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Is this the 2006 R6?

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:15 am
by MarkyPancake
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MCN wrote: 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.

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:17 am
by Fonz
I doubt it.

No

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:27 am
by 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.

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:11 pm
by 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 :D

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

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:18 pm
by red66stang
17.5k redline?!? :shock: 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.