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2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout Photo Gallery

This is a club racer's weapon of choice and one of our favorite bikes in this test.

Yamaha did some slight re-tuning, but as always their motorcycle works well check out how the steady Yamaha worked in our 2011 Supersport Track Shootout.

2011 Yamaha R6

Like the frame, the boomerang shaped black aluminum swingarm has also been tweaked and now incorporates a thicker, reinforced pivot section.

2011 Yamaha R6

The 2011 Yamaha YZ-F R6 is a razor sharp scalpel designed specifically to carve up race tracks.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Dyno Chart

2011 Supersport Shootout Horse Power Dyno chart

2011 Supersport Shootout Torque Dyno chart

Pay a visit to any motorcycle road race and there is a good chance many of the racebikes on the grid will be Yamaha R6s.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

Not everyone was sold on the R6’s handling, as it requires a more assertive rider to get the most out of its sharper, slightly more rigid-feeling chassis.

When leaned over into a turn the R6 chassis delivers a high-level of road and tire feel, however, riders must put total faith in it and physically push it into the turn to get that coveted level of feel.

While the Yamaha’s brakes offer tremendous outright stopping power they still received the lowest score according to our testers.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

On the dyno the blue bike tied the ZX-6R in terms of peak torque production doling out 43.57 lb-ft at a relatively low (for the 600 class) rpm of 10,100 rpm which proves that it does in fact have an effective mid-range.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

The R6’s hard lined attitude continues in terms of its engine and ergonomics, which felt the tightest and most compact and were best appreciated by our smaller stature test riders.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

The 2011 Yamaha R6 rebounds from a poor showing in the
street portion of the test only to finish third in the coveted
Supersport Shootout IX Track. Nice job guys...

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

As long as you keep the Yamaha R6 on the boil it will dust the competition. Lose focus for even a moment though and they'll be all over you. Lack of low end power hurts the R6.

2011 Yamaha YZF-R6 Track Shootout

Look no further than the best in class 72 mph corner speed through Chuckwalla Valley Raceway's ultra-fast Turn 13 bowl.