CHARLIE YAMAHA YZF-R6

walked into Yamaha’s HQ with two four-packs of Peroni under my arm, one each for Zane and Bill who had put in overtime to get my R6 back together after its Spanish spill. As I have already wa ed lyrical about, the bike was not as bad as it could have been due to the crash protection, but even so the Yamaha chaps were incredibly busy meeting my deadline. The Supersport Pro Tour was in town at Silverstone, and they laboured above and beyond so I could take the R6 along. Tip of the cap chaps. As far as the bike goes, having assessed the damage they did not seem to think the R6 had high-sided and the fact it hadn’t rolled