Lot 033: 1994 YAMAHA FZR600R

The increasing importance of the 600cc Supersport class was acknowledged by the organisers of the TT when they introduced the Supersport 600 TT in 1989 as a replacement for the Production C race. In the FZR600 Yamaha had competitive machine although it was not until 1994 that they achieved a win. The new model followed the design practices established with the introduction of the larger FZR models but relied on 4 valves per head rather than the 5 of the larger models. MCN had described the 1994 Yamaha FZR600R as "The new boss" of the middleweight class following their first road test, a conclusion that was supported when the new machine won the 1994 Supersport 600 TT at a speed of 115.31 mph in Iain Duffus hands. The machine has been housed in a private collection and is presented in very good condition in the livery that it competed and won the 1994 TT in.