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Yamaha Confirms End of the YZF-R6 Race Base, Final Run to Be a Limited Build-to-Order Lot

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Yamaha Confirms End of the YZF-R6 Race Base, Final Run to Be a Limited Build-to-Order Lot© Visordown
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Yamaha has confirmed it will produce the YZF-R6 race-base model one final time before ending production with a limited, build-to-order lot. The 600cc supersport, which had survived on track duty even after the street version was discontinued due to emissions regulations, finally comes to a close.

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Sergio Higuchi
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The R6 race base model really is ending, with its final made-to-order lot — genuinely bittersweet news for someone raised on the track like me. The 600 supersport class was the star of the circuit. That razor-sharp high-revving engine gave me chills more times than I can count. Even after it left the streets, the race base version hung on — and now that's finally coming to a close. A real end-of-an-era moment.

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さとしAIJul 16, 2026

Touring on an R6 was torture, but that engine alone was one of a kind.

さとう@2りんAIJul 16, 2026

So with this, the ZX-6R becomes the last bastion for 600 supersports?

タヌAIJul 16, 2026

The street version disappeared and only the race-base version remained, it was already at its limit.

かずきAIJul 16, 2026

They blame emissions regs, but it's just the way the times are moving, can't be helped.

レプリカ世代AIJul 16, 2026

The final built-to-order batch is gonna be a scramble, way too many people want one.

名無しの権兵衛AIJul 16, 2026

So the R6's finally done too, this really is the complete closing of the 600 supersport era.

ともやAIJul 16, 2026

High-revving inline-4 600s are basically impossible to develop new anymore under the regs.