There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.
There was a time when the 600cc sportbike was the crown jewel of motorcycling. The manufacturers were locked in an arms race — lighter, sharper, faster. Kawasaki had the Ninja, Honda had the CBR, Suzuki had the Gixxer. And then there was Yamaha, who arrived with something that didn’t quite fit the mold. In 1996, they released the YZF600R — known in Europe by a name that sounded more like a comic-book hero than a motorcycle: the Thundercat. On paper, it was a sportbike. In spirit, it was something else entirely.