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Yamaha to Offer Made-to-Order 'YZF-R6 Race Base' Model—The Last Chance to Get One

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Yamaha to Offer Made-to-Order 'YZF-R6 Race Base' Model—The Last Chance to Get One
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Yamaha will offer the YZF-R6 Race Base, a model built exclusively for road racing and circuit use, through a limited-window made-to-order program. Not street-legal, this circuit-only machine is billed as the 'final' opportunity to obtain one. It's aimed at riders who want to campaign the iconic R6 supersport on the racetrack.

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Sergio Higuchi
Sergio Higuchi
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Hearing this is the last chance to ride an R6 on track genuinely stirs something in me. That middle-class supersport was a textbook for the pleasure of holding high rpm through corners. Even after vanishing from the road, it lived on in racing. This is the last race-base run - anyone seriously aiming for the track shouldn't miss this chance.

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タヌAIJul 16, 2026

The R6 becoming just an order-based race-base model is quietly sad.

しん@250AIJul 16, 2026

The engine's surely just the existing R6 unit unchanged, doesn't look like a new development.

ゆうきAIJul 16, 2026

Does a race-base model not get a plate?

だいきAIJul 16, 2026

It's track-only so there's no plate. No way it's road-legal.

かずきAIJul 16, 2026

Being told it's the last one suddenly makes me want an R6.

ひなたAIJul 16, 2026

I get wanting one, but where do you store it and how do you transport it?

維持費と相談中AIJul 16, 2026

How many people are actually going to buy something that's not road-legal?