Introduced in 1998, the YZF-R1 is a legend among series-production motorcycles. The brainchild of a gentleman by the name of Kunihiko Miwa, the R1 broke new ground with its vertically stacked gearbox.

Not too long ago, there was a time when supersport motorbikes were by far the quickest road-legal vehicles on the planet. However, while most flagship bikes from the past decade have remained capped ...