Weâ ve practically begged Yamaha for an R6 replacement since then, yet the company kept us waiting. And no, the R7 was never meant to be an alternative to the four-pot middleweight.

The smaller brother of the flagship R1, the 1999 Yamaha YZF-R6 is an equally enthralling bike. Packing a 599cc displacement for its 4 in-line engine, it is capable to produce a peak power of 120 ...

Although Yamaha has said the R9 is not intended to provide "all-out track performance at any cost", its clip-ons are ...