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Adventures in excess: Golf cart powered by Yamaha R1 engine

It must take a certain kind of person to yank the small and economical 3-horsepower engine from a golf cart and replace it with one from a 2007 Yamaha R1 literbike. For the record, the team behind the transformation did a few dyno passes and managed to record 125-horsepower at the rear wheels. As you might expect, hilarious antics ensued, such as smoking tires and multi-geared wheelies on the dyno, which were then duplicated outside. After viewing the video, we want one, along with a really, really good helmet and full-body armor. Watch ... Read more →

Yamaha introduces 2009 R1 with crossplane firing order Jeremy Korzeniewski

As is often the case when one of the big four Japanese bike manufacturers introduce a new literbike, there's way too many new features and detail improvements for us to include in a write-up. For ...

Outlaw biker on Yamaha R1 posts video on YouTube and gets busted Jeremy Korzeniewski

Have you ever typed "turbo hayabusa" into YouTube? If so, then you have undoubtedly seen some of the most insane speed in the world. We are not against motorcycles or riding them fast, but we are ...

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Yamaha introduces 2009 R1 with crossplane firing order 1 year ago on Autoblog

As is often the case when one of the big four Japanese bike manufacturers introduce a new literbike, there's way too many new features and detail improvements for us to include in a write-up. For the '09 Yamaha R1, though, there are some huge differences which are sure to become major talking ...

Outlaw biker on Yamaha R1 posts video on YouTube and gets busted 2 years ago on Autoblog

Have you ever typed "turbo hayabusa" into YouTube? If so, then you have undoubtedly seen some of the most insane speed in the world. We are not against motorcycles or riding them fast, but we are against doing it illegally on public streets. This is exactly what Jeremy Parrott from Burnham-on-Sea ...

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Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too!

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