Model(s) covered: 2008 Yamaha YZF-R6
Having just finished our showdown at high noon with the Honda CBR600RR and Suzuki GSX-R600 I now had a chance to take a crack at Yamaha's latest middleweight weapon, the 2008 Yamaha R6. With impressions of the other middleweights fresh in my helmet I took the pilgrimage to see how the R6 stacks up on both street and track. Yamaha is building quite a tradition for creating sportbikes that exude style previously only associated with Italian sportbikes and the R6 is a stunning motorcycle that I have been wanting to swing a leg over for a long time now.
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