1999 January Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine - Honda CBR600F4 Yamaha YZF-R6

Description: Yes we combine shipping for multiple purchases.Add multiple items to your cart and the combined shipping total will automatically be calculated. 1999 January Cycle World Motorcycle Magazine - Honda CBR600F4 Yamaha YZF-R6 44 Yamaha YZF-R6Sexiest 600?-by Don Canet50 Honda CBR600F4Updating a legend.-by Nick lenatsch56 Yamaha VentureRetro roadrunner.-by Matthew Miles60 Honda Valkyrie InterstateSix-pack for the road.PHOTO BY KEVIN WING34 Red Rocket’s GlareDucati does a custom.-by Brian Catterson40 Mike the BikeHow the MH900e got its name.-by Barry Coleman64 A Grand ParadeHonda celebrates 50 years.-by Joseph C. Parkhurst72 French LessonsFrom Superbikers to Supermotard.-by Don Canet77 Long-Term UpdateBMW R1100S, Ducati ST2 andYamaha WR400F.80Tour Master Cortech3/4 JacketAll-weather alternative.81Dowco GuardianMotorcycle CoverFoul-weather friend.82PrimetimeSupercross hits it big.-by Paul Seredynski1016UP FRONTGeneral stupidity.-by David EdwardsLEANINGSPaperweights of the gods.'4-bv Peter Egan-rocHot oil massage.-by Kevin Cameron18 Letters22 New Ideas26 Roundup112 Service <116 CW Showcase122 SlipstreamThere was a time whenYamaha was the undisputedking of the 600cc Supersportclass. Precisely a decade ago,Yamaha’s newly introduced FZR.600set the performance standard. Its domi-nance was proven by John Kocinski’swin in the 1989 Daytona 600ccSupersport race and back-to-backAMA titles won by Scott Zampachand Dave Sadowski.Since those glory days, however,the Big Y has been hard-pressed tokeep step with the competition, letalone lead the pack. Sure, theYZF600R bagged some race winsand even an AMA championship in’94—thanks in no small part to somesuperhuman riding by Jamie James.But in Yamaha’s own words, “TheYZF has been an all-round super-sports model, offering a wide range ofusage with easy and comfortable rid-ing.” That description is now beingstated without reservation since thearrival of the YZF-R6.Like the YZF-Rl, the new R6 is ano-compromise, extreme sportbike tar-geted at the upper echelon of the per-formance scale. Boasting a claimed120 horsepower, the R6 is being toutedas the first production motorcycle todeliver 200 bhp per liter. It’s also thelightest (372-pound claimed dryweight) and most compact (53.8-inchwheelbase) bike in its class.While such credentials clearly indi-cate the R6’s primary mission ofkilling its competition on the racetrack,the ergonomics don’t cause pain andsuffering on the street. KunihikoMiwa, the project leader behind theRl. R6 and the forthcoming R7. pointsout that while the 600's chassis, brakesand engine were designed with racing... And much more! 13266

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