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2 INSIDER<br />
Pure combustion<br />
torque<br />
Inertial torque<br />
eliminated<br />
www.yamaha-motor-europe.com<br />
Born from<br />
MotoGP<br />
<strong>The</strong> new YZF-R1 uses a revolutionary crossplane crankshaft with<br />
MotoGP-style (uneven) fi ring order. This, combined with a slipper<br />
clutch and a D-mode Map that works in association with the<br />
YCC-T using a 32-bit ECU, creates a 1:1 relationship between the<br />
throttle input and the engine’s output to the rear tyre. Add to this<br />
the YCC-I (<strong>Yamaha</strong> Chip Controlled-Intake), redesigned lightweight<br />
die-cast aluminium Deltabox frame with truss-type swingarm<br />
for ideal rigidity balance and a 190/55R rear tyre and you have a<br />
new level of cornering performance, together with outstanding<br />
traction. A newly styled aerodynamic outer skin and twin projector<br />
headlights complement the feel of this new supersport bike.<br />
Visit your local <strong>Yamaha</strong> dealer now for details.<br />
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Publisher<br />
<strong>Yamaha</strong> Motor Europe NV - Racing Division<br />
Production<br />
<strong>Yamaha</strong> Racing Communications<br />
Editors<br />
- Dennis Sol, Gavin Matheson,<br />
Adam Wheeler<br />
<strong>Yamaha</strong> Motor Europe NV - Leon Oosterhof<br />
Design<br />
Alphonso de Wilde<br />
Contributors<br />
Milagro, Alexphoto, Photozac<br />
<strong>Yamaha</strong> Racing Communications,<br />
Hoogte Kadijk 61hs, 1018 BE Amsterdam,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Netherlands.<br />
Telephone: +31 20 62 56 539.<br />
E-mail: office@yrc.nl<br />
Reproduction of any text, photograph or<br />
illustration in this <strong>magazine</strong> is prohibited<br />
without permission from the publisher.<br />
While care is taken to ensure that the<br />
content of Insider is accurate, the publisher<br />
can not accept any liability for errors or<br />
omissions.<br />
© 2008 <strong>Yamaha</strong> Motor Europe NV<br />
Win<br />
a <strong>Yamaha</strong><br />
2008<br />
Insider photo<br />
spread!<br />
For more details<br />
browse to page 37<br />
Welcome to the eighth edition of Insider<br />
Dear Insider,<br />
As you can see we’ve chosen a slightly different route for our winter 2008/2009 edition of the<br />
Insider <strong>magazine</strong>. To be able to bring our season review to a wider audience we have gone digital!<br />
Being online hopefully means that not only is your copy of Insider accessible wherever you are,<br />
but it’s also easier for you to share with those who may enjoy some spectacular imagery of the<br />
<strong>racing</strong> year as well. We’re really keen to know what you think about this new format, and<br />
would be delighted if you could take a moment to register your opinion on the web-poll on<br />
<strong>Yamaha</strong>-<strong>racing</strong>.com.<br />
What a year it’s been! <strong>Yamaha</strong> has experienced great success in 2008, we’re incredibly proud to have<br />
won a staggering three rider world titles, both road and off-road premier classes and numerous<br />
European crowns, proving beyond a doubt we’re the best in both worlds. From the supremely<br />
talented force that is Valentino Rossi in MotoGP to our youngest hero of the future, Loris Baz in the<br />
Superstock 600 Championship, we’ve been taking the fight to the competition and come out on top.<br />
Our new recruit in the premier MX1-GP motocross category David Philippaerts triumphed in a tight<br />
and exciting MX1-GP season to continue our excellent tally in the dirt and German women’s <strong>racing</strong><br />
sensation Nina Prinz proved to be not only the quickest female rider in Europe on her R1, but also<br />
showed-up more than a few boys in the process!<br />
2009 should be another exciting year for us with young new riders across the board in the <strong>Yamaha</strong><br />
family ready to take up the challenge. In World Superbike we are joined by American hotshot and<br />
3-times AMA Superbike champion Ben Spies, and partnering him will be British Superbike (BSB)<br />
sensation Tom Sykes. <strong>The</strong> team will be running the all-new-for-2009 YZF-R1, a ground breaking<br />
machine whose development has benefited enormously from <strong>Yamaha</strong>’s experience in MotoGP and<br />
World Superbike. As I’m writing this the World Superbike team are in South Africa on their second<br />
test with the machine, where they are proving to be quick enough to run at the front of the pack<br />
already. Also stepping up from BSB we have Cal Crutchlow joining the <strong>Yamaha</strong> World Supersport<br />
team, and for AMA Supercross we welcome one of the fastest dirt racers in the world in the shape<br />
of superstar James Stewart who claimed every single chequered flag of the ’08 AMA motocross<br />
season.<br />
For now I wish you all the best for the winter and hope you enjoy this new, visual feast that is our<br />
season review. I’m sure like me you’re looking forward to the <strong>racing</strong> getting under way again soon<br />
and we look forward to seeing you trackside in a few months’ time.<br />
Laurens Klein Koerkamp<br />
Division Manager, Racing Division - <strong>Yamaha</strong> Motor Europe NV<br />
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