Yamaha R6 - Yamaha R1 Little Sister    by Mark Winston

in Autos / Motorcycles    (submitted 2010-11-19)

It sure is hard to equate, but thanks to Torakusu Yamaha, a mechanics manufacturer, the name Yamaha is now one and the same with music devices such as the guitar among others not to forget motorcycles.

Mr. Torakusu Yamaha constructed his original reed organ in 1887 then 1st upright piano 13 years later - which was shown in 1904 at the St Louis World Fair. Let us leap forward till 1955 this is when the Yamaha Company made the first motorcycle dubbed the YA1. It was a one cylinder 2 stroke 125cc engine, called the Red Dragonfly. 1965: Yamaha presented the automated oil system for the 2 stroke thus one did not need had to be concerned with combining gas and oil as they fill up.

In 1968, the Yamaha YZF -R6 was introduced and was made as a supersport version of the super bike, the R1 and as a 'mate' to the YZF600R sports bike. The R6 had a totally different engine design with the ability to deliver greater than 81 Kw (108 horsepower) while it stands still.

The bike has been amended, in fact, several occasions since its introduction. The model of 2003 was fuel injected, a type of combining air and gas inside the internal combustion engine
* The 2006 model: it was largely improved with a pristine engine management mechanism that featured the YCC -T fly-by-wire throttle and a multi-plate glide-on clutch.
* The 2008: this model assimilated the YCC-I varying length intake mechanism that made it possible to adjust horsepower at greater engine revolutions per minute as well as a greater Delta box make of the frame.

The R6 now performs a single task extremely well: to to zoom inside the track in the smallest time. It is depicted as being both track-ready as well as street-smart. The firm body enables the rider to move from upright to absolute incline within a very short time.

Overpriced? Never - going for vaguely above 10,000 Dollars US and if a new R6 model has not been reached the market it will very soon.
Your R6 grants you 40mpg roughly 180 miles with its 4.5 gallon gas tank.

Yamaha did not disappoint with the Yamaha R6.

About the Author

Riding bikes is recent passion of Dr Mark Winston, however he has quite the knowledge already, changing bikes constantly. Therefore his words tend to be worth listening to. He loved the Yamaha R6 and particularly his Yamaha R6 2009 so much that he even began a weblog about it: http://yamahar6info.com