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2017 YAMAHA YZF-R6

R6 GEN 4 → REBEL ROUSER → LIGHT ADV LID → THROTTLE CONTROL → CATALOG MOTORCYCLES

Ignition

TC AND MORE: Yamaha treats the bike that introduced Y-CCT to ride modes, TC, ABS along with significant suspension and brake updates.

BY THE NUMBERS

153

Thousand R6 models have been sold in the United States since its 1999 introduction

97

Winning percentage in MotoAmerica competition over past two seasons

ot so long ago sportbike enthusiasts used to ink their calendar with an expectation of springtime bearing the fruit of an allnew middleweight supersport platform from one or more of the Japanese Big Four. Although the annual bumper crop of 600 class sportbikes has

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