Now we R1

I guess collecting iconic Yamahas is like any other addiction: you’re hooked and before you know it, it is very difficult to stop.

I already have an FS1-E Fizzy, a Pro-Am replica RD250LC, a road-going mint RD350LC and (ahem) a YZF-R7 but I still have voices telling me I need to balance things up with another four-stroke.

And it is Yamaha’s fault (addictions are always some else’s fault) as in 2018 they are telling us to celebrate 20 years of the ground breaking 1998 YZF-R1. My youngest son Tarran has also just ridden his McAMS Yamaha Superbike at the Brands Hatch BSB event in the gorgeous ’anniversary’ white and red livery so I’m even