The launch of the 2020 Yamaha YZF R1 and R1M if you remember this generation of the R1 came out in 2015 four years on there are new Euro 5 regulations. And the old bike I guess just didn’t meet those rules so with the 2020 Yamaha YZF R1 cross-plane crankshaft engine that’s a mouthful. But if you know the R1 you’re familiar with the engine the offset firing order of the cross-plane crankshaft Yamaha says provides better filled us see what the Tyre is doing underneath you just better feel for the engine character.
Overall so you have more communication with the bike and the throttle for 2020 the engine pretty much stays the same but to meet the Euro 5 regulations. A lot of the change comes in the cylinder head area so here’s a list of things Yamaha did to make the R1 engine Euro 5 compliant.
let’s go down the list here it’s the same 998 CC displacement as before so to make. It is compliant you need better combustion more efficient combustion to do that the cylinder head and intake layouts been changed a little bit the intake ports were shortened electronic system is largely the same you still have the six axes IMU with traction control slide control launch control wheelie control they have taken away.
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