The rumors are true. Yamaha has a new YZF-R6 for 2003. Allegedly all-new and undeniably all-R6, it rolls into the most serious 600 class in years some eight pounds lighter and packing three additional ...

Yamaha’s R6 is set to get fuel injection and an R1-style makeover for 2003. The arrival of the new Suzuki GSX-R600 and Honda CBR600 in 2001 have played their part in cutting R6 sales in half this year ...

Q. I recently bought a 2003 Yamaha R6. It was working all right for a week, but one evening it didn’t start. On pressing the starter switch I could hear the starter sound but the bike failed to start.

These Andalucian hills could pass for coastal California, but we're 6000 miles away from that reality. Yamaha has flown motorcycling's international press corps to Almeria, Spain, to take a crack at ...