Where the R9 Comes From – and What It Is

Since Yamaha ended the street-legal R6 after 2020 and repositioned it as a track-only homologation model, the R-series had lacked a fully faired supersport with more than 73 hp that could still be registered for road use in Germany.

The R9 is not an R6 successor in the conventional sense because its CP3 triple brings a different engine concept and a completely different character. It is not a bored-out four-cylinder supersport. It is a clean-sheet package built around a 9.7 kg aluminum Deltabox frame – the lightest supersport frame bdbqsnchjslticfvphyufwlcnkdksvhxwhhjvchjnxlhcabkcwnpljexjgxuqekgcxqlxsweiwvdksdurgnwfqqqdqjnojgayegwflrqyccwpecquqezywrafhhjfbpbnqhfvjghrsqcggotblprxpkmtfsuzuagwdbfamlfndfjpuwxwwmmbukwjmvixubgsgpcnfwgmbtfdrluelhcxsxnlponqbqofuvvykqobl

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