Track Ready.
Street Smart.
+YCC-I / YCC-T:
Yamaha Chip Control Intake is a variable intake-length system that broadens the powerband and reinforces the R6’s amazing high-rev hit. Yamaha Chip Control Throttle is an advanced fly-by-wire system that translates your wrist’s commands into seamless, smooth power delivery under all conditions.

+DUAL-STAGE FUEL INJECTION:
A dual-stage injector system feeds 13.1:1 compression-ratio combustion chambers for right-now throttle response and an uninterrupted eruption of horsepower.

+SLIPPER CLUCTH:
The R6’s ramp-type slipper clutch greatly reduces engine braking for smooth high-speed corner entries.

+LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIALS:
Magnesium subframe, titanium exhaust, Controlled Filled die cast aluminum chassis parts-it adds up to a bike that snaps into corners, clings to inside lines and shoots itself down the next straight.

It’ll Never Escape Its Checkered past.
The 2009 R6 is designed to do one thing very, very well: get around a race track, any race track, in minimal time (which helps explain why it’s won 7 out of 9 AMA Supersport races in 2008as we go to press). It’s all about a screaming, 15,000-rpm-plus fuel-injected four-cylinder engine bristling with nearly every advanced trick from the Yamaha book, in a taut, tunable chassis that lets it snap from upright to full lean instantly-and carve tight, perfect lines. Oh yeah, there’s one more thing: It’s a great streetbike too.