
- Plus and minus of your bike?
Plus: I built it. It fits me exactly. It handles like I want a bike to handle, the seat is exactly the right size for me, the handlebars are exactly were I want them to be, it looks like I want it to look. In short: it is 100% my bike.
Minus: Not all that many. The most obvious one: it is not very comfortable, you don't want to be riding this bike for hours on end on a highway. But than again, I never have to ride a bike on the highway for hours on end. And one more: velocity stacks. The engine runs great with them and they look/sound great, but I don't want to be riding in the rain with them.
- Riding a café racer… did you ever consider buying and riding a scooter?
Nope. I did buy a CB750 cause there was a need for a bike that could carry side bags and a passenger in all weather conditions. I did give it a mild cafe treatment of course.
- Except riding bikes, you also rebuilt them. How did you get into this, did you follow a class of mechanics or is it trial and error?
It started when a mate of mine suggested to buy a bike and customize it. We bought a very beat up, cheap Honda CX500, a angle grinder and a very old welder. And then we just started. Trial and error, but the finished product looked great in our eyes and we were both hooked on building bikes. We are now building the XV920 Virago you can find on my site and he just bought a Ducati Cagiva to turn into a cafe. You can follow his build here: desmomeister.blogspot.com
- What motorcycle projects are you working on right now?
I am working on the nearly finished Virago chopper and the BMW. The BMW needs a new tank, I am also going to redo the exhausts and I'll do some minor engine work. The CB750 also could use a little bit of attention like every old bike ever does I guess.
- Which is your top 3 of ultimate dream motorcycles?
That is the hardest question of this interview. The one thing I can say for sure is that I can't show photo's, because I will build them and they will look nothing like the factory product. One of the bikes that is very high on the wish list is an old single (like a BSA) to turn into a scrambler to ride the local unpaved roads. Or maybe some very old twin, I've always loved the look of the old J.A.P. engines.
- Thanks for the interview & enjoy the ride !
Your welcome! I hugely enjoy your site, keep up the good work!!
Michiels blog: bmwcafe.blogspot.com
All Photos copyright: bmwcafe.blogspot.com
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