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Model(s) covered: 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6
Red Bull: How can a beverage that makes you feel so good not be against the law? I find myself feeling the exact same way about the 2003 Yamaha R6. It has turned me into a shift-light junky, a 16,000-rpm user, a second-gear power-wheelie addict. The best part is that it's available over the counter.
All new for 2003, the R6 has arrived on the scene to some very fierce competition from the new Kawasaki's ZX-6R and Honda CBR600RR. With the ZX-6R's inverted forks and radial brakes and the "race to street design" of the CBR, the R6 is certainly going to be kept honest.
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L'ora della verità: 14 sportive alla frusta (Motocorse.com)
Model(s) covered: 2003 Ducati 749 S, 2003 Ducati 999, 2003 Ducati 999 S, 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR, 2003 Honda CBR 954 RR Fireblade, 2003 Triumph Daytona 600, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 1000, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 600, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 750, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R1, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6RR, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-9R
Qual è la domanda che più spesso viene posta ai tester, specie se prova moto sportive? Semplice: gli appassionati vogliono sapere sempre e solo quale sia la moto migliore. Domanda suscettibile di mille risposte e quindi condizionata da diversi aspetti. In un mondo dove la passione è il propellente principale, è ben difficile fornire giudizi acritici, senza farsi prendere la mano da elementi personali come il gusto ed il piacere di guidare una moto invece che un'altra.
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Model(s) covered: 2003 Ducati 749, 2003 Honda CBR 600 RR, 2003 Suzuki GSX-R 600, 2003 Yamaha YZF-R6, 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6R
There was a time not long ago when the middleweight sportbike class was a good place for newbies to cut their teeth. But for 2003, with quarter-miles times that would embarrass any supercar you'd care to mention, top speeds that reach upward of 160 miles per, and racetrack lap times that would scare a full-blown superbike from barely more than a decade ago, the bikes gathered here have limits that only the experienced can exploit.
Give credit to the weary-eyed engineers who have been staring at flickering CRTs and poring over reams of data.
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