April 2015

April 2015

© 2015, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. By 2015 Young Guns: The Best Young Racers In North America; Interview: MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey; Intro: 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1/YZF-R1M; John Surtess: The Man Who Did What Rossi Couldn't; Motorcycle Racing History: Giacomo Agostini's Switch To Yamaha; Tried & Tested: Shoei Hornet X2; Historic Racebike Illustration: 1978 Yamaha 0W35K; Book Excerpt: Racing The Gods; Shops: Arai Helmet, Inc.

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On The Front Cover: Racing Editor Chris Ulrich rode the 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M in Australia and came away impressed that Yamaha engineers have packed class-leading performance into a user-friendly package.

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In this issue:

FEATURES

Inside Info

Interview: MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey

Historic Racebike Illustration: 1978 Yamaha 0W35K

2015 Yamaha YZF-R1/YZF-R1M Intro

2015 Young Guns: The Best Young Racers In North America

John Surtees: The Man Who Did What Rossi Couldn’t

Motorcycle Racing History: Giacomo Agostini’s Switch To Yamaha

Tried & Tested: Shoei Hornet X2

Army of Darkness 2014, Part 3

Book Excerpt From The Dawn Of Superbike: Racing The Gods by Paul Ritter

Back In The Day: Editor’s Scrapbook

Shops: Arai Helmet, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL RACING

World Superbike At Phillip Island: Rea & Haslam Win Close Battles

SEMI-PRO AND CLUB RACING

Racer Profile: 2014 CCS Florida Champion Stefano Mesa

COLUMNS

Letters To The Editor

10 Years Ago

Numbers

MotoGP Trivia

Josh Hayes: Mississippi Madman

Melissa Paris: Just A Girl Who Likes To Go Fast

Kyle Wyman: Where’s Wyman?

Jayson Uribe: Chasing The Dream

The Kids’ Page

Saved! By Soft Barriers

Racing, School, & Track Day Calendar

The Crash Page

High Performance Parts & Services Directory

Racing School & Track Day Directory

Racing Organizations

Advertisers Index

Classified Ads

New Products

ASRA/CCS Newsletter

Chris Ulrich: Adventures Of A Racer  

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