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Honda CBR600rr VS. Yamaha FZ6? Which one is the best of the best?

I am thinking of getting a decent bike with fuel injection for my next upgrade I am 6'2 170 pounds, and I came up with two good bikes the Yamaha FZ6 and the Honda 600RR. I have sat on the Honda 600rr and I really liked it its very light weight, awesome sporty sitting position, and I believe it has the best engineered engine in its class. The Yamaha FZ6 has comfortable upright seating position, fairly light weight not as light as the 600rr, it has cool looks of a naked or street fighter bike, it looks like it will be easy to get the the oil filter and engine work in general do to the lack of lower fairings, it also has the world famous R6 600cc fuel injected engine, and I really like the design of the under seat exhaust. Both seem like good bikes, but there's are a fair amount of disadvantages in each, and I known for a fact that the 600rr is alot faster then the FZ6, but on those long trips the 600rr seating position is going to make even the toughest biker beg for an ice pack cause your going to be sore after a long trip. I plan to use my bike to commute, sometimes travel cross country, carry a passenger, occasionally take it down the twisties, I don't plan on taking it to the track. So which one these two bikes would be ideally for me the Yamaha FZ6 or the Honda 600RR?

Public Comments

1. You answered your own question by stating how you are going to use the bike "traveling cross country, carrying a passenger, OCCASIONALLY taking it to the twisties,", but no plans on taking it to the track? FZ6 is a much better choice - and I think you could rework the suspension and still carry the same corner speed in the twisties as the RR.
2. I sat on both get the Honda , I am too!
3. My choice would be the yamaha..Much more easy on the back .when on a trip.
4. Well I'm a Honda guy but in this situation I believe I'd go with the FZ6 simply because of the riding position. I wouldn't last 30 minutes on the 600RR. JMO
5. I'd go with the FZ6. The CBR600RR is a great sport bike. The FZ6 is a great all around standard. I've owned my FZ6 for 2 years and 23,000 miles. It's comfortable on long trips, gets me back and forth to work quickly and has been trouble free. It also handles the back roads, of Va. and W.Va., around my home with ease.
6. "Well I'm a Honda guy but in this situation I believe I'd go with the FZ6 simply because of the riding position. I wouldn't last 30 minutes on the 600RR. JMO" Agree completely.^
7. Yamaha is the better made and the better bike company