Last night, bikesportnews.com was given exclusive access to the first 2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 in the country and stood back as team manager Mick Shanley fired her up.

The bike is now on the dyno at the Guisborough headquarters as Shanley and his team commence their development of the bike into an MCE British Superbike title-winning package.

In the video below, you can hear the bike running and Shanley talks us through his thoughts on what the team can do with it: