Yamaha’s 2015 R1 Superbike

Today, we got our first clue as to what Yamaha’s 2015 R1 superbike will look like. And we weren’t disappointed. The photo above came to us earlier today, and is from the Monster Energy Graves Yamaha team’s first official test on the bike, which was also the riders’ first chance to test the bike in race trim, with superbike-spec engine and chassis.

 Prior to this week, Josh Hayes had only ridden a stock R1 during the development stage of the bike and during promotional events for Yamaha, while Cameron Beaubier only recently tested the production bike at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. 

While there’s no official word on lap times or how the bike worked in its first outing, the Yamaha boys say that, “Everything came home in one piece. So that’s good.” The other good news, of course, is that the R1 looks good as ever in race trim.