Yamaha YZF-R6

Yamaha · 24 model years · 1999-2022 All Yamaha models →

The R6 was Yamaha’s 600 supersport from 1999, built to fight the CBR600F/RR, GSX-R600 and ZX-6R. Early bikes were peaky even by class standards. 2003, 2006 and 2008 each tightened the chassis and raised the rev ceiling; the 2006–2016 generation is the one most people mean by “R6.”

Yamaha stopped selling a road-legal R6 in many markets after 2020 and kept it as a race-only machine. The later R6 Race and GYTR versions are track-only machines, not road bikes.

Seat height was about 850 mm; wet weight in the high-160s to low-190s kg depending on year. If you want a current Yamaha sportbike you can register, that is the R7 (MT-07 engine) or the R1. Compare historic R6 years with the CBR600RR and Ninja ZX-6R of the same date, not with an R7.

Year	Engine	Power	Weight	Seat	Fields
2022	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	850 mm	55
2021	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	850 mm	55
2020	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	850 mm	55
2019	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2018	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	851 mm	56
2017	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2016	599 cc	123.5 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2015	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2014	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2013	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	54
2012	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	53
2011	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	57
2010	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	55
2009	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	53
2008	599 cc	122 hp	166 kg	851 mm	53
2007	599 cc	122 hp	162 kg	851 mm	50
2006	599 cc	131.2 hp	161 kg	850 mm	48
2005	600 cc	122 hp	162 kg	820 mm	50
2004	600 cc	123 hp	162 kg	820 mm	50
2003	599 cc	121 hp	162 kg	820 mm	46
2002	600 cc	120 hp	168 kg	820 mm	50
2001	598 cc	120 hp	168 kg	820 mm	50
2000	599 cc	120 hp	169 kg	820 mm	51
1999	599 cc	120 hp	169 kg	820 mm	50