With racing very much in Yamaha’s corporate DNA since 1955, the release of the 2022 Yamaha R6 Race and R6 GYTR racetrack only middleweights continue that tradition. Deliveries of the R6 Race is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2022 with the R6 GYTR available only from Yamaha Pro Shop dealerships, of which there are currently four in the UK.
Designed for competition in the Supersport
class, the R6 comes with a 599 cc, inline four-cylinder producing 118.4 PS at
14,500 rpm and 61.6 Nm of torque at 10,500 rpm. Lightweight forged pistons give
a 13.1:1 compression ratio coupled with titanium valves with the engine package
coupled to a six-speed close ratio quickshifter equipped gearbox.
Everything is tied together in an aluminium
Deltabox frame with magnesium sub-frame. As per its racing intentions, the R6
Race and R6 GYTR omit everything not required for track duties, including all
necessary legal equipment like headlights, mirrors, signals and horn in the
interests of weight reduction. Braking is done with twin radial-mount
four-piston brake callipers on 320 mm discs on the front wheel. Suspension uses
items from KYB, with full-adjustable forks in front, with technology taken from
the Yamaha R1 superbike, and a monoshock at the back, also fully-adjustable.
17-litres of fuel is carried in the
lightweight aluminium fuel tank and the whole package weighs 185 kg, fully
filled and ready to go. For the R6 GYTR which comes clad in white carbon
reinforced plastic, things are taken up a notch with the installation of items
such as an ABS emulator, allowing for ABS pump removal, block plates for the
air intake, racing sprockets with special 520 chain and fully adjustable rear
sets for fine tuning of the riding position as well as a full titanium
Akrapovic race exhaust.
