Review Product I Review Motor I Yamaha YZF-R6 Review

 

As the fifth bike I have owned and having ridden a few this Yamaha came as a nice surprise. Given that previously a Ducati 748 was as advanced as it got. All the toys on the digital dash the two trips the auto petrol trip were nice touches. as well as the getting up on a cold morning and just to know that the bike was going to start no questions asked.

The quality of the bike seemed relatively high as well this given I only had it for a month before it was stolen, raising another point. The weight of it was amazing only about 165 or so Kg and you could feel it such a nimble bike. However this also comes as a mixed bonus given the ease that thieving scum can lift them into a van hence the short time I had to get to know the bike. In this time though I did manage to rack up a few mile in all conditions. As I said a lovely bike to live with. An extremely easy bike to ride hard and throw round corners with the low seating also making getting your knee closer to the road. Given that the chassis feels so good to put such a good engine in it made a good idea. The 599cc engine is stunning revving to 17,500 apparently! Given you have to rev it to such extremes came as a shock getting of a Ducati. Finding the power so much higher than 8,000. so you couldn't say that it was slow eather. To be honest the acceleration as I suppose with any 600-1000 sports bike is immense. Keeping the front down is all that limits you. the top end over 140mph is also impressive. I never had the opportunity to ride her two up so I can only imagine that the pillion is as uncomfortable as it looked. The brakes are also as you would come to expect on a newish 600 sports bike. Making in easy to stand on its nose. Maybe the only problem I had in my time of owning the bike was the fact that I rarely remember a time I left the lights without someone trying in vain to drag race me. So all in the only complaint I had was the alarm I fitted wasn't loud enough for me to hear.

Advantages:
Lovely little package 

Disadvantages:
maybe to light ! 

Source : http://www.ciao.co.uk/Yamaha_YZF_R6__Review_5649231