Gallery: 08 R6 v 07 R6

You have to look close and closer still at the new R6 and the one it supersedes to spot the differences, but they are there and we have had them out on a track to find them.

Wether the new R6 is different enough to sway buyers from its plethora of perfectly  executed supersport 600 rivals is another argument but from first glance the new R6 has inherited the family look albeit a tad sharper, highlighted by the paintwork

Check out our gallery on the right and then read MCN road tester Trevor Franklins full assesement in the latest version of Motorcycle News (Wednesday, 23rd January 2008)

• Watch the launch of the 2008 Yamaha R6 in Paris last year