Yamaha R6
The Yamaha R6 has always been a machine of few compromises, and that's why we've always loved it. It also explains why R6 sales now account for 51-percent of Yamaha's sportbike pie. But as Honda's CBR600RR showed in this year's Supersport Shootout V, a bike with compromises sometimes can edge its narrowly focused competitor.
Yamaha R6
Yamaha R6
Yamaha R6
Visually it's difficult to distinguish the new R6 from the old. Yamaha recognizes that since its major overhaul in '06, the R6 has become a rolling icon - best viewed at any angle. So instead of messing up a good thing, the Tuning Fork designers chose to make some very subtle tweaks that further enhance the machine's clean, yet edgy, look. And unless you have the two bikes side by side, it can be difficult to spot the changes.
Yamaha R6
Yamaha R6
Yamaha acknowledged the problem and the new black deltabox aluminum frame has been tuned for more rigidity in some areas, less in others. Despite the tweaks, the frame retains the same asphalt carving 24-degrees of rake, 97mm of trail and 54.3-inch wheelbase. Steering head and motor mount areas have been reinforced helping to make them more rigid. The main frame cross member has been removed and frame wall thickness has been slimmed by 0.5mm which helps to optimize frame rigidity.
Yamaha R6
Yamaha R6
The rear subframe is now made of magnesium (a first for a Yamaha production motorcycle) and weighs over a pound less then the cast aluminum design it replaces. A pound may not seem like much, but every little bit helps in the never-ending quest for optimum mass centralization.
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