Bipole: Bipole – Yamaha R1 & XVS 1300 Midnight Star

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Bipole – Yamaha R1 & XVS 1300 Midnight Star

Heiko Wacker
Lighter, faster, further: new Yamaha YZF R1 now with 180 hp

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There’s a world of difference between the two popular new additions to the Yamaha lineup – no question.

On the one hand a powerful cruiser, on the other the super-sporting R1, with the first for 20 years of four-valve heads for the first time for 20 years, get the ventilation of the engine. We remember – since the legendary FZ 750, Yamaha relied on three intake and two exhaust valves. Now, however, a fundamentally new engine delivers a brisk 180 hp, making the Yamaha the fastest red and white combination ever.
Not red, not white, not even fast – but the XVS 1300 Midnight Star rolls through the country much more powerfully. Here, too, a new engine provides thrust, whereby the specified 73 hp are quite sufficient for a cruiser. The fact that the V2 can still be called a blender is due to the cooling fins of the water-tempered engine. Yes, well – the optics count with the long irons. Because the Yamaha also works really well, which is also due to the low-maintenance cardan drive and the injection system, it deserves to be counted among the most important bikes of the 2007 season. So, and now the summer can come.

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