FEEL your heartbeat accelerate. Gearing up to ride our stunning supersport motorcycles - the YZF-R6 and the all-new YZF-R1 - will do it to you every time. Only one thing beats the anticipation - being in the saddle, your body perfectly moulded into position. Feel the engine's intense power and instant response, feel the innovative chassis reacting to every twitch of your input, like it's a part of you.

Our latest YZF-R1 has been totally redesigned using the invaluable experience gained from creating the first two generations of R1, combined with feedback from Yamaha's M1 MotoGP project. The result is a motorcycle with an unrivalled family tree - a machine that's taken every aspect of the most respected, no-compromise, big-bore supersport bikes ever built and made them even better. It's time to stop holding your breath, it's time to live the Yamaha supersport experience.

Yamaha knows plenty about creating supersport machines that will take you all the way - some motorcycle magazines went as far as proclaiming our awesome R1 the bike of the century! So we know that ultimate performance is vital, but we are also aware that how your machine's performance translates to your body and your mind is just as crucial. Which is why the R1 uses twin-valve throttle body fuel injection - for astonishingly responsive throttle control. And why the R1's new frame offers 200% more vertical rigidity than its predecessor - for superb rider feedback. And why the R6 frame is a two-piece cast unit - for more feel, less weight and better looks.

Because riding high-performance motorcycles isn't about being along for the ride, it's about being at the very heart of the ride - feeling, seeing and breathing in every moment. That's why we put all our heart and spirit - Yamaha's "Art of Engineering" - into these machines - to offer you an adrenaline-pumping ride that makes you feel more alive. Standing silently, menacingly in put lane, it's crystal clear that the YZF-R1 is at home. This motorcycle's development programme has been inspired and informed by fusing feedback from Yamaha's racing involvement with decades of experience building class-leading supersport road bikes.

For example, the advances in chassis technology, weight distribution and aerodynamics of Yamaha's race bikes have been utilised to give the R1 a light, rigid chassis that's perfect for carving up road or racetrack. And because form follows function, the new R1 is an object of great beauty. Power-to-weight figures help define the supersport. Now the YZF-R1 takes your riding to the next level by a super-powerful, ultra-compact engine with an extra-light, razor-sharp chassis.

Here are the details air induction system, five valves per cylinder plus an advanced electronic fuel injection, created from our MotoGP experience, for an engine performance that's like a race bike's and with such an accurate response that it seems to read your mind. And the chassis is built to exploit the engine's incredible performance - super-stiff Deltabox V frame and swingarm. It's a partnership engineered to allow the world's best riders to dominate every great road and every legendary racetrack.