Though they look nearly identical, there are some major differences between the Yamaha R1 and R1M that set the two bikes apart. Here's what they are.

There are a few bikes out there that come close. Honda's RC213V-S is based on the RC213V, launched in 2012 to compete in MotoGP races. Honda won the 2013 and 2014 championship titles with that bike.

With the red line around 14,000 rpm and the bike filmed on the track doing 262 km/h (163 mph) even before reaching the 12,000 rpm bar, it’s easy to figure out that we’re looking at a bike ...

Suzuki and Yamaha are two very popular Japanese street bike manufacturers, ... such as the budget MT-03 and the super high-end YZF-R1M, which takes sports bikes to a whole new level.

There’s no word on which upgrades are the Yamaha engineers planning for the successful R1 model, and we can only hope that the R1M will bring some more MotoGP-derived DNA the street level.

Yamaha has internationally unveiled the 2025 R1 and R1M supersport bikes, bringing a host of new updates. While the R1 is road-legal in the US, both models remain track-only in Europe.

The R1M isn't really one of the best Yamaha motorcycles for long rides, but course mapping is handy for street riding, and it's always nice for a racetrack bike to have built-in lap timing.