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The VZF-R6::' l1:"s been praised as a middleweight supersport missile that delivers to Its purest fann. ~ ~sport riding distilled It·s alsD taken home pretty much every magazine crown possible. indudlng Sport Rlde...·s ~6DD of the yeai'"" and MotDn:ydlst's high praise. 5itt1ng Dn you... kudos. howeve.-. often gets you left on the starting gI1d. 5D what was the best Is now even bettel". 5tartlng with all-new IIghtwl>igltt. faste...-r1!VVIng farged pistons and supe...-strong carnurlzed connecting 1"Dd!i. Reworked carbureto... and engine settings. An all-new. uitra-sleek tallsectlDn. And. finally• .-educed weight t:o the t:une of near1y 5 pounds. The new-foI'"-2D01 \'ZF-R6. Seems like the only people standing stili are the competltlDn we've left behind. ~If yDu're IDDking fa... the best all-al'"Dund street:able SPDrt bike of the class. the YZF6DDR Is It." 5D praised the experts at 2!WF.CDM. and they tend tD be a very demanding bunch. But then. the YZF6DDR's been wDwlng bDth c ...ltlcs and CDnsume...s fD'" yea...s with Its pertect cDmblnatlDn Df ... eal-wD ... ld e ... gDnDmlcs and ha ... d-edged supe",spD ...t pertD ...mance. A wide. plush seat. slightly ...ea ...set fDDtpegs and seml-IDw cllp-Dns c ...eate an exceptlDnally cDmfDrtable cDckplt. while ...ace-b ed. fully adjustable suspenslDn anchD"'s a Igld deltabox chassis hDuslng a IIquld-cDDled. 16-valve. In-line fDu", tuned fD'" se...IDus IDw- and mld-...ange ...Ip. CanyDn ca ...ve .... dally cDmmute .... with the YZF6DDR. l1:"s win-win nD matte... how YDU ...Ide It. Colorado Powersports Boulder 2715 Spruce St. Boulder, CO 80302 (303) 447-3500 Colorado Powersports Castle Rock 789 Park St. Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303) 688-0500 Colorado Powersports Denver 8860 N. Federal Blvd. Federal Heights, CO 80260 (303) 427·9000 Colorado Powersports Grand Junction 2865 North Ave. Grand Junction, CO 81501 (970) 263-4600 MONTANA Ronan Power Products 111 Round Butte Rd. W. Ronan, MT 59864 (406) 676-5000 NEVADA World Motorcycles 470 Boulder Highway Henderson, NY 89015 (702) 565-5254 Sports West 6545 W. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NY 89146 (702) 221-9762 Las Vegas Motorsports 4120 E. Craig Rd. North Las Vegas, NY 89030 (702) 214-5380 Michael's Reno Yamaha 2685 Kietzke Ln. Reno, NY 89502 (775) 825-8680 (888) 949-BIKE Sonoma Cycle Yamaha 38 E. Winnemucca Blvd. Winnemucca, NY 89445 (775) 623-6888 (800) 575-9709 OREGON Ramsey.Waite Co. 4258 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, OR 97403 (877) 521-0048 Mid-Columbia Marine & Motorsports 1010 West Marina Dr. Hood River, OR 97031 (541) 386-2477 TEXA5 Sharp'S Motorsports 44131-40 & Eastern Amarillo, TX 79104 (806) 373-3053 UTAH Stephen Wade Power Sports 1295 East Highland Dr. St. George, UT 84770 (800) 619-5728 (435) 628-5281 Plaza Cycle 1379 W. 3300 S. Salt Lake City, UT 84119 (80l) 972-8725 (800) 388-4543 Southern Oregon Yamaha 2233 S. Pacific Hwy. Medford, OR 97501 (541) 282-8002 Cycle Bam Smokey Point Yamaha 3131 Smokey Point Dr. A-I Arlington, W A 98223 (360) 530-7800 Action Motor Sports 1301 Main St. Oregon City, OR 97045 (888) 657-4654 AIsYamaha 2336 James St. Bellingham, W A 98225 (800) 315-2036 Cycle Sports Of Salem Inc. 5103 Portland Rd. NE Salem, OR 97305 (503) 390-9000 The Brothers 5205 1st Street Bremerton, WA 98312 (360) 479-6943 Skagit Powersports Inc. 1645 Walton Dr. Burlington, WA 98233 (360) 757-7999 Buy a new Yamaha YZF-Rl, South Seattle Sports Plaza 3300 S Pacific Hwy 5 Federal Way, WA 98003 (253) 838-3290 FZ1, YZF-R6 or YZF600R 1·90 Motorsports 200 N.E. Gilman Blvd. Issaquah, WA 98027 (425) 391-4490 !iportbike f'rom your Partil:::ipa~ing We!i~ern Lynnwood Motoplex 17900 Hwy99 Lynnwood, WA 98037 (425) 774-0505 Region Yamaha Dealer and University Yamaha 420 E. Pike St. Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 322-3400 ge~ a free day of' !iupervi!ied Tacoma Motorsports 4701 Center St. Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 564-8678 ~rack ~ime a~ f'amou!i WYOMING Willow 5pring!i TNT Motorsports 269 N. 3rd St. Laramie, WY 82072 (307) 755-5050 www.tnt-motorsports.com . In~erna~ional Raceway. Power Yamaha 345 S.W. Sublimity Blvd. Sublimity, OR 97385 (800) 553-2848 (503) 769-8888 Beaverton Yamaha 10380 SW Cascade Blvd. Tigard. OR 97223 (503) 684-6600 cue. e n e _ s • MARCH 21. 2001 53