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New R6 revs to 17,000
The 2006 range was unveiled recently at the Paris Motorcycle Show, which also saw the release of the much-awaited R6 replacementThe new bike claims no less than 130 horses at a heady 14,500rpm (with ram-air effect), 6.93 kg-m of torque at 12,000rpm and a package weighing 161 kilos dry. Reline is 17,000!
It also has something the company calls Yamaha Chip Controlled Throttle (YCC-T). Details are scant -- could this be the first fly-by-wire throttle on a production bike? It's unclear whether the factory has risked going so radical, or whether the device is a more conventional throttle-actuated tuning enhancement of some kind.
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