One Lap - Josh Hayes and the Yamaha R1 at Road America

2-time AMA Superbike Champion Josh Hayes on his Monster Graves Yamaha YZF-R1 Superbike taking a lap at AMA Pro Roadrace Round 5, held at Road America on June 3rd 2012. Hayes had a perfect weekend at Road America taking the pole, winning both races, and setting a new track record of 2:11.216 around the 4.048 mile road course.
Yamaha would like to thank GoPro for providing the HD HERO2 Camera and KW Machine Works for the camera brackets used for this video.
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[@rickrwh]

Nice relaxing ride. No Drama. You da man Josh.

[@EvilMelon44]

Love the wave to May exiting the pits.

[@ViperJohnny1]

I love the way Josh does not hangoff in the turns and wastes movement and energy. Cameron Beaubier, my hometown racer, has a similar riding style... Just pure speed!

[@blue03r6]

mat mladin said in an interview it's a waste of time. however ben spies hung off a lot and beat mladin.

[@MotoJB]

Sick...Hayes is a beast on that R1.

[@mrfadeaway45]

Hayes is still killin it.

[@The88katana600]

I was at this race, what a killer time! have to go again this yr. rode up with 12 other bikes on my cbr f4I... v.i.p all the way, food was killer nice and dry when the rain hit :)

[@carbocycle]

Pure talent! That R1 is EVIL. I don't think it rides like crap. Actually pretty smooth.

[@BabohNamja]

His bike setup and his body type may not require him to do so as much. It is still an encouraged practice for any fast track rider. Tire profile and suspension are much different with race bikes than street bikes. Watch Marc Marquez in moto gp. one of the fastest in the world but hangs off a lot.

[@sksinha1]

Disappointed that we didn't get to see the main straight, but still awesome nonetheless!!!

[@galaxything]

Are you kidding me? They have insane brakes and pull that front brake lever so hard you wouldn't believe it! Like hitting a wall!

[@spiceytaco95]

its more or less because whenever i see them i dont really see the hand brake being used but i do hear the engine braking

[@applebitefool]

Is that idle sound with the baffles into the Graves system? Good going there Mr. No.1

[@PhilOups68]

Nice riding!! LIKE

[@vonotto44]

You go Josh!

[@opmike343]

Not sure where you came up with this...most of these bikes are running slipper clutches and electronics to help mitigate the off-throttle engine braking (though Josh isn't too crazy about slipper clutches). But ANY race motorcycle will be doing the majority of the braking using the actual brakes; you'll be beat by a scooter if you plan on running around a circuit and depending on engine braking alone to slow you down.

[@zman9613]

did u see his face at 2:20. he looked so scared

[@spiceytaco95]

so basically these guys all brake mainly with their engine not the brakes themselves?

[@tunedvideo87]

dat sound

[@jjayallan]

Yamaha, could you make some kind of crash bars for V Max???

[@mrfadeaway45]

omg....I just spit my tea out when i read this. the bad thing is, I own a GSXR.

[@Puckgrinder85]

Fack, I'm happy hitting high 2:20's! 2:11 is nuts.

[@motomeatz6873]

Dont get me wrong josh hayes is awesome. but have you ever seen that bike he rides up close. It has a world superbike swing arm...that is no fair. Still bad ass bike and a bad ass dude, but cmon thats really not fair.

[@opmike343]

Also, the superbikes from all the teams resemble the bikes you see in BSB, WSBK, IOM, etc. You're talking like everyone else except Josh is trying to put a factory stock R1 on the grid. They ain't.

[@2dL]

Nope, they use a lot of breaking.. most of the braking is done by using the lever bro

[@tiasboi3able]

U talking about MotoGP? YammerHammer WAS champ 3 years in a... Honda has the crown now

[@Shogun09R1]

Oops....spelled his name wrong....I sooo smaat ;)

[@razer10r]

I want a crossplane r1 so much, too bad im poor **sob**

[@spiceytaco95]

Was two months ago i know how these brakes are and the question was answered idk why you are scrolling back that far

[@georgesbeauvaissanchez2569]

✌️🏍️🔥💥🚀😍🔝💯✊

[@kidsolo36]

You can ride my woman but you can not ride my 09 r1!!!!!

[@opmike343]

If it wasn't fair, it would be in direct violation of the rules, and it would eventually be banned from competition. Guess why they're still running it?

[@Shogun09R1]

@azlymnaser Yep....that's why the R1 is champion 2 years in a row....cause it rides like crap. You sooo smaat :P

[@jjayallan]

Yamaha, could you make some kind of crash bars for V Max???