hello everibody, as you can hear from the noise which for me is
actually music, i'm on track
in Italy
in Franciacorta, beacuse today i've been invited to try
the new Yamaha R1 2020
as you problably saw from the previous video, I tested it
in Mugello
but I tested the standard version
while today I will test the R1 M, and this is a special day
because Yamaha invited the owner of Yamaha R1
For a test today
to test the new 2020
and, I will be riding with them
and a will have the chance to ride it all the day
so, in this video, you're gonna see a complete review
of the new features of Yamaha R1 2020
the 2020 R1 has a brand new electronic
and I'm not talking only about software but I 'm talking about hardware as well
the 2020 has the brand new ECU
and what does this mean?
let's take for example your computer, ok?
so, after few years when you change your laptop
the new laptop is usually faster, it runs better
and here it's the same, so, while you are riding
the ICU receves the input from the sensors
it elaborates the inputs and then decides
whether to take some action or not
so, if the ECU is faster
the response than you have is faster, so having a more powerful
ECU means, a better
and faster electronics, and in order to understand
the load the ECU has normally
on this motorbike, it analyses the data from the sensors
a hundred and twenty five times per second, and that's
a lot, and obviously when we talk about electronics
we talk about software, so in this motorbike the dashboard
has a brand new software which has been updated
to allow you to modify two new parameters
so, now you're able
to modify the engine brake
and you have three different maps, and you can also modify
the ABS, you have two different settings
on setting one you have the standard ABS
on setting two you have a dynamic ABS
which dynamically changes the brake pressures
when you stard leaning, so if you keep
constant pressures, and you start to
lean, the ECU release a little bit the brake pressures
and one nice feature that I don't now if you
have ever seen, is this special wheel
with those kind of flaps which works
like a fan, which is used to cool
the rear brake, and, it's not new
and, it was there in also 2019
another very important feature is here, in the throttle
because now you have the ride by wire
in 2019, there was a wire,
a physical wire, which it did not directly
accelerate, but which was
commanded by the electronics. Now you have
100% pure ride by wire system, so this means that now
when you accelerate, there is not a physical wire
but there is a sensor here,
obviously inside you have
a physical spring that
gives you the same sensation of a classic
accelerator. An other difference is
that it's easy to see about aesthetics
are the new fairings, and as you can see they are totally
different from the 2019, but it's not just
an aesthetic different, it's a technical difference
because now the aerodynamic was improved by 5.3%
also the brake and suspensions have been modified and now
you have a new KYB standard R1
and you also have some new brake pads
obviously it follows the new rules about emissions, and inside the exhaust you have
4 catalysers which make the bike
follow the Euro5 rules. Another
important upgrade that for me
that I used this bike to race is very useful
is in the rear, now you a bike 1cm longer
which allows you to reduce the wheeling and
for those who race and always fight against the front wheel always up
it's quite useful. Last
but not least, the engine. They have made
a lot of modifications, inside the engine
which made it more powerful and efficient,
and performing. For example, the changed the air intakes,
the camshaft, rocker arms, and the injection
in order to improve the performance
at high RMPs. And they also changed the cooling
and the whole lubrication system
and if you look at the technical sheet, you may say
okay they changed a lot but the power is the same
'cause it has the same horsepower that the 2019
we'll actually this is now euro 5
so it has more catalysers and more limitations
so this means that if the power
is the same, with more limitations
the engine is more powerful, that the other one. So this means
if you remove all the limitations, and transform it from street to
race it should have more power
as you saw from the previous videos, I tested the
basic 2020, at Mugello and
today I'm testing the M version
R1 M, and what are the differences?
well basically this is the same motorbike
except for 3 things: the first one is the fairings which
are full carbon, the second one is
here
I don't know if you recognise it, I have it on my race bike
the gps sensor
which allows you to record all the gps data. This
means that in the dashboard you can record many more data
of your sessions, including the lap time which
allows you to monitor your performance
much better, but the most important thing is about
the suspensions, on the standard version you have
the KYB while here you have the Ohlins
NPS pressured electronic suspensions
and what does electronic mean? You understand we are talking about electronic
suspension because you see this wire
coming out of the suspension, which allows you to modify
the suspensions directly
from the dashboard or from the smartphone app
instead of using your
screwdriver to change the clicks, and
it also allows you to dynamically modify
the suspensions while you are riding, so
you have an algorithym that analyses the input
from the sensors, and modifies the behaviour
during your ride. And here comes the question:
why do I use the standard
suspensions and not the electronic ones
on my race motorbike? That's mainly because of
weight, you know
in racing you try to remove as much weight as possible
and this system is a little bit heavier, and the second reason is that
usually the riders do not like a
dynamic behaviour, but they want to feel
always the same behaviour
on the motorbike, when riding, so
for amateurs this is great, this systems, because
it helps a lot, but when you
look for the limit you go with standard
suspensions
ok so
I'm gonna
tell you how it feels
it feels great
the shifter is awesome, you don't need to use the clutch
you have the --
the shifter and the blipper
and the cool thing is that
the gears
go in pretty smoothly
you don't even feel
the bike shifting
it's truly amazing
really
I love it
the nice this is that
compared to my
racing bike
this is more gentle
more smooth to ride
even if it's still fast
and
the handling is great
look elbow down here
it's smooth
you don't get exhausted
after 2 laps, but you can enjoy
your whole session
without feeling devastated, and that's great because
for the amateurs, like me it's
great
to be able to
use your whole track day
and another cool this is the electronics, the traction control systems works great
when you are cornering and you start
to accelerate, you
feel it drifting a little bit
but it's controlled you don't
do a high side
you feel the front
counter steering a little bit
but the electronic keeps
the rear tire there
and it's amazing because
even if you are an amateur
you're gonna feel
like a pro
one amazing thing is braking
even if I have the ABS active
which on the previous bike you felt
it working a lot
here you don't really feel it
you feel like you don't have it
ok guys
now I'm riding with 2020
first thing
here you have the blipper
so you don't need to use the clutch when downshifting
and this is obviously a cool feature that I love
and what's
pretty cool is that compared to the
2019
you really don't
feel the bike shifting
the gears go in so smoothly
and it's amazing
it's like a toy, for boys
and you know
if we talk about
the electronic, considering I am not
a pro rider with 20 years of experience
and 9 world championships, and I am not
a pilot tester
I cannot feel
those small
tiny differences
but what I feel overall
is the feeling, the sensation
that this bike
is easier
than the 2019
that's it. It's like
when you get
it's like when you get --
on a bike you get on an other bike
and you say okay I like this one much more
and this is exactly how I felt
as soon as I went on
2020,
I felt better, and this is
the goal, the design
that the designers, the engineers
need to reach
they don't need the final user
to be able to feel the small differences
they need the final user, to get on the bike
and feel it easy to ride, and that is what they improved
in the 2020
I'm dead. I think I did
like 90 laps, I didn't wanna stop
I was having so much fun, really
I made the whole afternoon straight
I stopped just for fuel and drink
and then boom back on track
by the way it was nice to try both versions
the old one and the new one plus
the M version and as you already saw in the video I felt
some differences, which basically translates into
an easier motorbike,
more fun to rider motorbike,
I was impressed also by the ride by wire
because in 2019 when you are leaning
you start - you start to accelerate a little bit
you have to move it a little bit more
while in the new one with the ride by wire, it's immediate and
it's kind of - like, more sensitive
more straightforward, more immediate
and I love the ride by wire. I didn't
know there was so much difference. By the way it was amazing to ride
these motorbikes today. Thanks to
Yamaha and thanks to all of you for watching this video. I hope
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