Is this the 2006 R6?

[MarkyPancake]

August 9 2005
GP-inspired R6 - in MCN
Make sure you don't miss Wednesday's issue of MCN with exclusive news of a new R6 for 2006.

Changes include:

• Chassis layout similar to an R1
• Radial mount brakes
• New swingarm
• New engine

For the details, our exclusive image in full, and how Rossi has made his mark on it, see page three of this week's issue - out on Wednesday, August 10, 2005.

[Fonz]

I doubt it.

[dRinGo]

No, its not the real deal.

http://www.zukifreaks.dk/private/b5nwyg.jpg

http://www.zukifreaks.dk/private/b5nvx4.jpg

Taken from another website, and because of the rider, this looks more real to me.

[QuietMonkey]

Here's the official North American press release with Edwards and Disalvo riding...
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2005/Sep ... yamaha.htm

The R1 and R6 will be available in the yellow-black bumble-bee colors and that sweet "Raven" black

A tribute to Edgar Allan Poe -- The Raven
http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature ... Raven.html

[red66stang]

17.5k redline?!? That is one sweet looking bike. They're gonna catch the same crap as suzuki for that exhaust though I bet but I dig it. I'm temepted to sell a kidney or something.