This is the machine that's leading the way in the World Supersport Championship. And its highly advanced engine and chassis designs make it one of the most outstanding motorcycles in the class. Our compact ‘mass-forward’ body layout and lightweight aluminium die-cast Deltabox frame concentrate major components around the centre of gravity for super-agile handling. The R6’s 599cc, liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, DOHC, forward-inclined parallel 4-cylinder, 4-valve engine is equipped with a highly advanced electronic intake (YCC-I) and throttle (YCC-T) giving instant response and seamless power.

The R6 looks and feels like a born winner! One ride on the YZF-R6 lets you know that this bike was born on the racetrack. Its MotoGP-bred technology is tuned to give you the kind of outstanding engine and chassis performance usually reserved for professional riders.

MCN Review

Yamaha’s designers had one problem with superceding its 2006-07 R6, and that was how to improve a motorcycle that was very good in the first place. But improve it they have with clever attention to details borne from its World Supersport racing program. A designer’s touch here and the same effort there, has led to the Yamaha R6 being the definitive supersport package – on the track, that is. How its screaming performance will fare on UK roads against the mid-range king Honda CBR600RR remains to be seen

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