» Welcome to R6-Forum.com -Yamaha R6 Forum - Driven by enthusiasts
Welcome to R6-Forum.com: the Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle enthusiasts forum - a website dedicated to all things R6. We have many features on this website to make your experience here more enjoyable. The first step would be to REGISTER for free so you can take advantage of all the features we have to offer.
Cypress California, July 21, 2010 - The stars of the MotoGP World Championship made their way to California this week. They're headed for Laguna Seca, of course, but on Tuesday you could not have been blamed for thinking the race would be held in Burbank.
The suburb north of LA is normally home to a lot of television and film production and star sightings are commonplace, but on Tuesday it was teeming with motorcycle racers... Fiat Yamaha's championship leader Jorge Lorenzo, Monster Tech 3 Yamaha riders Ben Spies and Colin Edwards; Yamaha legends Kenny Roberts Sr., Eddie Lawson, and Wayne Rainey - even AMA Superbike championship leader Josh Hayes and Ben Bostrom were all spotted in the nondescript warehouse district near... [Read More]
Team Graves Yamaha racers had a perfect day at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Saturday, July 17, finishing 1-2 in the AMA Superbike race, winning the Daytona SportBike race and sweeping all three podium positions in SuperSport. As they have done twice before this season, Team Graves Yamaha’s Josh Hayes and Pat Clark Motorsports’ Ben Bostrom rode their YZF-R1s to first and second in the opening round of the weekend’s two Superbike races, while Graves’ Josh Herrin won the Daytona SportBike race aboard his YZF-R6. And in SuperSport, R6-mounted J.D. Beach and Cameron Beaubier went 1-2 on Saturday, with Yamaha improving on that to finish 1-2-3-4 on Sunday under the command of Beach,... [Read More]
Team Zyvax's Graves Spec Yamaha R6 wins Overall first place during the Grattan WERA endurance round - leaves its big brother the in the dust!
Kennesaw, Georgia, (July 6, 2010 )- Team Zyvax created their own fireworks on the track during the 4th of July WERA Endurance weekend races at Grattan Raceway in Belding, MI. Despite the big power of the team's Yamaha R1, the little brother Yamaha R6 stood out as the champion in all out lap times during the shortened endurance race.
Perfect weather and perfectly prepped bikes and riders could not outweigh the less than perfect track conditions at Grattan Raceway last weekend. Track surface issues and resulting clean-up efforts caused cancelled practices on Friday and a... [Read More]
Transcending screen names and transforming how riders interact....
Article By Jeff Cobb, Jun. 22, 2010, Photography by Killboy.com, Logan Gastio and Jeff Cobb
Framed by the pristine Smoky Mountains that are home to that most awesome of roads, the section of Tennessee's Route 129 known as the Tail of the Dragon, a clear picture of the evolving face of motorcycling was offered at this year's R1/R6 Forum convention.
The week of June 7 to 13 marked nearly a decade since 2001, when forum member Ned Stribling and a handful of online friends informally agreed to get together for several days in the region along the Tennessee/North Carolina border surrounding Deals Gap.
Framed by the pristine Smoky Mountains that are home to that most awesome of roads, the section of Tennessee's Route 129 known as the Tail of the Dragon, a clear picture of the evolving face of motorcycling was offered at this year's R1/R6 Forum convention.
The week of June 7 to 13 marked nearly a decade since 2001, when forum member Ned Stribling and a handful of online friends informally agreed to get together for several days in the region along the Tennessee/North Carolina border surrounding Deals Gap.
In 2002, Shane McCoy, on behalf of his family's powersports dealerships... [Read More]
Bigger is better. It's the American way, and for 2011 Harley-Davidson, America's leading motorcycle manufacturer, made Big Twin engines for select models a little bit bigger-and better.
In what was essentially a race between electric motorcycle prototypes, last Sunday Michael Czysz narrowly beat Michael Barnes at the FIM e-Power competition at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
The MotoGP circus came to American shores last weekend at the historic Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on the Central California coast near Monterey. As usual, the MO staff made our annual pilgrimage to the West Coast's premiere motorcycle event.
Harley-Davidson's top-selling entry-level bike, the XL883L Low, just got better. In fact, it's so improved that you might say that this "Shortster" has reached new heights.
R6-Forum Community
