Updated November 12, 2026. Figures below are read live from the MotoGossip index and change as listings do.
As of November 12, 2026, the MotoGossip index holds 539 priced Yamaha YZF-R1 listings at 244 dealers. Median asking prices by model year run from $4,999 for the 2003 to $21,199 for the 2025. The cheapest state right now is NH, with a median of $16,795 across 4 listings.
The median asking price for a 2026 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $19,199, across 462 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2025 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $21,199, across 14 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2024 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $18,296, across 28 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2022 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $17,599, across 3 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2019 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $17,299, across 10 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $12,699, across 3 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2013 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $11,990, across 6 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2010 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $9,995, across 1 listing in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $8,089, across 2 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2005 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $7,990, across 2 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $7,990, across 3 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2003 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $4,999, across 3 listings in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $5,995, across 1 listing in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The median asking price for a 1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 is $9,995, across 1 listing in the MotoGossip index as of November 12, 2026.
The cheapest typical asking price right now is at Prime Motorcycles Melbourne in Melbourne, FL, at a median of $9,990. The priciest is at Factory Powersports in Saint George, UT, at a median of $23,120. Both are medians of that dealer’s own current listings for this model, not a single asking price.
Across 16 weeks of data, from week 2026-W31 to week 2026-W46, the median ask among newly indexed YZF-R1 listings has run from $19,199 to $19,936. Our index only goes back to late July 2026, so this is a short window and not a multi-year price history; treat it as a read on recent weeks, not a long-term trend.
| Listing | Year | Price | Mileage | Seller | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Yamaha YZFR1 | 2003 | $4,999 | 69,175 mi | Redline Powersports - Myrtle Beach | Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 2003 Yamaha YZFR1 | 2003 | $4,999 | 69,175 mi | Redline Powersports - Sumter | Sumter, SC |
| 2003 Yamaha YZFR1 | 2003 | $4,999 | 69,175 mi | Redline Powersports Augusta | Augusta, GA |
| 2002 Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2002 | $5,995 | 30,041 mi | Specialty Motorsports | Sacramento, CA |
| 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2004 | $6,999 | 18,994 mi | Fondy Powersports | Fond Du Lac, WI |
| 2006 Yamaha YZF-R1 | 2006 | $7,695 | 24,441 mi | Specialty Motorsports | Sacramento, CA |
| 2005 Yamaha YZF R1 | 2005 | $7,990 | 28,661 mi | Motorcycle Maxx | Lewis Center, OH |
| 2005 Yamaha YZF R1 | 2005 | $7,990 | 24,395 mi | Motorcycle Maxx | Lewis Center, OH |
| 2004 Yamaha YZF R1 | 2004 | $7,990 | 38,001 mi | Motorcycle Maxx | Lewis Center, OH |
| 2004 Yamaha YZF R1 | 2004 | $7,999 | 3,364 mi | Superbike Showroom | Rancho Cordova, CA |
The YZF-R1 is Yamaha's flagship literbike, a 998cc crossplane-crank inline-four built around the electronics and chassis knowledge Yamaha's factory MotoGP effort feeds back into the production bike. It is a track-focused superbike first, with a full rider-aid suite (traction control, wheelie control, launch control on some years) that makes it usable on the street without pretending it was designed for commuting. Buying used, track history is the single biggest factor in what you're actually getting: check for tech-inspection stickers or their glue residue, drilled and zip-tied fairings, frame sliders or bar-end sliders (and the marks they leave if removed), and tires worn flat across the whole tread rather than just the center. Ask directly about track days and get a straight answer before you look at anything else. Check service records around valve-clearance intervals, since a performance inline-four ridden hard needs that maintenance on schedule, and inspect the fairing undersides and frame for crash damage that a careful repaint can hide from a distance but rarely hides completely up close. This is the least forgiving bike on this whole list for an inexperienced rider: the power delivery, the riding position and the insurance cost are all built around someone who already knows what they're doing. Buyers who want the R1 name mainly for the badge, rather than for what the bike is actually built to do, are usually better served by something like the middleweight YZF-R7, both for the asking price and for how the bike will actually be ridden day to day. Insurance for a literbike like this is significant almost everywhere, and a lender or insurer may ask about riding experience before covering it, so budget for that alongside the purchase price rather than after signing. Yamaha has also revised the R1's electronics package within its production run, so it is worth checking exactly which rider-aid features a given model year carries rather than assuming every R1 badge means the same equipment underneath.