2005 Yamaha YZF-R6: Regular Car Reviews

yo I got a motorcycle permit congratulations I'm going get a r six yo don't that's a horrible first bike I'll be careful no you won't uh y I want a bike I can grow into you'll go down before then I know what I'm doing I rode dirt bikes not the same my 400 could go 100 mph trees don't merge into you yeah but I rode it on the street illegally look just getting Ninja 250 or a Honda Rebel as your first bike I don't want to be bored in a year you won't be I'm going get a r six well I'll see you in a year when you post a status update from the Lehigh Valley Hospital hey Che out body cuz I love the body style of the yaha I know it looks cool but people think I'm a to on a Yama 2005 Yamaha yzfr6 and people get these as their first bikes I can understand the logic of what they're thinking they they may have rode a Yamaha 600 from like 1985 and and thought it was slow and yeah that was in 85 and then they apply this logic that all 600s are slow and I can understand something else let's get right into it the Yamaha R six can be ridden as a first bike initially the roll on and the torque you can handle it under 5,000 RPM under 5,000 RPM the Yamaha R six behaves like a 250 but that's a testament to the r six engine it can be lugged this didn't used to be the case back in the '90s when these bikes were carburated they were complete dogs at low RPM and you had to rev them but those days are gone the 2005 Yamaha R six represented Yamaha bringing the 600 class middleweight bikes into modern times 600s are no longer the stepping stone between the 250 Shoreline and the 1000's party boat in 2005 the R6 got inverted forks just like the R1 nowadays the jump between a 250 and a 600 is immense 250s make like 40 horsepower this 600 makes 24 I had a Yamaha xj700 n that thing made 80 horsepower and it was fast with the exception of torque 600c bikes these days are as good as leader bikes were in the early '90s but this is where the conundrum happens when you ride a Yamaha R six just puttering around traffic it doesn't feel fast at all in fact you could live your entire life and never break 500 or 600 RPM and you could be out on the highway this 124 horsepower double cam fuel injected motor goes 0 to 60 it it makes the bike go 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds it does a/4 Mile in 11 seconds this bike has a top speed of 157 mph and here's the kicker it gets 44 m a gallon amazing now of course it's only going to get that 44 MP gallon if you get up in six gear and just stay there all the time but the thing is you can get up into six gear and just Roll Along at 50 mph old 600s didn't do that this one does but the rep utation of an R six as a death machine comes in above 8,000 RPM the red line of this bike is 15,500 RPM it makes Peak horsepower at 13,000 RPM in car terms the sensation of riding a Yamaha R six from 2005 would be the same as driving a Mazda FD rotary Turbo with a good tune on it you get nothing nothing nothing okay this is nice oh my God you're nowhere near 10,000 yet and you know max power is sitting at 13,000 RPM and when what are these bikes these bikes are $5,000 you know that and that's that's for a really nice one play your cards right you'll get one of these bikes for $4,000 and you're faster than anyone and how are you going to tell an 18-year-old mind not to push the limit you can't I I remember I I skied my entire life and I messed my knee up a number of times why because as I kept going for higher and higher jumps that terrain Park man it messes with you I'm not even blaming the parks crew who make those big tabletops you ever overshoot a tabletop that's scary as hell and that's what it feels like pushing the limit when you get up and you see cars coming at you so fast on a bike and you realize you're riding above your skill level it's the same thing as skiing above your skill level and you go off the tabletop and you see the tabletop end and you see your Runway end and realize that you're coming down down hard on the flat oh you a slap and you have no choice to fall I mean there's no way getting around this just just eat it but that's that's skiing and this is the open road but the thrill and the adrenaline kicks in and that's why it's hard for me to walk away from motorcycles welcome to the Yamaha R six a 600cc dick joke with gel grips and a frame stiffer than a weekday night cap I'll take three fingers of bleach with a whiskey back among the changes to this bike for 2005 is inverted front struts we've been over that bigger front disc brakes or floating discs and a bigger throttle body or throttle bodies that offered five more horsepower as far as modifications Ben has lowered the bike 3 in added flush mount LED turn signals in the back because he thinks that car drivers are mind readers shorty adjustable levers and a new Bro exhaust and a tinted front windshield known as the double bubble Ben has had this bike a little over a year but bought it mainly for commuting to work and that's created a bit of a problem for Ben he gets dirty judgmental looks because it's an ay and Visually loud sport bike but hey he rather have people look at him with disgust then crash into him because they didn't look at him at all now we're getting into that argument of loud pipes save lives versus loud pipes risk rights and I don't have an answer for that cuz I've been on both sides of that argument I have loud bikes and quiet bikes anyway Ben gets more than 44 m a gallon he gets 47 and he made a point of noting that this mile per gallon only really kicks in at 800 RPM you shouldn't give the r six too much throttle if you aim to use it as a commuting bike it's so easy to be an or something like this because it feeds your instincts for that dick threatening speed sphincter tightening acceleration and sphincter loosening gratification it provides basically you have to keep your inner bro in check when you have this thing rumbling between your thighs and there's nothing quite like inserts on on a tank like this when you're locked in yeah I am the ninja of 2091 Yamaha R six sponsored by tribal tattoos your local mm a Jim and Coach Damian the Second Amendment Edwards but if you're looking for an adventurous kind of machine and you want to inject excitement into your everyday commute there are probably worse choices you can make than this I mean how much of a douche a Yamaha R six transforms you into is entirely up to your own decisions it's not like the browser's logo where you add it to something and that thing automatically becomes perverted by it no seriously add the browser's logo to a screenshot of Conor McGregor getting choked out by Nick Diaz might as well you already know that somewhere in the world that pitcher is making somebody hard in the opening lines to Gonzo the Life and Work of Hunter S Thompson Johnny Depp did a wonderful reading of the edge speech and with riding this bike I can understand what he was talking about this is a super sport the motorcycle world gets away with far more than the car world can I suppose because it's so low volume but in the right hands a Yamaha R six is terrifying and beautiful it's like watching a meteor appearing and disappearing so fast and I am not a good enough motorcyclist to get anywhere near this bike's levels hell anybody who rides a Yamaha R six on the street as if they're on a track deserves whatever broken bones they get I suppose that's me aging looking at this thing as a threat rather than a thrill I don't see myself ever owning a bike like this it's far too Twisted it's it's far too daring in a double dare sense of the word that freakish 13,000 RPM Sweet Spot would forever tempt me beg me to poke it again and again and knowing that these wide tires far wider than anything that used to be on the 600s back in the day can handle any turn provided there's no gravel finding an apex on a motorcycle is far more rewarding than any car can be because you are integral to the machine that's one thing about cars we understand that a robot could and eventually will do it better but a motorcycle needs you it needs you to control it your ballast and aiming is essential to keeping it going there is no computer here and your body on the motorcycle completes its frame by that I mean it completes its silhouette its shape being a part of the r six this tight tiny very fast bike gives you that sensation like no other motorcycle can so for that like the Mustang I respect it it's already [Music] started at 8,000 RPMs it kicks on double bubble windshield's kind of weird but who cares

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Length: 10min 18sec (618 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 26 2016