![]() It is no surprise then that the R6 scores so highly for pushing the limits. “Going hard and fast on the Yamaha is as natural as strolling down the road on a sunny day, so even though its limits are extremely hard to reach, you don’t feel you’re stretching your own abilities too far to get there,” Matho said. Sure, the four-cylinder engine is a bit lacklustre at lower revs, but the fast-paced, well-spaced gearbox gives you all the help you need to keep the powerplant shrieking in its favourite rev range – which is in the spine-tingling reaches above 10,000rpm, where it sounds like a screaming jet. ![]() ![]() Its balance, its steering, its suspension responses, the way the tyres work with it, its incredible brakes, its quickshifter, the lot. Just about anyone can get on the R6 and ride it fast because everything about the bike’s design and execution facilitates it. “But I didn’t close my eyes often as things on this bike happen very, very quickly.” ![]() “The engine responsiveness made me feel, if I closed my eyes, that Yamaha was making two-strokes again,” Groff said. ![]()
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