Yamaha YZF-1000 R120th Anniversary Suzuka 8 Hour Racer
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| Manuals | Service Manual |
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Overview
Yamaha YZF-R1 20th Anniversary Suzuka 8 Hour Racer
For 2018, Yamaha will race the YZF-R1 20th Anniversary edition
at the 41st Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race.
The bike gets a white and red paint scheme reminiscent of the first YZF-R1
which was introduced 20 years ago. Also, these race-spec bikes will have the
letters 'YZF' and 'R1' on the fairing of the race bike as homage to the first
ever R1 which was launched in 1998.
Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark from the Yamaha
Factory Racing team will be seen astride the special edition bike. The same
livery will also be used by YART Yamaha and GMT94 Yamaha at this years race.
The YART Yamaha team riders are Broc Parkes, Max Neukirchner, Marvin Fritz, and
Takuya Fujita. The GMT94 Yamaha team will be David Checa, Mike Di Meglio
as well Niccolo Canepa.
Lowes says: "It's a great honour to be asked back by Yamaha to represent them again at
Suzuka. It's such an important race and one I really enjoy. Also, I'm looking
forward to working with Michael and Nakasuga-san again after our success last
year. I have a chance to win there with the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for the
third year in a row and on the 20th anniversary of the R1, I can't wait!"