News – Yamaha France is offering four R1s in Rossi and Lorenzo colors! – Used YAMAHA

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Yamaha France declines four R1 in the colors of Rossi and Lorenzo !

News - Yamaha France is offering four R1s in Rossi and Lorenzo colors! - Used YAMAHA

To celebrate the arrival of a YZF R1 closely derived from the MotoGP proto, Yamaha France is playing the passion card by offering four fans to leave with an R1 Replica, hand delivered by the Doctor and Lorenzo on the occasion of the GP of France !

Well born and brilliantly driven by Valentino Rossi and his teammate Jorge Lorenzo, the 2009 Yamaha M1 is one of the few machines that can be compared to the production sports car of a manufacturer engaged in MotoGP. Only the M1 and the Kawasaki ZX-RR (or rather the Hayate!) Indeed use the same engine architecture – a four-cylinder in-line – as the hypersportives of the trade, the YZF R1 and the ZX-10R.

End of the year, the 2009 vintage R1 adopts the same engine timing Cross Plane introduced on the M1 990 cc in 2004, at the same time offering its rider all the benefits of this technology from the elite of motorcycle racing (read our) !

It is therefore not surprising that Yamaha France chooses to accentuate the mimicry with the prototypes of the official team, by declining two R1 in the colors of the Italian star and two others taking up the decoration of the hot Lorenzo. !

From tomorrow Tuesday May 5 at 9:30 am, all interested parties must log on to the official Yamaha Motor France website () to reserve one of these four collectors … Confirmation of their order will then be made with the dealer of their choice, in exchange for the tidy sum of € 19,990.

More than 4,000 € additional compared to the original version (15,749 €) which is not only justified by the presence of Fiat, Packard Bell and other Petronas stickers, but also by the delivery of a specially engraved plate for this event, an access pass to the paddocks for the French GP, a replica of the pilot’s helmet to match the motorcycle and a donation of € 1,000 to the association Riders for health !

In short, a good deal for all aficionados of n ° 46 and n ° 99, especially as Yamaha is organizing an exceptional ceremony on Saturday May 16 from 5.30 p.m. on the Bugatti circuit, during which Rossi and Lorenzo in person will come to present the keys of these replicas to their happy owners !

In order to celebrate the event as a "family", Yamaha Motor France is also inviting 150 customers of the brand to come and do two laps of the Bugatti circuit on Saturday May 16 from 5:00 p.m., before attending the handover of the keys by the two. pilots !

A priori unforgettable moment for fans of the premier category and for the four lucky guys who will leave with their heads full of memories and moved on the handlebars of one of the most sophisticated Hypersportives of recent years! Still, the most observant will undoubtedly have noticed the absence of the Bridgestone logo on the photos of prepared R1s, which appear even equipped with … Michelin !

"As these are the basis of the production R1 2009 which are delivered to us with original mounts from Michelin or Dunlop, we had to remove the Bridgestone logo", admits Yamaha France indeed. What shock the purist, convinced of the superiority of the Japanese envelopes following the return to the headliner of Valentino Rossi in 2008 !

Alexandre BARDIN – Photos DR

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