Yamaha FZ6R more than sum of its parts (Motoring.co.za)
Model(s) covered: 2010 Yamaha FZ6R
There's a time-honoured recipe for a middleweight all-rounder: take a previous-generation Supersports engine (suitably detuned), put it in an easy-to-make tubular frame with bargain-basement, bought-in brakes and suspension and voila! – a 600cc commuter and weekend playtoy with enough voomah to scare most born-agains at practically no development cost.
But sometimes the whole is more than the sum of its parts, as with the Yamaha FZ6R. The basics are just that – basic.
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