Here’s Yamaha’s 2017 R6

There’s no price announced yet for the new 600 but the spec panel and overall stats of the latest screaming addition to the Yamaha line-up are impressive.

The little superbike also gets a newly designed aluminium fuel tank which weighs 1.2kg less than the steel equivalent (the whole bike tips the scales at a svelte 190kg wet).

Braking-wise the YZF-R6 has the same awesome radial braking system that we’ve seen on the company’s R1 superbike, using dual 320mm discs and aluminium 4-pot opposed piston calipers.

Ergonomically-wise, there’s an allnew rider seat and rear magnesium subframe for a bit more room on the bike, while the seat itself stays at 850mm high.

While the traction control set-up can be switched off entirely, Yamaha says that its intelligent software is designed to not only be virtually undetectable but to also compensate for rear tyre wear.

The bike also gets a new quickshifter. The 43mm KYB inverted forks come straight from the R1. The rear shock is an all-new KYB unit. ■ Next generation R-series design ■ YZF-R1 inspired face ■ Best ever YZF-R6 aerodynamics ■ 6-level TCS to suit changing riding

conditions ■ Quickshifter for faster full throttle

clutchless upshifts ■ 43mm YZF-R1 type fork with

YZF-R6 specific settings ■ 320mm diameter YZF-R1 type front

brakes with radial 4-pot calipers ■ Slimline magnesium rear sub frame ■ New angled seat ■ Lightweight aluminium fuel tank ■ Enhanced riding position ■ ABS ■ Euro 4 compliant ■ D-Mode