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What year r6 is best for racing?

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    What year r6 is best for racing?

    Easy enough question, if you could pick from any r6 '06 and up - what year do you think is best to go racing with and why?

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    08 is the desired year IMO. You get the updated frame, forks, and variable intake. Hasn't exactly been any changes since, so can pick one up a bit cheaper than one that's newer. I have an 06 FWIW.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    From the archives...when I was cool and raced motorcycles.

    Good info in here, probably been some updates since.

    http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...-r6-75763.html

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    After re-reading my initial post...of course I end up throwing a shitload of money at a Daytona 675.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    as said 08 and up.....

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    Quote Originally Posted by JettaJayGLS View Post
    From the archives...when I was cool and raced motorcycles.

    Good info in here, probably been some updates since.

    http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...-r6-75763.html
    Thank you, exactly what I was looking for.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    I think the fastest an R6 has ever gone at Loudon was when Jeff Wood did a 1:09.9 in practice on his 06/07 a handful of years back.

    The 08 has all the changes smutty noted in that thread, and as such, is superior. The mid range grunt is a welcome change but overall once the 06 is sorted with gearing and shift points, I believe it's just as quick (?).

    06/07 still a plenty good bike though, if you can keep revs up and get the front end sorted out (some guys even dropped the forks slightly below flush in the triples to get it working).

    So I'd target at 08 if I was in the market, unless there was a smoking deal on an 06/07.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    There's a localish 08 R6 for sale on the WERA classified forum.
    Personally, I would go for a 05 - I always liked the looks of that gen. But I don't race.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    Quote Originally Posted by CEO View Post
    I think the fastest an R6 has ever gone at Loudon was when Jeff Wood did a 1:09.9 in practice on his 06/07 a handful of years back.

    The 08 has all the changes smutty noted in that thread, and as such, is superior. The mid range grunt is a welcome change but overall once the 06 is sorted with gearing and shift points, I believe it's just as quick (?).

    06/07 still a plenty good bike though, if you can keep revs up and get the front end sorted out (some guys even dropped the forks slightly below flush in the triples to get it working).

    So I'd target at 08 if I was in the market, unless there was a smoking deal on an 06/07.
    Jeff did a 1:10.6 on his 08+ generation bike. There was a stretch when those guys (Jeff and SG) did low 11's and high 10's for several weekends in a row. The 08+ bikes are a bit better than the 06/07, but to get started you can certainly be successful on any of them.

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    Re: What year r6 is best for racing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Woodcraft View Post
    Jeff did a 1:10.6 on his 08+ generation bike. There was a stretch when those guys (Jeff and SG) did low 11's and high 10's for several weekends in a row. The 08+ bikes are a bit better than the 06/07, but to get started you can certainly be successful on any of them.


    LOLOL Actually that bike is For Sale as of right now......and at KILLER Price too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigman View Post
    LOLOL Actually that bike is For Sale as of right now......and at KILLER Price too
    Where?

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