- Out of the pits and onto the track everything got a whole lot faster.
- No pressure, just remember that last-minute admonition from the Yamaha mechanic: 'You crash it and we'll kill you.'
- The waiting is the hardest part. Our man Bayly was relieved when they called his name - no more time to think about what might happen.
- From the outside everything appears the same, but the '05 M1 does sport a few changes which include a taller height, revised upper engine mounts, reduced lateral rigidity, and improved aerodynamics.
- I would be riding the Yamaha YZR-M1 at a racetrack I have never been to, with a guest list of test riders that contained more ex-world champions and GP stars than I could count on one hand.
- Weighing somewhere around 320 pounds, putting out anywhere from 230-250 horsepower and looking bad-ass is what makes the M1 tick.
- The Gauloises Yamaha M1 has been the dominant machine for two seasons in MotoGP.
- Like many champions these days, Rossi has chosen to forgo using the number one plate and stick with his personal number during the season.
- This Doctor's office is quite a bit different from the ones you and I are used to sitting in.
- All the pensive weeks of wondering, imagining and hypothesizing were over: I was in the saddle of the most famous MotoGP bike in the world and there was nowhere else I would have rather been.
- Rolling through the gears, the M1 takes off like a bullet. Its remarkable speed and acceleration were matched by its eye-popping braking power.
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