Picture Intermission – DR Moto Yamaha R1

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My favorite bike at the Aprilia Racers Days event at Circuit of the Americas this year wasn’t an Aprilia – though there were several cool ones (including three XTrentas!) No, this year my favorite was a Yamaha (sort of). It’s owned by one of our clients at Iconic Motorbikes and it’s an amazing build around a 2014 British Superbike Spec Yamaha R1 drivetrain – meet the DR Moto!

Here’s a description per my buddy Jensen Beeler over at Asphalt & Rubber (who just got promoted to the CEO of Krämer Motorcycles USA!).

Making over 200hp out of its British Superbike-spec engine, the real beauty of the DR Moto is its custom chassis; as it should be, since behind the project is British engineering firm Reynolds Engineering, which supplies hard parts to teams in BSB, WSBK, and MotoGP, along with Barry Ward, who worked with Kenny Roberts Sr.’s MotoGP team.

At £89,500 (~$150,000), the DR Moto isn’t for everyone…not even close. Reynolds Engineering says that the DR Moto comes with MotoGP-spec equipment (CRT-level, that is), and you will find all the usual suspects in the build: Brembo monoblock calipers, Marchesini forged magnesium wheels, and Öhlins shock (TTX36) and forks (FG 386), while the traction control is done by MoTeC.


While that price range won’t buy you true MotoGP-spec equipment that Reynold’s is touting in its marketing (the Factory Option equipment is near unobtanium), the DR Moto certainly comes with some impressive top-shelf kit, and an “affordable” price tag for what those components go for on the open market.


The 200+ horsepower is a real piece of work, with its Nova close-ratio gearbox. Able to handle clutchless downshifts and upshifts, as well as auto-blipping the throttle when going down through the gears, the DR Moto brings the extra race-bike only features that you don’t see on street-going machines.”

It’s a lovely bike that I thought you guys and gals would appreciate, especially because the owner actually rides it and doesn’t just keep it on display. Plus, look at that swingarm!

Things are a little hectic for work at me at the moment but I’ll be sharing more from my time at Circuit of the Americas soon!