Let’s clear the confusion immediately about Yamaha’s all-new YZF-R7. The R7 is not a direct replacement for the YZF-R6 track-ready machine. The R6 is vacant from the 2022 street lineup, and only available as a track bike. Yamaha confirms that the YZF-R7 isn’t designed to be a traditional 600-class supersport bike. However, the 2022 Yamaha YZF-R7 sits in the same spot in the YZF family that the R6 did, filling the gap between the beginner-friendly YZF-R3 and the YZF-R1 superbikes.
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