Reader Rides

The 2012 Yamaha R6 Is Here, And It’s As Boring As Ever, Except For Bold New Graphics

This doesn’t even deserve much of a write up. Yamaha is getting lazy. The 2012 Yamaha R6 features BOLD NEW GRAPHICS!!! and that’s about it.  It’s been essentially the same bike for six years now. Yes, it handles well. But come on! The R1 video trumpets how Yamaha has won AMA, WSBK, and MotoGP with [...]

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Bike of the Month: Colin’s Brilliant Blue 2007 Yamaha R6

Colin is obviously very passionate about his R6 and riding. His 2007 R6 sports an Ackrapovic slip on with removed baffles, integrated turn signals with resistors for a slower flash rate, and a disconnected EXUP. The pipe sound is a treat! even better with the baffles out, it was pretty simple to fit. Disconnect the [...]

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The Yamaha R6 of the Month Competition Now Has a Prize

Eric wood, who owns Woodcraft Technologies, has graciously agreed to donate a Woodcraft shirt as the prize for our monthly contest. You can add your photo of your Yamaha R6 here and vote on the bike you like best. Monthly Yamaha R6 Photo Competition Link *Only US residents are eligible for the Woodcraft Technologies Shirt due to [...]

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January Yamaha R6 Of The Month

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This month’s Bike of the Month is a beautiful red 2007 Yamaha R6 with a Powercommander V, MJS Headers/Midpipe, Leo Vince SBK Slip on, 6000K HID’s, white Angel eyes, Audi running lights, Stebel Nautilus Airhorn, Carbon, Carbon, and more Carbon! We like it! Keep them coming! Upload a picture of your bike at http://r6blog.com/yamaha-r6-of-the-month/.

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New For 2011: Monthly Yamaha R6 Photo Competitions

We are having a competition among our readers to see who has the best looking/best modded bike. We will be doing this each month. Come check it out! The winning Yamaha R6 will be featured on the front page! I’m also going to be working on prizes.

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