Yamaha has always competed – and won - at the highest level of motorsport. And the advancements made on the racetrack by Yamaha's Factory MotoGP team filters down through their flagship YZF-R1M right into their entry level YZF-R15, across to the MT street bike range and beyond. Unique Yamaha developments like crossplane crankshaft technology and the use of exotic metals and high tech processes that led to Yamaha's control-filled aluminium frames. All were introduced on the racetrack and have filtered down into the bikes you can own and ride on the street.