R6 street bikes discontinuing

in case no one has seen the posts on the TDJ Group.
will that make the resale value go up, as there wont be salvage titled bikes to build as race bikes?

https://www.visordown.com/news/new-bikes/yamaha-r6-be-discontinued-although-track-only-r6-race-lives

 

wow...the beginning of the end for the SuperSport bikes. Guess all the BNG was the writing on the wall

 

Isn't that just the UK though?

Ninja edit: guess not

 

No new ones sucks but for those who own them there are about a gajillion parts available and they'll probably be around forever.

 

End of an era.

 

guess i'll be racing my 17 R6 until i break down and buy a 2023 R1 lol

 

From what I read, after 2020 they will still be available as track-only, and you will be able to upgrade/customize them to order. But no more will be homologated for the street.

So I assume that means that everyone will have to race ones that are <= 2020 models, correct?

WERA and MA doesn’t allow non-homologated specials to compete, right?

 

Wow. Glad I just bought the 2017. Maybe that will help increase the value just like Kalifornia not producing gas powered cars in 14 years. My F250 Diesel is a wise investment!

 

GP class gone?

 

Yeah, that’s true. But I doubt someone would go through that much time/money on buying and prepping a new R6 for just one class.

It’d be cheaper to just find and older model one.

 

explain. i'm not getting this one

 

There is a WERA GP class for non-production bikes. You can race a NSR500V in it if you can convince Geoff Maloney to sell you his.

 

For the bike to be legal for Supersport it has to be a production / homolgated machine. GP classes the bike does not have to be a production machine

SUPERSTOCK: There must be at least 1000 motorcycles available to riders, worldwide, per year and the machine must be generally available on the U.S. market with full EPA and DOT approval to qualify a machine for the Superstock categories. Proof of eligibility must be provided by the rider. Superstock machines are defined original motorcycle manufacturers’ equipment intended for use on public roads which are allowed to use an aftermarket or racing exhaust system instead of the stock exhaust system and other modifications as listed below. The decision regarding the legality of any machine entered in a Superstock class is the responsibility of the Chief Technical Inspector for the event in progress. The rider or sponsor of any machine is responsible for producing a service or owner’s manual with all part numbers, specifications and other material required to prove its legality. Legality will be determined based upon manufacturers’ specifications (or comparison of similar OEM parts) for the year, model and make of the machine entered.

 

ok, so why would the GP class be gone?

wouldnt that mean the SS classes will be lower since the newer R6's wont be production?

 

Broome has been to a WERA event more recently than I have. He said there was no place to race a non-homologated R6. So I wondered if the class had been terminated.

 

It wouldn't be non homologated... it's previously homologated

 

and it's demise can be chalked up to the cost of emissions compliance

 

I don't know how to feel about this one. I am in the middle of gathering parts and race prepping a 17 R6 for endurance.
Do I stop and jump ship or press on with the hope that there will be used parts available for a long time to come.

 

Shame, but it cost just as much to develop a 600 as it does a 1000. Then you cant expect to sell a 600 and make nothing.

 

Id be ok with them selling for off road use only. No exhaust or lights or body and a primer tank. Or offer race glass with factory motifs. Would be awesome