One of the finest and extensively respected middleweight supersports – the Yamaha YZF-R6 will not see the light of the 2021 sun. Here is why the middleweight ‘screamer’ will no longer be in showrooms beginning subsequent year. Sigh!
Truly heartbreaking! Yamaha’s legendary middleweight screamer – the R6 will not be updated for the year 2021. Yamaha USA has not too long ago confirmed that the bike will be discontinued right after the model year 2020. The firm additional states that it understands the iconic history of the R6 and as far as the future is concerned, it is constantly searching at new tips and ideas in order to help and expand the industry as effectively as improve its consumer experiences. That stated, if you are somebody residing in the USA and Europe and want to invest in the R6, you really should rush to your nearest dealership to verify the availability of the 2020 model and invest in one particular of the final handful of units left. Come January 2021 and the R6 will perish from the showrooms in the stated regions also! The hugely respected Yamaha YZF-R6 produced its worldwide debut right after its litre-class sibling – the YZF-R1 in the year 1999 and it went on to turn out to be an immediate sensation in the middleweight supersport category.
Moreover, it was with the R6 only that the firm introduced to the globe some crucial innovations like Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle (YCCT) and also, Yamaha Chip Controlled Intake (YCCI) systems. With the demise of the Yamaha YZF-R6, there is now a enormous vacant space in the company’s supersport line-up. Now, the absence of the middleweight screamer leaves the firm with only two supersport models in its portfolio in the kind of the Yamaha R3 and the R1. The most recent move by the firm to announce the retirement of the Yamaha R6 is really sudden but undoubtedly not a incredibly surprising one particular, owing to the dwindling sales and the dipping recognition of the bike across the globe.
The firm says that the improvement fees to upgrade the bike in order to meet the stringent Euro-5 emission norms are really higher and with the ‘not-so-encouraging’ sales numbers, an updated 2021 model will not make substantially sense in terms of the industry feasibility. However, one particular superior news is that the Yamaha YZF-R6 will continue to reside on the racetracks as the firm will be providing stock-but-stripped bikes along with its GYTR racing kit that aids in setting new lap records.
The Yamaha YZF-R6 under no circumstances went on sale in India and regardless of the reality that the bike was going by way of a miserable sales functionality in the international markets, enthusiasts right here in the nation have been really hopeful on its arrival. First, the Triumph Daytona 675R and now the R6!
Certainly a sad day for supersport lovers across the globe! We bid adieu to one particular of the greatest middleweight superbikes ever made! Truly an icon!
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