You can’t stop the march of time and sadly, the bell has well and truly tolled for supersport bikes. Which is an odd thing to say as they are still very much raced on the world and domestic scene – it’s just that in 2022 you can’t buy a new one for use on the road! What’s going on there?
To be honest, looking at the Yamaha YZF-R6, it is pretty obvious to see the issues. When the new (we use this term quite loosely) R6 was launched in 2017 it cost £10,999, a terrifying amount of cash. Did it justify this kind of investment? That was the problem… if you were a budding
